STOCKTON SPRINGS, Maine — Medical marijuana caregivers — just like farmers who want healthful tomato plants — are now starting baby plants for the upcoming outdoor growing season in Maine now that the law regulating medicinal cannabis allows the practice.
The change is just one of several that went into effect under LD 1296, An Act to Amend the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act To Protect Patient Privacy, which was signed on June 24, 2011, by Gov. Paul LePage and became law in the fall.
“Last season, you had to grow inside in an enclosed, locked facility and now enclosed, locked facility can mean a fenced area,” Paul McCarrier of Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine said on Friday.
The outdoor fenced area must be equipped with a lock or other security device that permits access only by authorized personnel, the amended law states.
State Rep. Michael Celli of Brewer is one of nine co-sponsors of the amendment that was brought forth by State Rep. Deborah Sanderson of Chelsea.
“It’s an ongoing process to make sure it is not abused and is getting to the people who really need it,” Celli said on Sunday.
The local lawmaker said he has spoken to many qualified patients about the drug that Maine voters first approved as a medicinal drug in 1999.
“Some say it’s the only thing they have found that works for their conditions,” Celli said. “A few have said it didn’t work” and many “are desperate and are willing to take anything.”
McCarrier, of Stockton Springs, is a caregiver — a person who grows and supplies medical marijuana to qualifying patients. He has five patients, the maximum allowed by law, and one is a woman in her 80s who lives in a nursing home and cannot afford to pay him.
“There are people who grow it and take a loss just to provide it for someone,” McCarrier said.
The recent amendments to the law increase patient privacy and also cut costs for caregivers by allowing them to grow outside.
“Outdoor, it’s more or less for free” with mother nature supplying the light, McCarrier said. “You get the plants going inside and you can put them in the ground beginning in June.”
Growing indoors requires specialized growing lights with timers, heating and venting, nutrients, soil, a water supply and electricity to run everything.
McCarrier is allowed to have six plants for each patient, so he will put 15 in the ground after the last frost and prepared for the upcoming growing season by cloning a pot plant over the weekend. The cloning process allows growers to copy a mother plant by slicing off a branch and planting it to avoid starting from seed.
Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine is a nonprofit trade association made up of around 170 caregivers, patients and advocates, the group’s website states.
A decade after Maine voters first approved the use of medical marijuana, voters returned to the polls and resoundingly supported expanding the law to include more medical conditions and the creation of eight nonprofit, government-sanctioned clinics and marijuana cultivation centers.
Five of those eight licensed medical marijuana dispensaries are open in Auburn, Biddeford, Ellsworth, Hallowell and Thomaston, and two more should open soon in Portland and Brewer.
Among other things, the amended law protects patient privacy by no longer requiring them to register with the state or disclose their specific medical condition — it’s now an option — but all qualifying patients must have written certification from a doctor on tamper-resistant paper. It also makes registration optional for some primary caregivers who grow medical marijuana for members of the same household or family.
Last year’s amendments to the 2009 law will not be the last, Celli said.
“There is so many issues with it because there are so many different strains with different percentages of THC, tetrahydrocannabinol, and individual side effects,” the three-term Brewer representative said. “We’re dealing with unregulated issues here and untested issues.”
Marijuana is illegal under federal law, but 16 states, including Maine, and the District of Columbia have laws making it legal for medical use. Seventeen other states, including Massachusetts and New Hampshire, have pending state legislation to legalize medical marijuana.
McCarrier said even though the law was amended last year, the rules regarding the amendments have not been written.
“The rules were supposed to be out and in effect on Jan. 1,” he said. “It’s March now and this is the first season where outdoor cultivation is allowed. I can see it being frustrating for law enforcement because right now there are no rules.
“I’m going with the legal intent,” McCarrier said. “It’s clear to me the legal intent is to allow outdoor cultivation.”
Never used it in my life but feel anything from mother nature is better than those pills the pharmaceutical companies are pushing. I do however see a flaw in the law. If I were told by a doctor that pot would help me then I should be able to get it at the pharmacy and it should be covered by my insurance.
No flaw in the state law. The federal government still has it as illegal so no one with a license to prescribe or sell federally regulated drugs would ever sell it because their license would be pulled.
That isn’t true, either; doctors ARE prescribing it, and it is perfectly legal to do so in Maine.
It’s none of yours, or the Feds business, what’s between people and their physicians.
Under ObamaCare it is none of YOUR business between people and physicians, It is the Feds business.
If a doctor write a PRESCRIPTION for Marijuana as it is ILLEGAL under federal law and PRESCRIPTIONS are FEDERAL. This is why you get a “card” or “medical certificate” or other document for it. Then again many doctors will not give you that as when you buy pot you may get a VERY VERY strong batch or a very weak batch. There is no “dose”..
The “dose” is however much you need.
When you buy pot on the streets there is no way of knowing what you are getting so you would see that back and forth between “strong and weak batches.” When patients purchase medicinal marijuana from a dispensary, the medicine is grown in the same place, using the same technique and strains generally by the same people, so there is continuity.
One of the reasons why it works as well as medicine is because there is no measured dose. Pharmaceutical companies and doctors assume that everyone’s metabolism is the same based on their weight or age so with pharmaceuticals you take the dose that they tell you do take which may or may not relieve your suffering.
Each person’s body processes medicine differently. With medicinal marijuana the patient can find the right dose that relieves their suffering but allows them to be fully functional. You can’t OD if you over dose, but most people with illness and injury don’t like the “stoned” feeling. They merely want to feel good enough to function and enjoy life.
The card is for something doctors prescribe. Physicians can, and do, prescribe things that are NOT federally controlled. A doctor can “prescribe” exercise, dietary changes, and supplements.
Strict dose control is so that you don’t OD on a drug that can kill you.Nobody’s ever OD’d on weed.
Facts, not fiction, not hysteria.
Does your doctor tell you that you should eat more vegetables? You might be able to get a can of corn at Right Aid, but it is not the same as getting an ear from your garden.
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#1- Please, as a newly appointed Representative of our Great State of Maine, get a shave and a haircut. It doesn’t hurt….Really !!!
#2- Nothing personal, just business,,, however, having been thrust into the public limelite of society that you have voluntarily chosen, You,,, by default,,, are now THE Posterchild of us *commoners*.
#3- Think of your,,,,,Family, Friends, Associates and the like. They (WE) would honestly prefer that a True replica of what Maine has to offer in the field of future employment for our children and grandchildren, be a more reasonable, respectable and rational appearance of what a Gentleman with such entreprenurial skills, such as yourself, be viewed in the Nations public opinion.
