Hardrock69's Reefhead Madness Thread

[jhale667]

Click on it.

When you do, you will get a puff of air to the eyes.

I think the premise of the experiment is flawed. They're not taking into account the distinct possiblity that the stoner mice actually got wise, realized the stupidity of the air puff bit, and said "Y'know what...fuck this noise".

[Zing!]

Click on it.

When you do, you will get a puff of air to the eyes.

Try Visine for dry air puff stoner eyes.

[jhale667]

[Hardrock69]

http://www.theweedblog.com/lab-tests-show-hemp-fabric-stops-spread-of-deadly-bacteria/

Lab Tests Show Hemp Fabric Stops Spread Of Deadly Bacteria

Most people have become aware of the fact that hemp is a diverse plant, with a multitude of uses. The newest discovery of use for hemp could save lives.

Staphylococcus Aureus, more commonly known as staph, is a bacteria that causes thousands of deaths each year – specifically the drug resistant strain, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, or MRSA. A study conducted by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology showed that each year an estimated 2 million Americans contract MRSA during hospital stays, and at least 90,000 die from it. It has been determined that MRSA is a, if not the, leading cause of hospital-bourne infections.

New research has found that hemp fabrics actually kill bacteria, including MRSA. In a test conducted on a hemp-blend fabric (60% hemp / 40% rayon), where the fabric was infected with staph, researchers found that the hemp material killed the staph bacteria at an incredible rate – the material was found 98.5% bacteria free upon the first measurement. The same material was also infected with Klebsiella Pneumoniae (pneumonia). At first measurement, the pneumonia-infected material was 65.1% bacteria free.

The impact these results could have are immense; staph/MRSA spreads through contact, and by touching items that are infected – such as hospital gowns, towels, privacy curtains, etc.. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology tested both methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant staphylococci on common hospital materials (clothing, towels, scrub suits, lab coats, privacy drapes and splash aprons), and found the bacteria survived on every material for at least 1 day, and in some instances as long as 90 days. Replacing any number of these items with hemp-based materials could severely reduce transmission of these deadly bacterias.

Beyond the standard arguments offered to push the legalization of hemp cultivation (eco-friendly bio-fuels, heart-healthy foods, etc.), this new research presents evidence that not only can hemp help the economy and the environment, it can also prevent the spread of dangerous illnesses, and save thousands of people from infection and even death.

[Hardrock69]

http://www.theweedblog.com/oregon-marijuana-reform-bills-headed-to-governors-desk/

Oregon Marijuana Reform Bills Headed To Governor’s Desk

Posted by Johnny Green at 6:15 PM on June 25, 2013

Big news out of Oregon. Two marijuana reform bills passed out of the Oregon Senate and are now headed to the Governor’s desk to be signed into law. Below is a press release from Compassionate Oregon, who has done an OUTSTANDING job this legislative session:

### For Immediate Release ###

Oregon Senate Sends Senate Bills 40 & 82 to the Governor’s Desk

It is with great pleasure that we announce the Oregon Senate’s concurring votes on Senate Bills 40 and 82.

Under SB 82 the driver’s licenses of nearly 5,000 Oregonians a year will no longer be suspended for a conviction for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.

Under SB 40, Oregonians will no longer face B felony charges for possession of small amounts of marijuana, (1 – 4 ounces). By adding misdemeanor provisions to the law and the restructuring of other fines and penalties relating to marijuana resulting from a 2010 re-classification of marijuana by the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy from a Schedule I to a schedule II controlled substance.

In addition SB 40 will save the state nearly $3M over the first biennium and nearly $5M after that. SB 82, while not having a official fiscal impact statement, will save the state the expense of sending out notices of suspension.

Both bills again received bi-partisan support and we look forward to the Governor’s signature on these bills.

[Hardrock69]

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/five-reasons-cops-want-to-legalize-marijuana-20130627

Five Reasons Cops Want to Legalize Marijuana
More and more police officers are realizing the War on Drugs is a mistake


By Kristen Gwynne
June 27, 2013 4:05 PM ET

Most people don't think "cops" when they think about who supports marijuana legalization. Police are, after all, the ones cuffing stoners, and law enforcement groups have a long history of lobbying against marijuana policy reform. Many see this as a major factor in preventing the federal government from recognizing that a historic majority of Americans – 52 percent – favors legalizing weed.

