<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332811037705878402</id><updated>2024-08-29T05:40:29.868-07:00</updated><title type='text'>WEed Deserve Better</title><subtitle type='html'>We want our medications back.&#xa;check us out on&#xa;http://weeddeservebetter.com/</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mozberg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01300673590291108818</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxc2gkPdZ36cz-tDISpTUX1OIfvolWBRPvmEpq3GhyYVdaFTR9tX6o9XmoR9u-445diXhcWCrOr3aKCyjbxwvg5kUowHggdlgDKtClG1LOdyJ50CXdqOeXSSS55ps0gg/s220/cali.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><blogger:adultContent>true</blogger:adultContent><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332811037705878402.post-2862393353498173846</id><published>2011-07-24T11:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-24T11:33:14.203-07:00</updated><title type='text'>HIGHTIMES.COM  Pot Versus Abilify</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://hightimes.com/video/ht_admin/7181#.TixlZgMuJP8.blogger&quot;&gt;HIGHTIMES.COM  Pot Versus Abilify&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/feeds/2862393353498173846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/hightimescom-pot-versus-abilify.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/2862393353498173846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/2862393353498173846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/hightimescom-pot-versus-abilify.html' title='HIGHTIMES.COM  Pot Versus Abilify'/><author><name>Mozberg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01300673590291108818</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxc2gkPdZ36cz-tDISpTUX1OIfvolWBRPvmEpq3GhyYVdaFTR9tX6o9XmoR9u-445diXhcWCrOr3aKCyjbxwvg5kUowHggdlgDKtClG1LOdyJ50CXdqOeXSSS55ps0gg/s220/cali.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332811037705878402.post-3550583991643521238</id><published>2011-07-18T21:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-18T21:47:43.541-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Marijuana May Be Studied for Combat Disorder</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;columnGroup first&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 7px; width: auto !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;h1 class=&quot;articleHeadline&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: georgia, &#39;times new roman&#39;, times, serif; font-size: 2.4em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.083em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: grey; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 12px;&quot;&gt;By&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;meta-per&quot; href=&quot;http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/f/dan_frosch/index.html?inline=nyt-per&quot; rel=&quot;author&quot; style=&quot;color: #004276; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;More Articles by Dan Frosch&quot;&gt;DAN FROSCH&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h6 class=&quot;dateline&quot; style=&quot;color: grey; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Published: July 18, 2011&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;articleBody&quot; style=&quot;font-family: georgia, &#39;times new roman&#39;, times, serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-top: 1.5em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/us/19pot.html?_r=1&quot; style=&quot;background-image: url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/icons/multimedia/enlarge_icon.gif); background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #004276; display: inline; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; padding-left: 15px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Enlarge This Image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;nyt_text&gt;&lt;nyt_correction_top&gt;&lt;/nyt_correction_top&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;DENVER — For years now, some veterans groups and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;meta-classifier&quot; href=&quot;http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/m/marijuana/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier&quot; style=&quot;color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;&quot; title=&quot;More articles about marijuana.&quot;&gt;marijuana&lt;/a&gt;advocates have argued that the therapeutic benefits of the drug can help soothe the psychological wounds of battle. But with only anecdotal evidence as support, their claims have yet to gain widespread acceptance in medical circles.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/nyt_text&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;articleInline runaroundLeft&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 15px !important; margin-top: 6px !important; width: 190px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;inlineImage module&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; font-family: georgia, &#39;times new roman&#39;, times, serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px; width: 190px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;image&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 2px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/us/19pot.html?_r=1&quot; style=&quot;color: #004276; display: block; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;132&quot; src=&quot;http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/07/19/us/POT/POT-articleInline.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;&quot; width=&quot;190&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h6 class=&quot;credit&quot; style=&quot;color: #909090; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.223em; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;Matthew Staver for The New York Times&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;caption&quot; style=&quot;color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.2727em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;“There is a widely accepted need for a new treatment of PTSD,” said Rick Doblin, who wants to do research on marijuana.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;columnGroup doubleRule&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 7px; padding-top: 12px; width: auto !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;sectionHeader&quot; style=&quot;color: black; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: georgia, &#39;times new roman&#39;, times, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;articleBody&quot; style=&quot;font-family: georgia, &#39;times new roman&#39;, times, serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-top: 1.5em;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Now, however, researchers are seeking federal approval for what is believed to be the first study to examine the effects of marijuana on veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;The proposal, from the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.maps.org/home/&quot; style=&quot;color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in Santa Cruz, Calif., and a researcher at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, would look at the potential benefits of cannabis by examining 50 combat veterans who suffer from the condition and have not responded to other treatment.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;“With so many veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there is a widely accepted need for a new treatment of PTSD,” said Rick Doblin, founder and executive director of the psychedelic studies group. “These are people whom we put in harm’s way, and we have a moral obligation to help them.