http://www.acponline.org/acp_news/medmarinews.htm
USA: The largest American association of physicians calls for
reclassification of cannabis and protection of patients who use
the drug according to state laws
The largest association of physicians, the American College of
Physicians (ACP), is calling on the federal government to ease
its strict ban on cannabis as medicine and hasten research into
the drug’s therapeutic uses. In a 13-page [...]
ACETONE (cologne, dishwashing liquid and detergent, nail enamel remover) — On EPA, RCRA, CERCLA Hazardous Waste lists. “Inhalation can cause dryness of the mouth and throat; dizziness, nausea, lack of coordination, slurred speech, drowsiness, and, in severe exposures, coma.” “Acts primarily as a central nervous system (CNS) depressant.” [ ACETONE (Immediately Dangerous To Life [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>On this day six years ago, Reason Magazine published a piece on drug war propaganda, and how the US Government was attempting to connect terrorism and drug use.
Terror Tactic
The government blames drug users for the violence created by its disastrous policies.
Jacob Sullum | February 8, 2002
The federal government has told many outrageous lies about [...]
Although the article is about 6 years old, the following piece that was originally featured in Reason Magazine, it gives our readers a little more background on NIDA - the National Institute on Drug Abuse from the US . . .
Hungry for the Next Fix
Behind the relentless, misguided search for a medical cure for addiction.
Stanton [...]
Researchers working in support of the War on Drugs upped the ante yet again yesterday, with the release of a report that purports that smoking cannabis is directly related to gum disease and tooth loss.
Here’s how the news was reported in Pravda, the official paper of Russia . . .
Scientists: cannabis causes gum [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>We’d prefer not to be perceived as “attacking” our new science “friend”, or his “study” using 12 individuals to try and prove the so called “addictive” effects of Cannabis. He personally seems well intentioned enough, even if we do consider him hopelessly naive when it comes to the harsh reality of being used as [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>If a certain researcher out there wonders why we are rather aggressive in our distrust of scientific attempts to prove that pot smoking is addictive, here’s an example of what’s passed for previous attempts at “science” by the National Institute on Drug Abuse . . .
Reefer monkey madness
Researchers persuade simians to get themselves stoned — [...]
Did you ever feel like medical cannabis users are the “hunted” and cops are the “hunters” in a deadly game brought about by the War on Drugs?
Here’s a pic with a couple of cops proudly displaying their latest “trophies” in the war on drugs . . .
Here’s a pair of trophy shots featuring [...]
When reading news stories from across the pond, we see constant reference to the phrase “cannabis factory”. The news reports almost always read something to the effect that the police have closed xx number of factories in the last 12 or 18 months, and they closed another today . . .
In Canada they’d be referred [...]
Would you believe that the author of a critically flawed study on Cannabis “addiction” came to the Cannabis Chronicles to comment on our criticism?
Here’s the full exchange - culled from the comments section and brought right out to the main pages of our humble blog, lest they be missed by our readers.
Here’s the exchange . [...]
Here’s another “blast from the past” . . .
In an 8 year old article from Salon.com that’s been stored away at the bird’s nest as a part of our personal archiving project, we learn that there’s no escaping the drug war, it even directly touches the television we view . . .
Washington script doctors
How [...]
The food police debate continues.
We have all heard how coffee, chocolate, wine, and various ways in which we indulge ourselves is bad for you. Sometimes it even seems like every time you found some little way or thing made you feel a bit better, tasted good, or was a reprieve from pain and stress, [...]
We found the following essay today on the “blogosphere”, dealing with the upcoming extradition hearing for Marc Emery & friends . . . we’ll follow with our own comments at the conclusion of this posting . . .
Karen Selick: Don’t extradite Marc Emery to the U.S.
January 2nd, 2008 by irdial Karen Selick
An open [...]
the more we read. . .
the more we find. . .
the more “they” confirm what medical M.J. users are already saying. . .
Marijuana is good medicine. . .
It is effective . . .
It works. . .
It is not an addictive substance- it is a God-given plant. . .
That none of the side effects are [...]
