***** MARIJUANA/CANNABIS - Politics v. Science *****

Thank-you

it not only should be used as a medicinal substance, but as a substance for the masses. I'm tired of having to smoke tobacco and drink alcohol if i want to get my legal buzz on.

Welcome to the world of me and my friends - Except I never backed out of the weed. I' fine, they're fucked, in debt al;one and pretty much always asking me for money now.

When they smoked weed they kept their lives going. Alcohol seems to have raped them of themselves

:bumpit:

Thank - you!!

Ask any cop which 'substance' they would prefer the masses indulge in - marijuana or booze and they'll tell you they much prefer a crowd that is high on marijuana than a crowd that is crazed on booze. The marijuana group will be a happy, peaceful lot, guaranteed, while the booze crazed group will be one of mixed temperament. Many become angry and all they want to do is fight and it doesn't take much to get the entire group up in arms. But hey, that's what TPTB want - angry division, not peaceful unity.

Many of America's royal families (Kennedy - bootlegger, Bush - opium, Clinton - cocaine) made their initial money selling illegal drugs. Weed is a very large cash cow for them. As long as they can keep it illegal, they will reap very high profits.

Hilary was actually on Youtube in an interview not that long ago telling a reporter that there was "too much money" in Cannabis to legalize it... with no other statements regarding it after that, I am just wondering who is it that has so much money tied up in it other than illegal drug dealers, if we made it legal, that money could go to the states like it does for alcohol in most states. I smoke and I travel, I use Cannabis for depression, it works miracles that Prozac never could without the brain damage known to result from prolonged prozac use. ( causes brain cells that are normally outstretched like a hand with fingers into a spiral shape, in addition it causes calcification of the Pineal Gland that is responsible for manufacturing the components of Serotonin, creating a situation where if you dont take the prozac at higher and higher does the effects of little serotonin make it impossible to ever be happy with outthe use of Prozac.) Pot makes me happy every time, every day with no residual sideeffects, because God made it for me for that purpose. Man be damned if he thinks he can ever take my medicine away!

But I travel and it is impossible to purchase in strange cities. If it were regulated and sold like cigarettes, this world would be a much happier place for all of us!1!!

Been toking since I was 17 (20 years) and not a day goes by without the green

for the tokers

Dont hold your hand on your ass, it might grow there,

wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to much profits for the LOCAL governments to let this happen.

Here is a good article concerning the scientific facts and how marijuana in USA was politically outlawed in 1937.

The hemp plant is, from a botanical perspective, one of the most advance plant life on the face of the earth. Its natural versatility as an edible crop, as a raw material and as a psychoactive substance has been recognized for at least 3,000 years. The fact that the plant possesses the ability to self-reproduce (owing to the prevalence of hermaphrodites among the male and female majority of the plant), its highly evolved pest repulsion characteristics and the liberal growth condition it requires, ensures the plant’s prominence among many civilizations along the corridors of history.

The hemp’s medicinal properties are also highly sought after, and has been documented for its effectiveness on a variety of ailments. Early American history is littered by the strategic economical and sociological role it played in our nation building. Some of the most memorable landmarks the hemp had in our history are chronologically summarized here.

1619 Jamestown Colony, Virginia
Farmers are compelled by law to grow the hemp

1631 Massachusetts
Hemp cultivation were made mandatory under the law

1632 Connecticut
Similar laws were enacted requiring farmers to plant an acreage of hemp in their land

1631–1811 National
Hemp was an accepted bartering commodity among the business community. In fact, payment of government taxes with hemp was also accepted in several states.

1763–1767 Virginia
During the hemp shortage caused by a prolonged dry season the previous planting season, some farmers were incarcerated for refusing to plant the hemp, choosing instead to farm the more lucrative tobaccos.

1786 France
Benjamin Franklin, American Statesman and one time ambassador to France was reported to be personally involved in an elaborate attempt to procure prized Chinese hempseeds from a rogue Turkish agent. The Chinese government made exportation of their hempseed as a capital crime then to prevent their much sought after hempseeds from falling into the hands of outsiders. Franklin was also responsible for the first 18 paper mills using purely hemp fibers in the state of Virginia.

