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Posted by CN Staff on May 15, 2002 at 17:45:23 PT By Ray Delgado, Chronicle Staff Writer Source: San Francisco Chronicle 
They call it Mississippi ditch weed and the quality is so poor to Sacramento resident Elvy Musikka that she spends a whole day picking apart the medical marijuana cigarettes the U.S. government sends her to remove the stems and seeds. Even street-level marijuana, which can sometimes come laced with PCP, is considered by many to be of higher quality than the government-grown marijuana that is supplied by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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| Comment #7 posted by RavingDave on May 16, 2002 at 22:49:18 PT |
| You know, I keep hearing the funniest thing. Every now and then, someone dredges up that old comedy about PCP in the street pot. Interesting. I bought pot off the "street" for years, and I don't remember having any strange hallucinations or other ill effects. Neither can any of my friends ever remember getting any special condiments on their green grass. Now, my evidence may be purely anecdotal, but I have to ask myself a more profound question: who is the samaritan with all the money to burn? I mean, the pot is going to sell, right? Why would someone go out of their way to dope the dope with some other substance which only adds to their cost? Besides, wouldn't this drive their customers away, not to mention possibly causing a fatality? I don't know of too many dealers who are that stupid. The only thing I ever had to worry about in my bygone days was trying to get the good stuff. As likely as not, I would get a bag of ditchweed and be charged too damned much for it. Go figure. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #6 posted by qqqq on May 16, 2002 at 05:38:33 PT |
| ....Oh!...I'm getting much too unpleasantly stoned off this ,....Help!... "In Southern California, they're having just the opposite problem. Two patients enrolled in a medical marijuana trial program in La Jolla have complained that the institute-provided pot is too potent. "They've reported getting high shortly after the first few puffs," said Dr. Andrew Mattison, the center's co-director."These are people with a chronic, debilitating illness who do not want to get high. They want to get pain relief. " " ...What a crock of Shit!......Who were these two "patients"????..what a pile of crap!,, if they got too "high",after a "..few puffs",,,then they should not take so many puffs next time!....What percentage of people who are in pain would complain about feeling "high",from Marijuana?..If they dont like the "high",,then they should switch to tylenol,or advil! [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #5 posted by kaptinemo on May 16, 2002 at 05:11:54 PT:
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| Which would you rather have? A thick, juicy well-done grilled Porterhouse steak? Or the charred muscle tissue from a castrated bull? It makes no difference; they are exactly the same thing. But most people would quickly choose the former. Simply because of the disagreeable sounding nature of the latter. You think media types are unaware of this? Most especially, do you think the Federal government is oblivious to this fact? This bald-faced manipulation slips beneath most people's radar screens. Simply because they are exposed to it every single day. But if someone points this out to the public, most have been so conditioned that they disregard the observation...until it becomes so obvious that even the dimmest bulb in the box can see it. Which is what's happening now. But Walters wants more money for this deception? Typical. So typical... [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #4 posted by BGreen on May 15, 2002 at 23:56:56 PT |
| I've never heard of participants in any other medical trial referred to as "Users." This intentional bias demonstrated by the use of a derogatory slang vernacular may appear "cutesy," but it undermines the intrinsic news value, reducing it to tabloid entertainment. We've been trying to tell these people that we consume LESS of the potent cannabis, so why are they making these people in the La Jolla study continue to smoke after they've had too much? Geez, even the most die-hard smokers I know will put the joint out and save the rest for later. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #3 posted by BGreen on May 15, 2002 at 22:01:32 PT |
| When I take a hit of some properly cured Bubble Gum or KC33, I still smile because it tastes so good. I don't smoke tobacco, and only experimented with it as a kid, but I've never tasted a cigarette that wasn't worse than ditch weed. Real Columbian Gold back in the 70's was the same way. It tasted SO sweet, and that's why I chose cannabis. I haven't touched tobacco in 27 years, although I'm forced to breath 2nd-hand smoke in some of the venues we play. My friends have all known since the 70's that burning seeds release volatile compounds which cause headaches, not to mention those pesky little burn holes in clothing, so the Gov't is OBVIOUSLY trying to sabotage the ongoing research. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #2 posted by bruce42 on May 15, 2002 at 21:36:14 PT |
| are gross... lol many ticks. this story seems to be making a few papers... minneapolis: http://www.startribune.com/stories/1556/2836575.html and apparantly, Bush knew about a plot by Bin laden to hijack some planes pre 911 http://wire.ap.org/APnews/main.html?SLUG=BUSH%2dHIJACKINGS I hope the link works [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #1 posted by The GCW on May 15, 2002 at 19:56:08 PT |
| Only in America......do we use the word 'politics' to describe the
process so well: 'Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning
'bloodsucking creatures'. [ Post Comment ] |
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