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;In April, the Food and Drug Administration said it was satisfied that safety concerns over the study had been addressed by Mr. Doblin and Dr. Sue Sisley, an assistant professor of psychiatry and internal medicine at Arizona, according to a letter from the drug administration provided by Mr. Doblin.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;But the letter also noted that the project could not go forward until the researchers identified where they would get their marijuana. And that cannot happen, Mr. Doblin said, until the project is approved by a scientific review panel from the Department of Health and Human Services, which includes representatives from an assortment of federal health agencies.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;If the proposal is approved, Mr. Doblin said, the researchers will use marijuana grown by the University of Mississippi under a contract with the National Institute on Drug Abuse. It is the only marijuana permitted to be used in federally approved studies.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;A Health and Human Services spokeswoman said the proposal was still under review. “The production and distribution of marijuana for clinical research is carefully restricted under a number of federal laws and international commitments,” the spokeswoman, Tara Broido, said in an e-mail. “Study proposals are reviewed for scientific quality and the likelihood that they will yield data on meaningful benefits.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;An institutional review board must also approve the study, as well as the Drug Enforcement Administration, Mr. Doblin said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Getting final approval from the federal government could prove difficult, Mr. Doblin and Dr. Sisley conceded. They said it was far more challenging to get authorization for a study that examines the benefits of an illegal drug than its risks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;“We really believe science should supersede politics,” Dr. Sisley said. “This illness needs to be treated in a multidisciplinary way. Drugs like&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;meta-classifier&quot; href=&quot;http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/zoloft_drug/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier&quot; style=&quot;color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;&quot; title=&quot;Recent and archival health news about Zoloft.&quot;&gt;Zoloft&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;meta-classifier&quot; href=&quot;http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/paxil_drug/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier&quot; style=&quot;color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;&quot; title=&quot;Recent and archival health news about Paxil.&quot;&gt;Paxil&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;have proven entirely inadequate. And there’s anecdotal evidence from vets that cannabis can provide systematic relief.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Medical marijuana is legal in 16 states and the District of Columbia. But only New Mexico and Delaware specifically list post-traumatic stress disorder as a qualifying condition for treatment, according to the Marijuana Policy Project, a Washington-based group that supports legal regulation of the drug.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Currently, nearly a third of the 4,982 patients approved for medical marijuana in New Mexico suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, more than any other condition, according to the state’s health department. It is unclear how many are veterans.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;One recent Army veteran from Texas who fought in Iraq for 18 months beginning in 2006, said he used marijuana three times a day in lieu of the painkillers and antidepressants he was prescribed after returning home. He asked that his name not be used because Texas does not allow medical marijuana.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;The veteran, who said he had been shot in the leg and suffered numerous head injuries from explosions while deployed as a Humvee gunner, said marijuana helped quiet his physical and psychological pain, while not causing the weight loss and sleep deprivation brought on by his prescription medications.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;“I have seen it with my own eyes,” he said. “It works for a lot of the guys coming home.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;If the study is approved, veterans who participate would be observed on an outpatient basis over three months, Mr. Doblin said. During two four-week increments, they would be given up to 1.8 grams of marijuana a day to treat anxiety, depression, nightmares and other symptoms brought on by PTSD. Researchers would also observe the veterans for periods when they are not permitted to use marijuana.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;In addition to a placebo, researchers plan to use four marijuana strains in the study, each containing different levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a primary component of the drug. One of the strains will also contain cannabidiol (CBD), another ingredient thought to have an anti-anxiety effect.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Mr. Doblin said the veterans would be allowed to use the marijuana at their own discretion. Half will be instructed to smoke the drug, while the other half will inhale it through a vaporizer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;nyt_correction_bottom&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;articleCorrection&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 2.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/nyt_correction_bottom&gt;&lt;nyt_update_bottom&gt;&lt;/nyt_update_bottom&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;columnGroup &quot; style=&quot;clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, &#39;times new roman&#39;, times, serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 7px; width: auto !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;articleFooter&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;articleMeta&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;opposingFloatControl wrap&quot; style=&quot;display: block;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;element1&quot; style=&quot;float: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;h6 class=&quot;metaFootnote&quot; style=&quot;color: #aaaaaa; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.273em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 350px;&quot;&gt;A version of this article appeared in print on July 19, 2011, on page A15 of the New York edition with the headline: Marijuana May Be Studied for Combat Disorder.&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/feeds/3550583991643521238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/marijuana-may-be-studied-for-combat.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/3550583991643521238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/3550583991643521238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/marijuana-may-be-studied-for-combat.html' title='Marijuana May Be Studied for Combat Disorder'/><author><name>Mozberg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01300673590291108818</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxc2gkPdZ36cz-tDISpTUX1OIfvolWBRPvmEpq3GhyYVdaFTR9tX6o9XmoR9u-445diXhcWCrOr3aKCyjbxwvg5kUowHggdlgDKtClG1LOdyJ50CXdqOeXSSS55ps0gg/s220/cali.