California Medical Marijuana Regulatory Wrangling California Medical Marijuana Regulatory Wrangling
The intense and necessary debate over how to regulate the distribution of medical marijuana in California continues. In Santa Cruz, long at the vanguard of medical marijuana cultivation, use, and activism, the city council has voted to create the Office of Compassionate Use, a city department that would be charged with dispensing medical marijuana.
This is a major landmark in the struggle to establish a regulatory structure for medical marijuana distribution. Polling shows that over 70% of Americans now support allowing the use of medical marijuana. Those forward-thinking states and localities that have voted to allowed their sick and dying citizens access to medical marijuana are now going through some growing pains with their distribution systems. Undoubtedly there will be good and bad models, but they will all be better than the black market. It is analogous to the development of the Dutch coffee shop system after The Netherlands decriminalized marijuana in the '70s. Will Santa Cruz's model be the best? We'll see.
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Perranzabuloe Parish Council blame raves for… burnt out cars, hypodermic needlesand fly-tipping
doesn't ring true for me
Raves could lead to road closure
The main access road to a Cornish beauty spot could be closed to stop illegal raves and the dumping of cars.
Perranzabuloe Parish Council said that the raves at Cligga Head cause noise pollution in nearby Perranporth.
But county councillor Mark Kaczmarak says he will fight any attempt to shut what he regards as a right of way.
The parish council said the authority may have no choice because of the cost involved to clean up the area after raves have taken place.
Coastal access
Chairwoman Eileen Carter said: "We're tired of spending hundreds of pounds removing burnt-out cars and we're tired of cleaning up the mess, litter, hypodermic needles and goodness knows what from the site.
"It's costing a fortune."
Mr Kaczmarak is convinced closing the access road would be wrong and he will oppose any attempt to do so.
He told BBC News: "I am taking this very seriously and I do challenge any right of way, whether it's vehicular or on foot.
"We are losing many, many areas of coastal access because of actions of parish councils and district councils and we've got to start fighting it."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4377488.stm
Crossroads of Humanity crossroads of humanity 10/11/05 Antwerpen Belgium
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Driss is happy to show us on the dancefloor; the second Hadra compilation .(Hadracadabra, will be released in november).
23.00: Greamush Foose (GanjaTree / C.O.H / Ap - Rec)
01.00: Yoda vs. Der Golem ( Tschaka , GERMANY )
03.00: Firaga ( independent trance rec.be / btb )
04.30: LIVE:Crispod (MDS , france)
05.30: Yannick Thiry vs PsyVader ( yndyqa )
07.30: Driss ( Hergma / Hadra , FRANCE )
09.00: MaGiCdAvE ( GanjaTree , UNITED KINGDOM )
and more to come...
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chill out room by Greamush Foose,Serra,and more (ambient-triphop-dub-brokenbeat-breakbeat-house-zachte prog)
chill out tent by yoda and friends (GERMANY)
video projection;Marnieke(NL)
Live instrumenten;saxo,gitaar,djembe
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[The D’Alliance] Denver Post Editorial–Good Or Bad? [The D'Alliance] Denver Post Editorial--Good Or Bad?
Today the Denver Post editorial page came out against a local marijuana legalization ballot initiative. Bad. But they also say that states and the federal government should "legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana use." Good.
The Post gives two reasons for their opposition. First, they say the initiative is only symbolic and will have no effect on state and federal law. True, but it's not an uncommon practice for localities to pass their own largely symbolic laws to make a political statement. See here and here. Second, they are wary of the campaign tactics of the initiatives backers. Yes, some of the advertisements supporting passage edged on hyperbole. But is this a convenient cop-out, letting the Post avoid alienating some of their readers by sticking to a middle ground that is not there? If they had stood by their principled stance on ending marijuana prohibition, they would have urged passage of the initiative.
""No" for Denver pot initiative," Denver Post
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Does anyone want to design the new Aztek website? Anyone out there with web designing skills wanna design us our new website for a small fee obviously ?
were a bit too busy to do it ourselves
something a bit flashy would be nice, got a lot of ideas and details on what content we would like to include and a few ideas on how we would like the site to look like but really haven't got the time to fully design it ourselves.
please post here or im Looney if you can help.
Thanks
20 – 11 – 05 Bom Shanka @ Club Aquarium, London, UK we invite you for a roasted sunday at club aquarium, featuring :
psychedelic trance :
0700-0800 : bruno (bom shanka)
0800-0900 : stuart (bom shanka)
0900-1000 : liquid ross (liquid records)
1000-1100 : psymmetrix LIVE (bom shanka/liquid connective)
1100-1230 : jeremy (liquid records)
1230-1400 : beardy weirdy (wild things records)
1400-1500 : E.V.P. LIVE (wild things records)
1500-1700 : trevor pixi (pix.e.t./antaris project)
1700-1900 : hopi (ajuca/dragonfly)
psychedelic chill-out & funkadelic breaks :
0700-1000 : tom fu vs luna lis (liquid records/liquid connective)
1000-1300 : jamie donkey vs dirty bob (psy-cookie/liquid connective)
1300-1400 : asimilon LIVE (liquid connective)
1400-1600 : jon dubloon (sangita soungs)
1600-1700 : slackbaba LIVE (liquid records)
1700-1800 : laura (bom shanka)
1800-1900 : erik the viking LIVE (bom shanka)
décor by liquid drops / fluffy mafia / wrongstuff
visuals from e.v.p. / um-ma / fractopia & l.s.dave
7am -7pm sunday 20th november @ club aqaurium, 256 old street, london, EC1V, uk
swimming pool open from 1pm - 4pm
20k sound / friendly security & bar / 1 minute from old street tube (exit 3)
entry : £7 all day
call 07951 669510 for more info...
bom shanka!
