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KATU - Portland, OR : \'Legal pot\' program from US gov\'t stirs up legalization debate | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Po

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:01:24 +0000

Cannabis does (I've also read) temporarily inc ones heart rate. I would just guess that one who suffers any heart condition would most assuredly want to use it only under medical supervision. I have not found or read of any incident that has actually occured however-have you? From the way media is so very biased against Cannabis, I'm also guessing it would have been headline news for days if there were such cases. I have also read that Cannabis can Lower Blood Pressure.

KATU - Portland, OR : \'Legal pot\' program from US gov\'t stirs up legalization debate | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Po

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:29:06 +0000

I believe that after spending a Grand $1 Trillion (Tax) dollars trying to eradicate cannabis since Nixon-It's time to rethink the laws, rules and policies that govern the use of Cannabis-really, all drugs. Oregons "annual "Drug Tab" (tax $$ investment) is about 1% of several Billion. It cost us (all tax-payers) roughly $3,000.00 per month per inmate. I would rather see these funds spent toward Prevention, Harm Reduction and Treatment. I would actually be getting a benefit from my tax dollar investment. Crime would drop. Society would be safer as a whole. I would love to find information that tells us how much it costs to investigate, arrest, book, house, court, legal fees etc for "busting" a Cannabis consumer.

KATU - Portland, OR : \'Legal pot\' program from US gov\'t stirs up legalization debate | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Po

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:28:38 +0000

I believe you have finished your job here, thanks for your service, but the adults are in converation...

KATU - Portland, OR : \'Legal pot\' program from US gov\'t stirs up legalization debate | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Po

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:20:31 +0000

6. By contrast aspirin, a commonly used, over-the-counter medicine, causes hundreds of deaths each year. 7. Drugs used in medicine are routinely given what is called an LD-50. The LD-50 rating indicates at what dosage fifty percent of test animals receiving a drug will die as a result of drug induced toxicity. A number of researchers have attempted to determine marijuana's LD-50 rating in test animals, without success. Simply stated, researchers have been unable to give animals enough marijuana to induce death." http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_la...

KATU - Portland, OR : \'Legal pot\' program from US gov\'t stirs up legalization debate | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Po

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:19:18 +0000

"5. This is a remarkable statement. First, the record on marijuana encompasses 5,000 years of human experience. Second, marijuana is now used daily by enormous numbers of people throughout the world. Estimates suggest that from twenty million to fifty million Americans routinely, albeit illegally, smoke marijuana without the benefit of direct medical supervision. Yet, despite this long history of use and the extraordinarily high numbers of social smokers, there are simply no credible medical reports to suggest that consuming marijuana has caused a single death." http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_la...

KATU - Portland, OR : \'Legal pot\' program from US gov\'t stirs up legalization debate | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Po

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:17:33 +0000

Want to know more? In 1988 the DEA's Own ALJ issues this remarkable conclusion on the safety and efficacy of Cannabis Medicine.... " 3. The most obvious concern when dealing with drug safety is the possibility of lethal effects. Can the drug cause death? 4. Nearly all medicines have toxic, potentially lethal effects. But marijuana is not such a substance. There is no record in the extensive medical literature describing a proven, documented cannabis-induced fatality. - 56 - http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_la...

KATU - Portland, OR : \'Legal pot\' program from US gov\'t stirs up legalization debate | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Po

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:09:35 +0000

US Patent 7402686 - Cannabinoid crystalline derivatives and process of cannabinoid purification. http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7402686/fulltex... US Patent 7088914 - Device, method and resistive element for vaporizing a medicament. http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7088914/fulltex... US Patent 7399872 - Conversion of CBD to Δ-THC and Δ-THC. http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7399872/fulltex... US Patent 6383513 - Compositions comprising cannabinoids (nasal spray). http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6383513/fulltex... US Patent 6132762 - Transcutaneous application of marijuana. http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6132762.html US Patent 4189491 - Tetrahydrocannabinol in a method of treating glaucoma. http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/4189491.html US Patent 6713048 - Δ9 tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9 THC) solution metered dose inhalers and methods of use. http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6713048/fulltex... US Patent 6974568 - Treatment for cough. http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6974568/fulltex...

KATU - Portland, OR : \'Legal pot\' program from US gov\'t stirs up legalization debate | Local & Regional | KATU.com - Po

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:09:24 +0000

The Ultimate Hypocrisy-Americans are being locked up for using a Plant Based Medicine that does Not have to be manufactured, mixed, altered and in it's natural form, the safest medicine known to mankind. Cannabis is no more a drug than Hawthorn, a common herb/plant used to improve ones cardio health. Why then is cannabis treated like a dangerous drug when they themselves filed patents to "protect" their right to Cannabis Medicines? US Patent 7344736 - Extraction of pharmaceutically active components from plant materials. http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7344736/fulltex... US Patent 6328992 - Cannabinoid patch and method for cannabis transdermal delivery. ... http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6328992.html US Patent 6949582 - Method of relieving analgesia and reducing inflamation using a cannabinoid delivery topical liniment. http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6949582/fulltex...

