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A Bunch of Students, Of Course ... More on that in a minute, but who else? Can you name even one legitimate, professional, scientifically credible group in favor of pot for people with painful prognoses? Here are just a few of the wacko ones: The AIDS Action Council, the Alaska Nurses Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Nurses Association, the American Preventive Medical Association, the American Public Health Association, the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, the California Academy of Family Physicians, the California Medical Association, the California Pharmacists Association, the Connecticut Nurses Association, Cure AIDS Now, the Florida Medical Association, the Los Angeles County AIDS Commission, the Lymphoma Foundation of America, the Medical Society of the State of New York, the National Association for Public Health Policy, the National Association of People with AIDS, the National Nurses Society on Addictions, the New England Journal of Medici

The mighty Wall Street Journal (my favorite newspaper) has been hopping with pot talk lately. What's the Voice of Capitalism coming to? It started with an editorial page commentary on March 16 by constitutional expert Randy E. Barnett called "Reefer Madness". It was a learned assessment by Professor Barnett on how the federal courts go through constitutional contortions in maintaining the prohibition on medical uses of marijuana. The commentary was keyed by the Angel Raich story. On March 23 there were four letters in response. If you are a Journal reader, you know that's a lot for any one commentary, meaning there were probably hundreds that didn't get printed. There were letters from organizations "Common Sense for Drug Policy" and "Marijuana Policy Project" decrying criminalization of a useful drug. President Carter's drug czar Lee Dogoloff weighed in - saying "every major" scientist says there is no medical benefit. Ol

Look Up, Jefferson Beauregard * ** That kid in Peru is being saved from 8 seizures per day with cannabis oil. Over there, see the American veterans being treated for major PTSD with legal weed? Now, amidst genuine crises - like the opioid epidemic, voter suppression, out-of-control ICE agents, massive tax cheating by your contributors, a nut case President with a campaign that (seemingly) colluded with the Russians, banksters regaining their power to destroy lives, the elimination of Inspectors General... you know, real problems, you are going after medical marijuana ? With all due (?) respect, sir, are you aware that opioid overdose deaths are way down in the states with legal marijuana? (P.S... that reference link is to an ultra-right site, DailyCaller.com) Lordy, I hope there is justice somewhere in your department. * pix credit ** pix credit

What's to Become of Us?  An America of Cheech & Chong? Or  of Steve Jobs, Willie Nelson, Bill Gates and Carl Sagan?* -18 states have legalized recreational weed. -38 states have legalized medical cannabis.  -17 "overlap" - both recreational and medical So this is one big sociological experiment. Precendents? Perhaps when Prohibition ended, and drinking went from bootleggers back to bars and package stores, it was sort of like this. Perhaps many folks who really wanted to drink a bit were encouraged to have a few pops after years of abstinence. Perhaps that's happening now with weed.  What Prohibition lacks as an analogue is that booze didn't sneak up from 90 proof to 120 proof, unless you moved right up to Everclear, and everyone knew what that would do.  With Cannabis, the "proof" is rising, and everyone is unclear on what that will do.  There are some worrying indications: Recently, there have been concerns surrounding the increased levels of THC f

Look Back Six Months ... Things were Slightly Less Crazy THIS IS NOT A GOOD TREND. 17 Posts in 30 days, OK for and olde dude. I'd say they are all fairly pertinent even here in the Slightly More Crazy Zone. "Breaking News" they ain't, and we are addicted to "this just in." A bit of look-back is good for the perspective (and the soul). Just click on a title to see the post. SINGLE PAYER! SINGLE PAYER! 6/29/17 DOOMSAYER!! bully ,  endemic lying ,  fake news ,  illiteracy ,  taunting tweets 6/24/17 My Peers 6/23/17 Hate Mongrel hate speech , howler monkey , pamela geller 6/23/17 "We Could Shoot Them Down" hypersonic , hypersonic intercept , hypersonic missiles , raytheon 6/21/17 Just kidding Rick and Morty cells , millennial , rick and morty , social cells