Cannabis Digest       Seventeenth Edition, Spring 2008 

Dear Prime Minister Stephen Harper,

Greetings from beautiful Victoria, B.C.  I am writing because I have serious concerns about legislation your government introduced last fall, Bill C-26.  While your instincts may be to quickly disregard my arguments because you disagree with me, I implore you to consider my position.  If you are truly interested in helping Canada deal with problems associated with drug use, you should understand why people like me use illegal drugs and why prohibition has the exact opposite effects than it intends upon creating.

I have been actively educating the public about cannabis and prohibition with the International Hempology 101 Society since Sept 1995 and in Jan 1996 I started the first medical cannabis provider in the country, the Cannabis Buyers Clubs of Canada.  I now teach a free public lecture series at the University of Victoria, where the UVSS Hempology 101 Club is the largest student club on campus.  The CBC of C has survived 4 police raids and currently serves about 2,300 people with permanent, physical disabilities and diseases.  I will provide you with copies of our newsletter, Cannabis Digest, pamphlets, and most important court decision.

While I recognize Bill C-26 has sections dealing with drugs other than cannabis, I will focus upon the mandatory minimums for growing the herb for sale.  That is not to say I agree that re-enforcing laws with stiffer punishments will solve society’s drug problems, as I believe all of these laws cause more harm than good.  It is my position that the legalization of cannabis will be the first step in dismantling the drug laws and so I will only argue one point at a time.

The most obvious problem with Bill C-26 is that it will provide more opportunities for organized criminal groups to make money from cannabis.  Currently there is $10 to $20 Billion worth of cannabis being grown in Canada every year.  It would be fair to assume that about half is grown by organized criminals, while the other half is grown by people who avoid contact with organized crime as much as possible.  A large number of people that grow for sale do not engage in any other illegal activity and avoid organized criminals in order to limit the risks associated with the trade.

Enforcing mandatory minimum jail sentences for people caught growing cannabis for sale would not stop the industry; it would only affect who is producing it, how it is grown and how much it costs.  While many smaller producers may decide to exit the market, if the prices increase there is greater incentive for organized criminals to build more grow-ops.   Many growers currently use a system in which the plants do not grow very large and are harvested quickly.  Targeting the number of plants will simply encourage more cultivators to grow larger plants to cut back on how many are in the room at any time.  This will affect their yield, but not the quality of the herb.

Filling up jails with cannabis growers is expensive.  A study done by the Department of Justice has concluded that mandatory minimums for drug offences are not effective (MANDATORY MINIMUM PENALTIES: Their Effects on Crime, Sentencing Disparities, and Justice System Expenditures, 2002), so why do you think they will work here?  Bogging down the courts with trials that usually get avoided with plea bargains and appeals that will be filed at every opportunity, will divert valuable court resources
from crimes with victims.

While your goal of a society where the government can protect it’s citizens from drug problems by deciding which substances are available is commendable, it is far from practical and defies any sense of a ‘free’ society.  Licensing and regulating the production and sale of cannabis is the only way the government can control the quality of the herb and stop organized criminals from making easy money.  The cannabis growers Bill C-26 targets should be getting jobs, not jail sentences.  If these cultivators were properly taxed and regulated, all of the problems associated with grow-ops in residential properties would be eliminated.  No one in the cannabis industry could argue with very stiff penalties being given to anyone growing cannabis illegally, if an adequate and fair regulatory system was in place for personal and commercial cannabis production facilities.

Canadian society has accepted cannabis as a natural medical and recreational herb.  Creating harsh cannabis laws further separates government from the people, especially impacting youth and the incurably ill.  The only people that would gain from the passage of Bill C-26 are organized criminals who would control more of the cannabis marketplace.  While it may feel good to go after citizens who defy your laws, you cannot ignore all of the harmful consequences of the prohibition of cannabis.

Please amend Bill C-26 by removing all sections that deal with cultivating cannabis.  This would save Canadians a great deal of pain, money and time.  Thank you for taking the time to read my concerns.  Hope you are having a great day.