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332811037705878402.post-7441783787607362883</id><published>2011-07-18T20:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-18T20:07:23.208-07:00</updated><title type='text'>THREE BILLS IN CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE..ATTENTION ATTENTION</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;entry clearfix&quot; style=&quot;display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; zoom: 1;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;enews&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;There are currently three bills in the California Legislature that need the attention of cannabis law reform activists in the state. The first we have covered extensively, and that’s&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://the420times.com/2011/06/california-sb-847-continues-its-march-toward-law/&quot; style=&quot;color: #003333; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SB 847&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the bill to restrict dispensaries and collectives to more than 600 feet from residential areas. From&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://safeaccessnow.org/&quot; style=&quot;color: #003333; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Americans For Safe Access&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; color: #666666; padding-left: 10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Senator Lou Correa’s (D-Santa Ana)&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;amp;c=yauxIlFc2Wej7m1HAzNiwNy5ej7Fi22X&quot; style=&quot;color: #003333; text-decoration: none;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;SB 847&lt;/a&gt;will require patients’ cooperatives and collectives to be located at least 600 feet from residential zones or uses statewide. This would severely limit – or even eliminate – opportunities for legal access in many cities.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;amp;c=1zymZmeBQrJIl1nqBvkVz329%2F%2BjT8mpH&quot; style=&quot;color: #003333; text-decoration: none;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tell your state Assemblymember to vote NO on SB 847.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;The second bill is AB 1300, which goes to the heart of safe access in the state.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; color: #666666; padding-left: 10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield’s (D-Van Nuys)&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;amp;c=Eiit79B08u10Y91H0Gn%2Bh329%2F%2BjT8mpH&quot; style=&quot;color: #003333; text-decoration: none;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;AB 1300&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;will authorize cities and counties to ban medical cannabis cooperatives and collectives. This may provoke a rash of new bans on safe access all over the state.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;amp;c=FVqQDV9wfI5F%2BAs%2FbeSVOX29%2F%2BjT8mpH&quot; style=&quot;color: #003333; text-decoration: none;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tell your state Senator to vote NO on AB 1300&lt;/a&gt;, so that state and local government can cooperate on sensible regulations.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Your participation matters.&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;If lawmakers do not hear from you, they will only be listening to our opponents.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;ASA’s Online Action Center makes it easy to find your Representative and send messages right now.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://the420times.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/420times_000013957933XSmall.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;shadowbox[sbpost-13290];player=img;&quot; style=&quot;color: #003333; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Green leaf of marijuana in a hand&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;420times 000013957933XSmall 300x199 Three Bills In CA Legislature Need Your Attention&quot; class=&quot;aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13292&quot; height=&quot;199&quot; src=&quot;http://the420times.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/420times_000013957933XSmall-300x199.jpg&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; clear: both; display: block; float: none; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px;&quot; title=&quot;Green leaf of marijuana in a hand&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Nate Bradley from&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lawmenpro.org/&quot; style=&quot;color: #003333; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lawmen Protecting Patients&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;was in Sacramento on Wednesday to testify about AB 1300 and LPP sent out an email about what went on.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; color: #666666; padding-left: 10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Asm. Bloomenfield, a Deputy District Attorney from the Los Angeles County District Attorneys office and a Lt. from the LA County Sheriff’s office, testified in favor of AB 1300.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Nate along with numerous other patient groups and advocates from all over the state testified in opposition to AB1300. Bradley testified that while he believes the bill is well intentioned , it needed to be amended to protect the newly “regulated” collectives.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Based on the current restrictive regulation/bans that are being fought in court right now, LPP believes AB 1300 will be abused by cites that are currently trying to “regulate” collectives out of existence.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Here is how it is written:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;SECTION 1.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;Section 11362.83 of the Health and Safety Code&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;is amended to read:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;11362.83. Nothing in this article shall prevent a city or other&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;local governing body from adopting and enforcing any of the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;following:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;(a) Adopting local ordinances that regulate the location,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;operation, or establishment of a medical marijuana cooperative or&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;collective.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;(b) The civil and criminal enforcement of local ordinances&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;described in subdivision (a).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;(c) Enacting other laws consistent with this article.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;AB 1300 was passed on to the next&amp;nbsp;committee.&amp;nbsp;After the hearing Bloomenfield spoke with the advocates outside. He said was not going to specifically state that local governments “could not prohibit” collectives in AB 1300. &amp;nbsp;He said that he believes that issue should be resolved by the courts. We will continue to lobby his office to amend the bill.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;After the hearing Nate spoke with the Lieutenant and the D.A from Los Angeles County that testified in favor of AB 1300. Nate briefly explained LPP and talked about the currents needs of patients. &amp;nbsp;Both of them were understanding of the needs of patients but stated they felt better regulation is needed. They agreed that the federal government needed to deregulate marijuana so it could be regulated properly.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Nate was also there to testify in favor of AB 639, which will amend current CA forfeiture laws.