Medical marijuana

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anyone know if or what the 215 protocols are regarding how close someone can plant to neighbors fence line, thus causing a nuisence. also are children not allowed on premises were its being grown

Oakland welcomes more pot dispensaries
Kevin Fagan, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, January 29, 2012

Federal officials have forced the shutdown of more than 200 medical marijuana dispensaries throughout California since fall, and the state Supreme Court agreed last week to hear a case that could throw the industry into chaos - but is that discouraging the city of Oaksterdam?

Hardly.

Oakland officials are planning to issue permits for four new dispensaries in early February, doubling the number the city has already granted. The four existing cannabis shops and other pot businesses bring in about $1 million a year in fees and taxes to the deficit-hammered city, and officials are so eager for the extra cash promised by four new outlets they're practically willing to nail in the shelves themselves.

"Look, there is always the potential for a challenge from the U.S. attorney, but at the same time we have to recognize that this kind of thing (pot sales) is happening illegally anyway - so why shouldn't we manage it and make money from it that can help our city?" said City Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente, who chairs the council's economic development committee.

"We can be naive and avoid the issue," he said. "But the reality is that if we go ahead and issue the permits and make sure they (the dispensaries) are managed well, follow the rules and don't become a nuisance to their neighbors, that is in the public's interest."

Risky time

Oakland's likely expansion comes as federal prosecutors are leaning hard on pot operations to close.

The U.S. attorney in San Francisco, Melinda Haag, and her three counterparts in the state said in October that they would aggressively prosecute many marijuana dispensaries as profit-making criminal enterprises. Since then, three dispensaries in San Francisco, one in Marin County and 50 in the city of Sacramento have closed under pressure, along with about 150 others throughout California.

Last week, the San Francisco Department of Public Health took the extra step of suspending its dispensary-permit program, freezing the number of pot shops in town at 24 while city officials reassess legal issues surrounding dispensaries.

There are now about 1,000 dispensaries in the state, most of which have permits. Those without permits are usually small but still pay local taxes and fees.

Court ruling looms

Haag and her fellow prosecutors said they weren't going after patients and caregivers operating in accordance with a California law allowing marijuana cultivation and sale for medical purposes, although the federal government considers even that use illegal. Her concern, she said, is pot stores that are going beyond medical use or operating near schools or playgrounds.

"People are using the cover of medical marijuana to make extraordinary amounts of money," Haag said in October. "None is immune from action by the federal government."

California tax authorities estimate annual retail sales of medical marijuana at more than $1 billion. The state collects about $100 million a year in taxes on those sales.

Adding to the pressure is the California Supreme Court's decision Wednesday to review a Long Beach case in which an appeals court ruled that local regulations authorizing pot sales are pre-empted by federal law. The high court is expected to take up to a year to issue a decision, and if it upholds the lower court's ruling, medical marijuana will be in legal limbo.

Haag's office declined to comment on the pending dispensary expansion in Oakland. However, with the state's first cannabis university and a widely recognized cannabis-oriented district, Oaksterdam, within its borders, the city is always guaranteed to draw scrutiny.

Oakland's attitude: full steam ahead.

Most Dangerous Cities In California: Oakland Tops The List (PHOTOS)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/22/most...

Oakland named 4th most dangerous city in the US
http://www.abetteroakland.com/oakland-named-4...

Dream Ends for Oakland School Chief as State Takes Over
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/08/us/dream-en...

dumb choices wrote:

Most Dangerous Cities In California: Oakland Tops The List (PHOTOS)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/22/most...
Oakland named 4th most dangerous city in the US
http://www.abetteroakland.com/oakland-named-4...
Dream Ends for Oakland School Chief as State Takes Over
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/08/us/dream-en...

But they have a Lowes!

Closing all the dispensaries has certainly fueled the black market.

Hello people of the future who live in wonderful states which have legal pot. I am stuck here in the past in Texas and was just wondering if you guys knew how lucky you are compare to us. I've been listening to people tell me their lame reasons why pot should be illegal from 1968. Back then they would always say that they just needed more time to study it.I think that they have had enough time by now and I've heard enough of both sides giving there reasons on the debate. I must now go back to the past where so many more people like myself are stuck here to suffer in the dark ages.Good luck to you.