Shulgin Ill I'm sure you'll all be saddened to hear that at 79 Alexander Shulgin has contracted bacterial pneumonia. According to a few sites he is making a slow but steady recovery.
Send some love his way. :bounce_ci
UK : Surrey newspaper runs article on ketamine use found this whilst researching articles on Brett Youngs murder case..
some rather dodgy allegations in there, never heard of anyone dying off a gram of K taken recreationally - although would agree that it can cause an amount of paranoia and dysphoria leading to potential mental problems...
there is also evidence of users going overboard and putting extra burden on the NHS by running to their doctors.... the acronym PCT is a Primary Care Team which is usually your local GP surgery
KETAMINE USE IS RISING IN ELMBRIDGE
20/10/2005By ANDREW MILFORD
EVIDENCE from youth workers, young people and health professionals in Elmbridge suggests that the use of the hallucinogenic drug ketamine is becoming increasingly popular.
Although Surrey Drugs Agency SADAS suggested there was not a problem in the county, the head of a project helping drug addicts rebuild their lives rebutted the claim.
Ketamine is a powerful general anaesthetic used in operations on humans and animals. Although not physically addictive, used in combination with other drugs or alcohol, it can suppress breathing and heart function. The growing popularity of the drug is a problem throughout the country.
Mike Blank, executive director of Surrey Alcohol and Drugs Advisory Service, told the News & Mail: “I don’t think that we are seeing much of it at the moment.
“I know that it has come on to the radar screen nationally in the last few weeks but we actually saw it in Surrey in a few people a number of years ago.
“It then dropped out of sight. I am not aware of us having very many people who are using ketamine.”
Martin Blakeborough, director of the Kaleidoscope drug project, which offers respite and rehabilitation to Elmbridge residents experiencing drug problems, rejected the suggestion.
He said: “To be honest, most drug agencies don’t have a clue – I don’t think there is any evidence to suggest that Surrey bucks the trend at all.
“The reality is that if there is a vibrant dance scene, which there is in Guildford and Woking, of course ketamine will be there and will be on the menu, as it will be everywhere else.”
Known as Special K, ketamine is a liquid. The most potent way of using it is through injection. However, it is most often sold as a tablet or a powder that can be snorted. The effects on a user can range from rapture to paranoia to boredom. It can produce hallucinations and render someone comatose. A ketamine ‘high’ usually lasts an hour, but can last for up to six and it takes one to two days before a user will feel normal again.
Large doses can result in vomiting and convulsions and may lead to oxygen starvation to the brain and muscles. One gram can cause death.
Rev Blakeborough said that the lack of knowledge of any extensive ketamine use in Surrey gives rise to a bigger problem.
“Drug agencies are not picking up what is happening,” he said. “This is why they have failed so dismally to pick up on the crack cocaine issues in places such as Surrey because they don’t have specialist workers looking at that issue.
“There is a real problem picking up on any drugs beyond opiates and, to a lesser extent, alcohol.
“There is a serious problem with the dance drug scene and we rely heavily on anecdotal evidence.”
Offering his advice on what could be done to improve the situation, he said: “The drug action team needs to support drug agencies to work with clubs and the Government has to allow us to test drugs for club-goers in a non-penalising way.
“The Government must recognise that there is a dance drug problem — and it has done — to enable drug agencies to bring in harm reduction strategies.”
A spokeswoman for East Elmbridge and Mid Surrey PCT, which covers Cobham, Esher and Molesey, said that an increase in the number of ketamine users receiving treatment and support had been noticed.
“The use of ketamine can lead to panic attacks, depression and weight loss.
“It can also cause high blood pressure, so it is vital that we work with our partners and support agencies to ensure that young people are aware of the adverse effects ketamine can have,” she added.
“Locally, we are working closely with our colleagues at the Surrey Drug and Alcohol Action Team and other partners to raise awareness about the range of support services available in the local area.”
[The D’Alliance] My Advice to George Bush [The D'Alliance] My Advice to George Bush
I know how George Bush can rescue his tanking poll numbers--take a cue from this guy profiled in today's New York Times. André Boisclair is running for a political leadership seat in Quebec, and it seems that every time he talks candidly about his "youthful indiscretions," which include wild nights of booze and cocaine, his poll numbers go up.
Something tells me this wouldn't work in Washington. Crazy Canadians.
"Campaign Rule 1: Be No More Virtuous Than the Voters," New York Times.
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