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border-left-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 5px; color: #666666; padding-left: 10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;AB 639 would reform CA current forfeiture laws. This bill would be huge in help mmj patient retain their property when raided by law enforcement. On a side note, the spectacle that he opposition to AB639 put on was quite entertaining. I suggest you go to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.calchannel.com/channel/viewVideo/2802&quot; style=&quot;color: #003333; text-decoration: none;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.calchannel.com/channel/viewVideo/2802&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and watch the hearing. It is the very last bill that is heard on the clip. It passed in its committee 4-2.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Here is summary of a few things it would do.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;SUMMARY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;This bill makes it more difficult for seizing agencies to use&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;federal asset forfeiture law (which includes few hurdles to&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;forfeiture) by requiring a court order prior to transferring&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;seized property to a federal agency. Specifically, this bill:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;1)Specifies property is “seized” as soon as the agency takes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;control or possession of it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;2)Prohibits state law enforcement, except by court order,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;from turning over seized assets to the federal government, or&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;seizing them jointly with federal officers, thereby making&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;seized property subject to federal civil forfeiture law rather&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;than state law.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;3)Prohibits the court from entering an order authorizing a&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;transfer to federal authorities unless:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;a)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The criminal conduct is interstate in nature and&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;sufficiently complex to justify transfer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;b)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The seized property is subject to forfeiture only under&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;federal law.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;c)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; State forfeiture would unduly burden state prosecutors&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;or law enforcement.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;4)Requires the court to provide a property owner the right&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; to be heard before a case is transferred to federal authorities.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Things are moving quickly in California, so make sure you contact your local representative and tell them how you feel about these bills. As ASA said above, if they don’t hear from you, they only hear from our opponents, and that is what they think the populace wants.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Activism can be a simple thing sometimes, and doesn’t have to be time-consuming. But activism is a necessary thing, at least if you want to have input in the laws that will govern you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:joe@the420times.com&quot; style=&quot;color: #003333; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Joe Klare&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;cats&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://the420times.com/wp-content/themes/wp-smooth-basic/images/folder.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 17px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Filed Under&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://the420times.com/category/exclusive/activism/&quot; 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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Pot clubs. They&#39;re boring. You go in, you buy some pot, you leave. For all the clamor a new medical cannabis dispensary&#39;s opening receives from jumpy John Q. Public, with a few notable exceptions, most we see these days resemble dentists&#39; offices, not dens of iniquity (and, we suspect, the drugs in dentists&#39; offices are more fun, if you&#39;re into that kind of thing).&lt;br /&gt;
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Know what&#39;s even more boring? Reading the list of citizen complaints San Francisco&#39;s medical cannabis dispensaries have generated over the past few years.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;SF Weekly&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;recently asked the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sfdph.org/dph/default.asp&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #660000; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Department of Public Health&lt;/a&gt;, which oversees the city&#39;s dispensary program, for a compendium of recent problems with the city&#39;s cannabis collectives. And we received it: A grand total of 11 complaints on file over a five-year period, according to the documents we received from our public records request.&lt;br /&gt;
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Want some bedtime reading? Then click on, dear reader.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;&quot; name=&quot;more&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #660000; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;2006: A neighbor upstairs from HopeNet on Ninth Street writes to say that the stench from the dispensary is exacerbating his emphysema. A DPH inspector visits and smells pot; can&#39;t reach the complainant after a few tries. Result: resolved.&lt;br /&gt;
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2007: Canna Med Care on Sutter Street -- since closed -- was using a scale that was off by .4 grams. In a separate complaint filed that year, a neighbor on Dore Alley says that HopeNet&#39;s customers were blocking the sidewalk. HopeNet asked not to block the sidewalk. Also, workers at 1525 Howard Street complain that the smell from Emmalyn&#39;s is too much. DPH visits but can&#39;t detect a scent.&lt;br /&gt;
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2008: The bathroom at HopeNet wasn&#39;t working. It was working when DPH visited. Another complaint said that outside of 442 Haight Street (now a shoe store) the presence of a &quot;known drug dealer&quot; alarmed a neighbor who later sees people smoking pot outside the establishment on two separate occasions. That matter was referred to SFPD.&lt;br /&gt;
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2009 was the dirty year: Green Goddess at 940 Geary Street was selling pot without a permit. Also, 194 Church Street was doing the same thing. Both operations were shut down.&lt;br /&gt;
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2010: Grassroots on Post Street was selling more than an ounce per visit, in violation of city rules. Told not to do it anymore. Another complaint said that a man on Palm Avenue in Laurel Heights upset his neighbors by making cannabis lollipops in his kitchen. He said he&#39;ll stop.&lt;br /&gt;