But the landscape is changing fast. Today, a growing number of cops are part of America's "marijuana majority." Members of the non-profit group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) say that loosening our pot policy wouldn't necessarily condone drug use, but control it, while helping cops to achieve their ultimate goal of increasing public safety. Here are the five biggest reasons why even cops are starting to say, "Legalize It!"

1. It's about public safety.

While marijuana is a relatively harmless drug, the black market associated with it can cause significant harm. Much like the prohibition of alcohol, marijuana's illegality does not erase the profit incentive – instead, it establishes a risky, unregulated market in which violence and intimidation are used to settle disputes.

"When we ended the prohibition of alcohol, Al Capone was out of work the next day," says Stephen Downing, Los Angeles' former Deputy Chief of Police. "Our drug policy is really anti-public safety and pro-cartel, pro-street gang, because it keeps them in business."

Marijuana trafficking represents a significant chunk of business for black-market cartels. Though the exact percentage of cartel profits from pot is disputed, lowball estimates fall at around 20 percent.

"During my time on the border, I saw literally tons of marijuana come over the border from Mexico," says Jamie Haase, a former special agent in the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement division. "Competition over the profits to be made from this illicit industry has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of individuals in that country, and an ever-increasing amount of violence spilling over into the United States, where the Justice Department estimates Mexican cartels now operate in more than 1,000 American cities."

2. Cops want to focus on crimes that hurt real victims.

In the past decade, police made more than 7 million marijuana arrests, 88 percent of them for possession alone. In 2010, states spent $3.6 billion enforcing the war on pot, with blacks nearly four times as likely as whites to be arrested. That's a lot of police time and resources wasted, says former Seattle Chief of Police Norm Stamper, who had an "aha moment" about marijuana policy while working for the San Diego Police Department in the late 1960s.

"I had arrested a 19-year-old in his parents' home for the possession of a very small quantity of marijuana, and put him in the backseat of a caged police car, after having kicked down his door," recalls Stamper. While driving the prisoner to jail, he says, "I realized, mainly, that I could have been doing real police work, but instead I'm going to be out of service for several hours impounding the weed, impounding him, and writing arrest, impound, and narcotics reports. I was away from the people I had been hired to serve and in no position to stop a reckless drunk driver swerving all over the road, or to respond to a burglary in progress, or intervene in domestic violence situation."

Cops have limited resources, and spending them on marijuana arrests will inevitably divert them from other policing. Adds Stamper, "In short, making a marijuana arrest for a simple possession case was no longer, for me, real police work."

3. Cops want strong relationships with the communities they serve.

Baltimore narcotics veteran Neil Franklin says the prevalence of marijuana arrests, especially among communities of color, creates a "hostile environment" between police and the communities they serve. "Marijuana is the number one reason right now that police use to search people in this country," he says. "The odor of marijuana alone gives a police officers probable cause to search you, your person, your car, or your home."

Legalizing pot, says Franklin, could lead to "hundreds of thousands of fewer negative police and citizen contacts across this country. That's a hell of an opportunity for law enforcement to rebuild some bridges in our communities – mainly our poor, black and Latino communities."

Franklin adds that this would increase citizens' trust in police, making them more likely to communicate and help solve more serious crimes. Building mutual respect would also protect cops on the job. Adds Franklin, "Too many police officers are killed or injured serving the War on Drugs as opposed to protecting and serving their communities."

4. The war on pot encourages bad – and even illegal – police practices.

Downing says that monetary incentives for drug arrests, like asset forfeiture and federal grants, encourage an attitude where police will make drug arrests by any means necessary, from militarized SWAT raids to paid informants who admit to lying. "The overall effect is that we are losing ground in terms of the traditional peace officer role of protecting public safety, and morphing our local police officers into federal drug warriors," Downing says.

Quotas and pressure for officers to make drug arrests – which profit police departments via federal funding and asset forfeiture – also encourage routine violations of the Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable searches and seizures. The NYPD, for example, stops and sometimes frisks well over 500,000 people a year, the vast majority of them youths of color – the basis for a pending federal lawsuit challenging the policy on constitutional grounds. While New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has defended stop-and-frisk as a way to get guns off the street, in fact, it's more often used to arrest kids with small amounts of weed. Stamper adds that legalization would allow police officers "to see young adults not as criminals, but members of their community" – and start respecting those young people's civil liberties.