Leon ‘Ted’ Smith
President
International Hempology 101 Society

Anyone interested in writing a letter to the Prime Minister, the Justice Minister, Rob Nicholson, or the Justice Committee that is considering Bill C-26, can find mail addresses in the last issue of Cannabis Digest.  The address for the Justice Committee is on page 5.  The rallies held on Dec 17 by the International Hempology 101 Society were the most successful protests held in Canada that day.

There were about a dozen people at Gary Lunn’s office in Saanich directly confronting the Conservative’s agenda in the only riding they control near Victoria.  At the downtown rally we were not only able to get NDP MP Denise Savioe to come out of her office to speak out against Bill C-26, but the staff of Liberal MP Dr. Keith Martin contacted us to make sure he could attend as well.  We had about 50 people come to listen to our MPs, from two different parties, speak out against these mandatory minimums.  Though some media attention was brought to Bill C-26 by these demonstrations, much more needs to be done to defeat these proposed laws.

We have placed Bill C-26 on the top of the agenda for the monthly board meetings of the International Hempology 101 Society.  This summer we plan upon spending at least one day per month standing in a group on a street corner handing out information about Bill C-26.  If we focus upon the fact that organized criminals will profit more if Bill C-26 is passed, then we should be able to convince everyone it is the wrong direction to take the drug laws.  Watch the forum at hempology.com for any updates on this issue.

By Veronica Horn

Both Canadian and US politicians have taken over the healthcare system and make the decisions for our well-being, not our doctor. Many physicians are fighting back with the facts. The nation’s largest organization of doctors of internal medicine, The American College of Physicians, with 124,000 members, contends that the lengthy and heated debate over legalization has obscured good science that has demonstrated the medicinal benefits of cannabis.

In a 13-page position paper (Supporting Research into the Therapeutic Role of Marijuana) approved by the college’s governing board of regents and posted Thursday on the group’s website, the group calls on the government to drop marijuana from Schedule I, a classification it shares with illegal drugs such as heroin and LSD that are considered to have no medicinal value and a high likelihood of abuse.

In the 12 years since California voters approved the nation’s first-ever medical marijuana law, several medical organizations — including the American Nurses Assn. and the American Public Health Assn. — have urged Congress to make cannabis a legal medicine.

The statement in this report commits the ACP to five positions according to Patients Out of Time:
(Quoted from P.O.T. essay)

1. ACP supports programs and funding for rigorous scientific evaluation of the potential therapeutic benefits of medical marijuana and the publication of such findings.

1a. ACP supports increased research for conditions where the efficacy of marijuana has been established to determine optimal dosage and route of delivery.
1b: Medical marijuana research should not only focus on determining drug efficacy and safety but also on determining efficacy in comparison with other available treatments.

2. ACP encourages the use of non-smoked forms of THC that have proven therapeutic value.

3. ACP supports the current process for obtaining federal research-grade cannabis.

4. ACP urges review of marijuana’s status as a schedule 1 controlled substance and its reclassification into a more appropriate schedule, given the scientific evidence regarding marijuana’s safety and efficacy in some clinical conditions.

5. ACP strongly supports exemption from federal criminal prosecution; civil liability; or professional sanctioning, such as loss of licensure or credentialing, for physicians who prescribe or dispense medical marijuana in accordance with state law. Similarly, ACP strongly urges protection from criminal or civil penalties for patients who use medical marijuana as permitted under state laws.

From the perspective of pro-cannabis doctors and patients in California, Position 5 is the best and bravest aspect of the ACP statement. The support for physicians who “prescribe and dispense medical marijuana under state law” could have been written with Marian Fry, MD, in mind. Fry and her husband, attorney Dale Schafer, were convicted under federal law for cultivation for sale (to her patients) and are soon to be sentenced.

