Marijuana Smokers Need To Come Out of Closets

It's Sunday afternoon, and I am back from a wonderful weekend out at camp which is just outside of Woodstock New York. In some ways, camp is one of those beautiful places where those who have been fortunate in life and career spend their weekends during the summer living a priviledged life, have a chance to escape from the rat race, ride around in their golf carts while their Lexus is parked in the shade next to their screened in room beside the Fifth Wheel camper or Recreational Vehicle, the flat screen TV keeping the kids (who don't want to be there) amused. My fellow neighbors out at camp own businesses, are bankers, corporate executives, venture capitalist, and smokers of the illicit Class A drug known as Cannabis or Marijuana.

Don't get me wrong, I love camp, the array of wild birds (Scarlet Tanagers, Indigo Buntings, even the common robin), the friends I've made, the campfires on Friday and Saturday nights, and the people stopping by my TIKI bar for a shot of the latest Organic Vodka. What I find troubling, is how many of these friends of mine bring their little stash up to camp, stop by to get a buzz on, but hide who they are Monday through Friday, hide their truth from their friends in the gated communities in which they live. What upsets me, is the cops I've watched who get stoned sitting around campfires who think it is OK when on duty to arrest, even imprison those who are guilty of nothing more than what they themselves regularly do every time they come up to camp.

We have around 300 million citizens of the world living here in America. Of those, approximately 25 million get stoned. Start doing the math, and we are talking a adult voting block that is bigger than almost any other...yet, our silence, our apathy, or perhaps our fear sees us remain silent, sees us keeping our use of Cannabis hidden from family,friends and coworkers. That silence contributes to the very sad reality that some 350,000 Americans were turned into criminals last year for nothing more than being in possession of some Marijuana. Be honest, examine your own behavior as a secret recreational user of Marijuana, and you have to admit that you helped turn those citizens into criminals. United our voices cannot be denied, but when those voices are hidden in closets, we remained oppressed and shamed.

Isn't it time that Marijuana Smokers come out of the closet? Isn't it time that we start putting some of our money and efforts into winning the fight to LEGALIZE Cannabis? Don't tell me a million pot smoker march on Washington would not wake up our elected members of Congress. A quality quarter ounce of pot can cost some serious change...how much did you pay for say your last ounce of premium smoke? Now, tell me how much you have contributed to those fighting the good fight to legalize Marijuana...in too many instances, the answer to that last question is NOTHING, a big ZERO! Imagine if every one of the 25 million pot smokers here in America donated just $100 per year to the cause of Legalizing Marijuana...do you know how much clout we could have with $2.5 Billion a year parked in a LEGALIZE MARIJUANA PAC? How much money did President Obama spend to become President of the United States?....not even a fifth of that amount. We have the ability to effect change, but only if we plug in and get involved, put our money where our hearts are.

Please fellow American Pot Smokers, come out of the closet, put the real face on Medical and Recreational Marijuana use, instead of letting the FDA, DEA and self serving politicians paint us out as Drug fiends and monsters. Isn't it time we dispel the myths created in the 1937 film Reefer Madness? Isn't it time to end the lie that Marijuana is a gateway drug, and that any one who smokes Marijuana is a societal misfit, a loser that society needs protected from. Isn't it time that American realizes how many of us are leaders, attorneys, business owners, doctors, and even politicians. (Our last three presidents have all INHALED no matter what Bill Clinton said.)

Please, if you are a user of either Medical or Recreational Marijuana, plug into the fight, get involved in some fashion...make a donation to my small efforts, or to those of NORML or other groups (except MPP) if you have to stay in the closet out of fear for your job, but doing nothing is unforgivable, can no longer be allowed. Pot smokers of America, it is time that we Unite, time that we win this war and decriminalize Marijuana...please, for yourselves, and for those Americans who use Marijuana responsibly come out of the shadows. I beg you to become a part of this battle, begging you to help us stop the WAR ON CITIZENS, PEOPLE, PARENTS who are being turned into criminals for doing nothing more than smoking the occassional joint.

Just an Afternoon Update

For those who have wondered what happened, and where I have been...camp! The bad news is I have no INTERNET at camp...the good news is they are working on the problem, and with a bit of luck, the problem will be resolved some time next week, which will resolve my frequent dissappearing acts of late. Going to do some laundry, and get up on Twitter here shortly...look for a good article later this evening, or some time tomorrow.

CNN Mouth Piece For Federal Government (DEA/DARE) Marijuana Propaganda?