5. Cops want to stop kids from abusing drugs.

Marijuana's illegality has done very little to stop its use. A recent survey by the National Institutes of Health found that 36 percent of high school seniors had smoked marijuana in the past year. Legalization would most likely involve age restrictions on marijuana purchases, while at the same time providing quality control over product. "The only way we can effectively control drugs is to create a regulatory system for all of them," says Stamper.

"If you are truly a proponent of public safety, if you truly want safer communities, then it's a no-brainer that we have to end drug prohibition and treat [marijuana] as a health issue, like we did with tobacco," says Franklin. "Education and treatment is the most effective and cost-efficient way to reduce drug use."

On the other hand, adds Franklin, "If you support a current system of drug prohibition, then you support the very same thing that the cartel and neighborhood gangs support. You might as well be standing next to them, shaking hands. Because they don't want an end to prohibition, either."

[Hardrock69]

As usual...a day does not go by these days without some great news:

http://www.theweedblog.com/medical-marijuana-legalization-initiative-being-filed-in-florida/

Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative Being Filed In Florida

People United for Medical Marijuana will be filing a new initiative to legalize marijuana in Florida as soon as today, and no later than early next week.florida The group will be aiming for the 2014 general election ballot; they’ll need to collect roughly 700,000 valid signatures to do so.

“I have the finished product in front of me,” said John Morgan, an Orlando attorney and former fundraiser for President Obama, who is funding the effort through his own means and political connections, “I’m going to have it delivered to the Secretary of State Office by Friday or early next week at the latest.”

The proposal will be a constitutional amendment which legalizes cannabis throughout the state, authorizing patients to use and possess marijuana, as well as purchase it through state-licensed dispensaries (home cultivation may also be allowed). Given that it’s a constitutional amendment it will need to garner 60% of the votes – rather than a simple majority of 50% – in order to become law. However, recent polling has found that over 70% of Floridians support such a move.

Morgan said he plans to raise and spend $2 to $3 million to get the initiative on the ballot, and up to $20 million to run a successful campaign.

[Hardrock69]

I read somewhere that Vermont's decrim law has gone into effect. It is now a civil fine....no arrests, no jail, no record.....

[jhale667]

5 Mind-Blowing Uses for Hemp


Industrial hemp has been used for thousands of years to make everything from Food to Clothing. but lets get somethings cleared up first. Hemp and Marijuana are two different strains of the Cannabis plant, while Marijuana is harvested for its flowers high THC content which provided the psychoactive effect desired, Hemp is harvested for its stock and their fibers and has a very low THC content. In fact it would literally take 1 ton of hemp to get a psychoactive effect, and lets be honest, if you’re trying to smoke a ton of hemp, you have a lot more problems than trying to get high.

Hemp can be used to make thousands of different products, but here are five that are simply MIND-BLOWING:

1. Paper

This you’ve probably heard of, but hemp is such an ideal plant for making paper and has been used that reason for the past 2,000 years. reasons for it’s low production in today’s market (0.05%) range from propaganda instigated by the timber industry to the age of the processing equipment being so out of date that it would be several times more expensive to make.

However hemp is a far better and quicker source for renewable and sustainable pulp for paper. Hemp grows from seed to harvest with in a few months, where as in trees can take 30 years of more to be ready to be made into paper. Government studies report that the paper made from 1 acre of hemp, is the equivalent to 4.1 acres of trees to make the same amount of paper

DID YOU KNOW?

In 1916, the U.S. Government predicted that by the 1940′s all paper would come from hemp and that no more trees would need to be cut down.

Imagine that!

If we as a collective society decide that we rather buy hemp paper rather than tree paper, we could SAVE and REPLANT the worlds forests!

2. Building Supplies

Of all the uses for hemp, a real Mind-Opener is all the different sorts of building materials it provides:

Hemp based materials can replace wood and other materials used to build homes and other structures including foundations, walls, shingles, paneling, pipes, and paint. You can make it into insulation as companies in the Netherlands and Ireland are already doing. Hemp can even be used to make ‘hempcrete’, a stronger, lighter, and more environmentally friendly version of concrete, which is lightweight, waterproof, fireproof, self-insulating and resistant to pests..

Houses built from hemp have been found to use less energy, create less waste and take less fuel to heat than conventionally constructed homes.