KATU - Portland, OR : Sheriff\'s Association: Oregon\'s medical marijuana program out of control | Local & Regional | KATU

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:37:47 +0000

I agree. Keep Dope Illegal and De-Schedule the Plant Cannabis. If we Must continue with Costly Prohibition, then we MUST also add Tobacco and Alcohol to the Fed Sched I list. Alcohol and Tobacco alone cause more than half a million deaths annually. Cannabis ZERO. BTW, Cannabis in Oregon is now a Sched II. We must examine our public safety and fiscal priorities. I want a Positive return from my tax dollar investments. Don't you? No one is safer because a Cannabis consumer is incarcerated.

KATU - Portland, OR : Sheriff\'s Association: Oregon\'s medical marijuana program out of control | Local & Regional | KATU

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:32:55 +0000

Thank you for posting a most sensible consideration of many of the issues surrounding this matter.

KATU - Portland, OR : Sheriff\'s Association: Oregon\'s medical marijuana program out of control | Local & Regional | KATU

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:11:45 +0000

16. Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. By any measure of rational analysis cannabis can be safely used with a supervised routine of medical care. 18. There have been occasional instances of panic reaction in patients who have smoked marijuana. These have occurred in cannabis-naive persons, usually older persons, who are extremely anxious over the forthcom-ing chemotherapy and troubled over the illegality of their having obtained the cannabis. Such persons have responded to simple person-to-person communication with a doctor and have sustained no long term mental or physical damage. If cannabis could be legally obtained, and administered in an open, medically-supervised ses-sion rather than surreptitiously, the few instances of such adverse reaction doubtless would be reduced in number and severity. http://www.equalrights4all.org/fcda/judge.young.h... This, ladies and gentleman, is just a sampling of the science based truth that is available. I am learning on my own by finding credible documents like this. I encourage local media and citizens interested in this issue to do the same.

KATU - Portland, OR : Sheriff\'s Association: Oregon\'s medical marijuana program out of control | Local & Regional | KATU

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:10:39 +0000

13. There are, of course, prescriptive drugs which have much lower therapeutic ratios. Many of the drugs used to treat patients with cancer, glaucoma and multi-ple sclerosis are highly toxic. The therapeutic ratio of some of the drugs used in anti-neoplastic therapies, for example, are regarded as extremely toxic poisons with therapeutic ratios that may fall below 1:1.5. These drugs also have very low LD-50 ra-tios and can result in toxic, even lethal reactions, while be-ing properly em-ployed. 14. By contrast, marijuana's therapeutic ratio, like its LD-50, is impossible to quantify because it is so high. 15. In strict medical terms marijuana is far safer than many foods we commonly consume. For example, eating 10 raw potatoes can result in toxic response. By compari-son, it is physically impossible to eat enough cannabis to in-duce death. http://www.equalrights4all.org/fcda/judge.young.h...

KATU - Portland, OR : Sheriff\'s Association: Oregon\'s medical marijuana program out of control | Local & Regional | KATU

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:09:46 +0000

10. Another common medical way to determine drug safety is called the therapeutic ratio. This ratio de-fines the difference between a therapeutically effective dose and a dose capable of inducing adverse effects. 11. A commonly used over-the-counter product like aspirin has a therapeutic ratio of around 1:20. Two as-pirins are the recommended dose for adult patients. Twenty times this dose, forty aspirins, may cause a lethal reaction in some patients, and will almost cer-tainly cause gross injury to the digestive system, includ-ing extensive internal bleeding. 12. The therapeutic ratio for prescribed drugs is commonly around 1:10 or lower. Valium, a commonly used prescriptive drug, may cause very serious biological damage if patients use 10 times the recommended dose. http://www.equalrights4all.org/fcda/judge.young.h...

KATU - Portland, OR : Sheriff\'s Association: Oregon\'s medical marijuana program out of control | Local & Regional | KATU

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:07:37 +0000

8. At present it is estimated that cannabis's LD-50 is around 1:20,000 or 1:40,000. In layman terms this means that in order to induce death a marijuana smoker would have to consume 20,000 to 40,000 time as much cannabis as is contained in one marijuana cigarette. NIDA-supplied marijuana cigarettes weigh approxi-mately .9 grams. A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly 1,500 pounds of cannabis within about 15 minutes to induce a lethal response. 9. In practical terms, cannabis cannot induce a lethal response as a result of drug-related toxicity. http://www.equalrights4all.org/fcda/judge.young.h...