Surf Fink wrote:

Hello people of the future who live in wonderful states which have legal pot. I am stuck here in the past in Texas and was just wondering if you guys knew how lucky you are compare to us. I've been listening to people tell me their lame reasons why pot should be illegal from 1968. Back then they would always say that they just needed more time to study it.I think that they have had enough time by now and I've heard enough of both sides giving there reasons on the debate. I must now go back to the past where so many more people like myself are stuck here to suffer in the dark ages.Good luck to you.

Don't pack your bags just yet. The DEA have forced the closure of most of the dispensaries and are now going after all the suppliers.

Surf Fink wrote:

Hello people of the future who live in wonderful states which have legal pot. I am stuck here in the past in Texas and was just wondering if you guys knew how lucky you are compare to us. I've been listening to people tell me their lame reasons why pot should be illegal from 1968. Back then they would always say that they just needed more time to study it.I think that they have had enough time by now and I've heard enough of both sides giving there reasons on the debate. I must now go back to the past where so many more people like myself are stuck here to suffer in the dark ages.Good luck to you.

I live in New Mexico and I know how lucky I am to have medical pot. I buy it like you all by cigs and beer. I can stop at 4 places within a mile radius of my house to get some on the way home. Best Part is I buy maybe a gram or two at a time because I like variety. I will never live in an unfriendly pot state as long as I a live.

Matt wrote:

<quoted text>I live in New Mexico and I know how lucky I am to have medical pot. I buy it like you all by cigs and beer. I can stop at 4 places within a mile radius of my house to get some on the way home. Best Part is I buy maybe a gram or two at a time because I like variety. I will never live in an unfriendly pot state as long as I a live.

Who's your attorney general and sheriff?

Willits Watcher wrote:

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Because pot smoke and tobacco smoke both have the same poisons you can put marijuana at the top of the list right next to tobacco.

could you explain why your belief conflicts with the actual scientific data accumulated since the earliest recorded incident of the use of marijuana in the anointing oil used on all kings and priests in ancient Israel up to the time of the historical Jesus?

Here is an interesting article on why the secret ingredient is not calamus and why it would have killed anyone who was anointed with it IF IT WERE:

""In 1936, a little known Polish Professor, Sara Benetowa (later Sula Benet), did extensive etymological research, that both the Aramaic and Hebrew versions of the Old Testament contain references to cannabis as a fiber for rope and cloth, as well as an incense. But most importantly, Benet found that hemp was the active ingredient in the Holy anointing oil of the ancient Hebrews, to be used only in the installation of priests and kings, and in the consecration of holy items, as described in Exodus (30: 22-33).

According to Benet's research, cannabis appears in ancient Hebrew texts spelled with the Hebrew letters: Kuph, Nun, Bet, Shin, Mem, translated into western alphabetic forms as qaneh-bosm, kaneh-bosm or kineboisin. The book of Exodus records the event of Moses receiving the instructions for making and distributing the hemp enriched holy oil, in the most auspicious tones.

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Then the Lord said to Moses, "Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of qaneh-bosm, 500 shekels of cassia--all according to the sanctuary shekel--and a hind of olive oil. Make these into a sacred anointing oil.(Exodus 30: 22-33).

As one shekel equals approximately 16.37 grams, this means that the THC of over 9 pounds of flowering cannabis tops were extracted into a hind, about 6.5 liters of oil. The entheogenic effects of such a solution even when applied topically would undoubtedly have been intense.

In 1980, a wave of interest in Benet's work prompted numerous etymologists to agree with Benet's reinterpretation of the word qaneh-bosm in Exodus. That year, scholars at Jerusalem Hebrew University confirmed her work, noting that the qaneh-bosm was mistranslated in the King James version of Exodus 30:23 as calamus (Latimer, 1988). That same year, Weston La Barre also confirmed Benet's work, noting further that "the term kaneh-bosm occurs as early as both the Aramaic and the Hebrew versions of the Old Testament, hemp being used for rope in Solomon's temple and in priestly robes, as well as carried in Biblical caravans" In 1980, the slightly cynical scholar Allegro also noted that this "volatile substance in the heat of an enclosed oracular chamber would contribute to the delusion of omniscience through their intoxicating effect" (Allegro 1980).

