Cannabis News 2.0

http://pr.cannazine.co.uk (http://pr.cannazine.co.uk) : A Facebook group dedicated to forcing the reinstatement of Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs Chairman Professor David Nutt is fast growing in number. (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=169748050377 ref=nf) click the image to join the Professor Nutt Facebook support group, before the UK government gets it banned.The group, set up by pro-reform campaigner Levent Akbulut from London, has already attracted over two and a half thousand members in less than 24 hours and that number is expected to rise fast as word gets out of its existence.

http://pr.cannazine.co.uk (http://pr.cannazine.co.uk) : A Facebook group dedicated to forcing the reinstatement of Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs Chairman Professor David Nutt is fast growing in number. (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=169748050377 ref=nf) click the image to join the Professor Nutt Facebook support group, before the UK government gets it banned.The group, set up by pro-reform campaigner Levent Akbulut from London, has already attracted over two and a half thousand members in less than 24 hours and that number is expected to rise fast as word gets out of its existence.

http://pr.cannazine.co.uk: Black and Asian men are less likely to suffer with moderate to severe erectile dysfunction (impotence) than white men. This is the astonishing findings from a study carried out by the Department of Urology at University of California, San Francisco, US. The burden of erectile dysfunction (ED) among different racial and ethnic groups is unclear, in part, because prior studies have not included all four major racial and ethnic groups in the same population-based sample.To determine the prevalence and odds of ED among all four major racial and ethnic groups after adjustment for demographic, medical, socio-economic, and lifestyle characteristics

A U.S. warship has seized about four tons of hashish being transported aboard a boat off the Horn of Africa.The Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain said on Tuesday that guided missile cruiser USS Anzio stopped the skiff after a brief chase in the Gulf of Aden.

As combines mowed farmers’ fields across Canadian prairies this fall, there was a scene near Edmonton right out of a time warp: – a crew of workers actually using their hands to harvest plants.The workers were taking down three-metre-tall hemp plants at a breeding nursery outside of Vegreville, AB. The plants, which dwarfed the workers, were being bundled, numbered, bagged and transported to researchers, who see a high-tech future for the ancient plant.

A 51-year-old grandfather who grows garbanzo beans and other crops in northwestern North Dakota was among the protesters arrested for planting hemp seeds on the lawn of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration offices.Wayne Hauge (left) with David MonsonWayne Hauge and five other people were arrested Tuesday for trespassing and part of a group of about 20 protesting the ban on growing hemp, said authorities in Arlington, Va. Hemp, which is used to make paper, lotion and other products, is related to the illegal drug marijuana.

Branded as the ideal supplement to support an athletic lifestyle, Hemp Natural’s Protein Powder is a new product produced in Devon, UK.Hemp protein is a naturally occurring vegetable protein that is packed with essential amino acids and rich in Omega 3, 6 and fibre. It's made using no herbicides, pesticides, additives or preservatives – so no chemical nastiness here.

A Kentucky lawmaker has introduced legislation to legalize industrial hemp as a cash crop and a source for alternative fuels.Sen. Joey Pendleton, a Democrat from Hopkinsville in southern Kentucky, said the time is right to cash in on hemp, because the plant is already legal for research purposes in Kentucky, along with seven other states, and Congress has legislation before it to decriminalize hemp.Industrial hemp is used in alternative automobile fuels and in such products as paper, cloths, cosmetics, and carpet. Currently, all hemp included in products sold in the United States must be imported.Pendleton's bill, introduced for the 2010 session, would require people wanting to grow or process industrial hemp to be licensed by the state Department of Agriculture.

http://pr.cannazine.co.uk (http://pr.cannazine.co.uk) : Professor David Nutt, head of the UK's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, has been sacked by Home Secretary Alan Johnson. His termination comes on the back of remarks Prof. Nutt made concerning the governments policies concerning drugs in general, and cannabis specifically.Professor Nutt accused ministers of 'devaluing' and 'distorting' the evidence they use to classify drugs in the United Kingdom. He also said drugs classification was being politicised, [instead of remaining a public health issue].ACMD Chairman Prof. David Nutt - Fell on his sword as a result of telling the truth in a political landscape which is not used to such candor Earlier this week Prof Nutt used a lecture at King's College, London, to attack what he called the artificial separation of alcohol and tobacco from illegal drugs.Even though alcohol and tobacco are between them responsible for upto 100,000 death's per year, as a result of the massive tax revenues they create, they remain legal, whilst cannabis, which is still to be credibly linked to a single death, is irrationally outlawed. Some believe this is as a result of the threat

http://pr.cannazine.co.uk (http://pr.cannazine.co.uk) : Professor David Nutt, head of the UK's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, has been sacked by Home Secretary Alan Johnson. His termination comes on the back of remarks Prof. Nutt made concerning the governments policies concerning drugs in general, and cannabis specifically.Professor Nutt accused ministers of 'devaluing' and 'distorting' the evidence they use to classify drugs in the United Kingdom. He also said drugs classification was being politicised, [instead of remaining a public health issue].ACMD Chairman Prof. David Nutt - Fell on his sword as a result of telling the truth in a political landscape which is not used to such candor Earlier this week Prof Nutt used a lecture at King's College, London, to attack what he called the artificial separation of alcohol and tobacco from illegal drugs.Even though alcohol and tobacco are between them responsible for upto 100,000 death's per year, as a result of the massive tax revenues they create, they remain legal, whilst cannabis, which is still to be credibly linked to a single death, is irrationally outlawed. Some believe this is as a result of the threat