#4- In closing, if all else fails, just remember this, *** You have the chance of a life time to Really set the bar, a goal, an honestly unreal opportunity to make “US” your fellow man, neighbor, confidant,,, to appear to still possess all of our faculties, teeth and indoor plumbing that the rest of civilized America take for granted…..*
DON’T BLOW IT MAN !!! The small businessman is counting on YOU !
Maine, The Way Life,,,,,Could Be.?! It’s Totally Your Responsibility Paul,,, No Pressure from Here,,,,,, ;<) 357 FoReveR !!! Peace & Love…..Bro' !!
P.S., Oh Yeah, I Nearly forgot the MOST important Items,,,,,
A nice Tailored Suit Coat, Tie & Dress Shirt wouldn't hinder the guise either.
Thanx,,,,Man. I Knew you'd understand man. Love ya' man.
I suppose. Folks in suits and clean shaven faces have been wonderful representatives for us so far. What we portray on the outside in this Hilfiger world is what counts. I own a tie. Covers the buttons on my shirt.
Maybe a white lab coat or at least some farmer’s overalls…anything but the typical Waldo County tee shirt with pot leaf on it.
My first impression when seeing the photo was to LMFAO!
He couldn’t look any more like the perfect posterboy of the stereotypical stoner.
My first thought was “Wow, he looks just like Jesus.”
Since nobody knows what He looked like, you must’ve been blinded by the ‘heavenly light’ washing over him.
I will rephrase that. He looks like the familiar picture of Jesus that hangs in countless churches around this country.
“In THIS country” would be the operative phrase.
I shoulda used an emoticon; just pulling your chain. You are right, in this forum! :)
(I still see the stereotype of a stoner, though.)
I see a wonderful human being willing to face criticism and ridicule in order to provide others with a substance that takes away their suffering. People from all walks of life use marijuana either medicinally or recreationally so I guess I’m not sure what a “stoner” looks like.
:) Then you have’nt been around too long to recognize one, or are one. During the Prohibition there was an r/x for’Medicinal Alcohol’ as well….
I became ‘aware’ 40 years ago, saw all the problems with it and what it can do, so I can see it as well as most can recognize a drunk!
Enablers on both counts irritate me….
And just how do you see a wonderful human being?
An opportunist stoner is what I see.
I thought that this was just a sighting of Jesus on a slice of toast on your part…..
It is sad that you make negative judgments about people that you don’t know based on their appearance.
My comments are based on watching my husband’s end of life from a ten and a half year nonstop battle with cancer. For the last two years marijuana was a godsend. I have been an advocate ever since because of what I witnessed. I will continue to speak out and fight for those people who find relief using this valuable medication.
You are blurring recreational use with medicinal use. You are insulting those who find relief from their suffering, implying that they are “stoners.” What you saw forty-years ago involved many substances besides marijuana. That was a different time then and it is not accurate to compare injured and ill people wanting relief from suffering now to hippies involved in the drug culture in the 60s and 70s.
Well, he does look exactly like the familiar picture of Jesus that hands in churches all over this country. And he is doing what Jesus did. He is helping the sick and afflicted while you mock them. Comparing the two of you, he does seem like a wonderful human being, while you come across as someone lacking compassion toward those who are the sickest among us. It’s sad.
Well said, and true, in situations such as yours. But most consumption is still by recreational users. Oh, comparing His work to his borders on blasphemy… Any compassionate worker could be compared to His work, but that would be way off course. That is just being a (opportunistic?) human and can’t be compared to His work, which was mostly teaching. There were many ‘healers’ back then. I question this guy’s altruistic motive.
I am a cancer survivor myself and was a caretaker of my buddy as he went from prostate cancer, so I’m not entirely out of the loop. Sincerely sorry for your loss…
Go away… you are numb.
Typical, tell him how to dress, cut his hair and how to live. In this great country we get to make our own choices. Better that Paul with five customers does this than it being controlled by corporate America!
There is a very familiar picture of Jesus that has been duplicated countless times. This man looks identical to that photo. And he is doing the work that Jesus did…making sure that the sick among us are treated and freed from their suffering while you sit on your high horse and condemn him for his outward appearance.
I’ve raised my children to look past someone’s outward appearance and to focus what is inside a person. As parent we have taught them about stereotyping people based on their looks.
He looks just fine. He would look pretty silly in a suit and tie.
He doesn’t, actually. :)
I guess it’s all in the eye of the beholder. He has long hair and a beard. He looks clean. I say again, he’d look silly doing the work he’s doing in a suit and tie as someone suggested.
Ah, a little miscommunication. I thought you meant silly as if because of the beard and hair..Sorry! Anyone would look silly doing that!
He kinda looks like Jesus. Is that so bad?
You see, to me “a shave and a haircut ” and “a nice Tailored Suit Coat, Tie & Dress Shirt” those are the costumes of those who are the problem. (And we are ALL wearing costumes, every day, even if you call them “just clothes.”)
Those who worship money and power over others. Those who “know their place” and are willing to pre-tie the hangman’s noose around themselves every morning, better to show their own subservience.
Hey, Paul McCarrier is farming! How many “businessmen” do I see in the BDN with a “XYZ Dairy” t-shirt and a baseball cap?
So, how is that for prejudice about how someone is dressed?
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Do not own a tie, do not own a suit, keep my special black sneakers for funerals, was married in these clothes…same as yesterday, simply clean.
This may be “comedy” – if so, it is humourous.
Cocaine and Bath Salts originally come from natural sources (your mother nature) so by your faulty logic it all should be legal. Also there are a lot of toxic/poisons from mother nature as well.
Can cocaine and bath salts be used in its raw form without any processing?
Technically speaking pot needs some processing before you can smoke it, you can’t just pluck the leaves and light it up. Besides the bottom line is that processing coke or bath salts only extracts chemicals that were already within the plant in the first place. So your point is null.
The only processing needed is to dry the buds. So technically you just pluck that part and let it dry. Neither cocaine or bath salts can be utilized in its raw form. It must be converted into another form.
The leaves?
The buds. Sorry.
Yeah, pot needs lots of processing………trimming leaves, and hanging on a string to dry out.
And Bath Salts are not plant derived! Straight up 100% synthetic chemicals! Thank the chemical companies for bath salts. Bath salts = synthetic plant fertilizers.
Thanks. You did a better job of explaining it.
The leaves?
“Bath Salts” are synthetic.
Cocaine is a isolate from a plant, which posses few of the negative addictive properties the extracted form does.
There’s really no excuse for not knowing these things; if you are going to comment on them, at least make an effort for your remarks to be true.
What is the point to having those things be illegal in the first place? It doesn’t remove them from the street..nor stop those that want to do them..
I believe it is covered under Maine RX
Marijuana – inhaling = Not Addictive
Stoners will be stoners. legal or not.
