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Tranquility
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They are not re-scheduling CBD, they are re-scheduling FDA approved Epidolex but can't just give the brand name. So, they have to generalize it to something scientifically descriptive. I assume it is written so precisely as they can't look like fools by keeping an FDA-approved medication scheduled as having no medical value but still have their natural reluctance to approve anything related to cannabis.interesting, since the line of definition for industrial hemp is 0.3% THC, so now they are restricting it to no more that 0.1%, and WHY precisely?
All the precision in the world...
Weed in space is going to be a thing now
Scientists interested in cannabis as a subject for pharmaceutical studies may find an unlikely new home for their research into the plant, its byproducts and biochemistry aboard the International Space Station.
Yes, weed is going to space thanks to the work of a small Lexington, Ky.-based startup called Space Tango.
Scientists interested in cannabis as a subject for pharmaceutical studies may find an unlikely new home for their research into the plant, its byproducts and biochemistry aboard the International Space Station.
Yes, weed is going to space thanks to the work of a small Lexington, Ky.-based startup called Space Tango.
cybrguy
Putin is a War Criminal
Report: Medical marijuana use up 80 percent in Illinois
AP image
Saturday, October 06, 2018 07:12PM
CHICAGO --
Medical marijuana use is up more than 80 percent in Illinois, with PTSD as the most common condition treated, according to a report by the state Department of Public Health.
More than 46,000 people have used medical marijuana in Illinois this year, The Chicago Tribune reported. Almost 75 percent of patients are more than 40 years old.
More than 4,000 people used medical cannabis to treat PTSD, about 3,400 treated fibromyalgia and 2,500 people treated cancer. Other common qualifying conditions are spinal cord disease and injuries, traumatic brain injuries and post-concussion syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
Cook County had the most people using medical marijuana, with 7,500 certified patients.
Addiction specialists warn about the possibility of substance abuse.
Dr. Aaron Weiner, of Linden Oaks Behavioral Health, said the state's medical marijuana program allows for enough pot that a certified patient could use it daily, which may lead to addiction. He also warned that some Illinois dispensaries sell marijuana that contains up to 90 percent of THC, which is the element that causes a high.
The number of doctors who certified patients increased to 3,000 this year, up from about 2,100 last year. Most physicians approved less than 25 patients each, though nearly 30 certified more than 100 patients each.
The number of medical marijuana users will likely continue increasing, officials said.
Gov. Bruce Rauner recently signed into law a measure that allows medical marijuana to be prescribed instead of opioid painkillers. The law also eliminates the fingerprint and criminal background check requirements that delayed applications.
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That photo reminds me of the crappy Mexican herb we used to get in bricks. Ick...
AP image
Saturday, October 06, 2018 07:12PM
CHICAGO --
Medical marijuana use is up more than 80 percent in Illinois, with PTSD as the most common condition treated, according to a report by the state Department of Public Health.
More than 46,000 people have used medical marijuana in Illinois this year, The Chicago Tribune reported. Almost 75 percent of patients are more than 40 years old.
More than 4,000 people used medical cannabis to treat PTSD, about 3,400 treated fibromyalgia and 2,500 people treated cancer. Other common qualifying conditions are spinal cord disease and injuries, traumatic brain injuries and post-concussion syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
Cook County had the most people using medical marijuana, with 7,500 certified patients.
Addiction specialists warn about the possibility of substance abuse.
Dr. Aaron Weiner, of Linden Oaks Behavioral Health, said the state's medical marijuana program allows for enough pot that a certified patient could use it daily, which may lead to addiction. He also warned that some Illinois dispensaries sell marijuana that contains up to 90 percent of THC, which is the element that causes a high.
The number of doctors who certified patients increased to 3,000 this year, up from about 2,100 last year. Most physicians approved less than 25 patients each, though nearly 30 certified more than 100 patients each.
The number of medical marijuana users will likely continue increasing, officials said.
Gov. Bruce Rauner recently signed into law a measure that allows medical marijuana to be prescribed instead of opioid painkillers. The law also eliminates the fingerprint and criminal background check requirements that delayed applications.
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That photo reminds me of the crappy Mexican herb we used to get in bricks. Ick...
Papa Woody
"The vapor is strong with this one"-Obi Onda Woody
AP image
I’ve seen government cheese before but that government bud looks really disgusting...
Ramahs
Fucking Combustion (mostly) Since February 2017
I was going to say the same thing. Did they leave it in a bucket of water for a month or what? That looks disgusting.
