Showing posts with label drugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drugs. Show all posts

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.  

A way forward

It has been suggested by Stephen Rolles, senior policy analyst  and published in the British Medical Journal   Published 13 July 2010, that the way forward is legalization and this is his idea, I totally agree with him :

Five basic models for regulating drug availability
  • Medical prescription model or supervised venues—For highest risk drugs (injected drugs including heroin and more potent stimulants such as methamphetamine) and problematic users
  • Specialist pharmacist retail model—combined with named/licensed user access and rationing of volume of sales for moderate risk drugs such as amphetamine, powder cocaine, and methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy)
  • Licensed retailing—including tiers of regulation appropriate to product risk and local needs. Used for lower risk drugs and preparations such as lower strength stimulant based drinks
  • Licensed premises for sale and consumption—similar to licensed alcohol venues and Dutch cannabis "coffee shops,"potentially also for smoking opium or poppy tea
  • Unlicensed sales—minimal regulation for the least risky products, such as caffeine drinks and coca tea.



His Final Address the President of the Royal College of Physicians, U.K.

Consider Drug Regulation In his final Bulletin, the outgoing President of the Royal College of Physicians, Professor Sir Ian Gilmore wrote:  "I feel like finishing my presidency on a controversial note. I personally back the chairman of the UK Bar Council, Nicholas Green QC, when he calls for drug laws to be reconsidered with a view to decriminalising illicit drugs use. This could drastically reduce crime and improve health. Drugs should still be regulated, and the argument for decriminalising them is clearly made by Stephen Rolles in the latest edition of the British Medical Journal ."
His comments come in the wake of a flurry of calls for reform from health professionals, in the lead up to the publication of the Vienna Declaration, an international manifesto for reform, which calls for drugs to be decriminalised in order to promote individual and public health. 
Danny Kushlick, Head of External Affairs at Transform Drug Policy Foundation said:
"Sir Ian's statement is yet another nail in the coffin of the war on drugs. The Hippocratic Oath says 'First do no harm'. Physicians are duty bound to speak out if the outcomes show that prohibition causes more harm than it reduces. Sir Ian is justly fulfilling his role by calling for consideration of the evidence for legal control and regulation."
Kushlick concluded:
"With a Prime Minster and Deputy Prime Minister both longstanding supporters of alternatives to the war on drugs, at the very least the Government must initiate an impact assessment comparing prohibition with decriminalisation and strict legal regulation."