Thursday, February 23, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
2012 High Times Medical Cannabis Cup Los Angeles CA
This is the video with exclusive insider video brought to you by the weed maps team, Thanks Gil and Sarah Jane
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Nation's First Medical Marijuana Cultication Center opens in Phoenix, AZ
PHOENIX -- Nearly 1,200 caregivers in Arizona are legally allowed to grow medical marijuana, but finding places to grow it can be challenging. A medical marijuana advocacy organization believes it has a solution.
“I had the cortisone shots,” Daniel Martin said. “I've even had other narcotics.”
This is how Martin used to treat his chronic pain, but now he finds relief with medical marijuana. He's one of nearly 20,000 Arizonans who are legally allowed to have the drug.
“The medical marijuana isn't as debilitating when I take it,” Martin said.
But Martin wanted to help other patients. So he also became a registered caregiver, which means he can grow medical marijuana.
“First of all, I couldn't grow it at home and I wasn't that familiar with growing it,” Martin said.
Martin turned to Compassion First Caregiver Circle for help. A new cultivation center where Valley registered caregivers can grow marijuana in their own private spaces.
“We have 50 caregivers who are cultivating on behalf of up to five patients each,” Kendric Speagle said.
“We have 50 caregivers who are cultivating on behalf of up to five patients each,” Kendric Speagle said.
Speagle is the chief development officer at Compassion First Caregiver Circle. He said the center provides everything from tent space to cultivation experts and even a place for caregivers and patients to interact.
“The safe space is where patients and caregivers meet to talk about issues associated with medical marijuana and it's also where they meet to exchange medical marijuana,” Speagle said.
The facility has 24-hour security and is surrounded by cameras. This was something Dr. Keith South, who is also a medical marijuana patient, really liked when it came to setting up shop.
“It's all about taking care of people that are in chronic conditions,” South said. “There has never been anything to show that there is anything harmful about using cannabis.”
“It's all about taking care of people that are in chronic conditions,” South said. “There has never been anything to show that there is anything harmful about using cannabis.”
When asked if he was worried about having any run-ins with the law, South said, “I guess there is always that possibility, but to me, we're the forerunners out creating a new path that needs to be done.”
And for those who say caregivers may be in it for the money, “You got all this cost associated with setting this up and any donations that are taken here go back to Compassion First to pay for the equipment and anything above that actually goes to charity,” Martin said. ‘So there's no profit to be made here.”
The cultivation center, which is being called the nation’s first, also provides on-site training for caregivers and certification services for patients.
Their grand opening is Saturday, Feb. 18. For all the details, log on towww.caregivercircleaz.com.
Organic OG
Organic OG was a new Indica Strain I decided to try out at the dispensary.
Smells all natty, not skunky or chemically smelling.
Taste is a lil harsh, but all smoke burns my throat and lungs so I always hack a lung out lol.
Smells all natty, not skunky or chemically smelling.
Taste is a lil harsh, but all smoke burns my throat and lungs so I always hack a lung out lol.
Grown organically in soil this OG batch contains dense, heavily crystallized buds. Beautiful shades of dark green and red, it offers a smooth and flavorful smoke. Excellent indica body effects.
The bud was decent and fat, didnt care too much for this strain, maybe due to the organic flavor. Prefer a purp strain over this for sure, love those fruity buds.Thursday, February 16, 2012
Obama and the government
OK don't you think it's about time that you actually listen to the public and their thoughts instead of your idealistic ideas that never work out????
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Marijuana Negative Health claims go up in smoke
Unlike tobacco, smoking marijuana - even when done regularly - does not damage the performance of people's lungs, according to a recent study published by The Journal of the American Medical Association.
The two-decade research, which followed 5,000 people who smoked an equivalent of one joint per day over the course of seven years, found out that despite their regular marijuana use, subjects were still able to push out a normal amount of air in one second after taking a deep breath.
This means that only minimal if any pulmonary obstruction has developed, contrary to findings involving tobacco.
