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[SIZE=+2]US CA: OPED: 'Society' vs the plant: The Cannabis Conundrum[/SIZE]
by Timothy Crlenjak, (02 Oct 2007) Times-Standard California
George W. Bush is the worst ... OOPS, sorry. Wrong rant. Senior minute.
What I really want to respond to is the series of letters and the Times-Standard editorial that have been published since the Supervisor's historic vote on Aug. 21 to send a letter to U.S. Representative Mike Thompson asking for a reappraisal of current laws against cannabis ( marijuana ) cultivation and use. The 4-0 vote, with Supervisor Smith abstaining, reflects a similar action taken by Mendocino County.
The comments have not been laudatory as we read on Sept. 4 with the letter "Stony reception by supervisors" and the "My Word" essay "Marijuana: Benign herb or a dangerous drug?" on Sept. 5. The Times-Standard was critical as well, suggesting that marijuana stay in the realm of prescriptive medicine.
In regard to the letter of Sept. 4, I attended the Board of Supervisors meeting ( Aug. 21 ) and made my own public comment thanking Supervisor Rodoni for his courage and leadership. I'm saddened that Supervisor Smith, despite his work with cancer survivors, skipped the vote and missed the boat. I thank the others for their brave support.
I stood behind the complainant ( Stony ... Sept. 4 ) waiting for my turn and the Board was in no way disrespectful of him. Nobody in that chamber was disrespectful of him or anyone else exercising their right to petition their government for a redress of grievances. The Supervisor's remained stoic and impassive through everybody's testimony, including mine. Yeah, I would have liked a wink, a nod, or a thumbs-up as well, but no dice. Another failed attempt at demagoguery.
The complainant suggested that cannabis could never be accurately regulated, weighed, sold, or taxed liked every other commodity on earth. I guess that's why so many scales, bags, and calculators are sitting in evidence lockers around the nation. Another example of marijuana causing irrational thought in those who don't use it!
It's easy to explain away every case of personal or family collapse on the "drugs" or the "booze." Which came first, the dysfunction or the drugs? People receiving psychotherapy already have emotional issues. Nonetheless, if professionals like Ms. Thomas ( Sept. 5 ) perceive problems with clients, then by all means, deal with it. Publish your observations for peer review. I'll bet the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws would love to participate in that review process. Have your methodology down pat. Control for pre-existing conditions and other drug use, legal or not.
I am surprised that an experienced therapist would confuse psychiatric issues with purely legal ones: :yay:
1. Nobody wants to be hassled by TSA at the airport and have their medicine confiscated. :woohoo:
2. If skilled, educated people cannot obtain employment because of an abhorrent, detestable urine test, that is an indictment against society, not the individual. A cruel practice and what a loss to the economy.
The truth is millions of decent, responsible adults consume cannabis on a periodic basis and do just fine. That is, until they are forced to urinate into a bottle and lose their job. Cannabis, in the absence of other drugs, remains one of the most benign intoxicants, sacraments, or medicines available. Nobody would encourage impaired driving of any kind but marijuana alone does not produce the zombie-like state so common among problem drinkers. If cannabis was the national intoxicant of choice, catastrophic road accidents would diminish dramatically. Worried about professional drivers and pilots? C. Crane Co. in sunny, friendly Fortuna offers the "Lightning Reaction Extreme Game" ( #LRE ) for $30.00. This machine could be modified to provide a quick, simple test of reaction time that a driver could perform every day right before work. This would weed out ( OOPS ) anyone who is impaired that day from alcohol, other drugs, lack of sleep, problems at home, or undiagnosed diseases. If there are chronic fitness issues, you're out of a job.
But no, the Times-Standard thinks we should just stay in the medical prescriptive mode of cannabis control. That's not going to help people like my friend, local civic leader, and all around good guy who is doing ten years of hard time in Oregon. If he comes home depressed and angry, his therapist will probably tell him it was the marijuana and not the ten years in prison. :aok:
Newsflash: If your garden is big enough to get crop circles, it's probably too big.
[SIZE=-1]MAP posted-by: Richard Lake[/SIZE]
Pubdate: Tue, 02 Oct 2007
Source: Times-Standard (Eureka, CA)
Copyright: 2007 MediaNews Group, Inc.
Contact: [email protected]
Website: http://www.times-standard.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1051
Author: Timothy Crlenjak
Note: Timothy Crlenjak new Writer of the Purple Rage resides in Eureka.
