Breaking Down the Medicinal Value of Sativas

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In today’s age of medical marijuana, government propaganda is all but dead. The more you know about your medicine, the more effective it can be.
By Greg Green

The scientific evidence for the medicinal value of cannabis is so well documented in the peer-reviewed literature that the case for cannabis as medicine is now firmly established. As a result, if someone says that cannabis medicine is a joke, the proper 21st century reply is: “You are welcome to your unsupported opinion, but the scientific evidence for cannabis as medicine is overwhelming.” Referring that person to Google Scholar – a database of scientific, peer-reviewed articles that constitutes the best reference for anyone ignorant on this subject – will return over 50,000 peer-reviewed articles alone. The first couple hundred scientific papers address the topic directly. All of them confirm that, yes, cannabis is a medicine. For the naysayers, it is simply game over.

Cannabis Types
These days, we are more concerned with how cannabis works as medicine and what the various treatment types and options are. Also, many medical users wish to be fully self-sufficient; this means not obtaining their medical marijuana by any other means except cultivating and preparing it themselves. For many first-time users, however, questions arise with respect to which type of cannabis they need to grow. To answer that question, we must first understand that cannabis is a genus of its own in the plant kingdom. Its taxonomic nomenclature (or scientific name) is actually Cannabis sativa L., which (confusingly enough, for newcomers) has three distinct species: Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica and Cannabis ruderalis.
However, there are really only two types to choose from when growing cannabis for medicine, indica or sativa (ruderalis is a hardy, hempy, low-potency species not typically grown for ingestion), and both are grown quite differently and with different results. So the medical user must first decide which type is going to be more beneficial. Fortunately, they don’t really have to become an expert on the ins and outs of cannabis botany or biochemistry to find the right type for them: Simply sampling both – and different varieties of each – can be enough. Many medical marijuana outlets have plenty of samples to choose from, so when the medical user finds the strain they need, they can then begin to examine their self-sufficiency options with that strain, assuming it’s available in seed or clone form.


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HIGHTIMES AND CURREN$Y FREE GIVE AWAY!

11:22 AM | Posted by TheHollandCompassionClub | Edit Post


One of HIGH TIMES' favorite artists, Curren$y, is giving away two 50 packs of Raw Papers (a $300 retail value). But that's not all! One lucky fan will also receive a signed deluxe album package featuring Curren$y’s forthcoming album,The Stoned Immaculate. The deluxe package includes a signed CD, a t-shirt, and a signed Limited Edition Curren$y / Raw rolling tray.
To enter, simply post to Facebook or tweet: “I’ve entered the @Currensy_Spitta x @High_Times_Mag #StonedImmaculate contest.” It's that easy. You have four weeks to enter. One fan will be selected and receive the deluxe gift package. 
Enter today!
And don't forget to pre-order Curren$y's upcoming album The Stoned Immaculate - coming June 5th.
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Parole absconder from Chicago charged in Holland drive-by shooting

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OTTAWA COUNTY, MI-- A 22-year-old Chicago man arrested Wednesday on a warrant from Illinois now faces charges in West Michigan after police say he was involved in a drive-by shooting in Holland last month.
Ladale Antonio Brassel was taken into custody Wednesday for being a parole absconder and was found to be in possession of marijuana.
Further investigation showed Brassel was involved with a March 20 drive-by shooting in the 100 block of East 21st Street.
Police responded at about 9:25 p.m. that day after witnesses said at least 7 rounds were fired from a gray minivan into a group of people standing in front of a residence. No one was struck or injured.
Brassel faces charges in Ottawa County of being a felon in possession of a firearm and discharging a firearm from a vehicle.
Police say an argument that occurred the night before the shooting was likely a motivating factor, but specifics of the disagreement are not clear because of a lack of cooperation from those present.
Brassel remains lodged in the Ottawa County jail on a $102,000 cash bond.
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WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE EARTHS STRONGEST STRAINS COME TO MICHIGAN!