KATU - Portland, OR : Sheriff\'s Association: Oregon\'s medical marijuana program out of control | Local & Regional | KATU

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:06:59 +0000

5. This is a remarkable statement. First, the record on cannabis encompasses 5,000 years of human experi-ence. Second, cannabis is now used daily by enormous numbers of people throughout the world. Estimates suggest that 20-million to 50-million Americans rou-tinely, albeit illegally, smoke marijuana without the benefit of direct medical supervision. Yet, despite this long history of use and the extraordinarily high num-bers of social smokers, there are simply no credible medical reports to suggest that consuming cannabis has caused a single death. 6. By contrast aspirin, a commonly used, over-the-counter medicine, causes hundreds of deaths each year. 7. Drugs in medicine are routinely given what is called an LD-50. The LD-50 rating indicates at what dosage fifty percent of test animals receiving a drug will die as a result of drug induced toxicity. A number of re-searchers have attempted to determine cannabis's LD-50 rating in test animal, without success. Simply stated, researchers have been unable to give animals enough cannabis to induce death. http://www.equalrights4all.org/fcda/judge.young.h...

KATU - Portland, OR : Sheriff\'s Association: Oregon\'s medical marijuana program out of control | Local & Regional | KATU

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:03:38 +0000

Here is a snippet/link to the DEA's own ALJ 1988 findings of fact-1988-"They" choose to ignore the science. KATU Staff are encouraged to read. It's connected to Science, Logic and Common Sense. "VIII: Cannabis/Marijuana's Accepted Safety for Use Under Medical Supervision 3. The most obvious concern when dealing with drug safety is the possibility of lethal effects. Can the drug cause death? 4. Nearly all medicines have toxic, potentially lethal effects. But marijuana (cannabis) is not such a sub-stance. There is no record in the extensive medical lit-erature describing a proven, documented cannabis-in-duced fatality. http://www.equalrights4all.org/fcda/judge.young.h...

KATU - Portland, OR : Sheriff\'s Association: Oregon\'s medical marijuana program out of control | Local & Regional | KATU

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:00:56 +0000

Why does Oregons MSM Ignore the Rise in Drug Deaths in Oregon? Why are we investing so much FTE/Tax Revenue on eradicating the use of a plant that has never caused one fatality. The laws that govern it have caused death, but not Cannabis consumption. It's really very curious Nonsense. We must shift Cannabis eradication budget money to Harm reduction-People are suffering, addicted and dying. http://www.lundreport.org/resource/prescription_d... http://democratherald.com/news/local/crime-and-co... Cannabis is not listed here: http://www.oregon.gov/OSP/NEWSRL/news/05_13_2011_...

KATU - Portland, OR : Sheriff\'s Association: Oregon\'s medical marijuana program out of control | Local & Regional | KATU

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:00:48 +0000

Got a link to anything that reflects what actually happens? I have yet to find any story/info that actually provides anything but misinformation that curbs common sense, logic and omits scientific information. What "we" see out here does not line up too well with popular "anti-marijuana messaging" based upon "May happens-What-ifs and "Could-be's". We have been listening to the same "anti-marijuana message" for about 70 years now yet the threats of what doom may come has never come to fruition. What kind of crime? Are the laws/punishment that govern Cannabis more harmful than Cannabis itself? Is it worth the money to try to control it? Is it not the laws that precipitate crime? Is it not prohibition that keeps Cannabis worth the risk to those who profit from prohibition itself? It seems to make sense that if it were no longer illegal, the price would plummet, crime would drop and the tax monies used to maintain current policies and eradication programs could be used for actual worthwhile projects/programs, like harm reduction education. It simply makes fiscal sense to re-examine the benefit of maintaining the status quo.

KATU - Portland, OR : Sheriff\'s Association: Oregon\'s medical marijuana program out of control | Local & Regional | KATU

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:40:36 +0000

Does anyone have any Evidence that demonstrates Harm to society and self from the use of Cannabis? There certainly is a lot of misinformation being shared. As a tax payer, I would like to review evidence that support these claims in order to justify the tax monies currently being invested in Cannabis Eradication Programs. I would like to be assured that my tax dollars are being spent wisely to acquire actual public safety by focusing upon the highest societal risk areas. I am just guessing here, but it seems to me that Cannabis use coupled with the Consequences of Prohibition do not deliver any sort of return that is actually beneficial to society for the tax dollar investment. I believe these programs addressing this particular matter are a "fiscal boondoggle". We must examine our economic, public safety and budget priorities don't you think?

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Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:40:34 +0000

What states are those? What are corporate tax rates there?