I totally agree. The money that is spent on eradicating pot is billions and they haven’t stopped it yet and never will. If it was legalized the government would control it and then tax it and put that money towards everyones health insurance.
That is so true. What is beautiful about this law is that so many people with debilitating illnesses now get access to this valuable medicine. Those who smoke recreationally will do so whether we have medicinal use and legalization or not.
If you drink Beer are you a drunk?
That is so funny….but you have a very good point and alcohol is alot worse for ppl. People are better off to smoke…I dont think there is any harm in legalizing it because in my opinion cigarettes and alcohol cause alot more health issues.
Just like poeple already drive 75 north of Old Town….
I don’t smoke it but I totally agree with nosodumbdowneaster “mother-nature” is so much better than the pills that are pushed. As a matter of fact I think they should use it for people who have depression there would be more happy go lucky people out there and alot less visits to their councelors etc. Just saying…I do think it is wonderful if it helps others for medicinal purposes.
I use it daily for chronic pain and it really works good ! I use to take all kinds of pain pills that messed up my liver and kidneys, but MMJ has no side efects .
The only side effect is prosecution…and persecution.
And don’t forget…Prostitution,,,,” Can I *Borrow* a few Buck$ Baby?!?!” <( ;'< {} ..is my Lipstick crooked Deary ???
It looks like somebody is mixing their (prescription) medications again…
The fact that it is legal for the sick and dying to use this substance as medicine restores my faith in our society. Here’s one small case where big-pharma couldn’t corner the market.
there is THC available in pill form, im surprised big pharma hasnt put up more of a stink about weed.
They will.
The paper industry and big pharma are the entire reason it is illegal!!
The synthetic prescription form is toxic, it can kill you, and has side effects that are potentially serious.
Nobody ever died from a marijuana overdose.
Smoke it if you got it!
The gardener also looks like a prescribee
I look like I eat cucumbers….
He looks like Jesus in that picture.
Legalize and tax, tax, tax it.
red neck for sure you must have got in trouble with the irs haha
People who use it medicinally should be able to buy it without being taxed. Those without medical need but are doing so recreationally should be taxed.
Shouldn’t he be wearing a hairnet?
You’re kidding, right?
Why? The plant is going to be planted outside in a couple months and will be rained on as well as being a host for various insects. I’m usually very picky about food sanitation etc. but I don’t think his hair and beard will, in anyway, be detrimental to the cleanliness of the plant.
Wearing your body condom too?
It sure beats having to take Oxy’s and all that crap that eats one’s liver , and quickly I’ll add…
time to burn one
I see that caregivers are only allowed to have 5 patients. I’m wondering how that works out in terms of the time they put in and income they receive. If they’re growing the stuff they obviously have some expenses. I realize some of them are doing it to help people but you have to eat and pay the bills.
I’ve got 3 Wandering Jews, an Elephant Ear Bagonia, an Umbralla tree, and a Spider plant. While there is a cost, I am still able to go to work each day. This crop takes soil, water, and light. If you have the extra funds, fertilizer and pest control helps.
I was thinking about other chores like processing and delivering. You can have 5 patients but are they all going to want the 2.5 ounces every 14 days the law allows? If so, you would be producing 6.25 ounces a week. But I haven’t met many people who consumed even half an ounce per week. I think I would try to grow my own if I needed it.
No. There is *no* way to smoke 1.25 oz. a week. You would have to be in more pain than allowed, or make a considerable attempt at a personal record, to consume that much. Wouldn’t kill you, though. The Cannabis I enjoy, about 4 hits an afternoon, then supper, playtime with the youngsters, bed. There are those that abuse, don’t get me wrong, but what? 65% of the population is over weight. Humans will abuse anything. Most of us are responsable.
I haven’t smoked in years. When I did there was no way I could consume even a quarter ounce in a week by myself. One time somebody gave me an ounce of very weak stuff. Me and a few friends tried to get a buzz and all we got was a sore throat. I guess that’s why it was free.
Male leaf…
Could be but I wonder why someone would take the risk. The guy had about a pound of it and he had a good reputation. Maybe he got ripped off buying a pound of it and was just giving it away to get rid of it.
C’mon, your dating me. Both back in the day, and with todays amateurs, they might use seeds from a bag of south american, brown bud junk. most of this bunk weed is hermaphrodite, both bud and seed. You plant these seeds and about 1/5,(hopefully) will be the desired female. The rest will be garbage that while unregulated, will be passed on to unsuspecting folkes like yourself, in your past experience.
Well it was 1973 I think. Would the law back then distinguish between garbage and good weed? I think it had some THC content. It was like you almost got a buzz. But maybe that’s oxygen depletion from chain smoking 4 or 5 J’s.
You may be correct. I myself hover around the oz a week mark. However people who are using the plant in edibles or tincture form require more than the person smoking it. There is a provision in the new law to allow for these people. They do have to go to court and show that the condition they have requires more than normal. But they have been provided for. And although I hover around the oz a week mark, I work 70 hours a week, own my home and all my taxes are paid. Healthcare, well thats another story. Although I am a vet of the Iraq war and able to use the V.A.
With all due respect that you deserve as a vet, I can make you butter from 1/8 that would last a week on toast. It all starts with fine ingredients. When I eat Cannabis, I find it longer lasting than smoking or vaping.
I didn’t know it could be eaten. It must taste *awful*
Never had pot brownies?
I have not (but now I get the association :-)
Youtube cooking with cannabis, there are hundreds of recipes. I make cannibutter. You put it any food that requires butter or oil. Even on toast! Delicious!!
Smoking is not required to gain the benefits of cannabis, whether for medicinal need or just for enjoyment. When the choice of delivery methods is using edibles it requires substantially more because a large percentage of the medicine is lost during digestion.
Victims of severe burns find relief from the never ending pain of scar tissue from using topical salves. Topical salves do not get the patient high because in this case it’s the CB2 receptors that are being targeted. But effective topical salves require even more raw material than using edibles.
LOL: as I recall (been a while) a few hits of weed that was filled with leaves, seeds and stems had me floored. Everyone responds differently, though. My buddies would be packing a second and third bowl while I raided the fridge…:)
I must add, even if you are growing that quantity, you get a satisfaction. Just like the flower garden in your front yard, or the garden you have out back. Flora doesn’t take much attention, but you find yourself making time before or after work smelling the fruits of your labor.
I understand that. It’s just that if I was going to be a caregiver I would want to do it full time and do a good job of it. I would need to make about the same income I would make from a crappy job in these parts. That would be after expenses. Those expenses would include vehicle expense because I would bring it to my patients. But maybe I’ll find a way to get a decent van and start bringing people to their dispensary or caregiver. They can’t limit me to 5 clients doing that.
