Big Pharm does not seem to want much investigation into anything that isn't synthetically produced does it? Wasn't it the Rockefeller's and the Carnegie's that started pushing modern medicine/pills that buried the apothecary?
My mother grew up on a road called "Hemp Patch", and no, that is not what is wrong with me:) I'm with you on decriminalization and I don't believe in the gateway theory either. seems like everyone I knew at one time had a pocket full of vicodin! made me TOO sleepy.. here is a site for that opiate of the masses...luv: http://www.oxytocin.org/oxytoc/love-science.html On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 1:50 PM, ornamentalmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > "…Think it will legalize?" – CB > > It is quite difficult to tell. Not in the near future would be my > guess. It is a very complex situation. As a kid, I heard about the > green gel that could be purchased OTC that was mostly hash. Of course, > Coke used to have real coke in it. The snake oils of the past were > quite often even more addictive than much on the market today. The > current 'drugs' that are most addictive fall in the sweetener > categories. I'm leaving out the obvious things like cigs, alcohol and > the illegal drugs along with the 'legal' prescribed drugs. > > I would guess that most of you have seen 'Reefer Madness'? Woody > Harrelson's movie 'Grass' is a great view of the history in the US. > http://worldfilm.about.com/library/00nowplaying/blgrass.htm > http://www.sphinxproductions.com/pages/film_grass.html > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0214730/ > > He appears in a new movie about the topic too: > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417750/ > > Over the decades, along with a large group of people in the US, my > view is that at the very least this plant should be decriminalized. I > won't go into all of the great uses for hemp but will say that it used > to be a major part of the US economy and should still be. My dad owned > a house out on the tip of Big Pine Island where there used to be a > large hemp farm. Just the other day, I had some hempmilk. The clothing > would rival many other companies. Of course, the drug itself would fly > in the face of the FDA and AMA. Since apothecaries were banned in the > US, such things have been regulated by the powerful for money and > power reasons rather than the public good overall. > > Even though the government remains a major obstacle, the general > public is beginning to come around. (read: old farts are dying out) > > > On Nov 11, 8:10 am, CrossBow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Marijuana was listed in the United States Pharmacopoeia from 1850 > > until 1942 and was prescribed for various conditions including labor > > pains, nausea, and rheumatism. > > > > http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=40921&source=newsletter > > > > Think it will legalize? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
