Court's marijuana ruling a victory for authorities(zero tolerance in the real world)

http://www.mlive.com/news/ ^ | 6 22 06 | Steven Hepker

[One4Indictment]

INTERVENTION...

[tacticalogic]

Somehow that doesn't look like Michigan.

[VRWCtaz]

"How dare those statists!!! Don't they realize that there's a secret unwritten Constimuhtushunal emanation of a penumbra that guarantees the right to smoke dope and then drive on the public streets? "

Sir, your wit fails to cover your total lack of understanding of the topic under discussion.

[somniferum]

Actully you are the one who should be reading more critically.

And should follow your own advice. That garbage article you posted was absurd, particularly this tidbit.

The active substance in cannabis, thujone, creates Atrial natriuretic peptides which stimulates the consequent reactions in the body.

[eleni121]

You need to do some research on thujone
before you go making ridiculous statements.


Except from link below:

"The toxicity of thujone in the brain is believed to result from its structural similarity to tetrahydrocannibinol, or THC (3) , the active compound in marijuana. ...Thujone and THC have similar shapes, and it is believed that they interact with the same biological receptor to produce their similar psychological effects"

http://www.phc.vcu.edu/Feature/oldfeature/thuj/thujone.html

[somniferum]

So, in your opinion, the active ingredient in cannabis is really thujone? Otherwise I'm not entirely sure what point you're trying to prove.

[tacticalogic]

Along with everything else, the Russians now claim to have invented ditchweed.

[eleni121]

Read the original article for the good news.

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/06/20/nocannabis.shtml

[tacticalogic]

According to the article, the "good news" is they've "invented" cannibis with no thujone in it. Are we supposed to be impressed?

[somniferum]

The article would indicate that they have developed Thujone free cannabis.

[somniferum]

This will truly change our world.

[winston2]

No, the law is a zero-tolerance law. zero means zero, not an amount that would cause intoxication.

Everything Has Its Time

1 To everything there is a season,

A time for every purpose under heaven:

2 A time to be born,
And a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what is planted;

Ecclesiastes 3 (New King James Version)

BibleGateway.com

A time to grow cannabis,
a time to harvest it,
a time to cure it,
and a time to smoke it.

[Steve Van Doorn]

"Do you agree with Rudy's way of dealing with guns too?"

No, but does that one mistaken impression invalidate his approach to crime overall?

yes. Authoritarian laws should never stay on the books no matter if they are right or wrong.

[eleni121]

Call it what you will...thujone or THC---anything that can help develop and replace the wild growing and potent marijuana plant is great and will help save many lives.

[april15Bendovr]

[freedom moose]

Amsterdam, where marijuana law enforcement is so lax it's considered legal, is now majority Muslim.
I do not believe that the majority of the residents of Amsterdam are muslim. Please post a link

[Beckwith]

"Your home was not distroyed by the Hurricane it was distroyed by flood and I am sorry your policy does not cover flooding"

"Your Home was not distroyed by the Hurricane it was distroyed by wind I am sorry your policy does not cover "wind damage"

Everyone should know that homeowners policies do not include wind and flood coverage. They are purchased separately.

Not all homes are located on a flood plain or hurricane zone. If I live in Denver I have no need for those coverages.

For the record I hate insurance companies as much as the next guy but the homeowner has the responsibility here.

[tacticalogic]

Call it what you will...thujone or THC---anything that can help develop and replace the wild growing and potent marijuana plant is great and will help save many lives.

It won't work here. The federal government has a self-imposed madate to eradicate every hemp plant that isn't under direct federal supervision. We've got wild growing hemp that's got a THC content low enough to be pretty well worthless for drug content already, and they're out there cutting and burning that as fast as they can find it now.

[somniferum]

And they get to fly around in helicopters and everything! =P

[winston2]

In brief - it's because it is a great mind and body experience - and not a significant health risk. There are thousands of years of history to prove this.(winston2)

TOL said the same for LSD, except for the thousands of years part.

I have 34 years of experience with cannabis and zero experience with the LSD (or any other powders, pills or injectables) - but - I ran a search for "TOL" "LSD". I came up with a relatively informative video site that shows film of persons under the influence of the various substances.

You Tube

LSD German

From what I saw, LSD seems to be powerful enough to virtually paralyze the user. I have never seen any cannabis that could do that.

In brief - I would say that LSD has the potential to be much more dangerous than cannabis.