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medicinal cannabis users relying on anonymous 'green fairies' to donate free products

a great grandmother who relies on medicinal cannabis to ease her pain from rheumatoid arthritis, is grateful to those dubbed 'green fairies' who drop her supply in the letterbox at no cost.

Pearl schomburg has cannabis, cannabinoid oil and balm dropped outside her home regularly which she says she couldn't afford on her benefit.

The 63-year-old relies on the deeds of 'green fairies' for pain relief and since using cannabinoid products for three months, she has not taken any of her 12 prescribed pharmaceutical medicines, half of which she was taking to relieve side effects caused by the medications.
Medicinal cannabis user, pearl schomburg, is advocating for users and suppliers to no longer be arrested

the 63-year-old grandmother has her cannabis products donated by ‘green fairies’ who magically leave items in her letterbox.

She says there is very rarely money exchanged between 'fairies' and those using cannabis as a means of medicine. She believes suppliers do it to help sufferers.

Ms schomburg is advocating for police to stop arresting users and their suppliers.

But, she worries for those suffering from terminal illnesses or chronic pain that don't have access to these contacts.

She is campaigning for a moratorium on arresting medicinal cannabis users, growers, suppliers and transporters.

When contacted, a police spokesperson said they "will not be offering comment on the moratorium being advocated for".

"the role of police is to enforce the law and the police approach to cannabis has not changed.

"police officers do however have discretion on how they deal with a range of matters, including cannabis offences, on a case by case basis."

duty of care

ms schomburg says it is her duty to look after 'fairies' supplying her with illegal products.

"if people like me don't keep these people safe, i can't use this medicine," she says.

Ms schomburg has contacted police commissioner mike bush asking him abolish laws that allow police to use their personal discretion when arresting cannabis users or possessors - but his department told her they don't have the power to do so.

Ms schomburg recently protested in the 'stop the arrests' nationwide demonstrations, led by rose renton, advocating for new zealand police to end cannabis-related arrests.

Ms renton recently helped deliver a petition with over 17,000 signatures to parliament, calling for medicinal marijuana products to be made available.

- by 1 news now reporter madison reidy.
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:hmmmm: For some reason, it converted all the caps to lower case in the last post???
 
Here's a very interesting recent research by the NIH on the human cannabinoid (CB1) receptor. It's worthy to note that this study was actually funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which is traditionally is not a supporter of cannabis for medical (or any other!) use.

Here are the highlights and summary of the research:

[h=2]Highlights[/h]
  • •AM6538 is presented as a stabilizing, tight binding antagonist of CB1
  • •Crystal structure of human CB1 in complex with AM6538 is determined
  • •Molecular docking predicts CB1 binding modes of THC and synthetic cannabinoids
  • •Resolution of the binding pocket provides path for rational CB1 drug design

[h=2]Summary[/h]Cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) is the principal target of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a psychoactive chemical from Cannabis sativa with a wide range of therapeutic applications and a long history of recreational use. CB1 is activated by endocannabinoids and is a promising therapeutic target for pain management, inflammation, obesity, and substance abuse disorders. Here, we present the 2.8 Ã… crystal structure of human CB1 in complex with AM6538, a stabilizing antagonist, synthesized and characterized for this structural study. The structure of the CB1-AM6538 complex reveals key features of the receptor and critical interactions for antagonist binding. In combination with functional studies and molecular modeling, the structure provides insight into the binding mode of naturally occurring CB1 ligands, such as THC, and synthetic cannabinoids. This enhances our understanding of the molecular basis for the physiological functions of CB1 and provides new opportunities for the design of next-generation CB1-targeting pharmaceuticals.
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NOTE: The last line in the summary is all about being able to create new pharmaceuticals!!! :thedoubletake: The idiots, with all their degrees, still won't acknowledge the value of the plant!

Full text of the research can be found here:

Crystal Structure of the Human Cannabinoid Receptor CB1
 
One more for tonight...

Why should we grow our own med's???

Steep Hill Report Finds 84% of Cannabis Tainted with Pesticides

According to a report from Steep Hill Labs, about 84 percent of medical cannabis samples tested by the lab over a 30-day period tested positive for pesticide residues, the company said in a press release. Of “paramount concern” is the presence of Myclobutinal, which was found in excess of 65 percent in all samples. Myclobutinal is listed as a “general use pesticide” and is typically sprayed on grapes, strawberries and almonds, however when the chemical is heated it converts into Hydrogen Cyanide — a Schedule 3 substance under the Chemical Weapons Convention.

During the 30-day period ending on Oct. 10, Steep Hill tested and reported pesticides in over 84 percent of cannabis, which would have failed under Oregon’s pesticide regulations.

Jmichaele Keller, president and CEO of Steep Hill, said that most cannabis consumers are not given correct data and that the cannabis they are consuming might not be safe.