Yah, I guess I don’t look at it like that. The opposition complains that some will want it for recreation. While I have Chrones Disease, and take not one of the three pills i’m supposed to, I do ejoy Cannabis as a recreational herb, plus a medicine. I don’t wan’t to make money from it. I have a small vegitable garden, but I don’t sell my peas. If a friend is making a stew, I will share my carrots.
I had a friend with that and smoking weed seemed to help a lot. I’m only thinking about making the same as I would at a minimum wage job except I don’t mind if I’m putting in 50 hours a week for that $300 I need. I’m going to find something I can do full time that I’ll want to keep doing after I start getting social security. Something useful.
Paul, if you enjoy horticulture,and are nearing retirement so that you can put more love into your plants, why not? It is a beautiful thing. But you already know (as of now) the dangers. As I said, I don’t like it for money. It’s not everything, though important. I truelly enjoy all my house plants, as well as my extracurricular(sic) endeavors. I also make bean hole beans. I’ve learned that it takes 50 years to perfect some hobbies. always learning.
I always enjoyed it because I like fruits and veggies. I always liked farm work and that’s what I would be doing today if our great leaders hadn’t turned against the american farmer the way they did. I’ve worked berry patches over 40 acres and vegetable fields over 100 acres. One farm I worked on had about 3200 acres (5 square miles) in vegetables. It was all under contract to a frozen food company. Some of the fields were organic. I bought my own seeds and grew brussel sprouts when I was 10 because I liked brussel sprouts. It was a backyard city garden. The soil had lots of ashes from trash being burned out there. The only fertilizer I could get was chicken manure. I still managed to make them grow.
But the thing I want most is a small greenhouse so I can make good salsa any day of the year.
I think it is better to refer to it as medicinal marijuana or cannabis.
Unfortunately Paul, you need to become better educated on the subject. I also am myself a patient and a caregiver, with 5 patients. You are not allowed by the IRS to deduct the cost of anything but office supplies when dealing with MM. Thats why everyone is fighting the IRS right now. Look at section 18 of the IRS tax code. It deals with the CSA and deductions. (controlled substances act). I however dont think there is a thing they could do, if all you were doing is offering rides. Then you could tax expenses. However as soon as MM enters the picture for any reason, you cannot deduct that.
Ron,I knew about that. I read all about what the IRS is doing to some California dispensaries. Although the expenses aren’t deductible they are still there. So what I meant to say is that I need to have at least $300 a week left to live on after I settle up with everybody. The ride thing is a strong possibility if I can get it started. It wouldn’t be limited to MM patients and it wouldn’t be limited to medical trips. Some days it might be just a trip to a few stores. I hate it when I see poor people paying high prices because they can’t get to the discount stores.
believe me the dispensaries are not discount stores. Your better off finding a caregiver system to help you.
I was talking about taking people to discount food stores and such. I don’t expect the dispensary pricing to be much different from what friends out west have told me. I suppose I could wind up bringing the caregiver to the patient in some cases. Everybody doesn’t have a reliable car and a drivers license.
Then you would have to open a dispensary.
My question is: how are patients supposed to get seeds or clones?
just be cool and grow your own,but keep that mouth shut,and no sharing
Aww, c’mon. Cannabis smokers love to share with their fellow person. A crack head will not share. Coke fiend…nope. But you come to my house, I will pack a bowl for us, and we will talk politics, pop in a CSN DVD, or go snowshoeing. Best to show up in the after noon or week-end, I work for a living.
that’s how good guys get busted,and pretty soon you’ll have to
worry about the drones flying overhead,all in the name of security. it’s bs
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Aww, c’mon. Cannabis smokers love to share with their fellow person. A crack head will not share. Coke fiend…nope. But you come to my house, I will pack a bowl for us, and we will talk politics, pop in a CSN DVD, or go snowshoeing. Best to show up in the after noon or week-end, I work for a living. Link to comment
I guess the Legislators that passed this must of smoked some, or are still smoking it? Security around it, now that is a laugh, the steal everything else. Who is to say, that it will not be a setup when the plants get robbed? A lock, you really must be kidding.
thats the chances you take. Maybe you should teach your children better.
sounds like you should or atleast eat a brownie LOL
When I was young, we used to go garden raiding. We would sit there and eat, and eat……
Did they ever catch those one that stole from the , oh so secure place.
Actually Medical Marijuana was a citizens initiative and passed by a majority of Maine voters.
Not the change in the law. Of course people are going to vote for something that is viewed as helping alleviate sickness and pain. I am sure they would pass euthanasia also (yes, it is probably spelt wrong)
I find Medical Marijuana very helpful for the severe pain I’m in everyday, it’s invaluable for lifting the depression that makes my condition all that worse.
I sure, just look at the state kids are in when they are smoking it. It sure lifts them too.
Are they using it medicinally or recreationally?
The reason is basically teh same.
I doubt very much that “kids” are smoking it because they have an illness or injury to which they that want relief from their suffering. I suspect that most kids using it are doing so recreationally and not because they are sick or in pain.
The same effect.
Actually it isn’t. Those who smoke recreationally typically get “stoned.” Those using it medicinally typically don’t get stoned because they use enough to ease their suffering, but not enough that it impairs them.
And I am sure they are not some what disillusional. I the approval is an ends to justify making it legal.
DUDE, I’m toasted man.
Chronic pain tends to take the buzz right off.
There are people who have been in federal treatment programs that smoked federally supplied pot, smoked it in the car on the way to work, and were able to live productive lives.
A little education goes a long ways, and is no joke.
Yes, when one is dealing with chronic pain, they want relief from their suffering so that they can have full lives. They are not focused on the buzz. They want to be free of pain and suffering.
When used for medicinal reasons, most do not get toasted to benefit. In fact prescribing doctors advocate for taking a 48 hour break and then begin with small doses more frequently so that suffering is relieved but the person remains clear headed and productive. Small doses work much better than intoxication for illnesses and injuries. It’s a lot like pharmaceuticals. If used in small doses it can control someone’s suffering for hours, if taken to the extreme one does appear toasted.
When my husband was dying and riddled with cancer in every bone in his body, he smoked more often to control what modern drugs could not control. Nearing the end the “toasted” effect was welcomed. It made for a very peaceful ending.
First off: pot should be legal.
But second, why does every “caregiver” look like a stoner? Can we please end this charade and just make it legal?
It is unfortunate that alot of the advocates don’t wear button up shirts and khakis. But facial hair does not judge a man. Nor do khakis. Your doctor, lawyer, college professor, construction worker, builder, veteranarian, guy/gal beside you at the store…..etc,etc. This is not bath salts.
You do better to ask the media why those are the people they choose for these stories. There is a substantial cohort of people involved who do not have that personal image.
