Comments on: First U.S. Marijuana Cafe Opens In Oregon http://www.christianlawjournal.com/featured-articles/first-u-s-marijuana-cafe-opens-in-oregon/ christianlawjournal.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:47:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jp73 http://www.christianlawjournal.com/featured-articles/first-u-s-marijuana-cafe-opens-in-oregon/#comment-5414 Jp73 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:29:45 +0000 http://www.christianlawjournal.com/?p=10575#comment-5414 I'm not sure where you dug up your info but actual studies and ones you heard about from your grandfather are completely different. Marijuana kills cancerous tumors and helps asthmatic patients breath easier...without side effects. Unless your Magic Johnson I believe that A.I.D.S. Has no cure and smoking the non-lethal plant helps them live the rest of thier life without starving themselves and easing thier pain. I will give you a little advice which I'm sure you've heard before(from grandpa Anslinger) go play in the street...you little worthless pile of dung!!! I’m not sure where you dug up your info but actual studies and ones you heard about from your grandfather are completely different. Marijuana kills cancerous tumors and helps asthmatic patients breath easier…without side effects. Unless your Magic Johnson I believe that A.I.D.S. Has no cure and smoking the non-lethal plant helps them live the rest of thier life without starving themselves and easing thier pain. I will give you a little advice which I’m sure you’ve heard before(from grandpa Anslinger) go play in the street…you little worthless pile of dung!!!

]]> By: Armando Emmel http://www.christianlawjournal.com/featured-articles/first-u-s-marijuana-cafe-opens-in-oregon/#comment-5058 Armando Emmel Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:38:17 +0000 http://www.christianlawjournal.com/?p=10575#comment-5058 Just thought i would comment and say neat design, did you code it yourself? Looks great. If you wantto swap the links with us please let me know. Just thought i would comment and say neat design, did you code it yourself? Looks great. If you wantto swap the links with us please let me know.

]]> By: TYC http://www.christianlawjournal.com/featured-articles/first-u-s-marijuana-cafe-opens-in-oregon/#comment-4124 TYC Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:20:19 +0000 http://www.christianlawjournal.com/?p=10575#comment-4124 @ Johnny Law I see you on several boards with the same prohibitionist mentality. It's hard to imagine someone so willing to be a mouth piece for the drug cartels. If you want the drug gangs to control cannabis distribution then go right ahead with your ranting. Anyone that pushes prohibition as much as you must be in the pockets of the drug cartels. It's people like you that keep drugs within the easy grasp of kids and that's exactly what I'm against. Arguing with you is like arguing with a trash can...nothing good ever comes from it. It's well past time to re-legalize cannabis and end the lies of prohibition. @ Johnny Law

I see you on several boards with the same prohibitionist mentality. It’s hard to imagine someone so willing to be a mouth piece for the drug cartels. If you want the drug gangs to control cannabis distribution then go right ahead with your ranting. Anyone that pushes prohibition as much as you must be in the pockets of the drug cartels. It’s people like you that keep drugs within the easy grasp of kids and that’s exactly what I’m against.

Arguing with you is like arguing with a trash can…nothing good ever comes from it.

It’s well past time to re-legalize cannabis and end the lies of prohibition.

]]> By: Conservative Christian http://www.christianlawjournal.com/featured-articles/first-u-s-marijuana-cafe-opens-in-oregon/#comment-4120 Conservative Christian Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:49:07 +0000 http://www.christianlawjournal.com/?p=10575#comment-4120 The U.S. Dept of Justice estimates that 30 Million Americans use marijuana in a given year. If it were even moderately harmful, the victims would be stacked up like cordwood. The preponderance of evidence is that marijuana is relatively safe, Both the American College of Physicians and American Medical Association have expressed support for investigation of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Marijuana in various forms, not necessarily smoked, has been used therapeutically for centuries in many parts of the world. Marijuana appears to provide relief from pain, nausea, and other symptoms, with fewer ill effects and a greater margin of safety than the narcotic drugs commonly administered for pain, and safer even than the non-narcotic drugs such as aspirin, ibuprofen and related compounds that are responsible for a few hundred deaths each year (www.acponline.org/journals/annals/15sep97/nsaid.htm). The American College of Physicians position can be found at (www.acponline.org/advocacy/where_we_stand/other_issues/medmarijuana.pdf) The American Medical Association position is available at http://www.ama-assn.org/assets/meeting/mm/i-09-ref-comm-k.pdf (the Medical Marijuana section begins on page 12 of the 27 page document). I hope that anyone who can benefit from the medical use of marijuana is allowed to do so safely, without having to go to a criminal drug dealer and without fear of prison for himself or herself. The U.S. Dept of Justice estimates that 30 Million Americans use marijuana in a given year. If it were even moderately harmful, the victims would be stacked up like cordwood. The preponderance of evidence is that marijuana is relatively safe, Both the American College of Physicians and American Medical Association have expressed support for investigation of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Marijuana in various forms, not necessarily smoked, has been used therapeutically for centuries in many parts of the world. Marijuana appears to provide relief from pain, nausea, and other symptoms, with fewer ill effects and a greater margin of safety than the narcotic drugs commonly administered for pain, and safer even than the non-narcotic drugs such as aspirin, ibuprofen and related compounds that are responsible for a few hundred deaths each year (www.acponline.org/journals/annals/15sep97/nsaid.htm).