War on Drugs (Marijuana) Heating Up as CNN Puts Out Reefer Madness 2009 Style Propaganda

Just in on CNN (May 14,2009) is a story on the increased potency of Marijuana these days. Seems that the pot smoked today is twice as strong as the pot I smoked as a teenager/young man. What disturbed me about the story was its presentation that smacked of the same insanity that was/is the classic 1937 Propaganda Piece of fame and legend, "Reefer Madness" More disturbing is doing a GOOGLE search and finding out CNN has been rehashing and reissuing this same basic story FOR YEARS...any one care to ponder the WHY OF THAT? Is our Government paying BIG MEDIA to run these story, or DICTATING to them? Notice the DATES!

CNN.com - Transcripts

May 2, 2002 ... PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: And the "Big Question" this morning at 25 after the hour , is today's pot more dangerous than the marijuana people ...

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CNN.com - Transcripts

May 27, 2003 ... And also the fact that today's marijuana is a lot more potent than the marijuana we're used to with THC levels sometimes up to 30 percent ...

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Jun 25, 2008 ... A study released last summer compared pot being smoked today with what was smoked back before 1992 and concluded it is 175 percent more potent, ... Experts believe marijuana causes more damage to the respiratory system ...

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May 27, 2003 ... ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: The maple leaf on the Canadian flag is ... And also the fact that today's marijuana is a lot more potent than ...

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First, Marijuana/Cannabis/Reefer is not Devil Weed, nor is it a GATEWAY DRUG. Secondly, why is major medica becoming the mouth piece of the Federal Government, continuing to put out propaganda pieces that seem to have been written by the DEA, DHS and the FDA. Legalization is coming, we are almost to the natinal TIPPING POINT, and it is criminal that the DEA and our Federa Government are escalating the War on Drugs, a last minute orgy of arrests and prosecutions before we closed the book on the decades old failed Marijuana Prohibition Policy responsible for ruining the lives of millions of innocent Americans.

Chicago Area Cops Gone WILD, Kick Car Chase Suspect In Head

Earlier today I saw a car chase on the news, and gave it little thought. Was the typical car chase with crash at end, suspect trying to run, then realizing the game was over laying down on the ground and surrendering...but it seems there is FAR MORE that was not shown in that original report I saw. Watch the video, watch the suspect lay on the ground and spread eagle, then watch the cop run up, gun drawn and KICK THE GUY IN THE HEAD LIKE HE WAS KICKING A MELLON! Can we say Police Brutality? Quick, someone call internal affairs, and get this guy an attorney...he maybe be doing some prison time, but the officer doing the kicking needs brought up on charges, and the city of Chicago needs to write this criminal out a BIG CHECK with some zeroes in it!

Space and Lighting Primer

Thought I would put up a primer on grow space and lighting for the Newbie Grower...

Space and Lighting Primer

So your state has legalized Medical Marijuana, and as a patient you want to grow your own. To grow your own, you have to pick out a space to grow your plants, and you need to figure out your lighting. For this article let us assume you live in the city, and are going to grow your stash in your apartment or flat in a small space...small being a relative term, I am thinking about a closet.

Some good news for all you Medical Marijuana Newbie Growers...there is a very basic formula you can use in helping you pick a space, and decide how much light you are going to use. You need at least 25 WATTS of light per square foot of space, and can have a maximum amount of WATTS of 44 per square foot. IE, if you have a 3x3 foot closet you need at least 225 WATTS of light, and can have a maximum WATT total of 396 (you can round this off to 400 WATTS).

The lower the WATTS, the lower your final yield is going to be, regardless of the strand you are growing.

As you can see, a closet (or old refrigerator) will giving you plenty of growing space for a personal stash. That said, you now want to find out a few things about your space.

For best growing results, you want your grow space to maintain a temperature of 75-85 degrees Fahrenheit (25-30 Celsius) when the lights are on. Temperatures outside this optimum range will decrease yield, and higher temperatures could make your plants more susceptible to mites.

So, you have your space, have your light WATTS all figured out, and the temperatures issues have been taken care of (perhaps with the inclusion of a fan to create a gentle breeze, and the temperature in the desired range. Now you want to make sure that no light is sneaking in or out of the space you are using...which is why I like an old refrigerator (or two or three).