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2011: A man who claims to have top-security clearance from the United States government says he was assaulted outside of SPARC, and that he received harassing e-mails and phone calls following &quot;a traumatic brain injury.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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Had enough? So have we. Suffice to say that San Francisco medical cannabis dispensaries are hardly the most threatening entities in town. In fact, we believe that the l&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2011/01/pet_owners_are_starting_to.php&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #660000; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;ocal Pet Food Express has generated more contention&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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But this comes as no surprise to cannabis advocates -- it&#39;s what they&#39;ve been saying for years, in fact.&lt;br /&gt;
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&quot;How many other businesses have had that few complaints against them?&quot; asks David Goldman with the S.F. chapter of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.safeaccessnow.org/&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #660000; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Americans for Safe Access&lt;/a&gt;. &quot;How many bars, how many drugstores -- how many banks? I&#39;d say the medical cannabis dispensary industry is amazingly complaint-free compared to other industries.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/feeds/4988081743336844166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/thank-you-san-franciscofor-keeping-us.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/4988081743336844166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/4988081743336844166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/thank-you-san-franciscofor-keeping-us.html' title='THANK YOU SAN FRANCISCO....for keeping US safe.'/><author><name>Mozberg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01300673590291108818</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxc2gkPdZ36cz-tDISpTUX1OIfvolWBRPvmEpq3GhyYVdaFTR9tX6o9XmoR9u-445diXhcWCrOr3aKCyjbxwvg5kUowHggdlgDKtClG1LOdyJ50CXdqOeXSSS55ps0gg/s220/cali.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332811037705878402.post-5337687162348343904</id><published>2011-07-18T17:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-18T17:32:34.938-07:00</updated><title type='text'>WHY CANT &quot;cannabis&quot; Be in the commerce clause?..</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;blogItemTitle&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 14px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;blogItemTitleLink&quot; href=&quot;http://blog.norml.org/2011/07/18/why-cant-cannabis-be-in-the-commerce-clause/&quot; style=&quot;color: #993300; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Why Can’t ‘Cannabis’ Be In The Commerce Clause?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogItemDate&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 14px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:42:59 &amp;nbsp;By: Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogItemDesc&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 14px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 4px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;by Byron Andrus, NORML Foundation legal intern and second year law student at George Mason University School of Law&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;Recently, NORML supported the efforts of Congressmen Ron Paul (R-TX) and Barney Frank (D-MA) in their sponsorship of&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2306/text&quot;&gt;H.R. 2306&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, ‘Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011’, a House bill which seeks to remove federal penalties for marijuana offenses and thus allow for the individual states to set their own marijuana policies. While the bill will likely fail to reach even a committee hearing due to the efforts of another Texas Republican and Judiciary Committee Chairman,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.norml.org/2011/06/24/reefer-madness-alive-and-well-in-the-federal-government/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Lamar Smith&lt;/a&gt;, its introduction has raised some interesting constitutional questions and has given more food for thought to legal scholars interested in the oft-forgotten 10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;Amendment.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;The 10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;Amendment reads rather plainly:&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.”&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Essentially, this means that the powers not granted to the federal government by the Constitution, which are very limited in number, are left to the state legislatures. This may seem obvious, but judges and constitutional scholars have continuously debated about what “the powers not delegated to the United States” are.&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.norml.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/norml_remember_prohibition_.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;size-full wp-image-306  alignright&quot; height=&quot;245&quot; src=&quot;http://blog.norml.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/norml_remember_prohibition_.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; float: right; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 4px !important; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 4px !important; text-align: right;&quot; title=&quot;norml_remember_prohibition_&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;Controversially, the power of the federal government to regulate interstate commerce granted to it by Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to mean that the feds may regulate nearly anything that has an effect on interstate commerce. In the landmark case of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15647611274064109718&quot;&gt;Gonzales v. Raich&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, the Supreme Court ruled that a woman who grew marijuana plants on her property for her own medical use was participating in “interstate commerce.” Justice Clarence Thomas, in his dissent, astutely observes, “no evidence from the founding suggests that “commerce” included the mere possession of a good or some personal activity that did not involve trade or exchange for value. In the early days of the republic, it would have been unthinkable that Congress could prohibit the local cultivation, possession, and consumption of marijuana.” This common sense reading of “interstate commerce” would prevent the federal government from harassing peaceful citizens who are in compliance with state laws, and is a good example of a “10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;Amendment” approach to the issue of marijuana legalization.&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;alignleft&quot; height=&quot;182&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Raid_at_elk_lake.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; float: left; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;The Founding Fathers took great pains to choose carefully the words they inserted into the text of the Constitution. Nowhere in the document is the federal government granted the power to regulate&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;intrastate&lt;/span&gt;commerce (commerce within one state). Furthermore, “commerce” refers to transactions in which goods or services are exchanged. Ms. Raich did not intend to buy, sell, trade, or give away her marijuana, she only intended it to be used for her own medical purposes—despite this and the clear omission by the founders of a federal primacy regarding states’ economies under the 10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;Amendment. The real world application of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Gonzales&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;decision means that those with serious illnesses like Ms. Raich are not legally permitted to grow and consume their own medicine—even if state laws allow for such.