Over the past decade the controversies over the legalization of marijuana has provoked debate between advocacy groups and politicians, the terminally ill and lawmakers, and has empowered some States to defy federal laws that classify marijuana as a “Schedule I” drug. Since 1996, thirteen states have passed laws that in effect allow patients to use marijuana for medical purpose; eight of the eleven did so through ballot initiatives (McVay).

The DEA’s publication “Exposing the Myth of Smoked Medical Marijuana” poses questions about marijuana by the DEA with their “factual” responses. Patients Out of Time finds this DEA document to be misleading and biased, containing half-truths and duplicity.

Continued in Cannabis Digest #18

Being a professional activist is a labour of love.  I am grateful to be gainfully employed in a situation that also fosters my spiritual development.  Working in a compassion club has its highs and lows that for me equate to a richly rewarding experience.

One of the highlights of my work is the honour of being engaged with people whom consistently demonstrate strength and courage while living day in and day out with chronic pain.  I find being in the company of such brilliant examples of tenacity most inspiring.  When I see these beautiful people striving to achieve greater health and wellness it reminds me to better care for myself. Frequently we share our stories of what works and what does not, in doing so we both benefit.

Another uplifting part of my work is being part of a movement toward greener ways.  As our beloved planet struggles with strip-mined resources and serious pollution I am thankful to help promote the use of plants.  Cannabis and its counterpart hemp have innumerable uses including: medicine, food, fuel, fibre for cloth and paper.  I find it exciting and favourable to contribute to the education and use of these two sacred plants.  It is thoroughly enjoyable being in a field that advocates the practice of sustainability by working with, not against, what Mother Nature has to offer.  Yes, it is true my work provides a variety of highs.  However, there is one which is pure bliss: I am valued by those whom I serve and those I work with.  It is with delight I find myself working in an environment that appreciates me for who I am.  I am certain being acknowledged in such a way it immensely adds to my cheerful perspective.  With that in mind I am taking the opportunity to thank one and all for your love and support.  Namaste beautiful people.

On the other hand, my work shows me the oppression and exploitation that carries on in our world.  I bear witness to the attempted de-humanization of un-well individuals through the virtual abandonment of social services.  The message seems to be: can’t work/don’t count.  I come face to face with many who suffer through poverty while ill and are unable to properly house, feed and cloth themselves.  Obviously a huge obstacle in regaining balanced health.  I see how it is hard on the heart being treated in that manner.  It takes everyone to make life happen.  What is really heart breaking to see, are people living without a home.  People I know have died and are dying from living on the streets.  When I see my human brothers and sisters in such extreme discomfort and danger I feel blessed to offer help in a place of refuge.  Also, my line of work finds me observing the social and political stigmas people face for choosing to use a prohibited medicine.

Parents are provoked to feel like bad examples for their children in the midst of the war on drugs.  Younger people especially are judged with pot-head stereotypes.  Everyday citizens are forced to hide their medicinal choices from employers.  People also deal with the pressure of committing a so-called criminal act in order to medicate in a manner they deem beneficial.  The underlying risks are much to bear.  Basically people are made to live in fear simply for choosing to use plant-based therapies.  I find this ironic considering we currently have legal substances that constantly cause serious harm to human health.

Furthermore, frequently I hear people’s horror stories created by our medical system that has constructed health care into a profit driven business.  I have been told countless examples of potential malpractice suits.  It is heinous what is being done to people in terms of guinea-pig style pharmaceutical regimes and excessive surgery solutions.  The effects of this kind, or lack thereof, of treatment to people are devastating. While further pain and suffering in turn increases health decline.  I find it frustrating that current mainstream medicine is not successful in helping people be well, meanwhile holistic time-tested and true methods are not fully financed through our medical system.  My heart goes out to all those working towards better health and being willing to achieve it by whatever means possible.

