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As the medical marijuana articles continue to appear in newsprint, I think two points need to be made:
One, a warning to all recreational and medical marijuana smokers: Eagle County Sheriff’s office and State Highway Patrol have trained officers to look for not only DWI alcohol drivers but also DUI marijuana users. The THC chemical making up 60% of each marijuana plant (recreational or medical marijuana) is 10 times stronger since the 1970s per the June 2009 United Nations World Health Report.
Where do I get me some of that 60% THC pot? Most good bud is around 7%-10% THC with exceptions found as high as 35%. Even seized hash has been averaging only around 20% THC. Plus, high-quality pot has always been available, even in the 1970s. I mean, look at the hairstyles and the clothes; do you think those people were smoking weak marijuana?
THC can stay in your blood for up to 56 days. Guess what that means?
No, THC metabolites can stay in your urine up to 56 (more or less) days. Guess what that means?
If a cop thinks you’re drug impaired or asks you to take a drug test and you test positive for marijuana, the current state and federal laws say that is a crime.
Yes, they do. What they don’t say is that you’re impaired. They say you’re guilty of the crime of driving while impaired, but they do not actually serve to prove any impairment.
Remember if you have an accident and your brain has slowed down due to marijuana use — you are on the way to court and possibly jail.
Brain is slowed down? Name the game, mister, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Boggle, Scrabble, logic problems, New York Times crossword, and I’ll give you a good run for your money even while pulling bong rips off a Roor.
Two, recreational or medical marijuana is grown by unregulated medical warehouses in America or in Mexico that have no oversight, quality control, testing, or inspection by the FDA or any other state or U.S. government agency. So to anyone smoking, inhaling, eating brownies, etc., the THC goes to your blood and directly to your brain.
Yes, the THC goes to the blood and the brain; as our president once remarked, that’s the point.
Why would our citizens use a product that has no testing or quality control and could be poisoned?
Well, many of our citizens are growing it themselves or know their grower and know it isn’t being poisoned. Last time I recall anyone being poisoned by weed, it was the US government spraying Mexican marijuana fields with toxic paraquat in the 1970s.
But there is a point that unregulated marijuana can have molds, fungi, or pesticides, which is exactly why we’re lobbying for legalization.
There are 400 different chemicals in each marijuana plant. Marijuana smokers are actually “rolling the dice” each time they use it. I wonder where the new store owners buy their marijuana and who guarantees its purity for you to use safely.
Eek! Chemicals! Over 400 of them! Uh, just like nearly every plant on earth.
Monday, July 20th, 2009 at 4:22 pm | By: Paul Armentano
[Or how your donations to NORML helped a Los Angeles woman avoid five months in a cage after failing nine consecutive urine screens for marijuana while on probation. -- "R"R]
At NORML’s Aspen Legal Seminar this past June I presented on the topic of cannabis pharmacokinetics and explained how an understanding RE: the science surrounding the metabolism and absorption of cannabinoids could be a valuable tool for defense attorneys. Recently I put my theoretical knowledge into practice as an expert witness in a federal evidentiary hearing in L.A. federal court.
At issue: defendant was under three years federal probation (probation period to expire on 8/13/09); defendant had a string of NINE consecutive failed UAs for carboxy THC beginning on 10/27/08 running through 1/08/2009. On four of the nine tests, defendant’s carboxy THC levels were HIGHER than they had been on the previous test. When the samples were normalized, defendant still failed all nine tests. Feds were willing to let the 10/27/08 test slide, as defendant showed a medical marijuana recommendation, but considered all eight positive tests thereafter to be evidence of new/continued use and a probation violation. Defendant alleged she had NOT used cannabis since 10/27/08 and that all the the positive tests since that time were residual (evidence of the use prior to 10/27/08). Feds brought in a toxicologist with 39 years experience who alleged that the string of positive tests as well as the spikes in the defendant’s test results could “absolutely not” be from residual use and instead were indicative of new drug use. Feds asked for 5 months prison time and additional three years probation.