3. Plastics

Just about everything we buy has some form of plastic involved in the product. Almost everything is wrapped in cellophane and our landfills are littered with them. Standard plastic is made from fossil fuels using very toxic chemicals. From packaging to toys, a myriad of alternatives to plastic can be made from hemp.



In 1941, Henry Ford held a media event where he swung an axe at a prototype car body made of hemp and other plant material to prove its strength. The technology was never put into mass production, cars continued to be made of steel, and plastics made from petrochemicals became the norm. Possibly because of the monopolies Carnegie Steel and Rockefeller’s Standard Oil had on the marketplace.



lotus-elise-eco and if that’s too retro for you, here’s a car made by Lotus in 2008, almost completely made out of hemp materials.


Fortunately, the number of available products made from hemp plastics is on the increase as awareness of the importance of developing sustainable alternatives grows. More recently hemp has been made into shower curtain liners, CD & DVD cases, and all sorts of other products.

4. Fuel

Yes, hemp can even be used to make bio-fuel!

Just like many other vegetable oil, hemp oil can be processed into bio-diesel Unlike fossil fuels, hemp fuel is renewable and produces significantly less carbon monoxide. It also stands to reason that hemp could also be utilized to make liquid fuels that are chemically identical to petroleum-based gasoline as well.

However there still are the concerns of converting the amount of land needed that could be used for hemp production, but the bio-diesel is certainly a viable option.



5. Chemical Cleanup

One of the most intriguing uses for hemp its ability to clean up up soil contamination. In 1998 industrial hemp was tested at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine to help heal the soil. by planting in to the ground in Chernobyl, hemp helped to remove radioactive elements and heavy metals from soil and water in the contaminated area. Because of its fast rate of growing each season, up to 250-400 plants per square meter each up to 15 feet tall, hemp shows good potential in cleaning up land contaminated with fly ash, sewage sludge, or other heavy metals.

Food for Thought: The reason for the under utilization of all these amazing uses for hemp is due to other industries efforts in suppressing this information in the hopes of their product continuing to thrive. But in the age of the internet, we are seeing that these previous industries are not sustainable and are ruining our planet. However something we forget is that these harmful industries thrive because we buy their products, if we all petitioned for and bought more hemp products, the marketplace will turn it’s way. Remember, together we are powerful enough to change anything.

[jhale667]

Here's the other vid...

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[Hardrock69]

New study shows THC kills stomach cancer cells....

http://www.theweedblog.com/new-study-finds-thc-kills-stomach-cancer-cells/

New Study Finds THC Kills Stomach Cancer Cells

A new study conducted by the the Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, and published in the journal Anticancer Research, has found promising evidence that THC may be the best medicine available to treat stomach cancer,especially when traditional medicine has been ineffective.

During the study researchers used cancer cells that were resistant to chemotherapy, and dosed the cells with a synthetic form of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), one of the primary compounds found in cannabis. Researchers noted a drastic reduction in the survival rate of the cells that were exposed to the synthetic THC.

When conducting the study researchers found that larger doses of THC led to higher rates of cancer cell death, validating the initial finding that it can be an effective treatment (natural THC is likely even more effective).

Although more research is needed, hopefully this study – in addition to numerous others that have been released recently – will pave the way for cannabis being used as a standard – and not alternative – medicine in treating various forms of cancer.

Here is a link to the abstract on the NIH government website...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23749906

I just realized something.

THC could help increase the life span of your average human. And, at the same time, it could wipe out the cancer industry in the medical field. You think HCA wants a cure for cancer?

FUCK NO, they don't.

But here it is......

I accidentally ran across a relevant article saying basically the same thing as the above.....but it was about prostate cancer cells. THC appears to kill ANY cancer cells it comes in contact with.
I have seen the same medical studies published over and over again....each time about a different form of cancer.

WTF.....so what if it is this cancer or that cancer....it is all cancer.....and it seems that is how THC views cancer cells.

I can see why the government is dragging it's heels on legalization......they have a standard rate of attrition in this country due to death by natural causes, for alcohol-related deaths, tobacco, etc.

Reefer can upset the balance by drastically decreasing death by cancer. And, with the world population increasing drastically, the powers that be do not want to hear about something that might extend the lifespan of the average human.|

Not to mention the hit that the cancer specialists in this country will take to their pocketbook.....you know damn well that a part of the health industry is going to lobby their asses off against legalization, because the corporate bean counters are not interested in saving lives, they are interested in saving their bank accounts.....