My labour of love is fulfilling in numerous ways.  First of all I am proud to be part of a membership that represents freedom of choice.  My life’s experiences thus far have taught me my choices are what make me who I am.  In that light, the choices I make in living my life mean everything to me.  I cherish the fact my career supports free will for myself and others.  I addition, my work is rewarding because, as I help sustain my family and I, other people directly benefit as well.  Members often tell me how thankful they are for the compassion club and all it gives to them.  It feels absolutely fantastic when a member or co-worker thank me for doing what I do.  Knowing it is a win/ win situation gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside.

In conclusion, I would like to voice my pleasure at being privy to the full spectrum view of human expression that my work affords me.  I learn so much from observing and listening to people share themselves with me.  It is a privilege to acquire knowledge in this fashion.  I am both humbled and thrilled to do so.  I am eternally thankful for the experiences I am a part of at the CBC of C.  Last but definitely not least, the doobie of the day rocks too!  Thank you, Ted.

by Ted Smith

There have been several important court decisions regarding suppliers of medical cannabis in Canada in recent months.  The founder of a club in London, Ontario, has been given a conditional sentence of 2 years less-a-day after the facility was shut down in March 2007 (see Digest #13).  Pete Young, 36, owner of the Organic Traveller and a director of the London Compassion Society, pleaded guilty to trafficking cannabis, cultivating cannabis and possession of magic mushrooms in Dec, 2007. Charges against Rob Newman, a 45-year old man who is HIV-positive and Kurt Fisher, 27, were dropped in the process.  Police claim the plants found in 4 apartments units above the society’s storefront were worth about $1 million.  Despite a pile of letters of support, including one from the Aids Committee of London, Ontario Court Justice Ross Webster ordered $14,000 seized be forfeited.

Pete has been upset since the raid when he considers the plight of the members. “They are going to have to go through ridiculous amounts of pain and anguish and lack of quality of life because of the actions of closing the Compassion Centre for as long as it did.”  Pete will spend the first 6 months of his sentence under house arrest but will be allowed to visit his store, the Organic Traveller, where he had been prohibited under his bail conditions.

In Nova Scotia, Rickey Williams was sentenced to one day in jail, which the judge considered served by his day in court, and a $2,000 fine for producing cannabis and trafficking THC, the main active chemical in the herb.  Rickey was growing the cannabis on his farm in Macaan, N.S. from which he made an oil that he gave away to over 300 people suffering from a variety of serious medical problems (see Digest #11 and 16).  Rickey was also turned in by a woman who called police after he gave her about one teaspoon of oil to give to a relative of hers who used the oil for medical reasons.    He was charged with trafficking while he was appearing at court awaiting sentencing last year for his first charges.

Disgusted with the way Canada treats the sick and dying, Rickey has decided to sell his properties and move to South America. “I’m looking at moving to either Ecuador, Peru or Brazil.  Those are countries where the government won’t prosecute me and where I can be free to make the (marijuana) medication I require.”  He was sentence to 8 days in jail in his second trial, though he did not have to go back to jail because of the time he spent behind bars after he was arrested.  You can learn more about Rickey’s struggle by watching the movie “RUN FROM THE CURE” posted on several web-pages, including hempology.com.

On a brighter note, lawyer Alan Young was again successful at proving the MMAR is an unconstitutional program in what is known as the Carasel case, referring to the business that several individuals wanted to use as their medical cannabis supplier.  The Honourable Barry Stayer’s decision has been appealed to the Ontario Court of Appeal, the court that forced the MMAR into existence in the first place in July, 2000.  The appeal should be heard this fall.  In his decision, Judge Stayer was quite critical of Health Canada’s programs, but he did not consider more than the limits placed upon designated growers.  “`Indeed it seems logical that if designated producers were authorized to produce for many customers there would be economies of a scale and level of income that might make possible even better quality control by the producer.

