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Posted by norml on Friday, October 09 2009 (779 reads)
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 New Zealand police have begun roadside drug-driving tests. If an officer says a driver has failed a "walk the line"-type coordination test, any trace of THC in the blood will be enough for arrest and conviction. Officials had justified the new regime by saying delta-9-THC, the primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, was only in the blood while users were high.
However a new study from the USA shows trace levels of THC may be identifiable in the blood of heavy cannabis users for up to seven days after their drug use has ceased, according to clinical trial data to be published in the journal Addiction.
The new roadside drug driving tests will therefore result in the unjust arrest of drivers simply because they have residual traces of THC in their blood, rather than them being actually impaired while driving.
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Posted by norml on Tuesday, May 27 2008 (2957 reads)
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braindead writes:
"Recent weeks have seen a rash of new studies of marijuana hitting the mass media, generating scary headlines like "Smoking Pot Rots Your Gums," "Cannabis Bigger Cancer Risk Than Cigarettes" and "Pot Withdrawal Similar to Quitting Cigarettes. Most of this coverage can be boiled down to a fairly simple equation:
Flawed science + uncritical reporting = misinformation.
Discover the truth at: http://www.alternet.org/story/76496/"
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Posted by norml on Friday, November 30 2007 (3595 reads)
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NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008. BY JONATHAN RENNIE
Inhalation of cannabis
provides optimal dose
delivery due to its rapid action
and easy titration. However
this usually requires smoking,
which raises separate health
issues. This can be overcome
by the use of vapourisers,
which allow lung delivery
without smoking. Moreover,
it should be noted that
especially for those suffering
from terminal illnesses, the
cumulative damage caused by
smoking is of minor concern.
It would seem pernicious
to deprive them of relief in
deference to anti-smoking
sentiment.
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Read More (3958 bytes) | | NORML News | Score: 4
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Posted by norml on Friday, November 30 2007 (3141 reads)
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NORML NEWS SUMMER 2008. BY PAULY PAUL.
Amsterdam, mecca to ganga worshippers, world capital of sin and
the crossroads of Europe. Many avid followers of marijuana culture
will make the pilgrimage to the Dam, and I am no exception. It did not
disappoint. In fact it far exceeded expectations!
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Read More (10938 bytes) | | NORML News | Score: 5
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Posted by norml on Thursday, July 26 2007 (4468 reads)
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NORML News, Winter 2007
NORML’s roaming reporter Mils Rathburn recently
explored the ganja culture in sunny Jamaica.
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Posted by norml on Monday, July 23 2007 (3691 reads)
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Norml News Winter 2007
Blimey, what a wet winter we’re
having this year. Last year it was
weirdly cold around our ways and now
it’s extraordinarily wet. Never mind - at
least we can turn on the sun in our private
sanctuary of blooming stonedness.
Grow rooms and cupboards generally do
well in cooler temperatures, as it’s easier
to heat a garden rather than cool it down. If
your sub tropical haven is running too cold,
the easiest way to warm it back up is by
reducing the air fl ow through there. Either
put the extractor fan on a timer to only
come on periodically, or for the more techno
oriented grower it’s not too hard to wire a
dimmer switch into the fan lead. This way
you’re using the heat your light(s) generate.
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Read More (6895 bytes) | | NORML News | Score: 4
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Posted by norml on Tuesday, May 08 2007 (3137 reads)
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braindead writes:
"New landmark research finds that alcohol and tobacco are more dangerous than some illegal drugs like marijuana or Ecstasy and should be classified as such in legal systems, according to a new British study."
Note: Source: http://cbs3.com
(© 2007 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Read More (3829 bytes) | | Cannabis Research | Score: 3.5
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Posted by norml on Tuesday, May 01 2007 (3158 reads)
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braindead writes:
"New York, NY: Experienced marijuana users perform tasks as accurately after having smoked cannabis as they do sober, according to clinical trial data published in the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology."
Note: www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7271
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Posted by norml on Sunday, May 28 2006 (4632 reads)
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Washington Post, Fri, 26 May 2006
The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer.
The new findings "were against our expectations," said Donald Tashkin of the University of California at Los Angeles, a pulmonologist who has studied marijuana for 30 years.
"We hypothesized that there would be a positive association between marijuana use and lung cancer, and that the association would be more positive with heavier use," he said. "What we found instead was no association at all, and even a suggestion of some protective effect."
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Posted by norml on Wednesday, December 14 2005 (6141 reads)
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MONTREAL, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A McGill University study suggests a new
anti-depressant drug works by raising levels of endocannabinoids -- similar
to a substance found in marijuana.
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Posted by drstuey on Tuesday, October 18 2005 (5891 reads)
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By STEVE MITCHELL, Senior Medical Correspondent, United Press International
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Marijuana is less carcinogenic than tobacco smoke and may even have some anti-cancer properties, new research suggests.
Robert Melamede, chair of biology at the University of Colorado in Boulder, reviewed studies of the illicit drug and published his findings in the Oct. 17 issue of Harm Reduction Journal.
Note: Newshawk: mildgreens
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Read More (5624 bytes) | | Cannabis Research | Score: 4.3
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Posted by drstuey on Wednesday, October 12 2005 (5136 reads)
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Some unfinished research into the health effects of cannabis on the lungs has hit the headlines this week. Prohibitionists have said the research shows that cannabis is worse than tobacco and that pot could be the reason why Maori have a high rate of lung cancer.
