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	<title>Comments on: So What If Pot Can Cure Cancer; That&#8217;s No Reason For You To Use It</title>
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		<title>By: dave stevens</title>
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		<dc:creator>dave stevens</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>just think guys, if all the baby boomers die they won,t have to pay our pensions.government knows this they don,t want us to live</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>just think guys, if all the baby boomers die they won,t have to pay our pensions.government knows this they don,t want us to live</p>
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		<title>By: Rev. Scott</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rev. Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Doesn&#039;t anyone get it? The powers that be don&#039;t want to cure any diseases. They know the planet is way overpopulated already and making people live longer doesn&#039;t help fix that. They already have programs in place to exterminate masses of us as it is. Doubt me Google FEMA concentration camps.Cancer is terrible and i feel for anyone who suffers with any disease but the drug war is really a moot point when you consider what else the Governments of the world are planning.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Doesn&#8217;t anyone get it? The powers that be don&#8217;t want to cure any diseases. They know the planet is way overpopulated already and making people live longer doesn&#8217;t help fix that. They already have programs in place to exterminate masses of us as it is. Doubt me Google FEMA concentration camps.Cancer is terrible and i feel for anyone who suffers with any disease but the drug war is really a moot point when you consider what else the Governments of the world are planning.</p>
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		<title>By: Ray DiPasquale</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ray DiPasquale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been dealing with my mothers&#039; cancer  since late 2007. U have been using cannabis to help her appetite, nausea, releif. Unfortunately, after surgery and some chemo it has come back with a vengenence. I am reaching out to all of you today because I have done some research on many options for her(will know more tomorrow after her appointment with the oncologist).In my research I had found about Rick Simpson, Phoeinix tears, I can&#039;t seem to get in contact with but also to wanted to find a non objective party to confirm said cure for cancer.
I was wondering if anybody knows anyone who has used this alternative let me know.I am asking from the bottom of my heart.Time is precious and short. 
Please help!
Peace Be with You
Ray DiPasquale

[&lt;strong&gt;Editor&#039;s note&lt;/strong&gt;: While cannabis may well be helpful for folks with cancer, or, as emerging science is indicating, cannabis may be helpful in preventing some forms of cannabis. But, overall, there is yet to be the necessary peer-reviewed scientific papers proving that cannabis &quot;cures&quot; cancer. Best to your Mom and you during this time.]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been dealing with my mothers&#8217; cancer  since late 2007. U have been using cannabis to help her appetite, nausea, releif. Unfortunately, after surgery and some chemo it has come back with a vengenence. I am reaching out to all of you today because I have done some research on many options for her(will know more tomorrow after her appointment with the oncologist).In my research I had found about Rick Simpson, Phoeinix tears, I can&#8217;t seem to get in contact with but also to wanted to find a non objective party to confirm said cure for cancer.<br />
I was wondering if anybody knows anyone who has used this alternative let me know.I am asking from the bottom of my heart.Time is precious and short.<br />
Please help!<br />
Peace Be with You<br />
Ray DiPasquale</p>
<p>[<strong>Editor's note</strong>: While cannabis may well be helpful for folks with cancer, or, as emerging science is indicating, cannabis may be helpful in preventing some forms of cannabis. But, overall, there is yet to be the necessary peer-reviewed scientific papers proving that cannabis "cures" cancer. Best to your Mom and you during this time.]</p>
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		<title>By: If Pot Prevented Cancer You Would Have Read About It, Right? &#124; Medical Marijuana News Data Portal</title>
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		<dc:creator>If Pot Prevented Cancer You Would Have Read About It, Right? &#124; Medical Marijuana News Data Portal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] I’ve written previously, both on this blog and elsewhere, for 35 years the federal government has been well aware –- yet publicly denied [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] I’ve written previously, both on this blog and elsewhere, for 35 years the federal government has been well aware –- yet publicly denied [...]</p>
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		<title>By: If Pot Prevented Cancer You Would Have Read About It, Right?</title>
		<link>http://blog.norml.org/2008/07/17/so-what-if-pot-can-cure-cancer-thats-no-reason-for-you-to-use-it/comment-page-1/#comment-55259</link>
		<dc:creator>If Pot Prevented Cancer You Would Have Read About It, Right?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] I&#8217;ve written previously, both on this blog and elsewhere, for 35 years the federal government has been well aware –- yet publicly denied [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] I&#8217;ve written previously, both on this blog and elsewhere, for 35 years the federal government has been well aware –- yet publicly denied [...]</p>
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		<title>By: crusty</title>
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		<dc:creator>crusty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>America needs another revolutionary war, yet everyone&#039;s too drunk and pill addict brainwashed. WAKE up America, we are not FREE, we haven&#039;t been FREE for a long fucking time!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>America needs another revolutionary war, yet everyone&#8217;s too drunk and pill addict brainwashed. WAKE up America, we are not FREE, we haven&#8217;t been FREE for a long fucking time!</p>
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		<title>By: mark wachter</title>
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		<dc:creator>mark wachter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is God&#039;s medicine -  What ever happen to &quot;In God We Trust&quot;  ?


What does the USA say to all the people that lost loves ones that suffered when they did not have to.

OooPs...........?

Americans just need to become smarter and take their country back

Big Pharma - who is kidding who?  There are people out here that wake up in pain daily.

I do believe being a good American does not include being a guiny pig for big pharma - lets talk about fair trade laws - if marijuana was legal, it would be marketed as  &quot;The Miracle drug&quot;   this would put a pinch in big pharmas profits.