At the same time a host of one customer designated producers would be made unnecessary and therefore any control and inspection system Health Canada might wish to impose on designated producers would be simpler and cheaper to operate with fewer growers.” pp14. In section 18 of the decision he goes on to state:  Fourthly, the government says 41(b1) is necessary to “maintain an approach that is consistent with movement towards a supply model“ whereby medical marijuana would be produced and made available like other therapeutic drugs, on prescription and trough pharmacies. That may well be a laudable goal and if ever reached would make unnecessary litigation such as the present case. But we do not know when this new age will dawn and in the meantime the courts in their wisdom have concluded that persons with serious conditions for which marijuana provides some therapy should have reasonable access to it. It is no answer to say that someday there may be a better system. Nor does hope for the future explain why a designated producer must be restricted by one customer.”  Striking down the limit of one patient per designated grower has many in the movement eager to start large, legal grow-ops.

However, the continuing trial of the VICS could result in a complete overhaul of the MMAR if successful (see Digest #3, 10, 14, 15 and 16).  Senator Pierre Claude-Nolin will be finishing his testimony at the Vancouver courthouse (800 Smithe St.), where it appears the rest of the trial will take place, on April 28 and 29, and, if necessary, on May 1 and 2.  Then the crown will present it’s testimony by having Valerie Lasher, former director of the office of MADD, Dr Richard Viau, head scientist, and Dr Harold Kalant, Health Canada’s research expert, present evidence by video conference from Ottawa from May 12-26.  Dates for concluding arguments are not set and a decision is not likely before the fall.

by Gayle Quin

There are many wonderful announcements to make this spring. The club is finally getting out of debt! Credits have been extended to $10 and emergencies are accessible every 4 months. Prices for larger quantities of medicine will be coming down soon, for the first time ever. There will be more changes to come! The staff has started receiving benefits as well. A very special thanks to everyone for the support through the hard times!

The second year of UVSS Hempology 101 Lecture Series is officially over, and we would like to give a very grateful thank-you to Scott McDonald, Paul Hornby, Jason Wilcox, and Mark Emery who appeared as guest speakers, as well as to the wonderful folks that helped with all the technical stuff to get it on-line, and those that stayed at work so we could go. It was a very wonderful year and I personally am already excited about 2008/2009.  I can’t thank Ted enough for giving me the opportunity of teaching a couple of lectures and so living life as I see it should be- with education being free.

You can view the year’s lecture series and the convention on the Hempology 101 website. Speaking of which, thanks for your patience while we have been revamping the Hempology and Cannabis Buyers Clubs web-pages. The changes are many and they keep getting better with more info being added daily through our new joint interactive forum of Hempology 101 and the Buyers Club. The 9th Annual Cannabis Convention was the best attended with 150 people watching live and on-line. 420 is on Sunday this year so come out to Centennial Square and join one of the worlds largest 420 celebrations! Sign-up for Reach For The Pot starts then and continues until April 30. You can pick up and drop off forms at the club. The tournament begins May 7, starting at 7pm at the Beacon Hill Band Shell.

Here is the recipe for Super Treats for dogs, I hope you find your pets friends enjoy them.4 cups barley flour, 2 cups chana (chick pea) flour, 2 cups wild oats flour, 4 cups flax seed water (¾ cup flax seed simmered in 4 cups of water for an hour), 3 tbsp hemp hearts, 2 tablespoons hemp protein, 2 tbsps powdered kelp, 1½ tbsp lecithin, 1 ½ tbsp molasses, 8 fluid oz cannabis infused olive oil and  a dash of sea salt. Mix well and roll into 1-1½ inch round logs and then cut into biscuits. Bake at 200 F for 4 hours, then turn the oven off and leave them in over night. You want them dry and crunchy.  These are excellent for arthritis, cancer, tumors, lung and bladder problems. For more help with digestion add some Fennel seeds, for fleas and internal parasites add garlic or pumpkin seeds.
We have purchased 3 button makers, and plan to make stickers, posters, postcards, and other propaganda material, so if you’re inclined to draw or have an interesting idea, we are looking for submissions!

Please be aware we only have about 25 CBC of C t-shirts left. They are made of organically grown hemp and cotton, sewn sweat-shop free in Vancouver, and still come in a variety of colours. It could be some time before we make any more.

Identify and remove the cause of the Hep C attack.