Good point: I hadn’t considered that. Not sure which side of the issue BDN sits…
In my opinion, NokNoi Ricker is a yellow journalist. Her stories regularly seem to have a sensationalist angle. If she ever called me to do a story, I would not return her call. IMO, zero credibility.
It makes you hungry, it makes you giggle, it makes you think, it makes you wiggle.
No dang wonder the gubmint wants it banned.
Quote of the century.
Man, thats not right. We all have our own struggles. Equality first, and the right to do with our own bodies what we want, should fall into order.
and your point is ?
Exactly.
Ok the major problem with this is first it is ILLEGAL under federal law I would love to see the DEA raid these places. Next THC has almost ZERO medical benifit it is the other chemicals that have the medicinal properities. Also why is it that every grower and employee of these places has a ticket to ride??
Makes me wonder if you know anything about guns?
Put that gun down for a minute and educate yourself!
The following text is taken directly from the US government’s National Cancer Institute website: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/healthprofessional/page4
* ANTI-TUMOR EFFECTS
One study in mice and rats suggested that cannabinoids may have a protective effect against the development of certain types of tumors. During this 2-year study, groups of mice and rats were given various doses of THC by gavage. A dose-related decrease in the incidence of hepatic adenoma tumors and hepatocellular carcinoma was observed in the mice. Decreased incidences of benign tumors (polyps and adenomas) in other organs (mammary gland, uterus, pituitary, testis, and pancreas) were also noted in the rats. In another study, delta-9-THC, delta-8-THC, and cannabinol were found to inhibit the growth of Lewis lung adenocarcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo. In addition, other tumors have been shown to be sensitive to cannabinoid-induced growth inhibition.
Cannabinoids may cause antitumor effects by various mechanisms, including induction of cell death, inhibition of cell growth, and inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and metastasis. Cannabinoids appear to kill tumor cells but do not affect their nontransformed counterparts and may even protect them from cell death. These compounds have been shown to induce apoptosis in glioma cells in culture and induce regression of glioma tumors in mice and rats. Cannabinoids protect normal glial cells of astroglial and oligodendroglial lineages from apoptosis mediated by the CB1 receptor.
In an in vivo model using severe combined immunodeficient mice, subcutaneous tumors were generated by inoculating the animals with cells from human non-small cell lung carcinoma cell lines. Tumor growth was inhibited by 60% in THC-treated mice compared with vehicle-treated control mice. Tumor specimens revealed that THC had antiangiogenic and antiproliferative effects.
* ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS
In addition, both plant-derived and endogenous cannabinoids have been studied for anti- inflammatory effects. A mouse study demonstrated that endogenous cannabinoid system signaling is likely to provide intrinsic protection against colonic inflammation. As a result, a hypothesis that phytocannabinoids and endocannabinoids may be useful in the prevention and treatment of colorectal cancer has been developed.
* ANTIVIRAL PROPERTIES
Another study has shown delta-9-THC is a potent and selective antiviral agent against Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), also known as human herpesvirus 8. The researchers concluded that additional studies on cannabinoids and herpesviruses are warranted, as they may lead to the development of drugs that inhibit the reactivation of these oncogenic viruses. Subsequently, another group of investigators reported increased efficiency of KSHV infection of human dermal microvascular epithelial cells in the presence of low doses of delta-9-THC.
* APPETITE STIMULATOR
Many animal studies have previously demonstrated that delta-9-THC and other cannabinoids have a stimulatory effect on appetite and increase food intake. It is believed that the endogenous cannabinoid system may serve as a regulator of feeding behavior. The endogenous cannabinoid anandamide potently enhances appetite in mice. Moreover, CB1 receptors in the hypothalamus may be involved in the motivational or reward aspects of eating.
* AS A PAIN KILLER
Understanding the mechanism of cannabinoid-induced analgesia has been increased through the study of cannabinoid receptors, endocannabinoids, and synthetic agonists and antagonists. The CB1 receptor is found in both the central nervous system (CNS) and in peripheral nerve terminals. Similar to opioid receptors, increased levels of the CB1 receptor are found in sections of the brain that regulate nociceptive processing. CB2 receptors, located predominantly in peripheral tissue, exist at very low levels in the CNS. With the development of receptor-specific antagonists, additional information about the roles of the receptors and endogenous cannabinoids in the modulation of pain has been obtained.
Cannabinoids may also contribute to pain modulation through an anti-inflammatory mechanism; a CB2 effect with cannabinoids acting on mast cell receptors to attenuate the release of inflammatory agents, such as histamine and serotonin, and on keratinocytes to enhance the release of analgesic opioids has been described.
The American Public Health Association, American Nurses Association, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, National Academy of HIV Medicine, two former U.S. surgeon generals, and hundreds of other medical professional groups all say that marijuana should be available to patients whose doctors recommend it.
A series of false statements make for a poor argument.
You would love to see people who are trying to help the sick and injured raided? You would love for people who are sick and injured to not have a place to get something that will relieve their suffering?
Who better to be involved than someone with experience who benefits from its medicinal properties who can counsel new patients on how to use it effectively? Many are committed to making sure that others have access to this medication because it has helped them so much. They want to get involved to help others be relieved of suffering.
Most can’t be bothered trying to help the sickest among us. Many are not willing to be involved because they fear prosecution. There is a great deal of stigma associated with people involved in this so many are not interested in helping people get access because of the legal and societal ramifications.
One more sign the weakening US is in its final years as a country. Ask China and the other countires in the world that can not wait for the US to get weak enough,what that means to them.
China needs us as much as we need them. And with all the war we wage, are you sure we appear week. Doesn’t seem like it to this vet. But your the super conservative Skowhegan Resident. Famous for being a conservative, stuffed up, generally know nothing
You’ve read these threads before, I see.
When is the last time the US has won a war? WW2 China is going to kick this country’s behind when the time comes and its coming soon as this country continues to dope up its people
Alcohol is a factor in the following:
* 73% of all felonies * 73% of child beating cases * 41% of rape cases * 80% of wife battering cases * 72% of stabbings * 83% of homicides.
According to the Australian National Drug Research Institute (2003): “Tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs are prematurely killing around seven million people worldwide each year, and robbing tens of millions more of a healthy life. The research into the global burden of disease attributable to alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs found that in 2000, tobacco use was responsible for 4.9 million deaths worldwide, equating to 71 percent of all drug-related deaths. Around 1.8 million deaths were attributable to the use of alcohol (26 percent of all drug-related deaths), and illicit drugs (heroin, cocaine and amphetamines) caused approximately 223,000 deaths (3 percent of all drug-related deaths).”