“…smoking a joint of pesticide-contaminated cannabis could potentially expose the body to lethal chemicals,” he said in the release. “As a community, we need to address this issue immediately and not wait until 2018.”

Don Land, chief scientific consultant for Steep Hill, said knowing this problem before California voters go to the polls next month is important because the industry has proven to be “responsive and responsible.”

“When we introduced our accurate residual solvent test for concentrates in 2013, almost everybody had contamination in their products, at first. Now, just a couple of years later, almost nobody fails,” he said. “Our solutions helped the industry become responsible.”
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That's very disheartening to read. You'd think ethics and concern for the consumer would have come into play. So much profit to be made people lose sight of the bigger picture. Bad karma to be sending out into the universe. Thank God we grow our own.

Thank you K. :hugs:
 
I did alittle read on that one. Eagle is one commonly used. I used it once along time back for PM. But I sprayed mine withing the first week in flower. Washing woodn't do any good on these things, It's a symmetric fungicide. Meaning it permeates the plant and sticks around awhile. 3 weeks it dissipates to a safe level or as safe as can be using the big guns. 4 weeks to be safe. I read an article about ? China? did a study on the Eagle using tobacco plants, and showed no harmful values at 21 days.
But it is shocking just how many gardens they have 'on hold' or fungicides like the Eagle and miticides like Forbid and Advid. The amount of money that's on the line with these peoples,,,,,,,you figure they wood have the grows dialed in, and know they will have tainted product if they used it way late in. Closed systems, filtered air intakes, and a somewhat clean growing habits. What a grow room I could make if I had some real bucks to invest. A big greenhouse with light depravation. You know I could see one or two grows showing dirty but there is one outfit in Co. has 450 gardens on 'hold'. And alot here in Oregon too. But now that we have some weight in the legal part about marijuana, they are going to have to get better guild lines on this problem of sprays. Everything is bad for you if it's on what we smoke. Hell the air is bad for you, even neem and all these use up till harvest products. I wood imagine washing wood help with some of the horticultural oils.
Blabble,,, just doing a drive by,,,, Keepem Green
 
SweetSue said:
That's very disheartening to read. You'd think ethics and concern for the consumer would have come into play. So much profit to be made people lose sight of the bigger picture. Bad karma to be sending out into the universe. Thank God we grow our own.

Thank you K. :hugs:
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That is the key... I know a person who did all kinds of stuff to save a rather large grow that had bugs and PM to name just a couple things.... They would do whatever it took to save it... a pretty large investment and they were not going to lose the return... They turned a lot into oil but a large amount got sold as flower and I would not have smoked it. But you could not tell what it had been through when you looked at it..

Another one of the reasons I grow my own ;)

:peace:

FE
 
That is the bad part, not knowing what you buy. We have had a lot of grower/sellers being arrested and that leaves the market open for bad stuff..and I mean really bad... You know they actually pee on the gorilla plants so dogs will not smell them..that is just one thing...
And chemicals used can't even be washed away and when yo smoke it..you have a super head ache and some nerves....
 
Something else to think about, most of these chemicals will break down in the same solvents used to make dabs with. So inturn by concentrating THC/CBD values, your also concentrating things like Myclobutinal. I use to pee all around my grows in hopes of detering deer. I even bought comerical scent like cyotye urine. But to pee on a plant, on purpose? Get a rope. JK Not. Keepem Green
 
Paraquat was some nasty shit. The US government was shipping tons of this weed killer to Mexico, to help with the war on drugs, only to be poisoning US citizens. I remember hearing about odd colored resin that was suppose to be dripping out the roaches during the late 70's. We do need someone to look out for us against poisons that are harmful to us. To me, that is something the DEA should be handling, not busting the dude for burning one after work. But going back in time, is the government the one to set the guidelines? Here's a interesting read,

"Doctors were accustomed to alcohol poisoning by then, the routine of life in the Prohibition era. The bootlegged whiskies and so-called gins often made people sick. The liquor produced in hidden stills frequently came tainted with metals and other impurities. But this outbreak was bizarrely different. The deaths, as investigators would shortly realize, came courtesy of the U.S. government.
Frustrated that people continued to consume so much alcohol even after it was banned, federal officials had decided to try a different kind of enforcement. They ordered the poisoning of industrial alcohols manufactured in the United States, products regularly stolen by bootleggers and resold as drinkable spirits. The idea was to scare people into giving up illicit drinking. Instead, by the time Prohibition ended in 1933, the federal poisoning program, by some estimates, had killed at least 10,000 people.
Kind of sounds like Paraquat all over. This don't have much to do with anything, I was just surfing and ended up reading this and felt it had something to do with something. Just babbling Keepem Green
 
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