"Recent evidence indicates that smoking marijuana, for lung cancer, is not as bad as smoking tobacco is," said Lyle Craker, a plant sciences professor at the University of Massachusetts who has studied medical marijuana for several years now. "Marijuana is relatively less dangerous than some other drugs." One possible explanation from the authors of the study states that because marijuana users "train" themselves to hold in the smoke, they were able to maintain proper breathing cycles.
Still, smoking marijuana can result in heavy coughing and is linked to mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and depression, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse ( NIDA ).
The NIDA also states that cannabis impairs users' senses by reducing attention span and motivation, which makes them prone to accidents, public health advocates say.
"All drugs contain alkaloids, and alkaloids are bad for you," Craker said. "Getting hooked on anything is bad for you." Marijuana, which is now the most widely-used illegal drug in the country, has gained popularity among youth in recent years, according to the National Institutes of Health's Monitoring the Future study.
The study shows that one out of 15 high school students smoke the drug daily. "National surveys say that kids have a much easier time getting marijuana than they are getting alcohol because alcohol stores ask for an I.D., while underground drug dealers don't have a card policy," said Will Snyder, a UMass student and a member of the Cannabis Reform Coalition ( CRC ) on campus.
Snyder said that the government's anti-drug campaigns, such as AboveTheInfluence.org, fail to regulate marijuana use among teenagers because they " find a way to get [marijuana] anyway."
He said that marijuana should instead be legalized with a minimum age restriction as with alcohol.
In addition, he said that marijuana is less fatal than other vices popular with youth, such as tobacco and alcohol, which kill 443,000 and 80,000 Americans each year, respectively, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
UMass student Rob Jacobs expressed concern over marijuana legalization if it was not sufficiently taxed and regulated.
"To just make it a legal substance doesn't enact the necessary control of it," Jacobs said.
The CRC has also been pushing for the legalization of growing marijuana for medical research.
In 2007, it backed Craker as he pitched the idea of growing medical marijuana in the University for research purposes to the Drug Enforcement Administration. However, the DEA rejected his proposal.
At the moment, only the University of Mississippi is authorized to grow marijuana to be handed down to and studied by the Food and Drug Administration.
While he insisted that recreational usage of marijuana is still disruptive, Craker said that making marijuana a total taboo is not fair.
Many have already speculated that marijuana could help to cure glaucoma and post-traumatic stress disorder, and may even help women to conceive better, he said. Currently, marijuana has no legal medical use according to federal regulations.
"Because it's not been tested in a scientific study, all we have is lay evidence," Craker said. "That's why we want to be able to grow this here at the University to provide material to medical doctors so it can run on clinical trials."
Craker and Snyder both agree that the ban on experimental marijuana growth hinders probable medical breakthroughs involving marijuana. "If you say that there's no science behind [the medical use of marijuana], why can't someone like Professor Craker study it?" Snyder said. "We live in an age of science, and these things should be tested," Craker said.
According to Craker, marijuana has been prohibited primarily because hemp was overtaking wood as a better fiber for paper production during the early 1900s. Because businessmen, such as publisher William Randolph Hearst, relied on their timber lands and did not want any competition, they insisted that "marijuana is the worst thing in the world."
This point of view, he said, was passed on from generation to generation, and at present, organizations such as the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the DEA employ people to promote a drug-free society.
Consequently, legalizing marijuana would hurt certain people's jobs, he said. "I don't want to accuse anyone, but things get into trends, and they're not willing to look at alternatives," Craker said. "I think it's those with an interest in keeping it restricted [who] demonize marijuana."
On the other hand, Snyder is optimistic that with findings that clarify people's knowledge about its health effects, marijuana would gradually become more accepted by society.
"Our generation's attitudes towards cannabis have become much more positive," he said.
The two-decade research, which followed 5,000 people who smoked an equivalent of one joint per day over the course of seven years, found out that despite their regular marijuana use, subjects were still able to push out a normal amount of air in one second after taking a deep breath.
