greenqueen4208
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registed on: Oct 20 2009, 2:27 am, last logged in on: Dec 31 1969, 7:00 pm
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Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:26 pm
http://cameroid.com/i/1E5MD-A1
here is my kitten Kali Mist and my puppy Isabelle
still to come; photos of my cat Cinderella and boxer Remo
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Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:24 pm
Mary Jane, Pot, Weed, Grass, It is known around the world by many names. Cannabis Sativa has been around since the third millennium B.C. Over 200 Million people around the world smoke it; 2 million Americans alone will try it this year, making Marijuana, the most widely used elicited substance around the world.[1] Marijuana was prohibited in 1937 when the Marijuana Tax Act began. It stated, “The hemp plant needed to be banned because it had a violent effect on the degenerate races.”[2] Richard Nixon first started the War on Drugs in 1972. This included marijuana. Today, it is indicated to treat and prevent nausea and vomiting, stimulating hunger in chemotherapy and AIDS patients. Also for the treatment of glaucoma because it lowers intraocular pressure. As well as being known as a well non-addictive general analgesic (pain reliever). Other studies show CBD (cannabidol, a cannabinoid in cannabis) can lower or stop the effects of schizophrenia.[3] Cannabis is known to benefit many conditions such as multiple sclerosis, insomnia, Alzheimer’s, Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, stomach and intestine problems, cerebral palsy, depression, epilepsy, anxiety, tremors, PMS, and many more. It seems strange that a plant with so many medical benefits remains to be illegal. There are many factors in the legalization of marijuana. Legal, Medical, and Religious controversial issues surround Medical Marijuana. Although the benefits of medical marijuana are clear, there are still some long-term effects with the drug. The simple fact that the most common way of ingesting marijuana is through smoking it, which means it is harmful to your lungs. However, there has never been a case of a marijuana smoker developing lung cancer attributed to cannabis. There have been studies that claim that heavy, long-term users of marijuana can have effects that more likely will cause a development of psychotic symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia. Every year Tobacco kills 435,000 people. The second leading cause of deaths in the United States is poor diet and physical inactivity, coming in at 365,000 people a year. Number three, Alcohol, at a rate of 85,000 people a year. At the bottom of the list, Marijuana; 0 deaths. Does this seem right? Can this plant really be illegal and have no deaths associated with it? Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory (Aspirin) kills 7,600 more people than marijuana.[4] Why are millions of dollars spent for this war on drugs, to keep marijuana illegal? If this plant has so many harmful effects and is so important to remain illegal, why are there no cases of death? Hemp is the strongest natural known fiber to mankind. It can produce bio-fuels, paper, clothing, molded plastics, body care products, construction, livestock feed, nutritional supplements, food and essential oils.[5] Hemp is ‘the new billion dollar crop,’ and can be used to produce more than 25,000 products ranging from dynamite to cellophane.[6] To me, this is almost depressing to know that we are using all of our natural resources and this plant that we are prohibited to grow, could help all our problems. Not only could hemp produce more as a cash crop than corn, it could be used as an economic stimulus solution that we need. In 2008, there were 847,863 marijuana arrests. 754,224 of those arrests were for simple possession. This is more than the staggering 594,911 total arrests for violent crimes.[7] $42,463,390,919 total have been spent on the war of drugs only this year. There have been 713,729 people arrested for Cannabis law offenses this year.[8] All of these numbers are rising and the jails are getting crowded. If marijuana were to be legal, not only would the jails save money, the unemployment rate would go down.
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:49 am