Nigel Kennedy admits smoking cannabis at drugs raid party

The award-winning violinist suggested he was a regular user of the drug and that he could not work without it.

He is understood to be one of two people facing charges after police raided the hotel, in the Bavarian town of Bad Wörishofen, following complaints of a raucous late night celebration.

Kennedy, 53, told Germany's Bild newspaper: "I smoked a little grass.

"I can't do this job without it, I need it to relax."

The self-proclaimed "bad boy of classical music"was among 20 people questioned after the raid at the Steigenberger Sonnenhof hotel at 3.15am on September 26.

Two were reported to the public prosecutor on suspicion of having used either marijuana or heroin.

Kennedy, however, denied any knowledge of the presence of heroin.

Officers are understood to have found equipment used to smoke illegal drugs in rooms rented out by other guests at the party.

Police have said they believe traces of heroin were on the paraphernalia they took away.

Johan Kreuzpointer, the local prosecutor, is awaiting the results of toxicology reports on the drugs found in the pipes, expected this week, before he decides on charges.

While neither he nor local police will confirm whether Kennedy is in line for prosecution, the Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper said its sources state he is one of the two who may be charged.

Kennedy, widely considered one of Britain's finest ever musicians, has previously admitted using drugs. The Birmingham-born star, whose interpretation of Vivaldi's Four Seasons remains the best selling classical record of all time, has told how he occasionally smokes marijuana to help him unwind after concerts.

But he is believed to have calmed down since the wild days of the 1980s and early 1990s when he was famed for conducting interviews whilst swigging champagne.

Marijuana-Tumor Research hidden by U.S. Government

A Spanish medical team’s study released in Madrid in February 2000 has shown that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active chemical in marijuana, destroys tumors in lab rats. These findings, however, are not news to the U.S. government. A study in Virginia in 1974 yielded similar results but was suppressed by the DEA, and in 1983 the Reagan/Bush administration tried to persuade U.S. universities and researchers to destroy all cannabis research work done between 1966 and 1976, including compendiums in libraries.

The research was conducted by a medical team led by Dr. Manuel Guzman of Complutence University in Madrid. In the study, brains of 45 lab rats were injected with a cancer cell, which produced tumors. On the twelfth day of the experiment, 15 of the rats were injected with THC and 15 with Win-55, 212-2, a synthetic compound similar to THC. The untreated rats died 12-18 days after the development of the tumors. THC treated rats lived significantly longer than the control group. Although three were unaffected by the THC, nine lived 19-35 days, while tumors were completely eradicated in three others. The rats treated with Win-55,212-2 showed similar results.

In an e-mail interview for this story, the Madrid researcher said he had heard of the Virginia study, but had never been able to locate literature on it. “I am aware of the existence of that research. In fact I have attempted many times to obtain the journal article on the original investigation by theses people, but it has proven impossible,” Guzman said. His response wasn’t surprising, considering that in 1983 the Reagan/Bush administration tried to persuade American universities and researchers to destroy all 1966/76 cannabis research work, including compendiums in libraries, reports Jack Herer. “We know that large amounts of information have since disappeared,” he says.

Guzman provided the title of the work-”Antineoplastic Activity of Cannabinoids,” an article in a 1975 Journal of the National Cancer Institute-and author Raymond Cushing obtained a copy at the UC Medical School Library in Davis, California, and faxed it to Madrid. The 1975 article does not mention breast cancer tumors, which were featured in the only newspaper story ever to appear about the 1974 study in the local section of the Washington Post on August 18, 1974. The headline read, “Cancer Curb Is Studied,” and was followed in part by, “The active chemical agent in marijuana curbs the growth of three kinds of cancer in mice and may also suppress the immunity reaction that causes rejection of organ transplants, a Medical College of Virginia team has discovered. The researchers found that THC slowed the growth of lung cancers, breast cancers, and a virus-induced leukemia in laboratory mice, and prolonged their lives by as much as 36 percent.”

Drug Enforcement Agency officials shut down the Virginia study and all further cannabis research, according to Jack Herer, who reports on these events in his book, The Emperor Wears No Clothes. In 1976, President Gerald Ford put an end to all public cannabis research and granted exclusive research rights to major pharmaceutical companies. These companies set out-unsuccessfully-to develop synthetic forms of THC that would deliver all the medical benefits without the “high.”

Update by Raymond Cushing

Update by Raymond Cushing

When I was a cub reporter twenty-eight years ago at the daily Advocate in Stamford, Connecticut, my first city editor-a white-haired veteran of the International Herald Tribune named Marian Campbell-told me that the cure for cancer was the holy grail of all news stories.

“Unless they discover the cure for cancer,” she would say over the clackety-clack of the manual typewriters, “this paper goes to press on time.”

What I found out a quarter-century later is that not even the cure for cancer is a big enough story to crack the Berlin Wall of media censorship in this country. Toss in the facts that the cure appears to be a benign substance that has been illegal for 63 years, and that the government knowingly suppressed evidence of its curative powers 25 years, and you get twice the storyæand twice the censorship.

