Precedence for legalizing marijuana while disallowing other drugs
First I would like to start off with pointing out that society has allot to benefit from the legalization of marijuana. We could save hydro from being stolen, we can save our police forces from wasting valuable time and tax dollars from petty drug busts. We can save many people from seriously degenerative drug addiction such as cocaine, crystal meth, heroin etc. We can bring in Billions in revenue and make allot of people happy. Well that is pretty much for starters but now time to move on with the article. Ok, I can understand that to legalize marijuana, you don't want to leave the door open for chance of the legalization of such degenerative drugs as cocaine, heroin, crystal meth etc. There obviously needs to be a fail safe to prevent such from happening. I know that myself as well as perhaps many of you may have heard over the past few years that the body produces endorphins which produce effects to that of THC which are the bodies natural manufacturing of THC. The following is found in "the free dictionary (dot) com". I spell it like that not to produce a link but if you put in a period instead of (dot) and bring all within the quotations together it will guide you to the link. "en·dor·phin (n-dôrfn) n. Any of a group of peptide hormones that bind to opiate receptors and are found mainly in the brain. Endorphins reduce the sensation of pain and affect emotions." Well all and all what I am getting at is the body does not produce anything even close to heroin, cocaine, crystal meth etc. yet it has it's own method of creating something which is the body's own synthetic similarity to thc. Legalizing under the precedence which reveals THC as a mimic of the human bodies own natural process of creating endocannabinoids rules out all other chance of seriously degenerative drugs to become legal. The following are for your better understanding of what I am talking about and yeah you obviously are welcome to further investigate for yourself. Below the definitions are one of the main reasons how society can benefit from the legalization of Canibis in the form of a recent article I myself released of my own work. The following is found in "sfn (dot) org". I spell it like that not to produce a link but if you put in a period instead of (dot) and bring all within the quotations together it will guide you to the link. For years, cannabis was used medicinally without a clear understanding of how and where it acted in the brain and body. Now, several decades of research has provided a better understanding of how cannabis works, allowing scientists to harness the therapeutic effects of its main mind-altering ingredient and the proteins on which it acts. The body makes its own versions of this ingredient, called endocannabinoids, which help regulate almost all brain and body processes. Understanding of endocannabinoids already is used to treat obesity and symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Future research looks to capture the power of endocannabinoids to help treat other diseases and conditions, from nicotine addiction and alcoholism to epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, pain, anxiety, and depression. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cannabis has been used medicinally for centuries, but it wasn't until recently that cannabis research led to safer and more effective treatment possibilities. In the 1990s, scientists found and copied the receptors-proteins located on the surface of brain and body cells- responsible for many actions of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main mind-altering ingredient of cannabis. This discovery allowed scientists to harness the therapeutic effects of THC and its receptors. Now, several decades of research has led to improved treatments for obesity, symptoms of multiple sclerosis, and, potentially, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, anxiety, and depression, to name a few. The body makes its own versions of THC, dubbed endocannabinoids, which work by binding to the same specific receptors as THC. Endocannabinoids travel in the opposite direction of most brain signals. In this way, they play a part in regulating almost all brain and body processes, making endocannabinoids prime targets for treating many diseases and conditions. The following is found in "the free dictionatry (dot) com". I spell it like that not to produce a link but if you put in a period instead of (dot) and bring all within the quotations together it will guide you to the link. Cannabinoid receptors are activated by cannabinoids, generated naturally inside the body (endocannabinoids) or introduced into the body as cannabis or a related synthetic compound. Endocannabinoids are naturally produced in the bodies of animals. After the first cannabinoid receptor was discovered in 1988, scientists