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;The Commerce Clause has also been invoked when armed federal agents decide to raid dispensaries in states where medical marijuana is legally permitted to be sold. The latest&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/us_attorney_general_explains_h.html&quot;&gt;memo from the Department of Justice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, known as the ‘Cole Memo’, suggests that the federal government will continue to raid dispensaries, even ones that are operating in accordance with state laws. This contradicted a&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.usdoj.gov/blog/archives/192&quot;&gt;2009 memo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;written by the former Deputy Attorney General David Ogden, in which he suggested that federal resources should not be wasted on marijuana enforcement as long as dispensary owners remained in “clear and unambiguous” compliance with state law. This reversal in policy now suggests that the federal government can target those involved in the medical marijuana industry, even those in compliance with state law.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;In addition to the constant threat of arrest and prosecution, the potential loss of one’s business&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/18/3776043/new-federal-memo-on-medical-marijuana.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;creates a great deal of uncertainty in the markets of states where medical marijuana is legal&lt;/a&gt;. Investing in a dispensary has become a risky proposition, and it has led to dispensary owners already heavily invested in the business&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://articles.boston.com/2011-07-01/news/29727330_1_marijuana-dispensaries-medical-marijuana-thousands-of-marijuana-plants&quot;&gt;to wonder whether or not they will be able to open their doors.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;This uncertainty causes patients to go without their medicine and causes business owners to flounder under unclear regulations. Removing the federal penalties for marijuana offenses by passing&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2306/text&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;H.R. 2306&lt;/a&gt;would completely eliminate this problem, as patients and business owners would simply need to comply with state laws, no longer having to worry about getting their doors kicked in by federal agents. A “10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;Amendment” approach to marijuana policy would finally ease the fear and uncertainty that are part and parcel of federal Marijuana Prohibition.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;An expansive reading of the federal government’s ability to regulate interstate commerce seems to be at odds with the 10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;Amendment. Since the federal government may not regulate&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;intrastate&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;commerce, it follows that this is a right reserved to the states. The division of powers in our federal system was intended to prevent an overreach of federal power. Unfortunately, the ever-expanding federal government now sees fit to regulate everything from the&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/congress/6713-rand-paul-takes-on-federal-toilet-bowl-regulations&quot;&gt;amount of water you can have in your toilet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;to&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/16/business/house-votes-to-withhold-funding-for-light-bulb-law.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;what kind of light bulbs consumers can buy&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to what plants you may grow on your property—the laws of the states be damned if necessary.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2306/text&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;H.R. 2306&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;puts forth the common sense proposition, consistent with the 10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;Amendment, that it should be the prerogative of each state to determine for itself whether or not to legalize marijuana for either medical or recreational purposes—a tried and true, and constitutionally sound approach that previously worked to end the folly of another federal government overreach,&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition&quot;&gt;Alcohol Prohibition&lt;/a&gt;. A return by federal judges to interpreting the plain meaning of “interstate commerce,” coupled with an emphasis on the 10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;Amendment, would mark an excellent starting point in getting the federal government out of the way and allowing state governments to make their own informed decisions on marijuana policy....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;Thank you norml for all you and your staff do check them out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/feeds/5337687162348343904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/why-cant-cannabis-be-in-commerce-clause.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/5337687162348343904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/5337687162348343904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/why-cant-cannabis-be-in-commerce-clause.html' title='WHY CANT &quot;cannabis&quot; Be in the commerce clause?..'/><author><name>Mozberg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01300673590291108818</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxc2gkPdZ36cz-tDISpTUX1OIfvolWBRPvmEpq3GhyYVdaFTR9tX6o9XmoR9u-445diXhcWCrOr3aKCyjbxwvg5kUowHggdlgDKtClG1LOdyJ50CXdqOeXSSS55ps0gg/s220/cali.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332811037705878402.post-9113629551775987152</id><published>2011-07-05T19:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-05T19:42:31.774-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ARE YOU PAYING TOO MUCH FOR MEDS.</title><content type='html'>How much does Medical Marijuana Cost?&lt;br /&gt;
One question that comes up often when talking to medical patients all over the state is “How much should marijuana really cost me?” It’s an interesting question that depends on a lot of different factors. Here are just few:&lt;br /&gt;
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A). Is it INDICA? &amp;nbsp;Obviously, Indicas are great for relaxation, stress relief, and for an overall sense of calmness.Medical Marijuana indicas are also very effective for overall body pain relief, and often used in the treatment of insomnia. Indica is a evening choice of many smokers as an all - night sleep aid. A few pure indica strains are very potent in THC, and will cause the &quot;couchlock&quot; effect, enabling the smoker to simply sit still and enjoy the experience of the smoke.Some Indicas are $10-$20 higher then sativas.&lt;br /&gt;
B). or is it a SATIVA? The effects of a sativa marijuana are mostly cerebral. They give a feeling of optimism and well being, as well as providing a good measure of pain relief for certain symptoms. A few pure sativas are also very high in THC content. They are known to have a quite spacey, or hallucinogenic, effect. Sativas are a good choice for daytime smoking.&lt;br /&gt;