According to DrugRehabs.Org, national mortality figures for 2009 were: tobacco 435,000; poor diet and physical inactivity 365,000; alcohol 85,000; microbial agents 75,000; toxic agents 55,000; motor vehicle crashes 26,347; adverse reactions to prescription drugs 32,000; suicide 30,622; incidents involving firearms 29,000; homicide 20,308; sexual behaviors 20,000; all illicit drug use, direct and indirect 17,000; and marijuana 0.
Researchers led by Professor David Nutt, a former chief drugs adviser to the British government, asked drug-harm experts to rank 20 drugs (legal and illegal) on 16 measures of harm to the user and to wider society, such as damage to health, drug dependency, economic costs and crime. Alcohol scored 72 out of a possible 100, far more damaging than heroin (55) or crack cocaine (54). It is the most harmful to others by a wide margin, and is ranked fourth behind heroin, crack, and methamphetamine (crystal meth) for harm to the individual.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/drugs_cause_most_harm
The American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that in the U.S. alone, an estimated 79,000 lives are lost annually due to “excessive” drinking. The study estimates that the overall cost of excessive drinking by Americans is $223.5 billion each year.
http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(11)00538-1/abstract
Health-related costs per user are eight times higher for those who drink alcohol when compared to those who use marijuana, and are more than 40 times higher for tobacco smokers, according to a 2009 review published in the British Columbia Mental Health and Addictions Journal.
It states, “In terms of [health-related] costs per user: tobacco-related health costs are over $800 per user, alcohol-related health costs are much lower at $165 per user, and cannabis-related health costs are the lowest at $20 per user.”
http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/publications/cannabis/bck/7
Having three or more alcoholic drinks a day increased lung cancer risk by 30 percent.
“Heavy drinking has multiple harmful effects, including cardiovascular complications and increased risk for lung cancer,”
– lead researcher Stanton Siu, MD, of Kaiser Permanente
http://www.drugfree.org/join-together/alcohol/heavy-alcohol-consumption-linked-with-greater-lung-cancer-risk
Apart from the fact that legal drugs kill far more people than all the illegal drugs combined, debating whether a particular drug is harmless or not is missing the whole point. Are drugs like Heroin, Meth or Alcohol dangerous? It simply doesn’t matter, because if we prohibit them then we sure as hell know that it makes a bad situation far worse. If someone wants to attempt to enhance or destroy their lives with particular medicines or poisons, that should be their business, not anybody else’s. Their lives aren’t ours to direct. And anyway, who wants to give criminals, terrorists and corrupt law enforcement agents a huge un-taxed, endless revenue stream?
Yes, the pharmaceuticals being manufactured and sold legally are doping our people. So many would be helped if they were clear their bodies of those legal toxins and then used a natural plant to help their bodies.
There are more people being doped up legally by pharmaceuticals and our food supply than those using marijuana medicinally. Our drug and food systems are killing us.
Don’t worry Skow town, 12/21/12 you’ll be known as “West Florida Resident”….(also i’m sure that the Chinese had this in mind 1500 years ago when they discovered the value of Cannabis)
Because we have done the humane thing and allowed residents to use a natural plant that has been used by humans for thousands of years to relieve physical suffering? If we are in our final years then put the blame where it needs to go. It’s not because sick and suffering people use marijuana to relieve suffering.
I take you apparently talk to China all the time. You must have a lot of spare time and fluent in multiple dialatics of Chinese language to survey the opinion of the entire country of China. Oh, can’t forget the “other” countries you polled for their opinion either.
Hey dude can I buy me a Houch in here??
That would not be how it works.
I think you have to hit the now defunck La Casa…..ohh..did you mean cooch?
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This stuff everything is halved…..
LOL. you welcome to msg me anytime coldbarnocker
Maybe I will, Ron.
Sometimes, Its not about the strength, its about the end product. Is your strain tested as a high CBD product? Once thats established lets say you pull a huge number at 9% ( as you know most are lower. Around .01 to 1 is the normal.) So at 9% once you start preparing it for production it is going to take a lot more that a plant throwing 12-15% THC. You are going to need to tittrate you dosage, I have a patient who is also on oxycodone and fentanol patches. (not sure if i spelled that right.) He could eat your whole tub of butter for breakfast. Also the high CBD strains offer less of a euphoria more of a targeted pain remediation or muscle control. But most of the high CBD plants are low producers as well. So the happy medium is a plant that is 1:1 THC:CBD little tension relief, little pain relief. High CBD plants that are say 9% CBD and 5% THC are also being worked on. This is going to provide almost no “high” and more pain relief. Finally we reach the other side of the table. The High THC producers. Some can go to 29% under the right condtions. All I will say about this is there is obviously a market for these plants as well. Believe me the Garden that I work in is well tended and known for quality production. And consuming edibles is always going to last longer than smoking or vaping. I personally find that patients are becoming huge fans of cannacaps.
I can learn something from you.
What are cannacaps?
Growing marijuana is not rocket science. Any doped up fool can do it.
Not really. Just like the general public, not all “doped up fools” have a green thumb. They would like to be so fortunate! Cultivation of a plant that will produce the exact qualities and quantity consumers desire is actually not rocket science – it’s botanical and horticultural science. And it surely is a science.
From what I have read, there is a lot of science involved. Not rocket science but horticultural science.
It’s just a matter of time before it’s legalized and treated just like tobacco and alcohol.
As it should be.
I said the very same thing, in 1967!
Prohibitionists won’t just let it go, it must be taken from them. Seriously, before Nixon went on his “anti hippie and everything they stand for” War I was certain marijuana would be legal before 1970.
Overcoming hundreds of billions of Prohibitionist Propaganda, funded with your tax dollars, BTW, which has spewed for over 40 years, is no easy hurdle.
If these people want be taken seriously, a little hygiene would go a long way.
So people with beards and long hair should not be taken seriously?
Keep glamorizing Bangor Daily News…..and this is the generation that’s going to rule the world huh….a generation of lazy pill popping, pot smoking young adults…….going to be an interesting world in the future years…….great message your drilling into our youth of today….if you lazy with some pain, see your doctor for a legal script of pot………
Put that bottle down! Here are just a few of the many highly motivated athletes whose drug of choice is cannabis/marijuana:
* Usain Bolt, the 2008 World Record holder of the 100 and 200 meter sprint.
* Michael Phelps, the most decorated swimmer ever with 14 Olympic gold medals.
* Tim Linecum, the National League baseball’s Cy Young Award winner for 2009.
* Santonio Holmes, the Super Bowl XLII’s MVP.
* Mark Stepnoski, two-time Super Bowl champion. “I’d rather smoke than take painkillers.”
* Randy Moss, NFL single season touchdown reception record (23, set in 2007), and the NFL single-season touchdown reception record for a rookie (17, in 1998). Moss has founded, and financed many charitable endeavors including the the Links for Learning foundation, formed in 2008.