Looks like there's some lawn clippings in there.
cybrguy
Putin is a War Criminal
No, it's cannabis. Bad cannabis but it is cannabis. Look at the seed in front of his right thumb.
As I said above this looks a lot like the crappy Mexican we got in bricks in the 70s. Sadly the government has no idea how to grow quality pot.
https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/photos-prove-government-grown-cannabis-basically-ditch-weed
And even more sadly this is the cannabis they do their own testing on. Any wonder their results make no sense?
As I said above this looks a lot like the crappy Mexican we got in bricks in the 70s. Sadly the government has no idea how to grow quality pot.
https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/photos-prove-government-grown-cannabis-basically-ditch-weed
And even more sadly this is the cannabis they do their own testing on. Any wonder their results make no sense?
Trump Administration Seeks Public Comments On Marijuana Reclassification
The federal government wants your input on whether marijuana should be reclassified under global drug treaties to which the U.S. is a party.
Specifically, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is asking for public comments about the "abuse potential, actual abuse, medical usefulness, trafficking, and impact of scheduling changes on availability for medical use" of cannabis and several other substances now under international review.
The federal government wants your input on whether marijuana should be reclassified under global drug treaties to which the U.S. is a party.
Specifically, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is asking for public comments about the "abuse potential, actual abuse, medical usefulness, trafficking, and impact of scheduling changes on availability for medical use" of cannabis and several other substances now under international review.
cybrguy
Putin is a War Criminal
So I am going back to a time when pounds were $150 to $300. They would cut down the stalk at about the first branch and include all the stems and seeds in the brick. In a key (2.2 lbs) you might have 4 or 5 full oz of complete unsmokable trash even if the smoke itself was decent (by 70s standards).
We tended to evaluate our dealers by how much crap they included in their Lids...
hd_rider
Well-Known Member
White House to unveil federal cannabis reform 'very soon'
(From FOX Business News)
The White House is planning on tackling cannabis reform after the midterm elections, according to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif.
Rohrabacher tells FOX Business that the Trump administration has made a “solid commitment” to fix marijuana regulation.
“I have been talking to people inside the White House who know and inside the president’s entourage... I have talked to them at length. I have been reassured that the president intends on keeping his campaign promise.”
Rohrabacher says the president has spoken in support of legalizing medical marijuana on the federal level – and leaving the question of recreational marijuana use up to the states.
“I would expect after the election we will sit down and we’ll start hammering out something that is specific and real,” he said.
The California congressman, who is up for re-election this November, is battling to hold onto a seat that national Democrats have identified as part of their strategy to win the House majority this midterm election.
Rohrabacher faces Democrat Harley Rouda. RealClearPolitics has listed the seat that Rohrabacher has held for five years as a toss-up – and the polling average has both candidates in a dead heat – with both at 48 percent of voter support.
Recreational marijuana was just recently legalized in California this year – but reforms on the federal level have been stalled for decades. Yet, according to Rohrabacher, that will soon change: “It could be as early as spring of 2019, but definitely in the next legislative session.”
(From FOX Business News)
The White House is planning on tackling cannabis reform after the midterm elections, according to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif.
Rohrabacher tells FOX Business that the Trump administration has made a “solid commitment” to fix marijuana regulation.
“I have been talking to people inside the White House who know and inside the president’s entourage... I have talked to them at length. I have been reassured that the president intends on keeping his campaign promise.”
Rohrabacher says the president has spoken in support of legalizing medical marijuana on the federal level – and leaving the question of recreational marijuana use up to the states.
“I would expect after the election we will sit down and we’ll start hammering out something that is specific and real,” he said.
The California congressman, who is up for re-election this November, is battling to hold onto a seat that national Democrats have identified as part of their strategy to win the House majority this midterm election.
Rohrabacher faces Democrat Harley Rouda. RealClearPolitics has listed the seat that Rohrabacher has held for five years as a toss-up – and the polling average has both candidates in a dead heat – with both at 48 percent of voter support.
Recreational marijuana was just recently legalized in California this year – but reforms on the federal level have been stalled for decades. Yet, according to Rohrabacher, that will soon change: “It could be as early as spring of 2019, but definitely in the next legislative session.”
ClearBlueLou
unbearably light in the being....
Sorry to let y’all down on this one...there only so much dabstock I can manage....