This means that only minimal if any pulmonary obstruction has developed, contrary to findings involving tobacco.
"Recent evidence indicates that smoking marijuana, for lung cancer, is not as bad as smoking tobacco is," said Lyle Craker, a plant sciences professor at the University of Massachusetts who has studied medical marijuana for several years now. "Marijuana is relatively less dangerous than some other drugs." One possible explanation from the authors of the study states that because marijuana users "train" themselves to hold in the smoke, they were able to maintain proper breathing cycles.
Still, smoking marijuana can result in heavy coughing and is linked to mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and depression, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse ( NIDA ).
The NIDA also states that cannabis impairs users' senses by reducing attention span and motivation, which makes them prone to accidents, public health advocates say.
"All drugs contain alkaloids, and alkaloids are bad for you," Craker said. "Getting hooked on anything is bad for you." Marijuana, which is now the most widely-used illegal drug in the country, has gained popularity among youth in recent years, according to the National Institutes of Health's Monitoring the Future study.
The study shows that one out of 15 high school students smoke the drug daily. "National surveys say that kids have a much easier time getting marijuana than they are getting alcohol because alcohol stores ask for an I.D., while underground drug dealers don't have a card policy," said Will Snyder, a UMass student and a member of the Cannabis Reform Coalition ( CRC ) on campus.
Snyder said that the government's anti-drug campaigns, such as AboveTheInfluence.org, fail to regulate marijuana use among teenagers because they " find a way to get [marijuana] anyway."
He said that marijuana should instead be legalized with a minimum age restriction as with alcohol.
In addition, he said that marijuana is less fatal than other vices popular with youth, such as tobacco and alcohol, which kill 443,000 and 80,000 Americans each year, respectively, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
UMass student Rob Jacobs expressed concern over marijuana legalization if it was not sufficiently taxed and regulated.
"To just make it a legal substance doesn't enact the necessary control of it," Jacobs said.
The CRC has also been pushing for the legalization of growing marijuana for medical research.
In 2007, it backed Craker as he pitched the idea of growing medical marijuana in the University for research purposes to the Drug Enforcement Administration. However, the DEA rejected his proposal.
At the moment, only the University of Mississippi is authorized to grow marijuana to be handed down to and studied by the Food and Drug Administration.
While he insisted that recreational usage of marijuana is still disruptive, Craker said that making marijuana a total taboo is not fair.
Many have already speculated that marijuana could help to cure glaucoma and post-traumatic stress disorder, and may even help women to conceive better, he said. Currently, marijuana has no legal medical use according to federal regulations.
"Because it's not been tested in a scientific study, all we have is lay evidence," Craker said. "That's why we want to be able to grow this here at the University to provide material to medical doctors so it can run on clinical trials."
Craker and Snyder both agree that the ban on experimental marijuana growth hinders probable medical breakthroughs involving marijuana. "If you say that there's no science behind [the medical use of marijuana], why can't someone like Professor Craker study it?" Snyder said. "We live in an age of science, and these things should be tested," Craker said.
According to Craker, marijuana has been prohibited primarily because hemp was overtaking wood as a better fiber for paper production during the early 1900s. Because businessmen, such as publisher William Randolph Hearst, relied on their timber lands and did not want any competition, they insisted that "marijuana is the worst thing in the world."
This point of view, he said, was passed on from generation to generation, and at present, organizations such as the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the DEA employ people to promote a drug-free society.
Consequently, legalizing marijuana would hurt certain people's jobs, he said. "I don't want to accuse anyone, but things get into trends, and they're not willing to look at alternatives," Craker said. "I think it's those with an interest in keeping it restricted [who] demonize marijuana."
On the other hand, Snyder is optimistic that with findings that clarify people's knowledge about its health effects, marijuana would gradually become more accepted by society.
"Our generation's attitudes towards cannabis have become much more positive," he said.
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