C). We hope your going to your local Dispensary? Some dispensaries can charge from $10-$20 for the same strand,depending on how the grower maintained his crops, &amp;nbsp;the chemicals used (check my website for marijuana testing) the best &quot;mainted&quot; medication will always be around $15-$20 a gram aka TOP SHELF and the well &amp;nbsp;not top shelf can be $10-$15 you have to pay careful attention how it was &quot;RAISED&quot; AND if the dispensary takes DEBIT/CREDIT.Making the same strand of medication other places that take cash, $15 while the place that takes debit/credit charge $20. SOME DO CHARGE TAX...check your local dispensary&lt;br /&gt;
All these factors combine to create a fair market price for your area. California, I consider $40-$50 for an eighth (3.5 grams) or $200– $300 for an ounce (28 grams) to be an average price for some TOP NOTCH medication (no seeds, no unnecessary stems, well manicured, good smell, etc). But that’s CALIFORNIA where ONLY &amp;nbsp;the best marijuana is grown (and a lot of it too!).&lt;br /&gt;
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I invite you to post what the average price for weed in your area is. Does your dispensary have what it takes to get voted as the best from our followers If you have a medical prescription and your state has marijuana dispensaries, your input is also welcome. Our followers would love to know...&quot;MORE THE INFO WE KNOW THE MORE &amp;nbsp;OUR PLANT GROWS&quot;.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/feeds/9113629551775987152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/are-you-paying-too-much-for-meds.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/9113629551775987152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/9113629551775987152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/are-you-paying-too-much-for-meds.html' title='ARE YOU PAYING TOO MUCH FOR MEDS.'/><author><name>Mozberg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01300673590291108818</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxc2gkPdZ36cz-tDISpTUX1OIfvolWBRPvmEpq3GhyYVdaFTR9tX6o9XmoR9u-445diXhcWCrOr3aKCyjbxwvg5kUowHggdlgDKtClG1LOdyJ50CXdqOeXSSS55ps0gg/s220/cali.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332811037705878402.post-6277935429699008519</id><published>2011-07-01T20:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-01T20:33:01.079-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you fyi...Marijuana Does Not Impact Male Sexual Performance</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id=&quot;top-report&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f4f2e9; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #76ad3f; float: left; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, Times, serif; font-size: 20px; height: 50px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -7px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 5px; width: 619px;&quot;&gt;The content below is a summary of the original&lt;br /&gt;
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Marijuana or cannabis is one of the most widely used illegal drugs worldwide. There is speculation that excessive use of this drug may affect male sexual health.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21269404&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #005b89; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;The Impact of Marijuana on Male Sexual Health&quot;&gt;This review&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;attempted to look into this issue by examining earlier published scientific evidence. It was found that there are few studies that examine the link between male sexual disorders and cannabis use. Some human studies have found that cannabis may enhance erectile function in males, but animal studies have shown that cannabis may have the opposite effect.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f1f1f; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Studies have shown that nearly 4 percent of people all over the world use marijuana at least once a year and 0.6 percent take it regularly. Cannabis contains, among other chemicals, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).&amp;nbsp; THC is a chemical that can depress or stimulate the brain and even cause hallucinations. Erection disorders (erectile dysfunction or ED) in men are common problems where attainment or maintenance of an erection is inadequate. ED may affect as many as 322 million males worldwide by 2025. While many causes for these disorders are unclear, psychological factors as well as drug abuse are cited to be some reasons for these disorders. With the rise of illegal drug use and the rise of the number of males suffering from erectile dysfunction, studies to explore a connection become important. This study attempted to find an association between cannabis use and male sexual disorders of erection.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f1f1f; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Methodology&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For the purpose of this study, authors reviewed previous studies that explored the relationship between cannabis use and sexual health in males. “There are considerable data from animal and in vitro studies to support” the effects cannabis has on erectile function. “In vitro” studies are studies performed within the laboratory. Emerging scientific evidence was looked at regarding the effects of certain chemical roles in maintaining a penile erection. Finally the authors gathered trial results of cannabis consumption in human males.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f1f1f; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Key findings&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Studies in vitro and on lab animals showed that cannabis may help enhance erections. However, authors speculate that there is a difference of response to cannabis between different species of animals.&lt;br /&gt;
* Human trials are few and they show that cannabis significantly increases sexual desires, but decreases capability of erection in men.&lt;br /&gt;
* From the collected information, authors feel that human trial results conflict with the lab and animal trials. Thus no concrete conclusions could be drawn.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f1f1f; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Next steps/shortcomings&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The authors write that most of the studies they analyzed were conducted before the 1970s and 1980s and there have hardly been any studies over the last 30 years. Also, the earlier studies are not consistent in their findings. These studies have used various measures to assess erection and not used standardized scoring to determine erection disorders, as is used today. Further studies to explore this link in detail are necessary, they write.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f1f1f; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Conclusion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The authors conclude that, “Clinical studies examining the effects of cannabis use on male sexual function have been limited in both quality and quantity. Most results of these studies are conflicting and contradictory.” Thus, from this study it cannot be concluded that cannabis can harm or improve erectile function in males. Authors suggest that further studies that are validated and better designed can determine whether there is harm caused by cannabis on male sexual performance and also determine the extent of harm on the molecular level in the brain. With the rise of cannabis use and a possible relationship to erectile dysfunction, the authors recommend a “renewed use of research resources” to figure out what the effects of cannabis can have on male sexual health.