It’s no myth that many weed users of the sixties and seventies stopped because their lives changed, sure, but a lot of dealers were noticeable, and it didn’t take much to make a charge stick back then (hippies were overwhelming pro-civil-rights and were seen as supporters of black causes by authorities who didn’t need more provocation than just to look at you). Long hair and weed went a ways toward making up for their white benefits by making them targets of community and police anger.
In many places, this made weed hard to get, SAFE weed was at a premium, and GOOD weed was just plain rare at the street...and more and more, people who had taken their lives OFF the street didn’t know where else to go. Add the risks associated, and much less stressful to learn to drink martinis or something.
Plenty of people will always consider it the devil’s lettuce, and imagine all kind of awful shit associated with it, just like they were told to. I suspect that some folks would believe they were being eaten by a giant invisible spider, if the right person told them it was important.
TL;DR == weed used to be shit bad...folks accustomed to modern weed in all its outrageous variety would throw 70s commercial anything back in the guys’ face and accuse him of bad things. We just didn’t know better, now we all do,
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looney2nz
Research Geek, Mad Scientist
@ClearBlueLou
My area of so cal in the 70's had both ditch weed from mexico, and some incredible varieties from around the world. Acapulco Gold, Columbian Gold, Panama Red, Thai Stick, occasion bits of Lebanese, Afghani and Nepalese hash and hash oil... nothin' like a monk thai pinner dipped in honey oil
My area of so cal in the 70's had both ditch weed from mexico, and some incredible varieties from around the world. Acapulco Gold, Columbian Gold, Panama Red, Thai Stick, occasion bits of Lebanese, Afghani and Nepalese hash and hash oil... nothin' like a monk thai pinner dipped in honey oil
cybrguy
Putin is a War Criminal
In big city midwest most goods (discounting the real ditch weed) were Mexican with a range from crappy to decent to the occasional very good, but nothing like today. Then, if you knew the right folks, came the Colombian which was the step up, and the Jamaican which was another step up. The boys in green came back with great hashes and Thai stick and some other good grass from southeast Asia, but Mexico and then Columbia provided most of what I saw. And we always worried a little bit about the paraquat we were likely smoking with some of the Mexican, compliments of the US govt, but that really didn't slow us down much. I had a couple friends who tried to grow a little of their own but it usually wasn't high quality and was mostly grown indoors. I saw no significant quality home grown.
That nasty photo above is really a decent representation of much of the bricked Mexican we saw, I have to say. It was a quality desert for much of my early years. I have only been seeing the really good quality goods for the last 10 years or so, or at least since the turn of the century, but the biggest change for me came with vaping when the flavor and quality has really popped and I have found better sources of really well bred cannabis. And that's only been since 2014 for me.
And I blame y'all...
That nasty photo above is really a decent representation of much of the bricked Mexican we saw, I have to say. It was a quality desert for much of my early years. I have only been seeing the really good quality goods for the last 10 years or so, or at least since the turn of the century, but the biggest change for me came with vaping when the flavor and quality has really popped and I have found better sources of really well bred cannabis. And that's only been since 2014 for me.
And I blame y'all...
looney2nz
Research Geek, Mad Scientist
In big city midwest most goods (discounting the real ditch weed) were Mexican with a range from crappy to decent to the occasional very good, but nothing like today. Then, if you knew the right folks, came the Colombian which was the step up, and the Jamaican which was another step up. The boys in green came back with great hashes and Thai stick and some other good grass from southeast Asia, but Mexico and then Columbia provided most of what I saw. And we always worried a little bit about the paraquat we were likely smoking with some of the Mexican, compliments of the US govt, but that really didn't slow us down much. I had a couple friends who tried to grow a little of their own but it usually wasn't high quality and was mostly grown indoors. I saw no significant quality home grown.
That nasty photo above is really a decent representation of much of the bricked Mexican we saw, I have to say. It was a quality desert for much of my early years. I have only been seeing the really good quality goods for the last 10 years or so, or at least since the turn of the century, but the biggest change for me came with vaping when the flavor and quality has really popped and I have found better sources of really well bred cannabis. And that's only been since 2014 for me.
And I blame y'all...
yeah, the best homegrown I had was from an outdoor grow a friend of mine had in humboldt back then.
amazing stuff
My 1st indoor attempts were pretty bad even with double banks of 8' flourescents.
Yeah, Nixon and Paraquat, prick
There were places in so cal to take your meds to get them tested.
thankfully, we had a good supply of the top shelf stuff.
ClearBlueLou
unbearably light in the being....
