Lumír Ondřej Hanuš, (left) discoverer of the endogenous ligand, anandamide, from the brain (1992) and Raphael Mechoulam, (right) discoverer of the psychoactive compound, THC, from Cannabis sativa (1964). Both compounds bind to the CB1 and 2 cannabinoid receptors in the brain. These two men need to be nominated and awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering the healing potential of cannabis. . . . → Read More: How To Drive A Giant Hole In The War On Cannabis
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Medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) on Thursday filed an appeal brief in the D.C. Circuit to compel the federal government to reclassify marijuana for medical use. In July 2011, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) denied a petition filed in 2002 by the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis (CRC), which was denied only after the coalition sued the government for unreasonable delay. The ASA brief filed on January . . . → Read More: Americans for Safe Access Sues to Reclassify Cannabis Since I’ve been posting things related to our food supply today, this video seems appropriate. Here’s the description posted with it at YouTube. TEDxManhattan 2011 Fellow Stefani Bardin created a video that was shown at TEDxManhattan about her latest “smartpill” project on processed and unprocessed food. Stefani is producing a body of work that explores the influence of corporate culture and industrial food production on our food system. These investigations take the . . . → Read More: A Fantastic Voyage Through Your Digestive Tract For those of you who, like me, would rather not consume pesticides or genetically engineered foods, gardening and seed-saving are among our best options. I subscribe to several blogs relevant to the subject, and the video below came across one of them this morning. It’s a short presentation about saving seeds and how to go about choosing the best varieties for developing strains that fit your particular climate. I’ve been . . . → Read More: Video: Vegetable Seed Saving Techniques It’s bad enough we’re all eating genetically modified corn and soy products (and who knows how many others), and it’s even worse that Monsanto’s carcinogenic herbicide, Roundup, is still readily available to any schmuck who hates dandelions more than he loves clean water, but now Dow is getting in on the act, trying to push through approval of it’s new corn variety, genetically engineered to resist both Monsanto’s Roundup . . . → Read More: Choosing Between Two Poisons Is Like Choosing Between Two Corrupt Political Parties. It’s Really No Choice At All I came across the following article, posted at Global Research this morning, and it reminded me of my own experience in our nation’s (or, I should say, North Carolina’s) public education system many years ago. I was never a great student. My grades were all over the chart, and spiraled downward the longer I stayed in school. It wasn’t because I was stupid or incompetent, nor was it due to . . . → Read More: The Continuing Failure of the American Educational System I don’t normally repost pleas for money from members of Congress, but Dennis Kucinch is a Congressman we need, no matter where you live. I’ve followed Rep. Kucinich’s work in the House for about ten years now, and though I haven’t always agreed with his positions, I have the deepest respect for his integrity. I once heard someone justify voting for North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms, saying that like him . . . → Read More: Don’t Let Dennis Get Gerrymandered Out of Office |
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