* Ricky Williams, the Heisman Trophy Winner in 1998. Throughout his life, Williams has dealt with anxiety and depression. He used to advertise the prescription drug Paxil. However he later stated “Marijuana is 10 times better for me than Paxil.”
* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time leader in points scored (38,387), games played, minutes played, field goals made, field goal attempts, blocked shots and defensive rebounds. During his career with the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers from 1969 to 1989, Abdul-Jabbar won six NBA championships and a record six regular season MVP Awards. He has a prescription to smoke marijuana in California, which he says he uses to control nausea and migraine headaches. He has been arrested twice for marijuana possession.
Marijuana is used by the majority of top sportspeople everywhere:
* “I just let him know that most of the players in the league use marijuana and I have and do partake in smoking weed in the offseason” – Josh Howard, forward for the Dallas Mavericks. Howard admitted to smoking marijuana on Michel Irvin’s ESPN show.
* “You got guys out there playing high every night. You got 60% of your league on marijuana. What can you do?” – Charles Oakley (Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards and Houston Rockets)
* “I personally know boxers, body builders, cyclists, runners and athletes from all walks of life that train and compete with the assistance of marijuana,” – WWE wrestler Rob Van Dam
* Some of the best cricket players of all time, like Phil Tufnell and Sir Ian Botham, have admitted to regularly using marijuana to deal with stress and muscle aches. In 2001, half of South Africa’s cricket team was caught smoking marijuana with the team physiotherapist. They were celebrating a championship victory in the Caribbean.
ya whatever….keep justifying it and you will be ok…..you neglected to mention that pot is the “gateway” drug to other use…..I’ll take my 7 years of psychology education along with 5 years post education on addiction and leave it at that…..unless you know what your talking about, you should refrain from comments that justify the use of a drug….maybe you’ve smoked tooooooo much pot down the road?
Ya know they are re-writing your holy grail – the DSM-IV- again. Psychology is one of those “nebulous” sciences isn’t it? I know, I know, it’s “evolving”…
The old ‘gateway’ argument has been debunked and is false.
Pot is NOT a gateway drug. Another fallacy.
Let’s be honest; it’s a lie, a lie that’s been repeatedly disproven.
Yeah most people go from drinking a Miller Lite to Meth right? Give me a break! Everone I ever known including myself who have used ‘harder drugs” started off smoking pot. Everyone knows this.
Sounds like an excuse to me.
Did you smoke pot before you drank alcohol and smoked cigarettes?
Ritalin and Adderal drugs we are prescribing to tens of millions of children and adults is the new gateway drug. We are getting our kids addicted to synthetic drugs before they are even teenagers. Legal uppers for my 10 year old? Awesome!
It’s insane. I have a dear friend who takes about 10 strong pharmaceuticals a day. I don’t know how his body assimilates it all without causing real problems.
What we do to children is immoral. Children, especially little boys, need to run around and learn holistically not be told to sit still and be quiet. It’s for the adults benefit to drug our children, not our children’s benefit.
For someone with seven years of psychology education, it seems that you should have learned how to write complete sentences and how to put together a cohesive argument. Someone with such training would have researched both sides of the issue and would have come across countless evidence that marijuana is no more a gateway drug than alcohol and cigarettes.
I personally think that the products that are marketed as food are the real gateway drugs. People get addicted to the chemicals in our food and then need other substances to help them deal with what the toxic food products are doing to their bodies. Soda is more of a gateway drug than marijuana. If you asked most hardcore drug addicts all of them will say they drank soda and energy drinks before their smoked. They got that sugar/caffeine buzz and wanted to take it to another level.
Most all hardcore drug addicts have at one time drank milk. Perhaps milk is a gateway drug.
Did you get your schooling during the Anslinger years? All that you just said in that statement has been proven to be bunk.
I’d get my money back for that “education” — sheesh, what total bunk.
The “gateway drug” theory has been repeatedly debunked as the fraud it is.
You should be ashamed. I think it’s clear who the real drug-pusher is here.
ellsworth would also be shocked by how many everyday, high achieving “professionals” like his attorney, physician, accountant and banker smoke pot. And what about all the guys that bust their back for a living providing us with food, housing and heat and water?! Lots of people of a certain generation are still a little wierded out by the Reefer Madness propaganda campaigns of the 40’s and 50’s.. The truth is, marijuana is and has been very popular for a long time now with a much broader cross section of America then you might care to think. And it is not just the “young” people!
Lots of older (“nice”) women (like grandmothers) smoke pot. Surprised?
I find nothing about this article that glamorizes medicinal marijuana. It is providing accurate information but I don’t see where they have inflicted anyone’s opinion other than those interviewed in the story. It they were trying to glamorize it they would have picked a clean cut person.
I have yet to meet a medicinal marijuana patient that I would deem lazy. There are some whose illness and injury is so profound that they cannot work, but I have met far more people who are patients who live very full and productive lives contributing to the betterment of this society each and every day
The message many are giving to our young people is that we need to have compassion for those among us who are suffering. We are giving the message to young people to get informed, to learn about this subject, to become educated. To me the lazy ones are those who embrace these strongly (and wrongly) held stereotypes and are not willing to do a little research to become better informed.
We have raised a society of Americans who believe the misinformation and propaganda that our government (and some very powerful corporations) have thrust upon us. Having uneducated citizens held captive by a corrupt and dysfunctional government is the greatest threat to our future.
100% of people with tattoos on their necks are in favor of legalizing POT. i can say that is a fact with no statistic proof and no one will disagree. Why it that? Think about it.
Many of whom also drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes. Maybe it’s the alcohol and cigarettes that led them to tattoos. Think about it.
Well reasoned TrueNative.
I find that a lot of people that smoke cigarets are also less trustworthy than none smokers. To varying degrees of course. But for example I find that smokers lie to me on avrage than non smokers. So I’m guessing that even though not all smokers get tats, it’s a sign of mental weakness. The same mental weakness that leads people to get tattoos in stupid places (most likely to seek attention), to over do drugs, and to lie a lot. or simply abuse cigs until they go broke and get lunch cancer. These are the same people that spend all their wages on cigarets and/or other substances they don’t need and then whine about how broke they are. If they would be more logical, rational, and scientifically minded about it they’d clearly see that they’d have more money if they would stop smoking or drinking, or getting expensive tattoos. Also people like this spend most their day running around begging, borrowing, and steeling money to buy more abusive substances. They’d also have more time to do fun stuff if they also gave up chasing their addictions. And when people don’t work at a real job just look at those that are on Welfare. They spend more hours a day working at obtaining substances (both legal and illegal) than it would take if they had a real job. Bottom line is that you can chock it all up to a faulty brain or lack of education, and most likely a lack of good parenting growing up. Which might explain why a lot of these same people are also dead beat parents.
