May 25, 2006 - Santa Cruz, CA, USA

By Mark Caro, Tribune Entertainment Reporter

Published May 28, 2006

He's not losing his hair, though color seems to be an issue.

He does have grandchildren, though no Vera, Chuck or Dave.

He has been known to do a little gardening work, "digging the weed," so to speak. In fact, one of his multiple marijuana busts was for growing the stuff on his Scotland farm back in the early '70s.

In fact, I'm consumething right now. :-)

Bom Shankar

I think I will go and do something with my time to enlighten my mind, and learn new ideas about the way the world is and how it shall be. I will go and watch "Half-Baked."

The health reasons for avoiding both activities are well known and obvious.

OK, that's correct, but look what was written:

NIV Proverbs 23:1-2 When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you, and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.

Geesh, that doesn't seem to be encouraging overeating.

Nall Y'all makes a difference

Check out Alabama gubernatorial candidate Loretta Nall's story of her opportunity to speak to The National Coalition of 100 Black Women. What a wonderful moment she had. http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/

Jun 1 06 Stanford University: Effective Public Speaking 07:30 PM James Anthony Stanford California USA Speaker James Anthony will meet with students of the E103 Effective Public Speaking Class to introduce LEAP, discuss its mission to end the failed war on drugs and to discuss various drug related and LEAP mission topics. Location: Stanford University, Room TBD http://leap.cc/events/

I am personally disgusted at these displays of blatant gluttony disguised as contests. I can't stand the commercials for Hardie's which show people smacking and slurping and talking with their mouths full, once again glorifying a gluttonous misuse of food.

As far as I'm concerned, most of those attacking us are in complete and total disobedience to God, and it is our duty to expose their evil ways at every chance we get.

With all the people in this world, and even in this country, who are desperate for food, it seems amazingly insensitive and disgusting that we have "eating competitions" where people gorge themselves on 40 hot dogs in 10 minutes (as one example that I just read about in the paper) just to be able to say they are the "best" at such displays of gluttony. Why can't these so-called competitors be more fulfilled by the act of taking their hundreds of hot dogs and feeding scores of needy people? It's a near-criminal waste of food for a single person to stuff himself sick for what is basically a joke when there are people to whom a single hot dog would make the difference between hours of gnawing, debilitating hunger, and not experiencing such. And the wrongness of it is compounded by the fact that it is multiplied by 10 or 20 when you factor in all the people doing it in each pigging contest.

Complete Article: http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_36550.shtml

http://www.camusicthatmatters.org/

There are a couple good audio clips from the conference at... http://www.drugtruth.net/

Look for these shows...

Century of Lies

05/12/06 Canadian Assoc. of Reform Organization (Anti DEA) Conference in Montreal with Barrister Kirk Tousaw, Diane Riley of CFDP and Terry Nelson of LEAP MP3: http://www.drugtruth.net/cbaudio06/COL_051206.mp3

Cultural Baggage

5/19/06 Canadian Assoc. of Reform Organization II (Anti DEA) Conference with BC judge Jerry Paradis, Argentinean Judge Martin Vasquez Acunas, former police Chief Jerry Cameron of LEAP + Black Perspective on the drug war + Drug War Name Contest Winner MP3: http://www.drugtruth.net/cbaudio06/FDBCB_051906.mp3

I consider cannabis to be a mild psychedelic, especially hashish, based on personal experience and research. I know that not everyone agrees with my opinion. However, consider that the term psychedelic (mind manifesting) was coined in contrast to another descriptive term psychotomimetic (mimicking psychosis). Psychedelic is more in line with human potential psychology, a newer branch of the field. Psychotomimetic is more in line with the origins of psychology, namely abnormal psychology, which has tended to dominate the field.

I had a flash of insight when you mentioned being "cannabinoid deprived." I have a relative who is most likely "cannabinoid deprived" as well. This person was allergic to milk and was nurtured on formula. This relative once self-medicated with cannabis.

At one point this person was diagnosed as schizophrenic. Persecution by the almighty federal government made obtaining and medicating with cannabis too difficult. Switching to alcohol and tobacco, this individual became more deranged of thought and more physically ill.

I'm wondering if a "cannabinoid deficiency" may contribute to the onset of schizophrenia, rather than the conventional prohibitionist myth that cannabis *causes* schizophrenia. Other relatives are convinced of the truth of this prohibitionist myth. They *blame cannabis* [my little wordplay on the song "blame Canada"].

I wonder if it will pass?

I wonder if the cops will complain?

I wonder if the politicians will stick their head in the sand again?

I'm being told to "Make that dust fly with that broom, you won't rock n roll no more!" I don't want to do that.

