Archive for November, 2007
Cannabis Compound Cannabidiol May Stop Metastatic Breast Cancer
A non-toxic, non-psychoactive compound in marijuana may block the progress of metastatic breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers in California.”This is a new way to treat a patient that is not toxic like chemotherapy or radiotherapy. It is a new approach for metastatic cancer,” said lead researcher Sean D. McAllister, an associate [...]
Who Profits from Cannabis Prohibition ?
So who profits in the ban of cannabis (hemp and marijuana) in the United States ?
The Government
DEA
FDA - Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Judicial System
Prison System
Agriculture
Cotton Industry
Soy Industry
Corn Industry
Herbicide Companies
Pesticide Companies
Other
Petroleum producing States and companies
“Legal” Drug Companies
Tobacco and Alcohol companies
Drug Dealers and Cartels
Canada
If you know other profiters leave them in comments. Explanations would be explain [...]
From Opium to Cannabis
Amid the multiplying frustrations of the fight against narcotics in Afghanistan, the northern province of Balkh has been hailed as a rare and glowing success.Two years ago the province, which abuts Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, was covered with opium poppies - about 11,000 hectares of them, or 27,000 acres, nearly enough to blanket Manhattan twice. This [...]
Hemp Houses
Houses built from hemp have been found to use less energy, create less waste and take less fuel to heat than conventionally constructed homes. Rolf B. Priesnitz writes about a versatile, environmentally-sound building material in Hemp For Houses.
Stoned kids do better
A Swiss study suggests that teens who use only cannabis appear to function better than those who also use tobacco, and are more socially driven and have no more psychosocial problems than those who abstain from both substances, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of [...]