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Marijuana - California)
[SIZE=+2]US CA: OPED: 'Society' vs the plant: The Cannabis Conundrum[/SIZE]
by Timothy Crlenjak, (02 Oct 2007) Times-Standard California
George W. Bush is the worst ... OOPS, sorry. Wrong rant. Senior minute.
What I really want to respond to is the series of letters and the Times-Standard editorial that have been published since the Supervisor's historic vote on Aug. 21 to send a letter to U.S. Representative Mike Thompson asking for a reappraisal of current laws against cannabis ( marijuana ) cultivation and use. The 4-0 vote, with Supervisor Smith abstaining, reflects a similar action taken by Mendocino County.
The comments have not been laudatory as we read on Sept. 4 with the letter "Stony reception by supervisors" and the "My Word" essay "Marijuana: Benign herb or a dangerous drug?" on Sept. 5. The Times-Standard was critical as well, suggesting that marijuana stay in the realm of prescriptive medicine.
In regard to the letter of Sept. 4, I attended the Board of Supervisors meeting ( Aug. 21 ) and made my own public comment thanking Supervisor Rodoni for his courage and leadership. I'm saddened that Supervisor Smith, despite his work with cancer survivors, skipped the vote and missed the boat. I thank the others for their brave support.
I stood behind the complainant ( Stony ... Sept. 4 ) waiting for my turn and the Board was in no way disrespectful of him. Nobody in that chamber was disrespectful of him or anyone else exercising their right to petition their government for a redress of grievances. The Supervisor's remained stoic and impassive through everybody's testimony, including mine. Yeah, I would have liked a wink, a nod, or a thumbs-up as well, but no dice. Another failed attempt at demagoguery.
The complainant suggested that cannabis could never be accurately regulated, weighed, sold, or taxed liked every other commodity on earth. I guess that's why so many scales, bags, and calculators are sitting in evidence lockers around the nation. Another example of marijuana causing irrational thought in those who don't use it!
It's easy to explain away every case of personal or family collapse on the "drugs" or the "booze." Which came first, the dysfunction or the drugs? People receiving psychotherapy already have emotional issues. Nonetheless, if professionals like Ms. Thomas ( Sept. 5 ) perceive problems with clients, then by all means, deal with it. Publish your observations for peer review. I'll bet the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws would love to participate in that review process. Have your methodology down pat. Control for pre-existing conditions and other drug use, legal or not.
I am surprised that an experienced therapist would confuse psychiatric issues with purely legal ones: :yay:
1. Nobody wants to be hassled by TSA at the airport and have their medicine confiscated. :woohoo:
2. If skilled, educated people cannot obtain employment because of an abhorrent, detestable urine test, that is an indictment against society, not the individual. A cruel practice and what a loss to the economy.
The truth is millions of decent, responsible adults consume cannabis on a periodic basis and do just fine. That is, until they are forced to urinate into a bottle and lose their job. Cannabis, in the absence of other drugs, remains one of the most benign intoxicants, sacraments, or medicines available. Nobody would encourage impaired driving of any kind but marijuana alone does not produce the zombie-like state so common among problem drinkers. If cannabis was the national intoxicant of choice, catastrophic road accidents would diminish dramatically. Worried about professional drivers and pilots? C. Crane Co. in sunny, friendly Fortuna offers the "Lightning Reaction Extreme Game" ( #LRE ) for $30.00. This machine could be modified to provide a quick, simple test of reaction time that a driver could perform every day right before work. This would weed out ( OOPS ) anyone who is impaired that day from alcohol, other drugs, lack of sleep, problems at home, or undiagnosed diseases. If there are chronic fitness issues, you're out of a job.
But no, the Times-Standard thinks we should just stay in the medical prescriptive mode of cannabis control. That's not going to help people like my friend, local civic leader, and all around good guy who is doing ten years of hard time in Oregon. If he comes home depressed and angry, his therapist will probably tell him it was the marijuana and not the ten years in prison. :aok:
Newsflash: If your garden is big enough to get crop circles, it's probably too big.
[SIZE=-1]MAP posted-by: Richard Lake[/SIZE]Pubdate: Tue, 02 Oct 2007
Source: Times-Standard (Eureka, CA)
Copyright: 2007 MediaNews Group, Inc.
Contact: [email protected]
Website: http://www.times-standard.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1051
Author: Timothy Crlenjak
Note: Timothy Crlenjak new Writer of the Purple Rage resides in Eureka.
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Marijuana - California)