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HIGH TIMES PRESENTS

Earth’s Strongest Strains - May 2012

After implementing our new Cannabis Cup scoring system in April 2011 - which utilizes lab testing as part of the equation - and after four trial runs in cities around the world including San Francisco, Denver and Amsterdam, we figured we had a pretty good hold on exactly which strains are the most potent on the planet. 
In the May 2012 issue of HIGH TIMES Nico Escondido provides the list of the world's strongest sativas, indicas and hybrids – HT certified and lab tested at more than 20% THC. 
For the full list of the world's strongest strains, pick up the May 2012 issue of HIGH TIMES Magazine – on newsstands now! 
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Sloppy law snags another medical pot user

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One of this column's cardinal principles is that the people who make Michigan's laws should be held accountable when their work is substandard -- even when the lawmakers in question are the people themselves. And so, on behalf of the 3 million other voters who joined with me to adopt the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act of 2008, I'd like to apologize to medical marijuana users who mistakenly believed the law would protect them from criminal prosecution. In practice, of course, it has done nothing of the sort. And while a good deal of the blame lies with sanctimonious politicians who were determined from the get-go to undermine the medical marijuana law, those of us who supported this sloppily drafted public initiative also bear a share of the responsibility. The latest medical marijuana user to learn firsthand just how badly those who wrote the MMMA botched the job is one Rodney Lee Koon. The 50-year-old Koon was doing 83 m.p.h. in a 55-m.p.h. zone when police in Grand Traverse County pulled him over and discovered, via a blood test, that he had THC -- the chemical compound found in marijuana -- in his system. Although no one contended that Koon was discernibly impaired, Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Alan Schneider charged him under the zero-tolerance provision of Michigan's impaired driving statute, which forbids motorists with even a trace amount of THC in their bloodstreams from operating a motor vehicle. The 0% test Koon, a registered medical marijuana user whose physician had prescribed therapeutic doses of the drug to alleviate pain and nausea arising from a closed head injury, seemed exactly the sort of patient Michigan voters had sought to immunize from prosecution when they approved the MMMA by a lopsided margin. A district court judge dismissed the charge against him, arguing that his registration as a medical marijuana patient precluded his prosecution unless prosecutors could prove that he was actually affected by the amount of marijuana he admitted to smoking five or six hours before his traffic stop. But this week, in a unanimous decision reinstating the criminal charge against Koon, three Michigan Court of Appeals judges noted that the MMMA explicitly allows for prosecution of medical marijuana users who drive "under the influence" of the drug. If voters intended "under the influence" to mean something more lenient than the zero-tolerance standard prescribed by state legislators, the judges agreed, they should have adopted a law that explicitly said so. So shame on us for approving language that afforded opponents of medical marijuana --including Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, whose office submitted a brief supporting the reinstatement of criminal charges against Koon -- such an irresistible opening to subvert our good intentions. A public safety issue? Of course, the Court of Appeals' conclusion that nothing in the MMMA specifically forbids Koon's prosecution doesn't make that prosecution good public policy. If police who interrogated Koon observed nothing to indicate he was impaired, I asked prosecutor Schneider on Wednesday, why throw the book at him? "To me, it's a public safety issue," the prosecutor replied. Determining when a person is medically impaired by marijuana is tricky, he conceded; "there just isn't a lot of good scientific literature." But he said that Michigan is among a majority of states that make driving with any trace of THC in one's bloodstream a crime, and that's good enough for him. "The limit for alcohol is .08," he noted. "A seasoned alcoholic with a high tolerance may not really be impaired at 1.0 -- but I'm still going to charge him." But people who drink know that, as a rule, they can metabolize one serving of alcohol in about an hour. How long after using medical marijuana, I asked Schneider, should a registered user wait before getting behind the wheel? "I don't know what the time period is," the prosecutor conceded. "People are going to have to figure that out for themselves." Contact Brian Dickerson: 313-222-6584 or bdickerson@freepress.com
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CLASSIC GROW FILM! EVERY GROWER MUST SEE!!

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High Times Presents Jorge Cervantes
ULTIMATE GROW
Now, for the first time the world's ultimate ganja guide brings his expertise to this instructional DVD - taking you step-by-step from seeds and clones to harvest in the high style.
Jorge Cervantes has sold over 500,000 copies of his Indoor Marijuana Horticulture book and now that bible will be televised. Filmed on location in Vancouver, BC this new 90-minute DVD teaches you everything you need to know about growing your own pot.



High Times Presents
Jorge Cervantes
ULTIMATE GROW
DVD 1




High Times Presents Jorge Cervantes
ULTIMATE GROW 2

In his first DVD international ganja guide Jorge Cervantes taught you everything you need to know to go from seed to harvest. This time, the best-selling author of Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible takes you on a garden tour of his home country, Spain. You'll grow indoors, outdoors, hydroponically---and even plant a guerilla garden hidden deep in the Spanish countryside. Filled with the common-sense advice found in his monthly column in HIGH TIMES, Jorge's newest effort clearly explains how experts and beginners alike can get started, get growing and yield huge amounts of marijuana---no matter where you are or how you're growing.

High Times Presents
Jorge Cervantes
ULTIMATE GROW
DVD2




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