NORML say don't believe the hype. Another unpublished study, by a team led by Dr Donald Tashken of UCLA, has found that marijuana smokers have lower rates of cancer than tobacco smokers and even non-smokers. Coming from Tashken, this is particularly remarkable as his previous studies that found marijuana smoke damages lung tissue are commonly cited by anti-drug types in support of harsh drug laws. In fact, Tashken's earlier papers are cited by Richard Beasley in his paper that purports to find an increase in cancer rates.
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Read More (10457 bytes) | | Cannabis Research | Score: 5
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Posted by drstuey on Wednesday, September 14 2005 (4725 reads)
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TV3's Thursday Doco: Cannabis - What Teenagers Need To Know
8.30 pm, Thursday 15th September, TV3
TV3's Thursday Doco explores the latest scientific research on the effects of cannabis on the human mind. Presumably it will feature the research from Christchurch and Dunedin that showed that there is a higher risk of developing mental health problems if you use cannabis heavily when you are very young.
Presumably though, it will overstate the risk and make out that this research shows that there should be no law reform, rather than pointing out that the current law does not prevent early teenage use, and that research shows law reform is not associated with increased use. NORML thinks cannabis should be R18 and regulated in a similar way as alcohol and tobacco.
What did you think of the program? Have your say in our forum (registration required).
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Posted by norml on Sunday, July 17 2005 (7717 reads)
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The DominionPost, 18 July 2005
By CHALPAT SONTI
Tim Shadbolt rues the increasing popularity of cannabis - all it has done is increase the price for other users such as himself.
The Invercargill mayor's observation is one of many from prominent people in a three-part television documentary examining the history of New Zealand's illicit drug scene.
High Times, the brainchild of director and researcher David Herkt, starts with the arrest of Anna Hoffman for selling marijuana to an undercover policeman in Auckland about 1960. It was the first such arrest in New Zealand.
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Read More (3457 bytes) | | Pot Culture | Score: 4.12
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Posted by norml on Friday, July 01 2005 (4736 reads)
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NORML News, Winter 2004
Even heavy longterm smoking of cannabis is not associated cancer of the lung, upper airwaves, or esophagus, according to a case-control
study by Dr. Donald Tashken presented to the annual conference of the International Cannabinoid Research Society.
Coming from Tashkin, this conclusion had
extra significance. Over the years, Tashkin’s
lab at UCLA has produced evidence of the
damage that marijuana smoke wreaks on
bronchial tissue. It is Tashkin’s research that
drug warriors often cite in trying to link
marijuana to lung cancer. Tashkin himself
has long believed in a causal relationship.
“Our major hypothesis,” he told the ICRS,
“was that heavy, longterm use of marijuana
will increase the risk of lung and upperairwaves
cancers.”
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Read More (2222 bytes) | | NORML News | Score: 4.25
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Posted by norml on Monday, May 02 2005 (4439 reads)
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Drivers who regularly use cannabis are at high risk of causing a serious crash, but not because they have just smoked a joint, a study has found.
The Auckland University study of more than 1000 drivers found that habitual users - who on average smoked at least once a week - had a nearly 10-fold higher risk of having a serious crash.
Drivers who had smoked a joint within the last three hours initially appeared to be at increased risk too, but this link disappeared when factors such as their alcohol consumption and driving speed were taken into account.
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Read More (5326 bytes) | | Cannabis Research | Score: 5
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Posted by norml on Sunday, May 01 2005 (4548 reads)
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A study, by Dutch researchers of a group of New Zealand teens has claimed to find an increased risk of developing schizophrenia among those who used cannabis, however the result was based on just three people.
The study of 759 people born in Dunedin in 1972-3 claimed to have found a 10 percent higher chance of suffering the symptoms of schizophrenia among those who had smoked cannabis three or more times by the age of fifteen, compared to those who had not. Only 29 of the sample of 759 had used cannabis three times or more by the age of fifteen, and just three went on to suffer symptoms. None were actually diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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Read More (2257 bytes) | | NORML News | Score: 5
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Posted by norml on Sunday, May 01 2005 (3813 reads)
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Recent coverage of a Christchurch study linking heavy cannabis use with increased risk of developing psychosis showed that for many in the media, reporting on a study does not include reading the research itself.
IN THE CLASSIC reefer madness style that we have become accustomed to, newspapers around the world recently featured headlines such as “ Drug doubles mental health risk” (BBC), “Marijuana increases risk of psychosis” (Washington Post) and “Marijuana users more likely to be paranoid” (The Press).
The actual results are not so definitive, and the researcher in question believes that “it is probably no longer possible to sustain prohibition.”
So what is the truth behind the headlines?
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Posted by norml on Friday, April 29 2005 (5704 reads)
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Press release: Green Party
29 April 2005
A new study that warns that some people are genetically predisposed to later psychosis if they use cannabis at a young age reinforces the need for an age limit on the drug, which is impossible under the current legal regime, says Green MP Nandor Tanczos.
The research, an extension of Otago University's 30-year 'Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study', found some 15 percent of those with the relevant gene develop cannabis-related psychosis, but only if they use it as teens.
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Posted by norml on Tuesday, April 19 2005 (4839 reads)
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MrZippy writes:
" * 26 March 2005
* NewScientist.com news service
* Graham Lawton
AT THE end of Jim van Os's street in the pleasant Dutch city of Maastricht there is a coffee shop. As with many such establishments in the Netherlands, "coffee shop" is something of a euphemism: most of its customers go there not to drink coffee but to buy and smoke dope. Van Os isn't too keen on the place. He doesn't like the shady characters it attracts. He doesn't like the fact that his children have to walk past it. And most of all he doesn't like that fact that the place breaks the law and sells marijuana to under-18s."
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