Marijuana bales tossed from car during Arizona police chase

Police in Arizona have released dramatic dash-cam footage of a high speed chase in which bales of marijuana were tossed from the car being pursued.
 

The Pinal County Sheriff's Office video shows large quantities of the incriminating drug being thrown on to the road, into the path of vehicles behind it.

Two men were subsequently arrested on suspicion of marijuana trafficking.

Police said they managed to recover 17 of the jettisoned bales, but were unable to retrieve the rest which were picked up by passing motorists.

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Keith Vaz to chair UK and global drug policies conference

Leicester East MP Keith Vaz will chair a conference on UK and global drug policies on Thursday.

 

 

The discussion comes after Uruguay and Washington State recently legalised cannabis.

The Home Affairs Committee will revisit the issue of drug policies on March 12th after a major inquiry on the subject was published in December 2012.

People in Leicester were asked for their opinions on drug policies in that inquiry with around 4,500 people voting on whether cannabis should be legalised in a Leicester Mercury poll.


Keith Vaz MP

Mr Vaz said: "The Home Affairs Select Committee's inquiry on the future of the UK's drug laws in 2012 took us to the United States, Portugal and Colombia.

"It also featured Leicester, which was one of the four cities where we sought the public's views on this issue.
"4,500 people voted in a Leicester Mercury poll on whether possession of Cannabis should be legalised.

"Since that poll, Uruguay, Colorado and Washington State have all passed measures legalising cannabis, so I am sure people in Leicester, and across the UK, will be just as interested in this topic now as they were in 2012.

"I hope people will once again put forward their views before Thursday's conference, and the people of Leicester can make their voices heard."

 

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Cancer battler Karen Roberts: I'm taking medical cannabis to save my life

A GRANDMOTHER who has terminal cancer is breaking the law by taking cannabis to keep her alive.
Karen Roberts has now stopped taking all her usual medication and has instead turned to cannabis oil. And since taking it, she says her tumours have started to shrink.

The 55-year-old, of Derby, has aggressive lymph cancer and insists she does not care that what she is doing is illegal.


 Karen (pictured) lost husband Garry to leukaemia in January.

Karen said: "I'm taking this to save my life and it's obviously working.

"I don't care if it's legal or not, I have no other choice but to try whatever I can.

"Other people have been cured from taking it and that's why I've tried it. I hate taking it though, it's vile and makes me heave.

"But since taking it my tumours have shrunk – it's amazing.
"This is a huge opportunity for me. I've got nothing else to save my life. Why not give it a go?"

A cancer expert said cannabis-based drugs had showed "some promise" in tests.

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that cannabinoids inhibited glioma tumor growth in animals and in human glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)

Gliomas (tumors in the brain) are especially aggressive malignant forms of cancer, often resulting in the death of affected patients within one to two years following diagnosis. There is no cure for gliomas and most available treatments provide only minor symptomatic relief.

A review of the modern scientific literature reveals numerous preclinical studies and one pilot clinical study demonstrating cannabinoids' ability to act as antineoplastic agents, particularly on glioma cell lines.

 

Writing in the September 1998 issue of the journal FEBS Letters, investigators at Madrid's Complutense University, School of Biology, first reported that delta-9-THC induced apoptosis (programmed cell death) in glioma cells in culture.[1] Investigators followed up their initial findings in 2000, reporting that the administration of both THC and the synthetic cannabinoid agonist WIN 55,212-2 "induced a considerable regression of malignant gliomas" in animals.[2] Researchers again confirmed cannabinoids' ability to inhibit tumor growth in animals in 2003.[3]

That same year, Italian investigators at the University of Milan, Department of Pharmacology, Chemotherapy and Toxicology, reported that the non-psychoactive cannabinoid, cannabidiol (CBD), inhibited the growth of various human glioma cell lines in vivo and in vitro in a dose dependent manner. Writing in the November 2003 issue of the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Fast Forward, researchers concluded, "Non-psychoactive CBD ... produce[s] a significant anti-tumor activity both in vitro and in vivo, thus suggesting a possible application of CBD as an antineoplastic agent."[4]

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CBD Oils UK Launches New Section on Website to Cover CBD Medical Studies and News

CBD Oils UK sell highly concentrated Cannabidiol oils, extracted from hemp, for medical purposes; they have now begun to track and report of medical studies and news stories about the compound.