I won’t name the “investigative journalists” who didn’t respond when I sent them this story. I won’t list the numerous “progressive” publications that ignored it. I won’t describe the forbidding sense of professional isolation I endured in the months I tried to place the story.

Suffice it to say that it’s what one would expect in a society that has criminalized its own young for two generations around the cannabis issue simply because we were told to do so.

Thousands of innocent people who are in U.S. prisons for possessing or selling “the cure for cancer” await liberation and reparations. Someday our grandchildren will look back and ask, “What did you do to set the cannabis prisoners free?”

Here’s what any responsible journalist should be doing:

Go to primary sources when evaluating cannabis research. The AP and other news organizations love to elevate “bad science” and suppress “good science” when it comes to cannabis. You have to read the original research articles yourself and make your own judgments.

Investigate and report on the war on children that is a major component of the war on drugs. The marijuana laws are the main tool the police use to persecute minors. No other policy affects more families in more insidious and devastating ways than cannabis prohibition.

Learn about the history of cannabis prohibition and about the pharmaceutical, liquor, and tobacco giants that are behind it. If you don’t know the history of cannabis and hemp prohibition, you’re too ignorant to justifiably call yourself a journalist.

If it turns out-as my story would seem to indicate-that cannabis is the cure for cancer and the government suppressed this information for 25 years (and continues to suppress it), then the body count alone will make this the biggest holocaust in recorded history. Virtually all federal drug policy makers of both parties since 1975-including legislators, presidents and the DEA-will be complicit and criminally liable.

That’s why they don’t want this story covered.

To learn the history of cannabis prohibition, read http://www.jackherer.com. 

What is the TRUTH.

With over 100 million Americans having  tried it at least once, and now 13 states there,have legalized medical Marijuana. What is the TRUTH.

Mounting evidence has shown it is far less dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes, legal medicines, and even caffeine. All have a lethal dose, cannabis’s lethal dose is 1500 Pounds consumed in 15 minutes (impossible) No person has ever overdosed on cannabis ever, not once in the history of the world. It is simply not toxic enough. 450000+ die each year from tobacco cigarettes, while a good 50000+ die from alcohol overdose.

Those high on cannabis are less likely to commit violent acts, Fact,

 IT DOES NOT LEAD TO LUNG CANCER. See studies No, in fact, long-term pot smokers have lower incidence of head, neck, and lung cancers than non-smokers.  Previous preclinical studies assessing the anticancer properties of cannabinoids have shown that they inhibit the proliferation of a wide range of cancers, including brain cancer, prostate cancer, oral cancers, lung cancer, skin cancer,pancreatic cancer, biliary tract cancers, and lymphoma.

 It does not kill brain cells. In fact, studies are showing that it may in fact STIMULATE brain cells. Read about it http://knowyourcannabis.blogspot.com/2010/09/cannabis-and-cognition-claim.html

It is about as addictive as a peanut, and there are no withdrawal symptoms.

The gateway theory is false. Numerous studies have shown that alcohol and cigarettes are far more likely to lead to hard drugs.

Why not watch Penn & Tellers bullshit  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3025396475247394113#

Some Truths Behind Cannabis, Marijuana

Cannabis kills brain cells? NO It doesn’t!

Cannabis kills brain cells is based on research done during the second Reefer Madness Movement. A study attempted to show that Cannabis smoking damaged brain structures in monkeys. However, the study was poorly performed and it was severely criticized by a medical review board. Studies done after wards failed to show any brain damage, in fact a very recent study on Rhesus monkeys used technology so sensitive that scientists could actually see the effect of learning on brain cells, and it found no damage.

No good comes from Cannabis, Wrong!

Wrong. It’s been proven to kill cancer cells. http://knowyourcannabis.com/index.php?p=1_207  (data is 7 years old).

Cannabis can kills you? No it Can’t!
No it doesn’t. There has never been one reported death FROM Cannabis ever!

WHY

I believe the governments of the world made Cannabis  illegal, for one or two reasons, Money and Racism. You see, since cannabis can be naturally grown like any other plant, it would be easy for cancer patients ext, to get their hands on a natural remedy and cure their cancer, see Cannabis Oil Cure Cancerhttp://knowyourcannabis.com/index.php?p=1_205  The Rick Simpson story  RUN FROM THE CURE . But because of this, the massive income made by the international pharmaceutical corporations would plummet, thus creating a drop in income, something No Government or corporation wants, and it's an easy way to control the minorities.  

Ph levels and cancer

let’s first look at how Ph level relate to cancer cells .Formation of Cancer Cells, (respiration to fermentation). The energized cell membrane creates a condition where glucose can enter the cell, and oxygen cannot. glucose undergoes fermentation to Lactic acid  cell pH drops to 6.5. Lactic acid attacks the DNA, destroying template action. Messenger RNA is changed and the control mechanism of the cell is destroyed. In the acid medium, enzymes within the cell become toxic, eventually bringing about the death of the cell. A tumour, therefore, consists of a layer of living cells with uncontrolled growth surrounding a central mass of dead cells.  

So there are a number ways to raise the PH of the body, I know of two therapies, both can target the cancer cells very well.  "Maple syrup & Baking soda" and "Cesium"
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