1873 Sacramento, San Francisco
Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss produced the first of the legendary Levi’s jeans using pure hemp fabric

There were numerous other historical references on hemp during the period. For instance, marijuana extracts were the heaviest prescribed medicine during the 19th century in the United States. A multitude of large pharmaceutical and health companies led the thrust in popularizing this almost magical and low risk product to Americans at large.

Even the shipping industry was heavily dependent on the hemp until the emergence of the steam engine. Until then, almost every aspect of shipping involved the hemp; from the sails, ropes, nets, sealants and even a sailors’ attires was made from hemp.

Suffice to say, the hemp plant was the most important plant in the United States..

How The Hemp Was Lost


It was the 1930’s. One of the darkest period of American history. The Hoover and Roosevelt administration were helpless in the face of the Great Depression. The Land of Opportunity has suddenly become the Land of Desperation. Household income dipped by 40%, a quarter of the population were jobless and the whole national financial system were torn to shreds. It was the bleakest of times, where the most devious and cunning were the major victors.

It was the worst possible time for the emergence of the state of the art, hemp processing machine; a machine that was capable of stripping the fibers underneath the outer bark of the plant delicately, without damaging the cellulose pulp. The machine that could potentially revolutionize the American economy, considering the impact it will have on numerous fields; from farming to paper manufacturing to pharmaceutical supplies – to name just a few.

Enter the infamous entrepreneur, magnate, lobbyist, publisher and some say, the face of the shady side of American business, William Randolph Hearst. Owner of thousands of acres of prime timber areas, cotton fields, pulp paper manufacturing plants, newspapers and a host of other commercial entities, Hearst was facing a very real possibility of bankruptcy over the first real mass hemp processing technology.

Hearst begun to toy with an idea to eliminate the hemp threat once and for all, but he needed some backing. The first tangible support arrived in the form of DuPont Chemicals.

DuPont has been investing huge amounts of money into their next generation synthetic fabric technology, nylon. They restructured their whole company in anticipation of the windfall that they predict nylon would bring to them. Plants were constructed in strategic locations around the country to provide raw material for nylon production; massive investments in their railway holdings were made and new tracks were laid out for logistical efficiency. The whole company was geared towards the nylon launch – but the arrival of hemp (and the rumored technological marvel, the stripping machine), with its superior and cheaper fabrics, would decimate DuPont into oblivion. The potential fallout of Hearst and DuPont sent shivers into the banking community, with the Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh being the most financially exposed, owing to their extensive financing of DuPont’s decade long nylon project.

And so it began, with the cadre comprising of Mellon’s Bank chairman, Andrew Mellon (who was also the Secretary of the Treasury at the time), William Hearst and Dupont’s American directors. The first step involved in Mellon’s appointment of his nephew, Harry Ansliger, as the head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (FBNDD).

And as the war begun, the hemp industry never knew what hit them….

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hemp oil cures cancer

how to make Rick Simpson's hemp oil: [link to phoenixtears.ca]

Cannabinoid System in Neuroprotection

Thank you OP this thread is is worth it's weight in gold.

. . . ..two hundred years, better LATE than never, eh?

'1631–1811 National
Hemp was an accepted bartering commodity among the business community. In fact, payment of government taxes with hemp was also accepted in several states.'

works fer me.

this is about loving our home and wanting it to be healthy. good thread op.

Round and round we go... the vicious circle never stops

Weed is not evil people, it is a great thing to many people for as long as we can record in the history books.

***** MARIJUANA/CANNABIS - Corporations and Politics v. Science and Reality *****

I corrected it for you

Nice thread. The " who else had a loved one die of a weed overdose?" asshole shills should be along any minute.

Actually, I don't know many who couldn't DO with a 'weed overdose,' too bad such a thing can't be had. We need it.

Money vs Intellect vs science = country of dumb fucks.

in soviet russia marijuana smokes you

This is Dave Chappel -worth watching. Funny as hell.



Pot Spurs Brain Cell Growth
[link to www.procon.org]

Marijuana compound fights brain cancer
[link to www.examiner.com]

MARIJUANA MAY COMBAT PROSTATE CANCER
[link to www.sanfranciscosentinel.com]







As I understand it...Alcohol and Tobacco lobbies are preventing the legalization of marijuana because they are both afraid it will cut into their "drug dependency" territory.

It´s all about money,
The Multinationals.
Ask them:
[link to www.bayer.com]
and so many more................
FOR A BETTER LIFE????