[FORD]

Weed to become major LEGAL cash crop in Washington state?

Article published Jul 6, 2013
Field-grown marijuana allowed in state's proposed regulations
By Shannon Dininny
The Associated Press

OLYMPIA — Marijuana could be grown outdoors in the sunshine — no grow lights or greenhouses required — under draft rules for the state’s new marijuana industry.

The rules, approved by the state Liquor Control Board during a meeting last week, establish regulations for pot producers, processers and retailers and set the stage for legal recreational marijuana use to begin early next year.

The decision to allow outdoor grows also increases the potential for pot as a crop in Washington’s sunny side east of the Cascade Range, where irrigated fields of apples, hops and wine grapes dot the landscape, though most agriculture groups are discouraging longtime farmers from growing it.

The Liquor Control Board released preliminary draft rules in late May after board staff members spent long hours visiting marijuana grow houses and studying the science of pot.

Four public hearings on the proposed rules, which included several key changes, will be held across the state Aug. 6-8.

They will be in the Seattle area, Olympia, Ellensburg and Spokane, with exact dates and times to be determined.

The proposed rules are scheduled to take effect Sept. 16.

At that point, the Washington Liquor Control Board will begin accepting applications for marijuana producers, processers and retailers.

They draft rules shorten the hours of operation for marijuana businesses, which may be open from
8 a.m. to 12 a.m., and remove requirements for a signed affidavit from a landlord to house a marijuana business.

They also strengthen requirements for child-proof packaging and restrict advertisements that may appeal to youths, among other things.

Logo killed

But the big change was that marijuana may be grown outdoors with secure fencing and surveillance and is not limited to indoor facilities.

Gov. Jay Inslee suggested he helped nix the Washington state logo for the pot industry — an outline of the state with a marijuana leaf in the middle, which the board killed Wednesday.

Inslee said he found it inconsistent with the traditions of the Evergreen State, “where we’re known for Western hemlocks and glaciers and mountains, rather than a particular leaf.”

Last fall, voters made Washington and Colorado the first states to legalize the sale of taxed marijuana to adults over 21 at state-licensed stores.

In Washington, sales should begin in early 2014 unless the U.S. Justice Department steps in to prevent them.

Pot remains illegal federally, and the DOJ could sue to try to block the licensing schemes in Washington and Colorado from taking effect.

Colorado already has approved rules laying out how marijuana should be grown, packaged and taxed.
The voter-approved initiative legalizing pot in Washington, I-502, required the state Liquor Control Board to have rules in place by Dec. 1.

Under the rules, people may possess up to an ounce of dried marijuana; 16 ounces of a pot-infused solid, such as brownies; or 72 ounces of a pot-infused liquid, such as tea.

Any producer who meets all requirements under the rules will be granted a license.

Retail licenses will be distributed based on the population in each county and demand for pot.

A lottery will be used if there are more applicants than called for in a specific region.
Board staff said they expect to have more details about that in the next 30 days.

Medical pot issues

The rules do not institute a cap on the number of retailers, though the board left open the possibility that one could be imposed at a later date.

Board members also expressed concern that medical marijuana providers currently do not fall under the regulations.

Medical marijuana must be licensed, taxed and regulated, “and unless that happens, we are not going to have as robust of a retail 502 economy as we would want,” board chair Sharon Foster said.

Also still to be determined: how to regulate the sale of concentrates or potent marijuana extracts, such as hash, which are not defined under the regulations.

[Angel]

Same results for brain cancer...

[FORD]

And what the Hell is so offensive about this logo, Governor???



(except for the fact that it doesn't even really look like a pot leaf)

[FORD]

Here's the irony about the weed and the stomach cancer thing.....

It was a rare form of stomach cancer that killed my friend Billy. They got the initial stomach tumor, but metastisized to his liver and that's what did him in. I told he should get some "medical" weed just to deal with the chemo symptoms, not having any idea at the time that it could actually KILL the cancer itself. The chemo did nothing for him, and they tried several kinds.

He refused to do so, because he was afraid it would lead him back into some old habits... most of which were drugs other than weed anyway. And then ended up a junkie anyway when he started using morphine for pain management.

Damn it Billy, you should have gone with the green