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Pam's right!!! once they (city/county/state/fed) figure how to profit taxwise, it would be legal.
Tsk, tsk, Damon for misquoting what the vote was about. The ballot issue vote was not about use. This was also talked about in the recent candidate forum.
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I agree with Damon regarding Pilago as being the one who is on the right side of this issue. Heard him at a public meeting recently and was very impressed, both with him and Steve Sparks.
The problem as I see it, is that the political and economic elite in our country are the ones who benefit from drug prohibition as they are the ones bringing in the drugs.
One trillion dollars a year in artificial, tax free drug profits is what this is really about, imho. The drug war is a battle for market share. Clinton's "Plan Columbia" is a good example.
The way to free our communities from the evil influence of the North American Drug Lords, is to break with their drug war locally.
That means electing people like Angel Pilago.
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Sorry Damon. Yes, I was thinking Angel Pilago and wrote Stacy Higa. It's Pilago who has the "Geez, can we focus on real problems?" attitude on this issue.
By the way, my tolerance ends with meth. It is a scourge, and if they could focus their efforts on that an stop making a big deal about natural plants, I think that meth eradication efforts would be more credible and effective. I mean no disrespect to those who are caught up in this addiction.
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So far there are three ways mentioned to approach this:
1. Legislative. Find and vote for someone who may take up the cause. Very simple and easy. Decide who might and vote for that person. Now sit back and hope that they do something. Doesn’t require much effort on anyone’s part. Likelihood is nothing much will be done and the moaning and groaning continues, but it was easy as cake.
2. Jury Nullification. As JWFITZ said, you can essentially make the crime meaningless by never convicting anyone. Of course, you have to be on a jury to implement this. Since the odds of being on a jury to deliberation is small, the impact will be negligible at best. However, it does require a person to take a stand.
3. Initiative. Garretto proposed a people's initiative. Ohhh, the people putting their name to their cause. Probably the hardest because it requires the people to stop talking and start acting. It puts the outcome back in the hands of the people. It will require rational thinking that can be a big problem for many on this subject. Howver, because it requires the end of talking and the start of action, I think it has the least chance of every happening.
The odds are the only action will be the voting for someone who may do something. It's easy, doesn’t require work, doesn't require standing up for a belief, doesn’t require investing time, and certainly doesn’t require anyone to know where a person stands. It’s safe and clean.
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I know this is slightly off topic, but thought that it might be of interest, particularly to health care professionals...
"Pot Compounds Reduce Multi-Drug Resistant Infections, Study Says Cannabinoids Show “Exceptional” Antibacterial Activity Against MRSA
Novara, Italy: The administration of natural plant cannabinoids can significantly reduce the spread of drug-resistant bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (aka MRSA), according to preclinical data to be published in the Journal of Natural Products.
Investigators at Italy's Universita del Piemonte Orientale and Britain's University of London, School of Pharmacy assessed the antibacterial properties of five cannabinoids - THC, CBD (cannabidiol), CBG (cannabigerol), CBC (cannabichromine), and CBN (cannabinol) - against various strains of multidrug-resistant bacteria, including MRSA.
"All compounds showed potent antibacterial activity," authors determined. Researchers noted that cannabinoids showed "exceptional" antibacterial activity against EMERSA-15 and EMERSA-16, the major epidemic MRSA strains occurring in UK hospitals.
Authors concluded: "Although the use of cannabinoids as systemic antibacterial agents awaits rigorous clinical trials, … their topical application to reduce skin colonization by MRSA seems promising. … Cannabis sativa … represents an interesting source of antibacterial agents to address the problem of multidrug resistance in MRSA and other pathogenic bacteria."
According to a 2007 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, MRSA is responsible for more than 18,500 hospital-stay related deaths each year.
For more information, please contact Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director. Full text of the study, "Antibacterial cannabinoids from cannabis sativa: A structure-activity study," will appear in the Journal of Natural Products."
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