Lets assume a closet is the chosen space, and after standing in the space looking out you realize there is some light leakage. You don't want light sneaking out, and during Bloom Time, you do not want light sneaking in when the plants are sleeping, so lets get some white/black poly to line the space with, thus assuring you of good light reflection when the lights are on, and a light tight space when the lights are off.

A couple of tips:

1. Hang the light in a fashion that you can raise it up or down, as a good rule of thumb is too keep your light about two feet ABOVE the tops of your plants.

2. Having a light tight space is very important during Bloom Time, as light sneaking in when your lights are off will greatly reduce your yield.

3. DO NOT grow your pot in a closet that other people have access to, consider using a padlock...we do not want the DEA having some flimsy excuse to arrest you on some phony trumped up charges.

You can have a really sweet growing space for your Medical Marijuana with a budget of around $450. With good lights, a nice growing space and the right seeds (or clone), you can expect (with a little luck) to get between 16-32 ounces (dry yield) of quality Cannabis. Hopefully this primer gives you enough information to get you started on your Medical Marijuana grow project, helps you to pick out and equip your growing space.

Marijuana Grow Basics (the book)

NORML's Daily Stash Takes Exception With This Blog

Connecticut NORML's Seat at Table TAKEN AWAY.

Seems that the folks over at NORML are upset with this blog's stand on their decision to throw the Connecticut NORML Chapter under the bus of political correctness. (see their rebuttal) The long and the short of their rebuttal was blah, blah, blah...political correctness, damage control, blah, blah and blah. There were the usual hints of PREVIOUS PROBLEMS with the chapter that we/I could know nothing about, a claim the chapter is so new that it was best to kill the chapter and START ALL OVER AGAIN in the fall, coupled with a complaint that I should have used spell check.

Said it yesterday, and will say it again today...NORML was and is wrong to trash the entire Connecticut chapter for the actions of ONE MAN, and further what happened to the, "innocent until proven guilty" concept of justice, and the concept of Freedom of Speech?...let me guess, does not apply to the inner political workings of the NORML organization? NORML Chapter genocide is OK in the name of protecting political correctness, in the name of staying on the good side of politicians? What happens if the criminal complaint is dismissed, or the man charged WINS his case? Will NORML apologize and reinstate the chapter...we all know the answer too that rhetorical question.

Curious...could it be that the now DEAD decriminalization bill in Connecticut could have made it out of committee if NORML had been working behind the scenes in Connecticut instead of doing their best to KILL A CHAPTER? Further, just how far has NORML's National Agenda gotten us in all these years? Maybe it is time for a bit of confrontation, time for a National Marijuana Legalization March, time for us to take more of a "too the streets civil rights approach" to this war? After all, we have seen how many millions of Americans have been made into Criminals as NORML's national strategies have failed over the decades to decriminalize marijuana? Where were grassroots activists being deployed to a sit in of the office of the New Canaan Republican bill killer yesterday...surely NORML saw the filibuster coming?

I seem to recall reading a while back that some 20 million Americans have faced some kind of criminal charges related to Cannabis since 1985, yet we have not seen much real change in NORML's approach too legalization in that time. Where is a NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION? Illegal Aliens put 500,000 in the streets of LA, and hundreds of thousands more into the streets in other cities in the name of their AMNESTY AGENDA, and it propelled them onto the national news almost every night, but we have 20 million Marijuana Smokers nationwide and get maybe a few hundred folks to show up at protest events...those are not the kinds of numbers that can claim a mandate for change. If NORML got every Marijuan smoker to make a one time donation of $100 to a Marijuana PAC, that would be a $2.5 Billion dollar WAR CHEST. That kind of a war chest would allow us a WORLD CLASS public service announcement campaign that would end DARE, and expose the DEA for the Gestapo like secret police organization that they are...as example, they are paying out reward money to our high school students, encouraging them to snitch out their friends...Drop A Dime on them, repackaged, alive and well in 2009.

One person made a very unfortunate mistake in sending a letter that should not have been sent. That person RESIGNED his position with the Connecticut NORML, and that should have been enough, but NORML has shown their smallness of heart in abandoning the Connecticut Chapter, tossing them under the bus...lets hope that the other state and local chapters are watching closely, waking up to the reality that THEY COULD BE NEXT. Maybe, just maybe it is time for the ENTIRE NATIONAL NORML BOARD TO TURN IN THEIR RESIGNATIONS so that we can bring fresh faces and views to this fight, bring in soldiers willing to take to the streets to replace appeasers willing to sell out to politicians for small victories that amount to nothing in the big picture of ending the War on Drugs.