Allegro was commenting on the practice by which the ancient Levites literally drenched themselves, their utensils and the inner chamber of the tent with the highly entheogenic holy oil, as well as burning it alongside other incenses on the altar, as a means of receiving an oracular trance in which the voice of Yahweh was heard.

Indeed, the Hebrew title Messiaha means the anointed one, and refers to the psychoactive cannabis ointment mentioned in exodus. The 'anointed ones', acting as shamans for the ancient Israelites, were in a sense the consciousness of the group or tribe. The "ideas" that came to them while they were high were heard as the voice of God, and through this 'inner voice' they guided the tribe in both war and peace. The holy anointing oil and incense was strictly used on the high-ranking members of the priestly Levites, "the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests" (Numbers 3:3).

"Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will be to a priesthood that will continue for generations to come"(Exodus 40:15).

"The high priest [is] the one among his brothers who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil of his God"(Leviticus 21:10-12)."

Benet demonstrated that the word for cannabis is kaneh-bosm, also rendered in traditional Hebrew as kaneh or kannabus. The root 'kan' in this construction means "reed" or "hemp", while bosm means "aromatic". This word appears five times in the Old Testament; in the books of Exodus, the Song of Songs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel.

The word kaneh-bosm has been mistranslated as calamus, a common marsh plant with little monetary value that does not have the qualities or value ascribed to kaneh-bosm. The error occurred in the oldest Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint in the third century BC, and was repeated in the many translations that followed.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD
IN GOD WE TRUST

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from:

http://www.oaksterdamnews.com/index.php/V3-Is...

A culture that creates insane beliefs of fear in the use of entheogens and diverts the public to the use of harmful but profitable artificial drugs shown to be truly harmful instead simply to defend hate based religions is just plain evil!

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Then the Lord said to Moses, "Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of qaneh-bosm, 500 shekels of cassia--all according to the sanctuary shekel--and a hind of olive oil. Make these into a sacred anointing oil.(Exodus 30: 22-33).

As one shekel equals approximately 16.37 grams, this means that the THC of over 9 pounds of flowering cannabis tops were extracted into a hind, about 6.5 liters of oil. The entheogenic effects of such a solution even when applied topically would undoubtedly have been intense.

In 1980, a wave of interest in Benet's work prompted numerous etymologists to agree with Benet's reinterpretation of the word qaneh-bosm in Exodus. That year, scholars at Jerusalem Hebrew University confirmed her work, noting that the qaneh-bosm was mistranslated in the King James version of Exodus 30:23 as calamus (Latimer, 1988). That same year, Weston La Barre also confirmed Benet's work, noting further that "the term kaneh-bosm occurs as early as both the Aramaic and the Hebrew versions of the Old Testament, hemp being used for rope in Solomon's temple and in priestly robes, as well as carried in Biblical caravans" In 1980, the slightly cynical scholar Allegro also noted that this "volatile substance in the heat of an enclosed oracular chamber would contribute to the delusion of omniscience through their intoxicating effect" (Allegro 1980).

Allegro was commenting on the practice by which the ancient Levites literally drenched themselves, their utensils and the inner chamber of the tent with the highly entheogenic holy oil, as well as burning it alongside other incenses on the altar, as a means of receiving an oracular trance in which the voice of Yahweh was heard.

Indeed, the Hebrew title Messiaha means the anointed one, and refers to the psychoactive cannabis ointment mentioned in exodus. The 'anointed ones', acting as shamans for the ancient Israelites, were in a sense the consciousness of the group or tribe. The "ideas" that came to them while they were high were heard as the voice of God, and through this 'inner voice' they guided the tribe in both war and peace. The holy anointing oil and incense was strictly used on the high-ranking members of the priestly Levites, "the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests" (Numbers 3:3).

"Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will be to a priesthood that will continue for generations to come"(Exodus 40:15).

"The high priest [is] the one among his brothers who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil of his God"(Leviticus 21:10-12)."

Benet demonstrated that the word for cannabis is kaneh-bosm, also rendered in traditional Hebrew as kaneh or kannabus. The root 'kan' in this construction means "reed" or "hemp", while bosm means "aromatic". This word appears five times in the Old Testament; in the books of Exodus, the Song of Songs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel.

The word kaneh-bosm has been mistranslated as calamus, a common marsh plant with little monetary value that does not have the qualities or value ascribed to kaneh-bosm. The error occurred in the oldest Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint in the third century BC, and was repeated in the many translations that followed.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD
IN GOD WE TRUST

"

from:

http://www.oaksterdamnews.com/index.php/V3-Is...

