exposing the 'reefer madness' of the parliament of canada 11of10 conclusions

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Exposing the Reefer

Madness of the Parliamof Canada - ConclusionsAsking all Members of Parliament if they suppending Cannabis Prohibition (by removing it froDrug Schedule) and publishing the answers.

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Conclusions - Official Party Stan

Conservative:Possession and Sales of Marijuana is a Criminal Offensehttp://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/marijuana/marijuana_legalize.html

Liberal: Marijuana should be legalized and regulatedhttp://petition.liberal.ca/end-prohibition/

Liberals understand the need to consider ending the prohibition of marijuanathe root causes of crime to see real results.http://www.liberal.ca/getting-smart-on-crime-and-cannabis/

NDP: Use of Marijuana should not be legal, but consequences of possession an

be minimized.http://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/marijuana/marijuana_legalize.html

3.1h Adopting a harm reduction approach to substance abuse and permitting

marijuana for medicinal purposes. 3.9i Decriminalizing marijuana possessionremoving its production and distribution from the control of organized crimhttp://xfer.ndp.ca/2012/2012-12-17-Email-Convention/Mtl2013_PolicyBook_E.pdf Montreal 2013 NDP Policy

Green:4.8 Ending the war on drugs: Legalize marijuana by removing mariju

drug schedule.http://www.greenparty.ca/vision-green/p4.8

Bloc: Supports decriminalizationhttp://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/marijuana/marijuana_legalize.html
http://www.greenparty.ca/vision-green/p4.8http://www.greenparty.ca/vision-green/p4.8http://xfer.ndp.ca/2012/2012-12-17-Email-Convention/Mtl2013_PolicyBook_E.pdf


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Conclusions

219 of 307 (71%) MPs have given a pustatement (as of 20 August 2014)

136 MPs have made a statement supp

continued cannabis prohibition

83 MPs have made a statement wanti

end cannabis prohibition

88 MPs have not made a public statem


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Conclusions

Its mainly conservative MPs who supprohibition

7 Conservative MPs want to end proh

Recognises the hypocrisy of prohibition

The majority of Canadians at some point in thave broken the law and smoked marijuana or

cannabis. - Gerald Keddy


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Conclusions - Supports Prohibiti

Those in opposition use the term drutrade as implying causation

Terms such as; Gateway drug, health

public safety, accessible to kids

The primarily refers to marijuana sm

but does not consider edibles or oils

juicing raw cannabis


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Regulation concern

Regardless of the form of Cannabis (drie

juiced, Oil tincture, infused), there is ndoubt that regulation would also make t

better, as it does for alcohol. When we

cannabis, we should be able to see the

percentage of THC and CBD on the labe

we should be able to know that those

percentages are correct - as we do with

alcohol.


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Known Health BenefitsCannabinoids as antioxidants andneuroprotectants

US 6630507 B1

Abstract

Cannabinoids have been found to have antioxidant properties, unrelated to NMDA

receptor antagonism. This new found property makes cannabinoids useful in the

treatment and prophylaxis of wide variety of oxidation associated diseases, such as

ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The cannabinoids are

found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting

neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the

treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's

disease and HIV dementia. Nonpsychoactive cannabinoids, such as cannabidoil, are

particularly advantageous to use because they avoid toxicity that is encountered with

psychoactive cannabinoids at high doses useful in the method of the present

invention. A particular disclosed class of cannabinoids useful as neuroprotective

antioxidants is formula (I) wherein the R group is independently selected from the

group consisting of H, CH3, and COCH

3

http://www.google.ca/patents/US6630507
http://www.google.ca/patents/US6630507http://www.google.ca/patents/US6630507


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Terminology: Cannabis

Cannabis sativaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cannabis sativais an annual herbaceous

plant in theCannabisgenus, a species of

the Cannabaceae family. People have

cultivated cannabis sativa throughoutrecorded history as a source of industrial

fibre, seed oil, food, recreation, religious and

spiritual moods, and medicine. Each part of

the plant is harvested differently, depending

on the purpose of its use.http://en.wikipedia.o
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp#Fibrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp_oilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hempnuthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_%28drug%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_cannabishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_cannabishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_and_spiritual_use_of_cannabishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp#Fibrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_and_spiritual_use_of_cannabishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_and_spiritual_use_of_cannabishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_%28drug%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_%28drug%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hempnuthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hempnuthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp_oilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp_oilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp#Fibrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorded_historyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp#Fibrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp#Fibrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorded_historyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorded_historyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabaceaehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabaceaehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis


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The term Hempis used to name the durable soft fiber from the CannabisPlant stem (stalk). Cannabis sativacultivars are used for fibers due to their

long stems; Sativa varieties may grow more than six metres tall. However,

hempcanrefer to any industrial or foodstuff product that is not intended foruse as a drug. Many countries regulate limits for psychoactive compound

(THC) concentrations in products labeled as hemp.

Hemp is valuable in tens of thousands of commercial products, especiallyas fibre[87]ranging from paper, cordage, construction material and textiles ingeneral, to clothing. Hemp is stronger and longer-lasting than cotton. It alsois a useful source of foodstuffs (hemp milk, hemp seed, hemp oil) and

biofuels. Hemp has been used by many civilizations, from China to Europe(and later North America) during the last 12,000 years.[87][88]In modern

times novel applications and improvements have been explored withmodest commercial success.[89][90]

Terminology: Hemp

Cannalongi

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The gateway drug theory(also called gateway theory, gathypothesisand gateway effect) states that the use of less

deleterious drugs can lead to a future risk of using more dan

hard drugs[1]or crime.[2]It is often attributed to the earlier use

of severallicit substances, including tobacco or alcohol, as w

cannabis.[1]

The reverse gateway theoryposits that earlier regular cann

use predicts later tobacco initiation and/or nicotine dependen

those who did not use tobacco before.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_drug_theory

Gateway Drug Theory
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Reefer MadnessReefer Madness(originally made as Tell YourChildrenand sometimes

titled as The Burning Question, Dope Addict, Doped Youthand LoveMadness) is a 1936-1939 American propaganda exploitation film revolving

around the melodramatic events that ensue when high school students arelured by pushers to try marijuana from a hit and run accident, tomanslaughter, suicide, attempted rape, and descent into madness. The film

was directed by Louis Gasnier and starred a cast composed of mostlyunknown bit actors.

Originally financed by a church group under the title Tell Your Children, thefilm was intended to be shownto parents asa morality tale attempting to

teach them about the dangers of cannabis use.[5]

However, soon after the filmwas shot, it was purchased by producer Dwain Esper, who re-cut the film fordistribution on the exploitation film circuit beginning in 1938/39 through the

40s and 50s.[5]

The film was "rediscovered" in the early 1970s and gained new life as satireamong advocates of cannabis policy reform.[5][6]Although finding a popularaudience as a cult film, critics have panned it as one of the worst films ever

made. Today, it is in the public domain in the United States.[6]

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Declaration of Human Rights for Medical AccesCannabis and Cannabinoids

According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Na

Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person (Article 3).

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-band of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necesservices, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disa

widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his con25, Paragraph 1).

Whereas this Declaration applies to everyone and all people, whereas many doctoby legal requirements from treating their patients with cannabis-based medicin

many people cannot afford access to cannabis-based drugs we thus declare tha1. Every medical doctor has the right to treat his or her patients with cannabinoid

products according to the rules of good medical care.

2. Every patient has the right to access cannabis and cannabinoids for medical tresupervised by a medical doctor, regardless of social status, standard of living o

means.

http://www.un.or

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