The American College of Physicians position can be found at (www.acponline.org/advocacy/where_we_stand/other_issues/medmarijuana.pdf)

The American Medical Association position is available at http://www.ama-assn.org/assets/meeting/mm/i-09-ref-comm-k.pdf (the Medical Marijuana section begins on page 12 of the 27 page document).

I hope that anyone who can benefit from the medical use of marijuana is allowed to do so safely, without having to go to a criminal drug dealer and without fear of prison for himself or herself.

]]> By: Conservative Christian http://www.christianlawjournal.com/featured-articles/first-u-s-marijuana-cafe-opens-in-oregon/#comment-4119 Conservative Christian Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:46:07 +0000 http://www.christianlawjournal.com/?p=10575#comment-4119 The U.S. Dept of Justice estimates that 30 Million Americans use marijuana in a given year. If it were even moderately harmful, the victims would be stacked up like cordwood. The preponderance of evidence is that marijuana is relatively safe, Both the American College of Physicians and American Medical Association have expressed support for investigation of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Marijuana in various forms, not necessarily smoked, has been used therapeutically for centuries in many parts of the world. Marijuana appears to provide relief from pain, nausea, and other symptoms, with fewer ill effects and a greater margin of safety than the narcotic drugs commonly administered for pain, and safer even than the non-narcotic drugs such as aspirin, ibuprofen and related compounds that are responsible for a few hundred deaths each year (www.acponline.org/journals/annals/15sep97/nsaid.htm). The American College of Physicians position can be found at (www.acponline.org/advocacy/where_we_stand/other_issues/medmarijuana.pdf) The American Medical Association position is available at www.ama-assn.org/assets/meeting/mm/i-09-ref-comm-k.pdf (the Medical Marijuana section begins on page 12 of the 27 page document). I hope that anyone who can benefit from the medical use of marijuana is allowed to do so safely, without having to go to a criminal drug dealer and without fear of prison for himself or herself. The U.S. Dept of Justice estimates that 30 Million Americans use marijuana in a given year. If it were even moderately harmful, the victims would be stacked up like cordwood. The preponderance of evidence is that marijuana is relatively safe, Both the American College of Physicians and American Medical Association have expressed support for investigation of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Marijuana in various forms, not necessarily smoked, has been used therapeutically for centuries in many parts of the world. Marijuana appears to provide relief from pain, nausea, and other symptoms, with fewer ill effects and a greater margin of safety than the narcotic drugs commonly administered for pain, and safer even than the non-narcotic drugs such as aspirin, ibuprofen and related compounds that are responsible for a few hundred deaths each year (www.acponline.org/journals/annals/15sep97/nsaid.htm).

The American College of Physicians position can be found at (www.acponline.org/advocacy/where_we_stand/other_issues/medmarijuana.pdf)

The American Medical Association position is available at http://www.ama-assn.org/assets/meeting/mm/i-09-ref-comm-k.pdf (the Medical Marijuana section begins on page 12 of the 27 page document).

I hope that anyone who can benefit from the medical use of marijuana is allowed to do so safely, without having to go to a criminal drug dealer and without fear of prison for himself or herself.

]]> By: Concerned Parent http://www.christianlawjournal.com/featured-articles/first-u-s-marijuana-cafe-opens-in-oregon/#comment-4118 Concerned Parent Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:37:32 +0000 http://www.christianlawjournal.com/?p=10575#comment-4118 A nice safe place to use a relatively safe intoxicant. The membership-and-service fee looks like the wave of the future for a non-sales model. I hope this works well for them and they show themselves to be good neighbors (i.e., by keeping the parking lot clean and tidy, picking up litter from the sidewalks, just generally being an asset to the community). Let's keep an eye on this one; this is an idea whose time has come. A nice safe place to use a relatively safe intoxicant. The membership-and-service fee looks like the wave of the future for a non-sales model. I hope this works well for them and they show themselves to be good neighbors (i.e., by keeping the parking lot clean and tidy, picking up litter from the sidewalks, just generally being an asset to the community). Let’s keep an eye on this one; this is an idea whose time has come.