NORML Over Reacts In Dropping Connecticut Group

OK, a Connecticut NORML Vice President over reacted in an email sent to an elected official, stepped over a line that should not have been crossed...said Vice President has resigned. So why is the National NORML now abandoning the folks in Connecticut, effectively trashing the organization, disowning them in full. One person makes a mistake so you throw and entire chapter under the bus? NORML, you greatly disappoint me! To the folks in Connecticut NORML...we would gladly take all of you into our fold, would love to have everyone of your members as Budding Bloggers. On a day when a sleaze bag, tighty whitey New Canaan Republican deliberately killed the bill that would have decriminalized Marijuana, NORML choose to throw your chapter under the Political Correctness bus instead of growing a set of balls and standing by you in your time of need...they should be ashamed of themselves.

Looking to Invent the Hempmatoe!

OK, we need some super hipster young college brainiacs looking for an adventure...imagine putting THC in Oranges so that you can get high drinking a glass of Orange Juice...it's been done. So, if it has been done with oranges, it only makes sense that it could be done with other plants, other fruits and vegetables...seems to me, that a THC organic salad would be just the way for our 20/30 somethings to start their evening, a great way for us Boomers to fend off our aches and pains. So, I would love to find some adventuresome people to do a bit of high tech DNA magic to create Tomatoes, Cucumbers and watermellon with THC...one of the reasons I am choosing these three specific fruits/vegetables, is they are a staple in juicing, a constant in almost every salad, and imagine how many seeds the first successful generation of seeds once the host plant has accepted the change into its genome, and passes the now inherited THC DNA down to each successive generation. What's the DEA and the FDA going to do when the THC found in Marijuana is now available in a HOST OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES we eat on a daily basis!

Biochem 101: How to design a Cannabis-equivalent citrus plant

Step One:
Biochemically isolate all the required enzymes for the production of THC.

Step Two:
Perform N-terminal sequencing on isolated enzymes, design degenerate PCR (polymerase chain reaction) primers and amplify the genes.

Step Three:
Clone genes into an agrobacterial vector by introducing the desired piece of DNA into a plasmid containing a transfer or T-DNA. The mixture is transformed into Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a gram negative bacterium.

Step Four:
Use the Agrobacterium tumefaciens to infect citrus plants after wounding. The transfer DNA will proceed to host cells by a mechanism similar to conjugation. The DNA is randomly integrated into the host genome and will be inherited.

Jo Jo's NO NO in NYC...Dude, How Stupid Are You?

Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons nephew Jo Jo Simmons was BUSTED for possession of marijuana...perhaps the headline should read, "How STUPID CAN YOU BE?" According to the Celebrity Stoner, Jo Jo (who's father co-founded Run DMC)was rolling a blunt in his BMW...snip...give us a break there Jo Jo, you are making all of us look bad with that kind of, "I am ABOVE THE LAW" egotistical stupidity. You think with your father and your uncle that you can just sit in your car, out in public rolling blunts and not have it catch up to you?

I am all for legalization of marijuana, both medical and casual use, but I also feel we need to be smart in how we exercise our use of marijuana as long as it remains an illegal substance that can find us on the wrong side of the long arm of the law. Then when caught YOU RAN?...maybe you need to change your name to Dork Dork.

Monday, 11 May 2009 00:44

Joseph "Run" Simmons' son Jojo was busted for marijuana possession and resisting arrest on May 7. Caught rolling a joint or blunt in his BMW at 7:30 pm on Wadsworth Ave. in New York's Washington Heights section, the 19-year-old co-star of Run's House on MTV allegedly bolted from the car and fled. When police caught up to him, he got into a altercation with them. JoJo's father co-founded Run-D.M.C.. His uncle is hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons.

Then we have this update from another article...

The teen - who was behind the wheel of a BMW on Wadsworth Avenue when cops
approached - slammed his car in reverse and smashed into vehicles parked behind
him, police said.

He then took off on foot, cops said.

But JoJo - who heads his own rap group called Team Blackout - didn't run fast enough. Police said that when they caught up with him, he started throwing punches. (Where is assault on a police officer?)

He was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, marijuana possession and criminal use of drug paraphernalia.