God Bless America</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is God&#8217;s medicine &#8211;  What ever happen to &#8220;In God We Trust&#8221;  ?</p>
<p>What does the USA say to all the people that lost loves ones that suffered when they did not have to.</p>
<p>OooPs&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..?</p>
<p>Americans just need to become smarter and take their country back</p>
<p>Big Pharma &#8211; who is kidding who?  There are people out here that wake up in pain daily.</p>
<p>I do believe being a good American does not include being a guiny pig for big pharma &#8211; lets talk about fair trade laws &#8211; if marijuana was legal, it would be marketed as  &#8220;The Miracle drug&#8221;   this would put a pinch in big pharmas profits.</p>
<p>God Bless America</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not sure how much good this will do, but the Republican party has a site up where people can leave messages about what is important to them. 

http://www.gopplatform2008.com/intro.aspx

Not a whole lot of comments about the drug war, but I left a message.  I have also emailed my local representatives in Kansas.  I think the more complaints/comments they get regarding this will signal there are many more out there that feel the same way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not sure how much good this will do, but the Republican party has a site up where people can leave messages about what is important to them. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.gopplatform2008.com/intro.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.gopplatform2008.com/intro.aspx</a></p>
<p>Not a whole lot of comments about the drug war, but I left a message.  I have also emailed my local representatives in Kansas.  I think the more complaints/comments they get regarding this will signal there are many more out there that feel the same way.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The phrase &quot; All politicians are the same&quot; is relevant to any political issue because it derives those problems and scandals from money. All politicians are the same because they like money and how they get their money is not too far off from how drug dealers get their money. I think a large reason why many politicans refuse to make an agreement to legalize marijuana is because many of them are already making money from over inflated prices of the plant. While they&#039;re throwing others in jail . I also think that another controversy to legalizing it is that not enough big time distributors are caught so there still is an open market for distribution out there that our government wants to get majority control of, in any market competitors must be eliminated and not enough of them are. To legalize anything the government has to be in control to regulate who gets it and how much it costs. If they eliminate all other factors and competetors for a market on distributing marijuana then the possibility of allowing distribution can occur. But until then maybe we should just let a fraternity of greedy rich boys figure out what should be done with the legal process, as if our votes for federal and state elections matter anyways.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The phrase &#8221; All politicians are the same&#8221; is relevant to any political issue because it derives those problems and scandals from money. All politicians are the same because they like money and how they get their money is not too far off from how drug dealers get their money. I think a large reason why many politicans refuse to make an agreement to legalize marijuana is because many of them are already making money from over inflated prices of the plant. While they&#8217;re throwing others in jail . I also think that another controversy to legalizing it is that not enough big time distributors are caught so there still is an open market for distribution out there that our government wants to get majority control of, in any market competitors must be eliminated and not enough of them are. To legalize anything the government has to be in control to regulate who gets it and how much it costs. If they eliminate all other factors and competetors for a market on distributing marijuana then the possibility of allowing distribution can occur. But until then maybe we should just let a fraternity of greedy rich boys figure out what should be done with the legal process, as if our votes for federal and state elections matter anyways.</p>
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		<title>By: Stine</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I look forward to the day when I can have a few pot plants growing among my lillies and marigolds.  That&#039;s going to be a great day.  

People see pot as a drug issue, but it&#039;s so much more than that.  Given its immense healing potential, it&#039;s certainly a health freedom issue.  Should I be able to choose how I heal my body?  You&#039;d think, but then again, Maryland and Texas have forced vaccination programs.  Land of the free...hmm...

It&#039;s a spiritual issue.  If you believe that God (however you define him/her/it/high energy) created the world, then surely God created pot too.  Thus, it should be my religious right to choose to use whatever plants God has put upon this earth.  Land of the free...hmm...

It&#039;s a states&#039; rights issue.  This is the scariest one to me.  California says medical marijuana is ok, but the feds don&#039;t agree so they raid dispensaries.  Isn&#039;t that an obvious and flagrant violation of the Constitution?  I seem to remember from law class that states&#039; rights shall not be infringed upon by the federal government.  Land of the free...hmm...

Big change is coming to this country one way or another.  As the old foolish leaders of this generation die off, new young leaders with fresh ideas will replace the old wood.  I&#039;m always hoping for a truly free America like the founding fathers envisioned.  Peace to everybody!  Ok, yup, I&#039;m a hippe (obviously, I would think?)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I look forward to the day when I can have a few pot plants growing among my lillies and marigolds.  That&#8217;s going to be a great day.  </p>
<p>People see pot as a drug issue, but it&#8217;s so much more than that.  Given its immense healing potential, it&#8217;s certainly a health freedom issue.  Should I be able to choose how I heal my body?  You&#8217;d think, but then again, Maryland and Texas have forced vaccination programs.  Land of the free&#8230;hmm&#8230;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a spiritual issue.  If you believe that God (however you define him/her/it/high energy) created the world, then surely God created pot too.  Thus, it should be my religious right to choose to use whatever plants God has put upon this earth.  Land of the free&#8230;hmm&#8230;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a states&#8217; rights issue.  This is the scariest one to me.  California says medical marijuana is ok, but the feds don&#8217;t agree so they raid dispensaries.  Isn&#8217;t that an obvious and flagrant violation of the Constitution?  I seem to remember from law class that states&#8217; rights shall not be infringed upon by the federal government.  Land of the free&#8230;hmm&#8230;</p>
<p>Big change is coming to this country one way or another.  As the old foolish leaders of this generation die off, new young leaders with fresh ideas will replace the old wood.  I&#8217;m always hoping for a truly free America like the founding fathers envisioned.  Peace to everybody!  Ok, yup, I&#8217;m a hippe (obviously, I would think?)</p>
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