]]> By: Johnny Law http://www.christianlawjournal.com/featured-articles/first-u-s-marijuana-cafe-opens-in-oregon/#comment-4104 Johnny Law Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:39:29 +0000 http://www.christianlawjournal.com/?p=10575#comment-4104 THC may Cause Schizophrenia-like Symptoms From Leonard Holmes, About.com Guide June 2004 Yale University researchers have shown that active ingredient in marijuana can cause transient schizophrenia-like symptoms ranging from suspiciousness and delusions to impairments in memory and attention in some patients. The study was an attempt to clarify a long known association between cannabis and psychosis in the hopes of finding another clue about the patho-physiology of schizophrenia. FROM HARVARD: The most potent argument against the use of marijuana to treat medical disorders is that marijuana may cause the acceleration or aggravation of the very disorders it is being used to treat. Smoking marijuana regularly (a joint a day) can damage the cells in the bronchial passages which protect the body against inhaled microorganisms and decrease the ability of the immune cells in the lungs to fight off fungi, bacteria, and tumor cells. For patients with already weakened immune systems, this means an increase in the possibility of dangerous pulmonary infections, including pneumonia, which often proves fatal in AIDS patients. Studies further suggest that marijuana is a general "immuno-suppressant" whose degenerative influence extends beyond the respiratory system. Regular smoking has been shown to materially affect the overall ability of the smoker's body to defend itself against infection by weakening various natural immune mechanisms, including macrophages (a.k.a. "killer cells") and the all-important T-cells. California Board Rules Marijuana Smoke a Carcinogen June 23, 2009 A California state board called marijuana smoke a health hazard and has added it to the state's list of environmental hazards, placing the drug alongside other carcinogens like arsenic, asbestos, and DDT, the San Jose Mercury News reported June 19. Scientists at California's Office of Environmental Health Hazards Assessment (OEHHA) studied research that linked marijuana smoke to different types of cancer, in particular head and neck cancers, concluding that marijuana smoke contains many of the harmful properties found in tobacco smoke. "There's not one single piece of evidence that was a slam dunk," said George Alexeeff, Ph.D., deputy director for scientific affairs for the OEHHA. "But the pieces together form a very compelling argument." California medical-marijuana dispensaries with 10 or more employees will be required to post a warning label in their shop or on the products saying, "Contents may cause cancer when smoked." THC may Cause Schizophrenia-like Symptoms

From Leonard Holmes, About.com Guide

June 2004

Yale University researchers have shown that active ingredient in marijuana can cause transient schizophrenia-like symptoms ranging from suspiciousness and delusions to impairments in memory and attention in some patients. The study was an attempt to clarify a long known association between cannabis and psychosis in the hopes of finding another clue about the patho-physiology of schizophrenia.

FROM HARVARD:

The most potent argument against the use of marijuana to treat medical disorders is that marijuana may cause the acceleration or aggravation of the very disorders it is being used to treat.

Smoking marijuana regularly (a joint a day) can damage the cells in the bronchial passages which protect the body against inhaled microorganisms and decrease the ability of the immune cells in the lungs to fight off fungi, bacteria, and tumor cells. For patients with already weakened immune systems, this means an increase in the possibility of dangerous pulmonary infections, including pneumonia, which often proves fatal in AIDS patients.

Studies further suggest that marijuana is a general “immuno-suppressant” whose degenerative influence extends beyond the respiratory system. Regular smoking has been shown to materially affect the overall ability of the smoker’s body to defend itself against infection by weakening various natural immune mechanisms, including macrophages (a.k.a. “killer cells”) and the all-important T-cells.

California Board Rules Marijuana Smoke a Carcinogen
June 23, 2009

A California state board called marijuana smoke a health hazard and has added it to the state’s list of environmental hazards, placing the drug alongside other carcinogens like arsenic, asbestos, and DDT, the San Jose Mercury News reported June 19.

Scientists at California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazards Assessment (OEHHA) studied research that linked marijuana smoke to different types of cancer, in particular head and neck cancers, concluding that marijuana smoke contains many of the harmful properties found in tobacco smoke.

“There’s not one single piece of evidence that was a slam dunk,” said George Alexeeff, Ph.D., deputy director for scientific affairs for the OEHHA. “But the pieces together form a very compelling argument.”

California medical-marijuana dispensaries with 10 or more employees will be required to post a warning label in their shop or on the products saying, “Contents may cause cancer when smoked.”

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