Ingest 1/2 -1 teaspoon of Vit. C (calcium ascorbate) in a shot glass of water or juice every hour until bowel tolerance is reached and then back off by ½ tsp.
Take Swedish Bitters 3 times a day. Start with 3 drops 3 times a day and increase by 1 drop each dose each day.
Rub Calendula oil on skin thoroughly over liver area. Soak a piece of flannel the size of your liver with 1 or 2 tablespoons of Swedish Bitters and apply to your liver. Cover with a piece of plastic bag or wrap, then a warm towel. GO TO BED. Change poultice 2 or 3 times a day.
Do not consume oily foods including nuts. Do not consume alcohol of any type.
Raw veggie and fruit juices are best, making sure you include pineapple. Drink teas of Milk Thistle, Dandelion Root and Leaf, Red Clover, Yellow Dock or Oregon Grape Roots, and Rose Hips. Also ingest Cannabis every day as it stimulates your liver to produce an enzyme to assist it in self healing.

Finally, thanx to everyone who showed up on Dec 17 to protest Bill C-26.  Here is where to send letters to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights if you have comments about Bill C-26.

by Jason Wilcox

Health Canada has begun inspections of licensed grow-ops in private residences and other legal grow operations. HC cites that safety and security of the legal grow rooms are in question because of the equipment we use? Legal cultivators are fire starters and mould collectors in the eyes of public safety personal.
As a legal cultivator, father and Canadian civilian I must ask why are exotic plant and herb gardens not being held to the same standards cannabis cultivators are? Moreover, I would say this border’s on breach of personal privacy as well as discrimination against cannabis cultivators.

One only need looks far as the section of the regulations dealing with this aspect of the regulations. Section 57. of the MMAR reads as follows.
57. (1) To verify that the production of marihuana is in conformity with these Regulations and a licence to produce, an inspector may, at any reasonable time, enter any place where the inspector believes on reasonable grounds that marihuana is being produced or kept by the holder of the licence to produce, and may, for that purpose,
(a) open and examine any container found there that could contain marihuana;
(b) examine anything found there that is used or is capable of being used to produce or keep marihuana;
(c) examine any records, electronic data or other documents found there dealing with marihuana, other than records dealing with the medical condition of a person, and make copies or take extracts;
(d) use, or cause to be used, any computer system found there to examine electronic data referred to in paragraph (c);
(e) reproduce, or cause to be reproduced, any document from electronic data referred to in paragraph (c) in the form of a printout or other output;
(f) take any document or output referred to in paragraph (c) or (e) for examination or copying;
(g) examine any substance found there and, for the purpose of analysis, take samples, as reasonably required; and
(h) seize and retain any substance found there, if the inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, that it is necessary.
(2) Despite subsection (1), an inspector may not enter a dwelling-place without the consent of an occupant.

What happens when Health Canada works with city officials to inspect a legal grow? Reports given across the country by legal cultivators suggest it is all out exposure of the cultivator! This happens simply when inspectors show up with city officials, fire officials, electricians, and the police in marked cars and uniforms. It feels like an invasion because no criminal concern is raised, no warrant necessary, yet a search of a medical cultivator and their personal residence is conducted by a team of law enforcement officials.

This again raises large questions as to the intent behind these inspections or invasions of privacy? By exposing legal grows and cultivators that are not regulated to be reported on for confidential reasons further shows the disregard by Health Canada for the confidentiality and personal privacy of the MMAD clients.  Con’t page 6
The act of exposure via inspection basically braches the privacy and confidence of clients with the actions of the inspections required by s.57 of the MMAR.  I was under the impression I was protected by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to protect legal cultivators keep their privacy and security.  Where do we draw the line on public security while keeping within the confines of personal privacy and security?

