Marijuana, as science has well proven, is not addictive

Written by Green Bro on August 19, 2008 – 1:15 am -

So, you know all those anti-drug campaigns that they throw in your face to avoid Marijuana? Well, guess what they’re lying! Long myths about Marijuana being harmful has been proven over and over to not be remotely true. Here were go again..

Parenting Failures Enable Teen Substance Abuse, Report Says
Kansas City infoZine, MO - Aug 15, 2008

Allen St. Pierre, director of NORML, a non-profit group advocating for the legalization of responsible marijuana use, said in an interview, “Marijuana, as science has well proven, is not addictive.”

Although it can cause mild withdrawal, he said, it cannot be compared to alcohol, other illegal intoxicants or prescription drugs.

“Potency is a product of prohibition,” St. Pierre said, explaining that people will move to a more potent version of a product when it is illegal. To say Americans did not have access to potent marijuana in the past is not realistic, he said.


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Exactly How Legal Is Medical Marijuana?

Written by Green Bro on August 19, 2008 – 1:12 am -

That illegal drug, also known as Marijuana, could be reason for the success of this country if it were made legal.

California already makes over $100 million a year from taxes paid by medical marijuana facilities. Marijuana advocates claim legalizing and taxing medical marijuana could provide hundreds of millions of dollars more for the U.S. government.

There are an estimated 200 medical marijuana facilities operating in Southern California. With a doctor’s “recommendation,” a patient can walk into any one of these and buy pot — legally.

I mean come on, California only makes $100 million a year.. so, multiply that by 50…


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Police uncover £100k cannabis factory – Northampton Chronicle & Echo

Written by Green Bro on August 19, 2008 – 1:12 am -

Police uncover £100k cannabis factory
Northampton Chronicle & Echo, UK - 12 hours ago
A cannabis factory containing 400 plants with a street value of £100000 has been found in Northamptonshire. A member of the public alerted police to the

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Teenager admits cannabis possession – Grantham Today

Written by Green Bro on August 19, 2008 – 1:12 am -

Teenager admits cannabis possession
Grantham Today, UK - 10 hours ago
Anthony Roberts pleaded guilty to possessing 183.3 grammes of cannabis with intent to supply on September 18, 2007. The 19-year-old, of St Helens Close,

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Cannabis as a Substitute for Alcohol – PR CannaZine (press release)

Written by Green Bro on August 19, 2008 – 1:12 am -

Cannabis as a Substitute for Alcohol
PR CannaZine (press release), UK - 13 hours ago
A harm-reduction approach to alcoholism adopted by 92 of my patients in Northern California involved the substitution of cannabis —with its relatively

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Cannabis use down, class A use up and it’s all “pointless”. – PR CannaZine (press release)

Written by Green Bro on August 19, 2008 – 1:12 am -

Cannabis use down, class A use up and it’s all “pointless”.
PR CannaZine (press release), UK - 13 hours ago
Take cannabis. When I was in the Anti-Drug Unit, the moves towards making it a class C drug began, and I hoped that our position on drugs was finally moving
Gran, 65, jailed for drugs den Cambridge Evening News
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Bulgarian police seize over two tonnes of cannabis – Focus News

Written by Green Bro on August 19, 2008 – 1:12 am -

Bulgarian police seize over two tonnes of cannabis
Focus News, Bulgaria - 9 hours ago
Bulgarian police seized more than two tonnes of cannabis in several villages along the southern border with Greece, a local police spokeswoman told AFP

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Con: Marijuana's damaging effects – Los Angeles Times

Written by Green Bro on August 19, 2008 – 1:12 am -

Con: Marijuana's damaging effects
Los Angeles Times, CA - 18 hours ago
A British advisory group this year found no evidence to reclassify cannabis as a more harmful drug in that country. In contrast to the US,

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Police seize cannabis plants – Bucks Free Press

Written by Green Bro on August 19, 2008 – 1:12 am -

Police seize cannabis plants
Bucks Free Press, UK - 4 hours ago
By Tom Pochciol A LARGE number of cannabis plants have been seized in a raid on an Amersham house. Police searched the property in Station Road at 7.30am

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1600kg of cannabis lay drying among the corn – Sofia Echo

Written by Green Bro on August 19, 2008 – 1:12 am -

1600kg of cannabis lay drying among the corn
Sofia Echo, Bulgaria - 9 hours ago
About 1600kg of partially dry cannabis plants were found during a specialised police investigation on August 16 in the Petrich-region village of Gabrene,

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