Also, if we were to accept the word as meaning calamus, we would have a concoction that would be highly toxic as the species of calamus in the mideast is far stronger than that in the US and the amount of herbal ecstasy found in such a recipe with nine pounds of calamus blossoms instead of cannibus blossoms would be fatal.

Surf Fink wrote:

Hello people of the future who live in wonderful states which have legal pot. I am stuck here in the past in Texas and was just wondering if you guys knew how lucky you are compare to us. I've been listening to people tell me their lame reasons why pot should be illegal from 1968. Back then they would always say that they just needed more time to study it.I think that they have had enough time by now and I've heard enough of both sides giving there reasons on the debate. I must now go back to the past where so many more people like myself are stuck here to suffer in the dark ages.Good luck to you.

get involved in educating the public in your state. Knowledge will lighten up the dark ages in your community!:)

When people have accurate information to go on they are able to make intelligent decisions. Today people are swept up in nut case hysteria as the religious right tries it's best to keep the lid on the valid uses of pot as a medicine!

common sense? OK
Here is some common sense.........and honesty. Many of those who obtain MJ medical certificates just enjoy getting high on MJ.
Quit insulting peoples' intelligence, and you may get some cooperation from those of us who understand the REAL truth..........and the real issues.
Child safety-too much easy access to MJ.
Control and confirmation of MJ related DUI.

here are the statistics as to various intoxicating substances and what insurance companie's statistics reveal:

"On the fence about legalizing marijuana? If so, consider this: legalizing weed could save your life. In the most comprehensive study of its kind ever conducted, the Institute for the Study of Labor has revealed in a provisional discussion paper that the legalization of medical marijuana in the United States is linked to a dramatic decrease in traffic fatalities.

Before we go any further, let's clear two things up. First: driving impaired — whether you're drunk or stoned — is always a terrible idea. Second: statistically speaking, it's been clear for a while that driving drunk is a much more dangerous move than driving while stoned.

Back in 2009, a review published in the American Journal of Addiction concluded that alcohol's detrimental effects on the performance of complex driving tasks, combined with its tendency to increase risk-taking behavior, make it significantly more dangerous than pot when it comes to driving under the influence.

Just how dangerous are we talking? A 2005 study of close to 11,000 French motor vehicle fatalities found that while rates of alcohol and cannabis intoxication in the drivers were similar (nearly 3%), ten times as many crashes were associated with alcohol as with cannabis."

from:

http://io9.com/5864321/legalizing-marijuana-c...

A lot of people have opinions based on religious fears and the deliberate lies used by these religious fundamentalists that have been used to denigrate those who find the use of marijuana to be helpful.

Here is a video showing how far the religious right has gone in dispensing misinformation about this wonderful medicine:

http://www.myspace.com/video/order-of-magnitu... #!

we all need to get informed as to the danger of false religion defending itself with misinformation. It's called theocratic warfare and it is important for all of us to be aware of what it is and how it is used.

Most drunken(alcohol)drivers feel that they can drive just fine when they are drunk...just ask them.

Your statistics confirm that there is a problem with MJ DUI.......but as of yet, there is no accurate means for LE to test for MJ DUI...on the spot.

btw, you didn't address the problem of easy child access to MJ.

Religion has absolutely nothing to do with any of this. Lay off the bong for a while. Perhaps your head will clear in a few weeks.

here is an excellent site on why pot was made illegal in the United States:

http://neweden.org/how.htm

PowerToThePeople wrote:

here is an excellent site on why pot was made illegal in the United States:
http://neweden.org/how.htm

Put down the bong.

CHRONIC SYMPTOMS OF CANNABIS PSYCHOSIS
(1) Euphoria and disinhibition

(2) Anxiety or agitation

(3) Suspiciousness or paranoid ideation

(4) Temporal slowing (a sense that time is passing very slowly, and/or the person is experiencing a rapid flow of ideas)

(5) Impaired judgement

(6) Impaired attention

(7) Impaired reaction time

(8) Auditory, visual or tactile illusions

(9) Hallucinations, with preserved orientation

(l0) depersonalization

(11) derealization

(12) Interference with personal functioning