That 'Legalize Medical Marijuana' Thing: Not a Joke

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

We suspected it; you prayed for it (especially you, hippie); now it has actually happened: the US government is no longer coming after your "medical" marijuana. Dude:

Last month our new attorney general, Eric "Will You Please Pass Me That Marijuana, So I May Enjoy It" Holder indicated that the feds would no longer go around raiding medical marijuana spots, in states where it was legal. In contrast to the Bush administrations, which loved to do that ######. And now, Holder has made his point in clear detail:

The Bush administration targeted medical marijuana distributors even in states that had passed laws allowing use of the drug for medical purposes by cancer patients, those dealing with chronic pain or other serious ailments. Holder said the priority of the new administration is to go after egregious offenders operating in violation of both federal and state law, such as those being used as fronts for drug dealers.

One might point out that most of the medical marijuana distributors are "fronts for drug dealers," in the strictest sense, but no matter. See your hippie doctors at once! Freedom!

http://gawker.com/5175153/that-legalize-me...hing-not-a-joke

[mkg265 2]

Can we start singing the Mary Poppins's song, "A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down!" but replace spoon full of sugar with bowl of weed?

[Yoink 7]

legalize in NY

[Otto 83]

Should be legal 100% not just goofy 'medical/medicinal' use, come on...who are we kidding?

We've got bigger issues than criminalizing and hunting down casual smokers and locking them away - ridiculous laws should be reformed.

~end rant

[Nagishkaw 510]

He called for his pipe, he called for his bowl. I guess we all know about old King Cole.

[Amby 490]

chronic pot smoking messes up your sleep cycle to the point where you will eventually become crazy

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

chronic pot smoking messes up your sleep cycle to the point where you will eventually become crazy

Or, just plain lazy. For me, it was hard to study and get stoned at the same time.

[Amby 490]

chronic pot smoking messes up your sleep cycle to the point where you will eventually become crazy

Or, just plain lazy. For me, it was hard to study and get stoned at the same time.

HAL will probably know about it more than me. Something in it makes you not be able to go into a certain sleep cycle. Without that sleep cycle you continually wake up just as tired as when you went to sleep. I forget all the details.

[HAL 9000 96]

chronic pot smoking messes up your sleep cycle to the point where you will eventually become crazy

Or, just plain lazy. For me, it was hard to study and get stoned at the same time.

HAL will probably know about it more than me. Something in it makes you not be able to go into a certain sleep cycle. Without that sleep cycle you continually wake up just as tired as when you went to sleep. I forget all the details.

One of long term exposure to THCs is in disturbing the Circadian Rhythm. Just anterior to the hypothalamus. THC binds to several plasma membrane receptors that mimick opioid responses... and this by itself sends the suprachiasmatic nucleus (where the Circadian Rhythm funcions) into misfiring.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

chronic pot smoking messes up your sleep cycle to the point where you will eventually become crazy

Or, just plain lazy. For me, it was hard to study and get stoned at the same time.

HAL will probably know about it more than me. Something in it makes you not be able to go into a certain sleep cycle. Without that sleep cycle you continually wake up just as tired as when you went to sleep. I forget all the details.

One of long term exposure to THCs is in disturbing the Circadian Rhythm. Just anterior to the hypothalamus. THC binds to several plasma membrane receptors that mimick opioid responses... and this by itself sends the suprachiasmatic nucleus (where the Circadian Rhythm funcions) into misfiring.

[Otto 83]

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Edited March 19, 2009 by Karin und Otto

[Amby 490]

chronic pot smoking messes up your sleep cycle to the point where you will eventually become crazy

Or, just plain lazy. For me, it was hard to study and get stoned at the same time.

HAL will probably know about it more than me. Something in it makes you not be able to go into a certain sleep cycle. Without that sleep cycle you continually wake up just as tired as when you went to sleep. I forget all the details.

One of long term exposure to THCs is in disturbing the Circadian Rhythm. Just anterior to the hypothalamus. THC binds to several plasma membrane receptors that mimick opioid responses... and this by itself sends the suprachiasmatic nucleus (where the Circadian Rhythm funcions) into misfiring.

my explanation probably makes more sense to most everyone else

chronic pot smoking messes up your sleep cycle to the point where you will eventually become crazy

Or, just plain lazy. For me, it was hard to study and get stoned at the same time.

HAL will probably know about it more than me. Something in it makes you not be able to go into a certain sleep cycle. Without that sleep cycle you continually wake up just as tired as when you went to sleep. I forget all the details.

One of long term exposure to THCs is in disturbing the Circadian Rhythm. Just anterior to the hypothalamus. THC binds to several plasma membrane receptors that mimick opioid responses... and this by itself sends the suprachiasmatic nucleus (where the Circadian Rhythm funcions) into misfiring.

yeah I was right

[HAL 9000 96]

chronic pot smoking messes up your sleep cycle to the point where you will eventually become crazy

Or, just plain lazy. For me, it was hard to study and get stoned at the same time.

HAL will probably know about it more than me. Something in it makes you not be able to go into a certain sleep cycle. Without that sleep cycle you continually wake up just as tired as when you went to sleep. I forget all the details.

One of long term exposure to THCs is in disturbing the Circadian Rhythm. Just anterior to the hypothalamus. THC binds to several plasma membrane receptors that mimick opioid responses... and this by itself sends the suprachiasmatic nucleus (where the Circadian Rhythm funcions) into misfiring.

Quick image:

[Otto 83]

chronic pot smoking messes up your sleep cycle to the point where you will eventually become crazy

Same can be said of alcohol (Korsakoff Syndrome for example)... yet can buy it at any 7-11...

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I'm all for it. Legalize it and tax the ####### out of it like they do with cigarettes.