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Colorado Attorney Rob Corry on defending high school student kicked out of prom for her date smelling like his legal medical marijuana, and the ethics of dealing with the media as a lawyer.
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Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 at 9:20 am | By: Radical Russ
One of the highlights of the Aspen Legal Seminar is when attorney Gerry Goldstein opens up his home for our closing party on Saturday night. Chef Chris Lanter from Cache Cache caters the party (which features two versions of the famous apple crisp – NORML and abNORML) and there is weed, whiskey, and wine everywhere you look. Gerry turns up the salsa music and guests enjoy banging on the congas, while everybody mingles and enjoys fantastic food.
Here in the spectacular kitchen, NORML’s Executive Director Allen St. Pierre thanks Gerry, Chef Chris, and recognizes the 2009 winner of the Colorado NORML Hunter S. Thompson Scholarship, Tanya Burgess from Atlanta, Georgia, who found out she had just passed the bar and been admitted to practice in Gwinnett County (Georgia Stashers, call her up when you’ve got a need, she’s brilliant) that weekend. Tanya’s also a member of the board for NORML of Georgia as well.
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 at 6:16 pm | By: Radical Russ
Aspen Legal Seminar 2009
Our fourth year at the Gant Hotel in Aspen was fantastic. Read all about the lineup of speakers and subjects at the official NORML page – and since the Stash is the social home of NORML, check out the social photos here:
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Tanya Burgess, aspiring attorney and winner of the Colorado NORML 2009 Hunter S. Thompson Scolarship to atten NORML Aspen Legal Seminar in June 5-6, 2009.
RevRayGreen: I'll post a pic of me and my son....gimme a minute
Missippi Hippy: Guess what... I'm gonna be a new... ummmmm well, my pet piggie Ganja is in labor and they ain't mine in the same sense. See what your wife [...]
RevRayGreen: days they didn't talk back..or act disrespectful..
RevRayGreen: feel so lucky my son is 18 going 19 and my daughter 16 going on 17..relish the days that can't talk back
Urb Age: Congrats Spof thats awesome. My little Clara is about to hit 20 months. Im not the activist I used to be, but its made me a better man.
Urb Age: Heck I was gonna go up there, but just not feeling well this weekend..Dang it, I hate it when that happens..
RevRayGreen: wishing I was hanging at NORML cafe...
JohnH: Just a quick comment about tokin' and sperm motility....been tokin since age 14 and have 8 kids ranging in age from 30 to 9...(what can I say, I found 2 [...]
slash5city: really ..oprah 35 yr or more in the closet toker ...outed ....o my god !!
SneakerPimp: that would be huge news just imagen the headline
RevRayGreen: maybe Oprah smokes and keeps it on the DL...
SneakerPimp: and good afternoon
mr reuben: I could do without seeing Rob K. on tv. But Bruce and Eithan get a big thumbs up from me.
SneakerPimp: waitn for NSL and congrast for spofett.
mr reuben: I don't respect her opinion bluzguy.
Missippi Hippy: Something about the last year in a contract... folks become more ballsey... and Oprah has big ones.
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Some of the nation’s top athletes discuss why today's pros are turning to cannabis — and away from alcohol and painkillers — off the field, and question why pro sports leagues are continuing to sanction those who do. Moderator: Steve Bloom, Author, Pot Culture; editor, celebstoner.com * Toby Grear, MMA fighter * Sean Neumann, Documentary Filmm […]
Cannabis Law Reform's Missing Link: Law Enforcement Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper; LEAP and NORML Advisory Board; Author of Breaking Rank Putting the Mexican Cartels Out of Business Mexican drug cartels now employ over 100,000 soldiers and are responsible for nearly ten thousand deaths per year. Their largest source of income is marijuana. […]
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waitn for NSL and congrast for spofett.
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