began searching for natural compounds that activate these receptors. In 1992, the first such compound was identified as arachidonoyl ethanolamide and named anandamide, a name derived from the Sanskrit word for bliss and amide. Anandamide is derived from the essential fatty acid arachidonic acid. It has a pharmacology similar to THC, although its chemical structure is different. Anandamide binds to both the central (CB1) and peripheral (CB2) cannabinoid receptors, and is found in nearly all tissues in a wide range of animals. It is about as potent as THC. Two analogs of anandamide, 7,10,13,16- docosatetraenoylethanolamide and homo-γ-linolenoylethanolamide, have similar pharmacology. All of these are members of a family of signalling lipids called N-acylethanolamides which also include the noncannabimimetic palmitoylethanolamide and oleoylethanolamide which have anti-inflammatory and orexigenic effects, respectively. Another endocannabinoid, 2-arachidonoyl glycerol, binds to both the CB1 and CB2 receptors, and is more abundant and a full efficacy agonist, clearly more potent than anandamide, in mediating CB, receptor- dependent G-protein activity in native membranes.[3] Many N- acylethanolamides have also been identified in plant seeds[4] and in molluscs.[5] In 2001 was reported a third, ether-type endocannabinoid, 2-arachidonyl glyceryl ether (noladin ether), isolated from porcine brain.[6] It binds to the CB1 cannabinoid receptor (Ki = 21.2 nmol/L) and causes sedation, hypothermia, intestinal immobility, and mild antinociception in mice. It binds weakly to the CB2 receptor. anandamide found at "Cannabis MD (dot) net." I spell it like that not to produce a link but if you put in a period instead of (dot) and bring all within the quotations together it will guide you to the link. (Anandamide is a natural neurotransmitter found in the brain that binds to the same neuroreceptors as do cannabinoids. [1] [2] Current research suggests that cannabinoids are very similar to anandamide, which regulates mood, memory, pain, movement, and appetite. [3] Although these recent findings are not thoroughly understood, it is clear that cannabis affects the brain in ways completely dissimilar to other drugs, in accordance with natural neurochemical pathways. The 1988 discovery of the CB1 receptor, found abundant in the brain, and the 1992 discovery of the CB2 receptor found throughout the body, clearly distinguish cannabinoid compounds from other substances. [4] Cannabinoids bind to anandamide receptors in the frontal lobes of the brain, according o research published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [5] Anadamide is thoguht to be key to the anti-emetic (hunger-inducing) properties of cananbis. Recent studies indicate: “Anandamide induces overeating in rats through a CB1 receptor mediated mechanism. Cannabinoid agonists inhibit the activation of 5-HT3 receptors, a possible mechanism of their anti-emetic effect. Cannabinoid agonists inhibit gastrointestinal motility and gastric emptying in rats. In a recent double-blind study in healthy individuals, an oral dose of delta-9-THC of 10mg/m2 caused a significant delay in gastric emptying compared to placebo. In addition, CB agonists inhibited pentabastrin-induced gastric acid secretion in the rat, presumably by a CB receptor dependent process.”[6] [1] Devane, et al. Science, Vol. 258, pp. 1946-1949, 1992 [2] Axelrod, “Enzymatic synthesis of anandamide, an endogenous ligand for the cannabinoid receptor, by brain membranes.” Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda MD, 1997 [3] Fackelman, “Marijuana and the brain: scientists discover the brain’s own THC.” Science News, Vol. 143, No. 6, p. 88, February 6, 1998 [4] Finn, “Cannabinoid Investigations Entering The Mainstream.” The Scientist, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 1-8, February 2, 1998 [5] Beltramo and Piomelli, “Functional role of high-affinity anandamide transport, as revealed by selective inhibition,” Science, Vol. 277, No. 5329, p. 1094(4), August 22, 1997 [6] Grotenhermen, Russo. Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Potential . New York: The Hawthorn Integrative Healing Press, 2002, Grotenhermen, “Effects of Cannabis and the Cannabinoids.” Chapter 5, p. 61-62) The following is the article with a few minor changes and a few things added.. Try intelligence on the war on drugs for once! Read and learn ~ Pretty plain and simple! Yeah and as you read your mind may be blown because yet again I am addressing another issue and what I propose likely hasn't even crossed the minds of any of you but here goes. For starters the Police Commissioner or Chief or whatever recently on the news here in Ontario who has so lamely made such claims as ~ Marijuana is being used as trade for much harsher drugs as cocaine or heroin etc. so marijuana must be banned is really pathetic. Money is being used