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Jane Taber and Candy Hoeppner Are Now Into Fiction: Part 2–Inconsistencies Between Scrapping C-391 And Tough On Crime Agenda

ck — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:18:37 +0000

Part 2 doesn’t really have anything to do with Janie Taber’s little apparent attempt at fiction regarding Candy getcherguns Hoeppner’s little ego trip, but it did raise questions in mind like how does stripping away at gun control square with a tough on crime agenda? How does the meme of not wanting to “make . . . → Read More: Jane Taber and Candy Hoeppner Are Now Into Fiction: Part 2–Inconsistencies Between Scrapping C-391 And Tough On Crime Agenda

Marijuana’s Key Ingredient May Fight Alzheimer’s Disease

Jymn — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:19:24 +0000

Never thought I’d link to a story from Fox News but this is some good shit.

The active ingredient of marijuana could be considerably better at suppressing the abnormal clumping of malformed proteins that is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease than any currently approved prescription drugs.

Scientists report the finding in the Oct. 2 issue of the journal Molecular . . . → Read More: Marijuana’s Key Ingredient May Fight Alzheimer’s Disease

Quebec May Open Safe Injection Sites A L’Insite And Compassion Club

ck — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:10:44 +0000

It would be about time and why shouldn’t we? We are, after all, a province of progress or supposed to be. After all, we opened the first Compassion club, a place, highly supervised, where sick people with the prescription from a medical professional can obtain medicinal marijuana, albeit, on the fringes of the law. . . . → Read More: Quebec May Open Safe Injection Sites A L’Insite And Compassion Club

War on drugs ravages world’s patients living with pain

Jymn — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:21:15 +0000

When I think of the war on drugs, I think of conservatives in western countries and their prohibition against marijuana. Of course, it’s a much bigger issue than that. It’s a war in which pleasure is something to deny and fear. But this war goes beyond mere denial of pleasure. It denies relief . . . → Read More: War on drugs ravages world’s patients living with pain