See what happens when you have RICH INFLUENTIAL RELATIVES? This BUTT TERD makes us all look bad, smashes up a car, makes a run for it, throws punches at officers and has the judge basically give him a free pass on the most serious charge of reckless endangerment which is a felony...this kid needs to spend some time in prison as someone's bitch...sorry, but as a Stoner I cannot condone what he did, nor can I condone the judge dropping the felony charge because he's the child of a famous person.

Medical Marijuana Inc (MJNA)...All Sizzle and No Meat, Or Worthwhile Stock Investment

Part of me wants to jump up and down excitedly at the fact Medical Marijuana Inc. (MJNA) is trading on the NASDAQ (over the counter)...the more practical side of me is a bit leery after having done a bit of snooping.

First, not sure that MJNA's touted products are all that valuable...do we really need an accounting/tax tracking method designed specifically for the Medical Marijuana industry, or instead is it more cost effective to hire a book keeper, accountant, or invest in some other basic small business accounting software program? Their other product, Certified Testing and Gradation Solutions I see as being somewhat problematic as well. How many small Medical Marijuana dispensaries, care givers or growers can afford Certified Testing, and further, Certified Testing paints a rather bleak picture of a Medical Marijuana industry owned and controlled BY BIG BUSINESS, and I am not convinced that this industry and Medical Marijuana patients are best served by a BIG BOX business model for the industry...see the CEO's comment that he wants Medical Marijuana Inc. to be the McDonalds of Medical Marijuana...can we say FRANCHISING anyone?

Should you invest...that's your call based on your own stomach for risk. The 10/1 stock split has me leery...that said, the price is right, and if you have some mad money you can afford to toss in the pot as it were, this might be a company worth picking up some shares in. Below is some information on the company...going to keep and eye on them here, but not prepared to put them into our Top Medical Marijuana stock picks over on Medical Marijuana Society investments page even with the LIMITED number of investments currently available.

Medical Marijuana Inc-They might want to find a long time blogger that is hemp friendly to do their blogging for them, but that's just my own personal opinion as a blogger.
http://medicalmarijuana-inc.blogspot.com/

Medical Marijuana Home-There is NOT a lot of information to go on here, but thought I would share the link.
http://www.medicalmarijuanainc.com/site/

http://www.marketwire.com/mw/stock.jsp?Ticker=MJNA

Medical Marijuana, Inc. ("MMI") (OTC: MJNA), an Oregon Corporation, was founded in March 2009 for the purpose of providing advanced business solutions to the rapidly expanding Medical Marijuana industry.

We provide integrated tax oversight and collection solutions to local, state and federal governments, while also providing business management solutions to the industry that will confidently ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations.

MMI will also soon provide Certified Testing and Gradation Solutions to establish and maintain high-level quality control of potency, strain and contaminants.

MMI provides fully compliant turn-key management solutions to Independent Operators of Medical Marijuana collectives, co-ops and dispensaries, allowing investors to confidently enter this arena in full compliance from the start.

investorrelations@medicalmarijuanainc.com

MMI is in discussions to acquire an institutional level testing and grading solutions company and its products.

MMI intends to provide testing and grading products and services to the Medical Marijuana Industry, from personal test kits for safety to institutional level testing and grading to determine quality and potency, as well as to identify potential contaminants.

MMI testing equipment and services will soon be available to individuals, growers, dispensary operators and government institutions for public safety.

MARINA DEL REY, CA, Apr 27, 2009 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Medical Marijuana, Inc., formerly Club Vivanet (PINKSHEETS: CVIV), received today from NASDAQ its new symbol MJNA which will become effective April 28, 2009 at open of market including the 10-for-1 forward split. This means that anyone holding 1 share of CVIV today will own 10 shares of MJNA tomorrow.

The company also announced that the payment for spin-off of two of its subsidiaries, (Florida) and MyNewPedia Corp (Colorado), share for share is today, April 27, 2009 based on a record date of April 13, 2009.

About the Company

Medical Marijuana, Inc. is positioned to take advantage of opportunities as they appear in the emerging legal medical marijuana industry through an enhanced payment gateway introducing verifiable levels of enhanced security. A trend is in place that clearly indicates medical marijuana is quickly becoming a legal enterprise in need of various solutions in numerous areas.

http://clubvivanet.net/cms1/

Medical Marijuana Business Workshop in Los Angeles May 23-24, 2009

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Cannabis Career Institute Workshop May 23-24

The Cannabis Career Insitute is going to be hosting a workshop on May 23 and 24, 2009 on how to safely own and operate a Medical Marijuana Dispensary. As the Charles Lynch case has shown us, the DEA seems intent on ignoring State's Rights, and the laws passed by states who have legalized Medical Marijuana. With 14 states having legalized Medical Marijuana, and with several others (including my own state of New York), it is imperiative that Medical Marijuana growers, suppliers, caregivers and patients have reliable sources of information so that they can take every step possible to be safe against the DEA's war on Medical Marijuana, which amounts to a war on innocent American Citizens. The Cannabis Career Institute is helping to fill a void that needs to be filled.