for trade to get heroin, cocaine etc. so what are we going to ban money too? Well anyway lets get to what need be done to make a huge dent in the Canadian and then as example perhaps even the world war on drugs. Ever heard of the term "give a little to get allot"?!! Well what I am about to share with you is really quite simple to fathom yet to put into words a little more challenging. Ok in a nut shell and then in further detail. Nut shell: Legalize marijuana and save the money made to go into a fund. After a couple of billion is made here is what we do. We use the money to build institutions to house addicts of serious drug addictions such as heroin, crystal meth, cocaine etc. Offer free daily doses of heroin crystal meth cocaine etc. to those who already suffer addiction this way over time all of the Canadian addicts will eventually end up in these institutions across Canada. These institutions will be run for about 10 to 20 years give or take. Make them like small communities with stores and job opportunities (recycling etc, to help benefit communities) leisure facilities and units in which individuals can live with their own furniture etc. It has to be appealing in every way to get these addicts to want to be there which facilitates the whole purpose of diminishing the underground drug market. During the time that these institutions eventually get pretty much all the addicts there will no longer be the demand for the black market to sell their disgusting products on the street because everyone will be institutionalized. Thus taking away the opportunity of people becoming addicted to these drugs thus saving lives. Within these institutions we come up with a plan to provide these people with these seriously deteriorative drugs, having them sign consent to agree to stay within these institutions for a determined period of time where say for example they agree to get the free drugs for a year or two years (I have not yet determined the exact course of action) upon agreeing if they want to leave they must go through another year or two of detoxification where they are weemed off the drugs before being released to society. And also come up with a way to administer the drugs to the addicts so that no wheeling and dealing for drugs can take place within these institutions. In which time each and every one of them are taught a trade or a skill in which our Canadian work force can benefit from as well as the people who's lives we are giving back to them. In the end we all win. After doing this for a decade or two the black market will then no longer be available in Canada and by then hopefully the rest of the globe will follow suit. Ok marijuana, I will fight you all on this if I have to to assure it is made legal no matter the whiny narrow minded asses in power of the U.S.A. for we are Canada and we have a choice to outsmart the black market and give the people of Canada a fresh start and the legal right to use T.H.C. at there own free will for medicinal purposes or recreational purposes. Me, I can't afford to take a trip or go on a vacation because I have chosen my path to fight for the well being of the future of the life on this planet instead of focusing on my own greed or selfishness but one thing I do have that is like a little vacation is every now and then I smoke some weed and it takes me away and relaxes me. Mary Jane is no where near as dangerous as alcohol or any of these above mentioned seriously deteriorative narcotics. I would have to guess that even the majority of prescription drugs pose more of a health danger through side effects than marijuana ever would. Anyway I will go hard core on this legalizing marijuana issue in the near future, but for now I already have many of the largest issues Canadians face on my plate as it is my pleasure to throw myself in the middle so we can find resolve quickly and effectively for us all as a country and as a globe! Ok, my limited time at a public facility comes to a close once again soon so I must end this here knowing I have laid out the basis for the best long term tactical move to bring to a close this war on drugs in a most genuine way. Give a little (legalize marijuana) to get allot (save our society from suffering nightmarish addictions of hard core drugs. Oh and one other thing, when legalized ... if the price of a quarter ounce of quality mary jane is only $20 bucks then where is the incentive from underground market growers to even bother growing? What are they going to sell a quarter ounce for 5 bucks? Kind of a waste of time to go through all the trouble for so little! Marijuana can also be used to help get people wheemed of seriously degenerative drugs. Anyway that is all for now David Jeffrey Spetch Ps. Be good, be strong! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coalitionforfreethoughtinmedia ©" group. 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