San Francisco, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 02/20/2015 -- Cannabidiol is one of the primary ingredients of Medicinal Cannabis which can be extracted to use as high concentrate oil. This oil can then be used to treat and prevent disease and even repair damage that the body has endured.

The compound has been found to have amazing medicinal benefits, and is now available legally for sale in its own right. CBD Oils UK is an online store that specializes in providing the best quality CBD Oils to UK customers.

They have added a new section to their website to cover news stories and studies on the benefits of CBD in a medicinal rather than recreational context.

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Stoned celebs, a nutty professor - the night that telly went to pot: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV

One solitary, sane voice spoke up during Tuesday night’s spaced out experiment, Drugs Live: Cannabis On Trial (C4).

Amid the stoned hubbub of journalists, lawyers, doctors and businessmen, one man suggested quietly that the chattering classes were not the ones at risk.

That voice belonged to a senior London policeman, retired Chief Superintendent Dal Babu. If marijuana is legalised, he said, it’s not Piers and Thomasina in Notting Hill or Hampstead who will be in danger, as they shop for joints from the drugs deli for their dinner parties.

The lives that are sacrificed will belong to young people in the poorest parts of society, already under intense pressure from drugs culture. Make cannabis legal, and for Britain’s worst-off youngsters it might as well be compulsory.

ADMIN: STOPPING THOSE IN NEED OF CANNABIS FOR THEIR MEDICAL CONDITIONS BECAUSE OF THE RECREATIONAL USE IS MADDNESS 

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Cannabis Smoke May Benefit Asthma and Lung Functions

The unique nature of cannabis is demonstrated partly by the special characteristics of its smoke. Unlike virtually all other forms of smoke, which impair lung function, cannabis smoke may actually improve it.
That being said, vaporizing cannabis is clearly the superior alternative to smoking cannabis, as it provides the medicinal compounds of marijuana without the negative side effects of smoke (such as carcinogens and other cancer-causing chemicals).

Regardless, many studies have shown that cannabis use may benefit asthma patients and enhance general lung function by acting as a bronchodilator, rather than a bronchoconstrictor. In fact, a new study in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics provides yet further evidence of how cannabinoids could help protect the lungs.

How THC and THC-V Benefit the Lungs

Using guinea pigs, the study measured the ability of cannabinoids to inhibit bronchoconstriction induced by inflammatory proteins. The cannabinoids in the study included THC, CBD, CBG, CBC, CBD-A, and THC-V. Interestingly, THC and THC-V were the only phytocannabinoids shown to inhibit contractions, with THC being stronger. The other cannabinoids had no effect, and adding CBD to THC did not enhance the latter’s effects. In the conclusion, THC was stated to have anti-inflammatory and antitussive activity, at least partially through activation of presynaptic CB1 and CB2 receptors.

THC-V is closely related to THC in chemical structure, being distinguished by its 3-carbon propyl side chain. It has no psychoactive properties, and may help a wide spectrum of disorders including Parkinson’s Disease. Interestingly, while THC activates CB1 receptors, THC-V blocks them without causing the negative effects (like nausea) associated with other antagonist-like compounds.

Remembering the Importance of THC

This study is particularly important, as it comes during a time when CBD is getting significant attention as the miracle cannabinoid. It is critical to remember that THC is therapeutically essential, and sometimes has benefits lacking in CBD. While CBD may be more powerful than THC in many cases, both are needed in varying quantities for different diseases.

Although CBD was not found to be beneficial in this study, more research will almost certainly determine it contributes to lung health in several ways. Previous articles show CBD may fight lung cancer and treat a variety of inflammatory lung diseases.

http://www.medicaljane.com/2015/03/02/cannabis-smoke-may-benefit-asthma-and-lung-functions/