:0)

Am I incogent? Must be. Messing up. Rushing. Too many irons in the fire to be sitting at this computer even if I do need a break. I'm sitting here too long and I don't think this is the first cigarette I've had since I first sat down.

Fascinating news and comments.

Company coming. Busy Busy...or I should be.

heart heart heart

:0)

The cannabis plant will be the medicine and material of this still young millenium. All I can say to the prohibitionists is get over it because you've already lost!

THE WAY OUT IS THE WAY IN...

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for US Senate, today called for a new, independent investigation of the 9/11 attacks: http://www.gp.org/press/states/ny_2006_05_25.shtml

First Amendment Assassins: Media assaults on 911 Truth Movement: http://prisonplanet.com/articles/may2006/250506_b_Assassins.htm

Gathering's focus June 2-4 is 9/11 events, their aftermath: http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/localnews/current/ni/05-25-06-921517.html

9/11 & The Neo-Con Agenda: http://69.93.122.250/%7Eamerican/

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May 25, 2006

SANTA CRUZ -- An initiative that would make marijuana offenses the lowest priority for police in Santa Cruz has officially qualified for the November ballot, the Santa Cruz Citizens for Sensible Marijuana Policy announced Thursday, a day after the county clerk finished counting the more than 6,000 signatures the group filed in April.

The initiative needed 3,423 signatures of registered voters to come before voters.

"Voters in Santa Cruz are tired of the failed and immoral federal war on drugs," Andrea Tischler, chair of Santa Cruz Citizens for Sensible Marijuana Policy, said in a statement released today. "Let's move to a more reasonable marijuana policy, and make sure that our police and courts are not wasting their time and resources arresting and prosecuting nonviolent marijuana offenders. By passing this initiative, Santa Cruz can be a beacon of light showing the way to a more sensible policy that is compatible with the values of the majority of citizens."

According to the group, a telephone survey of 409 registered county voters conducted by opinion and research firm Evans/McDonough Co. in November found that 70 percent of Santa Cruz voters think police should treat adult marijuana transgressions as a low priority.

The same poll found that 85 percent of voters do not think marijuana users should go to prison, and 78 percent said marijuana should be legalized for adult use and sold "through licensed businesses rather than street dealers," according to the survey.

By adopting the city policy, which would also support a "tax and regulate" approach to marijuana use, advocates hope the grassroots effort will eventually balloon into a statewide initiative, making marijuana purchases similar to buying alcohol or tobacco.

If approved by voters, the policy would also create a seven-member oversight committee, comprised of City Council appointees, two Santa Cruz County district attorney representatives and a police officer. The oversight committee would track marijuana arrests and address grievances brought to the committee by citizens. It would be up to the City Council to take action if the committee finds that the Police Department is not abiding by the policy.

The city ordinance would conflict with state law, which allows medical marijuana use only, and federal law, which prohibits marijuana use for any purpose.

The policy would not protect minors smoking marijuana, individuals selling marijuana to minors, use in public places or driving under the influence.

Copyright 2006 by KTVU.com and Bay City News

Roger's letter is cogent, big time, though...(even if I'm not)

I salute you, Man!

1Jo 5:8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood--and these three are in agreement.

1Jo 5:9 If we accept the testimony of men, God's testimony is greater, because it is God's testimony that He has given about His Son.

Our Son, in this world

And something else about that particular headache.It's far from the first time it has wakened me during the night and it's sometime completely intractable, even with pharmaceuticals, coffee, massage, and heat.

Like you said...it was an amazing and enlightening experience.

I know a young parapalegic that cannabis will stop their muscle spasms almost instantly. It's wonderful...except that they can't have it in this state, because of the laws and "people" would think they were a "pothead" or a "druggie" or a "doper".

So they continue to suffer from the hideously powerful spasms, when there is a substance that helps them ease and won't hurt them and that they could probably grow, themselves, for a small percentage of the costs of expensive pharmaceutical anti-spasmodics. But, it is "prohibited" to the people to possess that plant or plant material.

*sigh*

It just doesn't seem right to me. I cannot understand a person who can maintain his prohibitionist zeal knowing these things.

Oh yeah...he just tells himself or she just tells herself, that the patients and their caregivers are lying. "Lying Scum" of some sort, sometimes...even.

Yeah...that's their "ticket" to maintaining their god awful zeal for prohibition. That and the income enhancement. Oh..and the power over others, lesser "others", to their minds.

The sad part is that many of those deserving medals have been forced to flee the country. Or they're dead. I'm sure they could still get the medal posthumously.

Hope, your story reminds me of a friend who got gout in his foot (from heavy drinking). I remember we blazed up a huge joint in a big group before a concert. 10 mintes later, he said "the pain in my toe is COMPLETELY gone". For the first time in weeks. I think many sick people are aware of medical MJ and desperately want to try it, even those who have never smoked it. Sadly, there aren't enough evil "drug dealers" to go around.