If you cannot make this workshop, they have a online course available through their Cannabis Career Institute web site.

Medical Marijuana Dispensary/Business Work Shop

Time: May 23, 2009 at 11am to May 24, 2009 at 11am
Location: Los Angeles, Ca
Organized By: George Grimes


Event Description:

Learn what it takes to safely own and operate a medical marijuana dispensary business and enjoy all the benefits of the medical cannabis industry.

For Additional Information Join the Weedworks Network.

Cannabis Career Institute

Twitpic as Online Photo Storage? Could Be.

This is not really a Medical Marijuana story, but in some ways it is as I look for new ways to use various resources to activate and build a grassroots army. I have uploaded some pictures today through Twitpic to Twitter. In doing that, I found out I can post those pictures to my own blogs by pasting and cutting some HTML which Twitpic provides with the photograph...which got me to thinking...what if I were to create a Twitter/Twitpic Account that all my Budding Bloggers had access to that we all used to upload and create a 420 Photo/Clip Art file that we could all share and use in our blogs. I would love to hear what some of our bloggers think of this or a similiar idea...I like Twitpic, as it is fully and completely FREE with no limits that I have found so far.

Stand By Me Begging For Change...This IS WHAT WE NEED For Medical Marijuana

Have Anderson Cooper to thank for bringing this video to my attention...Stand By Me Me...Begging for change is a must see video, and you should watch the whole thing. That said, think of the message, "Stand by me begging for change!" That is the Medical Marijuana movement, this video in some strange way IS OUR MOVEMENT...Stand By Me!

A Medical Marijuana Legal Question For The Experts

OK...here is a question...

Marijuana is a Class One drug which by my simple understanding means it has NO REDEEMING VALUE, and more importantly, has no medical use/benefit whatsoever. The DEA, the enforcement arm of the FDA has waged a JIHAD against Marijuana (thus a defacto war against human beings that use/smoke it)for over 70 years now based on the FDA's ascertion that Marijuana has no Medical use.

Enter Nabilone a synthetic form of marijuana, significantly reduced pain and anxiety in fibromyalgia patients, according to a first-of-its-kind study published in the Journal of Pain. This statement got me to thinking...and researching. Nabilone, sold under the brand name Cesamet, is one of two oral marijuana-based compounds, known as cannabinoids, and was approved by the FDA back in 1985.

Synthetic form of marijuana...cannaboids...FDA approval...OK, my question. With this information, doesn't this mean that the FDA has through their licensing of Nabilone, proven their own statements and decisions aboutMarijuana as a Class One Drug are false? Further, do these facts thus mean that the DEA, DOJ and the FDA have lied to the Federal Courts, and that the courts are thus WRONG in denying defendents the right to RAISE A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DEFENSE?

Friday Night Ramblings...

Greetings readers...sorry for my absense, but in the process here of trying to get camp open for the summer...a task made more difficult by the fact I have decided to move our site, which means a lot of extra work that I had not planned on. Further complicating things...our camp Internet it turns out is NOT turned on until opening day which is tomorrow. So, I have bee missing in action here.

I am volunteering at a 10K Run tomorrow morning, which means I have to be up in five hours, so this post is going to be short. I know...I wanted to pop on briefly to encourage everyone to really work hard, as we are SO CLOSE (I think) to tipping the scales and seeing our best hope at getting Medical Marijuana legalized nationally, and perhaps even seeing decriminalization of pot. That said, I caution those living in states that have already approved Medical Marijuana to be VERY CAREFUL...there are too many horror stories of innocent citizens being persecuted by the Federal Government which so far seems intent on ignoring state's rights, and state law that contradicts the Federal War on drugs. Even worse, governors in these 14 states refuse to TAKE A STAND, refuse too order the DEA out of their states until they can respect state laws and state's rights.

As example, look at Michigan...just as the state was taking its first steps as a Legal Marijuana state the DEA stepped in and busted a couple even though they (he) were legally entitled to grow medical marijuana for personal medical use.