USA: Medical Marijuana Crackdown By Feds Forces Hundreds Of California Shops To Close - Marijuana.com. President Obama's puzzling silence on marijuana policy. WASHINGTON — "Dance with the One that Brought You" is the title of a well-known song.
But the Urban Dictionary offers a deeper meaning: "The principle that someone should pay proper fealty to those who have gone out of their way to look after them. " Barack Obama should pay attention. In 2008, young voters were enthused and turned out for him by the millions. But now? The campus/youth enthusiasm factor has declined sharply. There's one issue, though, that might reignite youthful enthusiasm. Today's grim reality is that police continue to arrest youth for marijuana possession by the hundreds of thousands. Small wonder then that 62 percent of young Americans (ages 18 to 29) now favor legalizing marijuana, as a Gallup poll reported.
And it's not just youth these days. A ballot measure to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana received 46.5 percent of the vote in California last year. But what about President Obama? But Obama as president has been a clear disappointment to reform forces. The Health Aspects of Cannabis. Why is Marijuana Illegal?
Countless studies have highlighted the industrial and medicinal uses of marijuana (cannabis), yet the federal government claims that it has ‘no accepted medical use’ and continues to classify it in the same category as heroin, MDMA, and PCP. Despite the ruling, the medial marijuana market is priced at around $1.7-billion — that’s almost as much as the explosive Viagra market, coming in at around $1.9 billion. Why do so many individuals suffering from disease swear by marijuana if it has no real medical use? And furthermore, were the thousands of studies on the medicinal benefits of marijuana completely incorrect? Studies have found marijuana use to be beneficial in treating multiple sclerosis, Tourette syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, brachial plexus neuropathies, insomnia, pain, memory disorders, anxiety disorders, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and many more conditions – so why is marijuana illegal?
Crystallization of Δ1-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA) synthase from Cannabis sativa. The Gene Controlling Marijuana Psychoactivity. + Author Affiliations ↵‡ To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Tel.: 81-92-642-6582; Fax: 81-92-642-6582; E-mail: taura@phar.kyushu-u.ac.jp. Abstract Δ1-Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA) synthase is the enzyme that catalyzes oxidative cyclization of cannabigerolic acid into THCA, the precursor of Δ1-tetrahydrocannabinol. We cloned a novel cDNA (GenBank™ accession number AB057805) encoding THCA synthase by reverse transcription and polymerase chain reactions from rapidly expanding leaves of Cannabis sativa. Eighteen Federal Legislators Ask Uncle Sam To Leave Marijuana Legalization Alone. Eighteen federal legislators are supporting a call for The Obama Administration to lay off recently passed marijuana legalization measures in Colorado and Washington.
Colorado Congressman Diana DeGette plans on introducing a bill that would mirror a letter that her and 17 of her colleagues signed, asking the Justice Department to respect state’s rights. “We are writing to urge federal law enforcement to consider carefully the recent decisions by the people of Colorado and Washington to legalize small amounts of marijuana for personal use by adults,” the letter reads in part. “Under the new laws, each state will establish a comprehensive regulatory scheme governing the production, sale and personal use of marijuana.
We believe that it would be a mistake for the federal government to focus enforcement action on individuals whose actions are in compliance with state law.” First map of cannabis genome reveals its drug-producing properties. A team of Canadian researchers has for the first time sequenced the genome of Cannabis sativa, the plant that produces both industrial hemp and marijuana.
In the process, they also revealed the genetic changes that led to the plant’s drug-producing properties. Jon Page, plant biochemist and adjunct professor of biology at the University of Saskatchewan, explained that a simple genetic switch is likely responsible for the production of THCA, or tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, the precursor of the active ingredient in marijuana. “The transcriptome analysis showed that the THCA synthase gene, an essential enzyme in THCA production, is turned on in marijuana, but switched off in hemp,” stated Page. Hemp lacks THCA, but does contain another, non-psychoactive substance called CBDA, or cannabidiolic acid.
Dj Tiësto & Armin van Buuren - Eternity. Body's Own Cannabinoids Are The Bliss Within. In summary, the report says the great sense of euphoria and calm that many people report experiencing after prolonged exercise ("the runner's high") is not so much governed by the endorphins as "now an emerging field of neuroscience indicates that an altogether different neurochemical system within the body and brain, the endocannabinoid system, may be responsible for that feeling" of "pure happiness, elation, a feeling of unity with one's self and/or nature, endless peacefulness," and "inner harmony.
" I have always been fascinated by how exercise and positive mood states go together. Having a master's degree in exercise physiology and cardiac rehabilitation, being a runner for 45 years, and as a rock climber with a background in Zen, I feel qualified to discuss how the endocannabinoid system can be activated by exercise and/or THC ingestion. The whole system is controlled by four players -- two bliss receptors and two bliss molecules. Why I am using the term "bliss receptor"?