Another time, the pain relieving qualities of cannabis were proven to me...powerfully.

I was visiting someone...spent the night...strange bed...bad neck.....horrible colossal huge unbearable horrible headache neck ache and shoulder ache.

I woke up whimpering. My host had nothing but aspirin or aspirin containing products in his country house. I'm allergic to aspirin. It was storming. (Why I stayed.) I was hurting too badly to be able to drive and my host was totally night blind. I made hot strong coffee...which can help headaches...friend heated a rice bag for me...and I was able to take a few puffs of the so called, "non medicinal", herb, which he happened to have. It was not easy or funnish like it usually was, if I smoked. I hurt to0 bad to purse and draw (that sounds funny). It was a painful struggle to do so. At the time, I thought of primitive peoples. It would have been nice if someone had some smoking in a large bowl...not a pipe bowl...and waved it under my nose or fanned it to me or just let me breathe over it.

Boy was I sick with pain. Sick. Hysterical. It was bad.

Anyway...I got a few puffs down. I drank the coffee...although I thought, hoplessly, and used the heated rice bag (it seemed a comfort).

After a bit of more whimpering and rocking and crying, the pain decreased magnificently...it became more bearable, my neck and shoulders relaxed some.

I went back to bed and to sleep.

Woke up forty five minutes later in pain again. Did the same routine...but didn't go back to that bed and pillow and just sat up and did the same things...got a burn from the rice bag...almost a serious burn, drank coffee, and had a couple of puffs every thirty minutes or so. Survived. It was a bad one...and I had survived it without a pharmaceutical.

Daylight...I got some Tylenol and Advil....but it was, in a way, nearly, worth it, to have suffered, to then possess the knowledge, first hand, that it is a stunningly good and non druggy (that sounds funny, too) pain controller. I was impressed and extremely thankful.

That's still not why I do this though. It's because of the persecution, the prisoners, the lives lost.

I'm cannabinoid deprived. I didn't even get human mother's milk as a newborn, which is the only other natural source of cannabinoids, if I understand it correctly.

:0(

Once this has happened to you, you understand why medical marijuana and medical MJ activists have been driving the entire MJ reform movement. It's because experiencing that "Eureka" moment changes you for life.

First, you are joyful because you've discovered something that cures you. Then, bewilderment and wonder - something that was right there all along was your cure, and you never knew. You might have even avoided the cannabis because, with all that nasty propaganda, you thought it might make your health problem even worse.

The final stage is, of course, outrage. Terrible, terrible, outrage. You realize how many thousands of people die each year from your health problem, with no one to tell them about cannabis. No one to provide it for them.

You realize that you and all your doctors have been enveloped in a "cancerous tissue of lies" for your entire life (thanks Bill Buckley). This is the "santa clause" part. You start to look around and wonder what else they've been lying to you about. You start to realize that the dishonesty and hypocrisy are at the root of most problems facing the US today.

Glad to hear that you are still amongst the living, in this hellish world, and that you have found some remedy for your flesh and body.

It's only because of the recreational users and commercial growers that medical grade cannabis was there ready for all the poor sick people abandoned by traditional medicine to try.

IC is a really nasty thing to have. It really ruins your life and the life of whoever shares your bed, because you get up every twenty minutes to pee and nothing comes out and it hurts instead.

That's no way to live. It seems like such an inncuous, silly thing -- but really, a lot of people have decided to have their bladders removed rather than live like that.

Thank God I found cannabis before I got to that point of desperation.

I had my bladder electro-cauterized once. It was a miserable procedure -- they make you drink water until your bladder is filled to bursting, then they stick in an electrode and zap any open wounds they see.

It worked, but the effects only lasted a few months.

After that point, my urologist told me he didn't have anything more to offer me, and went back to his more profitable business of penile implants.

I was left to fend for myself. I don't know what i would have done if someone hadn't offered me a joint one day and I accepted.

"Minimum wage and marijuana initiatives make it on the ballot"

http://tinyurl.com/n7l9q

From that article I quote,..

"In Santa Cruz, marijuana is very prolific. It plays some factor in a number of crimes," police Lt. Steve Clark said. "It's dangerous when you come up with something to criminalize law enforcement officers for enforcing the law.

"We'd end up having to defend ourselves for what we're sworn to do."

Imagine that, "sworn" to put people in a cage for using a plant, talk about the ultimate in focused barbarity, good little soldier, you are doing your job, don't listen to those little voices in your brain, you are doing the right thing, you are saving the human race from that thing that belongs to the devil, that thing that is against the law, because it is against the law..

In the news, cmon New York.. http://tinyurl.com/qcr2j