It is a shame that 100% of the people with an opinion on any given subject don’t take the time to educate themselves on the topic before vomiting misinformation. I haven’t taken the time to investigate the correlation between tattoos and medical marijuana, so I have no opinion. I do know I have no tattoos. Nor does my wife. She doesn’t smoke, but agrees it should be legal. Do you suppose 100% of tattooless Irishmen think it should be legal?
That’s the dumbest statement I ever heard. And I disagree. Some one disagreed with you!! Why is that? Think about it. BECAUSE YOU’RE WRONG THAT’S WHY PEOPLE ARE DISAGREEING WITH YOU.
Is Celli still in the legislature?
Yes he is, but you would be forgiven if you didnt see him, I hear he has the record for missing votes.
I believe he deals with significant chronic health issues that impair his mobility. I know him to be a first class individual.
If his health keeps him from attending to his job, representing his constituents, is it right for him to remain in the legislature?
I guess that is what his constituents have decided for now. You of a different political persuasion perhaps? You seemed eager to take a shot at him in a rather passive aggressive way…No?
I don’t live in his district. However I read a posting some time ago that gave the voting attendance records of the last legislative session for the House. I was impressed by the authors point that the 5 worst records were all from around the Bangor area. Celli came in with the second worst attendance record. Someone from Hampden was in the list, as well as Senator Rosen’s wife Representative Rosen. I forget the other two. So here it is a new legislative session and apparently Celli still doesn’t get to work very often. How can a Representative represent if they are not there?
My bad, I didnt know about his health, I hope he’s getting better health wise.
I feel that anyone and everyone should be able to grow their own. No one is limiting the money the pharmaceuticals make. This is much healthier than chemicals that have been handled in a drug lab!!
Ever wonder why there are TV ads for hydroponics here in Maine.
It ain’t for tomatoes!
Dude, where’s my car!
Sooo…can anyone tell me where the doctors are that will perscribe MM here in Maine ? Maine Vocals has a list,and i think its out dated. I called several on it and was told the same thing….not accepting new patients. At least what I was told by the ones that didnt just hang up
Probably start off by NOT asking about MM on your first phone call to the office.
Did you call the Falmouth office of Dustin Sulak?
“Dude, where’s my prescription pad?”
of course you dont ask that question the first time you call….im just saying that all the doctors ive talked to they all say the same thing…..i dont want the feds to take my licence….The doctor i see now (for the last three years) came here from Cali and even HE says that….
Why do these people always look/sound/act like the stereotype?
What is the typical person with illness, disease and injury look like?
ha ha so true XD
I don’t believe it should be legal. Besides can’t they extract what ever element is in marijuana and make it a pill? Anyway I seriously notice bad personality changes in people that smoke a lot of that stuff. They think they are laid back people but in reality they are not. Most often they are short tempered when they are off the stuff and paranoid while on it. It also bothers me that most neighbors I have in my area seem to smoke it 24/7. Pretty sad if you think this stuff is really helping the community. The people doing the research are also pot heads therefore biased in favor of this crap. Also real studies have shown that it can hasten the onset of mental illness in young people and create symptoms of mental illness in older adults.
What is so appealing about a pill? You may be able to survive on vitamins, but i’ll take a real roast beef sandwich. Why take something that is natural, and put it in the hands of a chemist? And research done with scientific results can not be biased. Your last statement is untrue and BIASED!
I’d be interested in reading this research. Could you please post some links to those studies? I always like to look at those first hand as I want information from all sides of this issue. Thanks in advance.
Just about every study is biased, if some one didn’t have a bias towards their field they probably wouldn’t care enough to do the study. And they have Marijuana in pill form, it’s made by a pharma company in England. It’s really expensive, has more negative side effects, and you need health insurance to even afford it. People are supplying their own medicine with little to no side effects and saving money. So why would you want to give even more control to pharmaceutical companies? So the government can control everything we put into our bodies? Enjoy being a sheep in the flock.
ha ha You Liberal’s are so silly. When you find statistics and data to support what you want you’re all for “the studies” by the man. But when something doesn’t match up with your heathen desires you are all against “the studies”. If anything you liberals are sheep to your own illogical cognitive-dissonance. You’re just as nutty as the Conservatives are. I just happen to be an Independent so I think for myself. Though when I was younger I used to be a little like you silly liberals too. If anything you are far more one of “the sheep” than I could ever be. Well enjoy your contradictions, abortions, pot, and other heathenistic endeavors. Maybe you can get a job up at Umaine with the other Liberal Instructors that constantly fudge facts and data in their classroom to match their emotionally crippled minds.
Have you ever noticed that over a long period of time people that smoke pot develop eyelids that look like Shell Pasta? I know it gives people droopy eyelids but I think after a while it makes them stay that way permanently. Look at how weird his eye lids look then recall people that you know are pot heads. Not all but a lot of them develop weird looking facial features.
I assume that he has a medical condition. Perhaps the medical condition has caused droopy eye lids. But he is right under a light and is looking down at the plant.
I’ve noticed that and especially with people who eat sugar and processed food, which is the same as a drug. That wouldn’t be you, would it?
thank you truenative.
Hey man, this is groovy, man, this is totally like……….awesome and stuff……where are my cocoa puffs?
Might I suggest an english grammar course (and maybe a copy of Strunk & White’s “Elements of Style”) to supplement your “7 years of psychology education”? Discovering the concepts of capitalization, correct spelling, and the use of proper punctuation *might* make your point more digestible (but then again, maybe not).
Maine The Way Life Is: Gay, Stoned and Dependent on the Government!
What a great legacy we are leaving our kids. Beam me up Scottie!
I live in Maine and I’m not gay or dependent on my government.
the truth is pot is only illegall because corparations would loose money ….pain reliever is big bussines, but we should be allowed to choose a cheaper organic alterative…..pot is harmless to everyone but big coparations…its time for the lies to stop……this is just another example of the govt lieing to you to make pharma companys rich ….the same ones who make oxys for the pill heads ….you want pills off the street ? punish the pharma industry by legalizing pot …..
The promise of prosperity which hemp would provide is the reas0n for the term of art “marijuana”.
Hemp or L. cannabis sativa is the oldest crop in the world and has satisfied many of the needs of civilized people for thousands of years.
The term of art “Marijuana” was created “under the color of law” in 1937 as a way to control the growth of a vegetable plant which comes from a seed made by God. It was the first time a license was needed to grow a vegetable plant. Does anyone besides Monsanto think this is a good idea?
In law it is important to make a precedence for other courts to follow; the control of seed by corporations is the reason for hemp prohibition and the colored law against “marijuana”.
We the 99% object.
This is the truth.