Where is the protection we have under the MMAR? I understand I cannot be charged for cultivation. That said, I could be removed from my place of residence or at least battle to keep it. Additionally I could lose my child as no such arrangements with the federal government have been made to protect parental cultivators. Instead we are bound by a set of regulations that bind members of HCs Medical Marijuana Access Division (MMAD) to abide by all local, provincial and federal laws as set out in the MMAR. Why is the burden of keeping up with all laws placed upon the sick and disabled civilians of Canada when the MMAD is in place to provide a service of confidentiality and security?

These very regulations have been ruled unconstitutional twice before and currently are being challenged constitutionally in two different provinces simultaneously. One trial in Ontario has already struck drown the 1:1 ratio.  By definition this is a section of the MMAR that allowed for one person to cultivate for one patient. This case is currently under appeal by the government. Where does the madness stop?

by Skip LaFleur, Owner of Simple Remedies Herbal Solutions

Just some notes on health and life in a contradictory world. I’m frequently reminded that a global health monitoring and control system is coming to us soon. This system is called Codex alimentarius, and it is being instituted by various international trade organizations to severely restrict or eliminate the sale or use of nutritional supplements.
Codex regulates and encourages the use of genetically modified foods and vaccinations, and dramatically increases the power of the petrochemical pharmaceutical cartel. The stated purpose is to protect people from poisoning themselves with organic food and natural supplements. This will take away our ability to make personal health decisions, destroy our freedom of choice, and place it in the hands of bankers and pharmaceutical conglomerates, for profits.

All foods and supplements will be treated as poisons. The acceptable dose will be one-tenth the amount of any substance that causes any biological response. Yup. Any discernible response. There wasn’t one death caused by supplements in 2005 in the U.S.A. According to the most recently available statistics from the U.S. poison control database. This report, a 124 page annual report is the accumulated data from the American Association of Poison Control Centres and was published in journals clinical toxicology. It shows zero deaths in the population who consumed an estimated 53billion (yes billion), doses of vitamin and mineral supplements. You may download the information at, www.acpc.org/annualhtm. The vitamin report is at the end of the report. Also refer to orthomolecular.org. or Abram Hoffer, (google his name). Remember, the reason one nutrient may cause various illness is simply that a deficiency in one nutrient causes so many illness. We evolved in a nutrient rich natural environment. Cancer was 1%.

in 1921, today it is estimated at 50% add diabetes etc and well, we can all see where its headed, and it is all for profit. These are referred to as modern diseases. Always eat organically it is cheaper in the long run also much more respectful, pleasant and vital. Nutritional deficiencies and chemicals cause disease, also known as side affects.
Also in the news AIDS maybe cured or relived by high doses of selenium, cystine, trytophane, and glutamine. These nutrients are essential for the body to synthesize Glutathione Peroxidase, an enzyme with potent anti-viral properties. It is a antagonist of reverse transcriptase. Dosage and other info available at hofoster.com You may down load the free book ”What Really Causes Aids.”

Finally, with chemtrails at their zenith, and gray days on almost daily occurrence we get little of the sunshine vitamin. Vitamin D3 is one of our most important nutrients, and is naturally available with regular, prolonged sunlight exposure (the sun is good for you). Vitamin D3 prolongs life and greatly improves life and health., Vitamin D3 deficiency plays a key role in the development of heart disease, diabetes, stroke, anxiety, sleep problems, depression (anxiety eventually, usually becomes depression) Several types of cancer, reduced mineral absorption, menopausal problems, birth defects, etc. You may refer to the vitamin D council vitaminDcouncil.com and doctor yourself.com/dvitamin.htm. Remember no one has died from vitamins, but, approximately 200,000 people die of a visit to the doctor in North American every year. Recommended Vitamin D3 dose is approximately 20000 units/day, with a good natural multivitamin eg, New Roots/New Chapters or Thorne Neutratcueticals. Don’t take synthetic, drugstore or super market vitamins as this is what the pharma researchers use to discredit real vitamins and other supplements.

Love and Light – Nature cures/side affects are future business



Thanks to all our contributors: Ted Smith, Gayle Quin, Veronica Horn, Jason Wilcox and Skip LeFleur 

 

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