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/article&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;, Arial, Helvetica, &#39;Nimbus Sans L&#39;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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Reminds States That Selling Pot Is Still a Federal Crime</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2011/07/01/justice-dept-reminds-states-that-selling-pot-is-still-a-federal-crime/&quot;&gt;Justice Dept. Reminds States That Selling Pot Is Still a Federal Crime&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/feeds/6895241189275545849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/justice-dept-reminds-states-that.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/6895241189275545849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/6895241189275545849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/07/justice-dept-reminds-states-that.html' title='Justice Dept. 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Tommy Chong To Drug War Profiteer Scumbag</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe width=&quot;425&quot; height=&quot;344&quot; src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/embed/X8WYfDE8KCk?fs=1&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/feeds/3883893032822332230/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/06/lets-hear-some-more-lies-tommy-chong-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/3883893032822332230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/3883893032822332230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/06/lets-hear-some-more-lies-tommy-chong-to.html' title='LET&#39;S HEAR SOME MORE LIES! Tommy Chong To Drug War Profiteer Scumbag'/><author><name>Mozberg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01300673590291108818</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxc2gkPdZ36cz-tDISpTUX1OIfvolWBRPvmEpq3GhyYVdaFTR9tX6o9XmoR9u-445diXhcWCrOr3aKCyjbxwvg5kUowHggdlgDKtClG1LOdyJ50CXdqOeXSSS55ps0gg/s220/cali.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/X8WYfDE8KCk/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332811037705878402.post-104526426675479085</id><published>2011-06-24T10:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-24T10:29:04.451-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: First-Ever Marijuana Legalization Bill Introduced in U.S. Congress</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://copssaylegalize.blogspot.com/2011/06/first-ever-marijuana-legalization-bill.html?showComment=1308936528710#c9069069724324340561&quot;&gt;Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: First-Ever Marijuana Legalization Bill Introduced in U.S. Congress&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/feeds/104526426675479085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/06/law-enforcement-against-prohibition.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/104526426675479085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/104526426675479085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/06/law-enforcement-against-prohibition.html' title='Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: First-Ever Marijuana Legalization Bill Introduced in U.S. Congress'/><author><name>Mozberg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01300673590291108818</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxc2gkPdZ36cz-tDISpTUX1OIfvolWBRPvmEpq3GhyYVdaFTR9tX6o9XmoR9u-445diXhcWCrOr3aKCyjbxwvg5kUowHggdlgDKtClG1LOdyJ50CXdqOeXSSS55ps0gg/s220/cali.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332811037705878402.post-1977829919667922402</id><published>2011-06-17T12:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-17T12:34:29.465-07:00</updated><title type='text'>FIRST TIME PATIENTS!!!!</title><content type='html'>Its always funny how when you get called a &quot;first time patient&quot; at dispensaries only to be treated like a second time patient..Its like this if I am coming into your dispensary as a first time patient&amp;nbsp;don&#39;t&amp;nbsp;make me wait like a second time patient. First time patients should have &quot;exclusive&quot; priority, show why your dispensary should get my donations and why I should keep coming back. Show first time patients your &quot;plants&quot; your&amp;nbsp;Indicas&amp;nbsp;and Sativas know why they are there..Make your Compassion stand out....Remember this market has gotten &quot;popular&quot; with &quot;so-called&quot; compassionate dispensaries.First time patients are generally looking for a killer deal on your top shelf BOTTOM LINE we are not looking to buy TOP SHELF and you give us FREE bottom shelf. Lets face it a lot of dispensaries now a days have the same medications just grown&amp;nbsp;different.Give us something that will make us come back.A KILLER DEAL. I think we all have had enough of &quot;first time bags&quot; being a glass pipe,lighter,rolling papers or a half a gram of what was lying around in the back.....(unless thats what they need) Give us a deal &quot;buy one get one free&quot; or just plain match what we donate in the first place...I&amp;nbsp;DON&#39;T&amp;nbsp;KNOW...Your not gonna lose any donations or overhead cost and blah blah blah...SO STEP UP DISPENSARIES AND LETS SEE IF YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES FOR THE PATIENTS...</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/feeds/1977829919667922402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/06/first-time-patients.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/1977829919667922402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/1977829919667922402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/06/first-time-patients.html' title='FIRST TIME PATIENTS!!!!'/><author><name>Mozberg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01300673590291108818</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxc2gkPdZ36cz-tDISpTUX1OIfvolWBRPvmEpq3GhyYVdaFTR9tX6o9XmoR9u-445diXhcWCrOr3aKCyjbxwvg5kUowHggdlgDKtClG1LOdyJ50CXdqOeXSSS55ps0gg/s220/cali.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6332811037705878402.post-2179767347948245754</id><published>2011-06-12T22:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-13T10:27:52.755-07:00</updated><title type='text'>This is for connoisseur&#39;s only!!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;This blog is for people who really want some great advice or just plain know how on what to do with a mmj license or a marijuana rec.Where to get one and all sorts of information you will need&amp;nbsp;before&amp;nbsp;you even get to a pharmacy/dispensary and which pharmacy/dispensary is right for you....You must be 18 AND OLDER...A MMJ HOLDER....California Resident you will be verified if need be...discretion belongs to owner.....I will review dispensaries and those who truely are compassionate and those out to take your money and throw it in your face YOU WILL BE LEFT WITH FEEDBACK.....&quot;ITS TIME WE TAKE OUR MEDICATIONS SERIOUSLY&quot;.&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/feeds/2179767347948245754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-is-for-connoisseurs-only.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/2179767347948245754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6332811037705878402/posts/default/2179767347948245754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://weeddeservebetter.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-is-for-connoisseurs-only.html' title='This is for connoisseur&#39;s only!!!!'/><author><name>Mozberg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01300673590291108818</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxc2gkPdZ36cz-tDISpTUX1OIfvolWBRPvmEpq3GhyYVdaFTR9tX6o9XmoR9u-445diXhcWCrOr3aKCyjbxwvg5kUowHggdlgDKtClG1LOdyJ50CXdqOeXSSS55ps0gg/s220/cali.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>