“MY area of so cal...” says it all: 3000 miles away - not so much@ClearBlueLou
My area of so cal in the 70's had both ditch weed from mexico, and some incredible varieties from around the world. Acapulco Gold, Columbian Gold, Panama Red, Thai Stick, occasion bits of Lebanese, Afghani and Nepalese hash and hash oil... nothin' like a monk thai pinner dipped in honey oil
cybrguy
Putin is a War Criminal
I went to school in California in the 70s and the goods were noticeably better out there. On returning to the midwest in the 80s I had become more appreciative of better pot and more discriminating (demanding) of my sources. But it was after starting vaping that the better goods requirement really kicked in and stuff that "I could live with" combusting really just didn't do it anymore. Lessor quality goods just don't vape well. Thank goodness I found better sources.
I will be very happy when (please) schedule 1 is ended and better goods become more available from more sources. I really only have one good guy, and if he is out of town or unavailable I pretty much just have to wait. My state is on the cusp of recreational, if the right guy gets elected, and I hope that will open things up, but prices are sure to rise with taxation...
I will be very happy when (please) schedule 1 is ended and better goods become more available from more sources. I really only have one good guy, and if he is out of town or unavailable I pretty much just have to wait. My state is on the cusp of recreational, if the right guy gets elected, and I hope that will open things up, but prices are sure to rise with taxation...
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Adobewan
Well-Known Member
Look what our friend John Boehner is up to.
The First Ever National Summit on Marijuana Investing
https://americascashcrop.com/?primary_xcode=X307UA37&src=cnn&src2=newsandbuzz
Much as I'm happy for a prohibitionist to come over to our side, the fact that he fought us when he could have done good for the people of the US, and once out of power when he could do good for his purse he's shifted, causes me no small amount of frustration.
The First Ever National Summit on Marijuana Investing
https://americascashcrop.com/?primary_xcode=X307UA37&src=cnn&src2=newsandbuzz
Much as I'm happy for a prohibitionist to come over to our side, the fact that he fought us when he could have done good for the people of the US, and once out of power when he could do good for his purse he's shifted, causes me no small amount of frustration.
looney2nz
Research Geek, Mad Scientist
Yeah, if they are smart (which they aren't), they'll de-schedule cannabis from the CSA entirely.
They've already set precedent for it, as much of a battle as it's been over the years.
U.S. Patent, license to BigPharma... no 'no medical use' argument from that side, period.
just STFU up Keebler Elf AG
. arrrrgh!!!!They should create a marketplace for cannabis from each state and territory, including all Native American reservations, as well as international imports and exports.
This hypothetical would also mean you can travel across state lines with your medicine with you, rather than trying to 'score' it in time after you land.
Buy medicine in Denver and bring it home to L.A.
Same thing with industrial hemp, and all hemp products.
Taxation, sadly, each state so far has shat on medical patients, lumping them in with recreational users, limiting the strength of their meds arbitrarily. In CA, medical patients still pay the growth and excise tax on cannabis products, they only get relief from sales tax if they pony up for local medical cannabis ID card (which also precludes you from owning a firearm, nice if you live near bears, mountain lions, etc.)
The dosage limitation is ridiculous for medical patients. I'm doing .5G each dose, 4-5x a day.
Try to do that in 100mg candy bars, so much sugar my cancer would do a little dance
cybrguy
Putin is a War Criminal
Sadly, this shouldn't have come as much of a surprise. Frustration I get, but if you are surprised it is on you. This is how the current Republican party behaves. Not JUST Republicans, but mostly Republicans. The Dems tend not to believe in "alternative facts" on Cannabis OR climate change.
I think it was Chris Hayes who said: "The Republican party has become nothing but a con, and their base are their marks..."
That is a paraphrase, I don't remember the exact quote but the sentiment seems correct..
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looney2nz
Research Geek, Mad Scientist
no, I've been at this long enough, not surprised, just infuriated, galled. idiocracy
Chris Hayes is a smart guy
. But then I like him, Rachel and Lawrence.I just have to balance how much I watch against how much my mental state can take.
Hilarious that so many of my friends can't stand these 3, but they will watch Fox & Friends, Hannity, etc.
<heavy sigh>
florduh
Well-Known Member
What's really infuriating is that there are very well educated Republican politicians and talking heads. They went to fucking Ivy League schools. They KNOW cannabis isn't dangerous. They KNOW climate change isn't a "Chinese Hoax". Yet they tell their base what they want to hear, facts be damned.