AUTHOR: Eric
DATE: 5/01/2007 07:01:00 AM
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>A year ago David Fetterer’s life was plunging further and further into desperation as a result of his marijuana addiction. But instead of giving up and losing his wife and children, he cheeked into a drug rehab center and beat his addiction.  Now he is one of five Pennsylvanians who are being honored for turning their lives around.
Fetterer said he owned up to the realization he had a problem and entered a drug rehab program in July last year. It was the first time he had attempted to quit his abuse. He said he hopes others who are in a similar situation will admit they have to make a change in their life and make the decision to enter a <a href="http://www.addictionhelpservices.com/drug-rehab.asp">drug rehab program</a>. 

“David is on the road to being debt-free in a marriage with honesty and trust in a drug-free environment,” commissioners Dave Cyphert, Donna Hartle and Donna Oberlander said. “He is truly a success story.”

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AUTHOR: Romie
DATE: 3/12/2007 11:11:00 AM
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>The illegal drug market has never been a trusted source for safe products of course, but recent reports of some contaminated marijuana in England have had many health officials and drug users worried in recent months.

Apparently, there have been reports of what is being called &#147;grit weed&#148;, which has tiny glass beads sprayed on it with glue to appear better and weigh more (increasing the price).  

Pro-marijuana sites and users&#146; message boards are filled with posts of people confirming these reports, which have spread throughout the UK. &#147;It seems to be being done on an industrial scale,&#148; said Harry Shapiro of Drugscope, which is a major charity in the UK.

Drugscope also issued a warning about the substance, stating, &#147;We want to make people aware of it from a public health point of view. If you are smoking this stuff and taking it into your lungs it&#146;s not good news.&#148; 

Because the market is driven by basic supply and demand principles, money is the root of the underground trade industry.  The concern for adverse health effects doesn&#146;t even come into play when the sellers can get top dollar for a dangerous product.

In a similar vein, but a different drug in the U.S., heroin suppliers had mixed in amounts of the opiate Fentanyl, which is much stronger than morphine.  The idea was to save money on the amount of heroin, while increasing potency and using other powder fillers instead.  The result was a serious outbreak in overdose deaths from the Midwest to the East Coast.

If enough glass from the grit weed were ingested into the lungs of a marijuana user, the result could be very hazardous and even deadly over a period of time if use continued.

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COMMENT-AUTHOR:<span class="anon-comment-author">jbr2525</span>
COMMENT-DATE:Mar 13, 2007 11:38:00 AM
COMMENT-BODY:What will the drug dealers think of next, looks like potheads have something even they might think is dangerous.
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AUTHOR: Romie
DATE: 3/05/2007 06:30:00 PM
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>Do you think your beef and dairy products have chemicals in them?  Well recent news has surfaced about the banning of cows being fed cannabis in Switzerland and neighboring Liechtenstein. 

Some farmers claim the plant makes it cheap to feed the cows and that the THC (a crystalline compound that is the main active ingredient of cannabis) in it relaxes the cows and makes them produce more milk.  However, the Agricultural Ministry for Switzerland banned such practices back in March of 2005 after traces of THC were found in dairy products that came from cows that were fed hemp.

The ministry has now warned farmers that if the practice is continued, they will be prosecuted.

It is unconfirmed whether or not any beef products have been found to have traces of THC, but if cows that are fed other chemicals are found contaminating the meat, then why wouldn’t the cannabis contaminate it too?

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COMMENT-AUTHOR:<span class="anon-comment-author">Anonymous</span>
COMMENT-DATE:Mar 13, 2007 11:46:00 AM
COMMENT-BODY:Never thought about having a nice steak and catching a buzz. The drug problem in the world today is clearly out of hand.
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AUTHOR: Romie
DATE: 2/15/2007 02:52:00 PM
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>According to the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 3.1 million Americans reported daily use of marijuana. 

In 2004, about 6,000 people a day used marijuana for the first time, equaling 2.1 million Americans. Of these, 63.8% were under age 18.

The 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that, an estimated 97.5 million Americans ages 12 and older had had used marijuana at least once in their lifetimes, representing 40.1% of the U.S. population in that age group.  

One study has indicated that an abuser's risk of heart attack more than quadruples in the first hour after smoking <a href="http://www.addictionhelpservices.com/marijuana.asp">marijuana</a>. The researchers suggest that this might occur from marijuana's effects on blood pressure and heart rate and the reduced oxygen-carrying capacity of blood. 

The short-term effects of marijuana can include problems with memory and learning; distorted perception; difficulty in thinking and problem solving; loss of coordination; and increased heart rate.

The statistics are incredible, the effects are unbelievable, and still, marijuana is the most commonly abused drug in the United States.

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COMMENT-AUTHOR:<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/10035076284905998189" rel="nofollow">Kip Summers</a>
COMMENT-DATE:Feb 16, 2007 2:50:00 PM
COMMENT-BODY:Sorry, but the heart attack study doesn't mean jack. It was never even published in any scientific journals - and for a reason. Stop demonizing marijuana and put your efforts towards dangerous drugs like meth, cocaine, heroine, and even legal pharmaceuticals. You're only wasting your time and hurting your cause.<BR/><BR/>"The study reported that 3.2% of the 3,882 heart attack patients had used marijuana in the past year. The study neglected to mention that -- according to a federal government-sponsored survey -- 8.6% of the general population had used marijuana in the previous year."<BR/> <BR/>"The study found that exactly nine of the heart-attack victims had their heart attacks within an hour after using marijuana. That is 0.2% (two-tenths of one percent) of the heart-attack population examined -- hardly a large enough sample to draw a newsworthy conclusion. Perhaps that's why the study hasn't been published in a scientific journal."<BR/><BR/>- http://oldsite.mpp.org/releases/nr030100.html<BR/><BR/>"In 1997, Kaiser Permanente did a large-scale study which included more than 65,000 admitted marijuana users, and they could not demonstrate any impact of marijuana use on mortality. If marijuana use really was a significant risk factor for heart attack, it is hard to believe that it didn't turn up there. Again, I'm not saying that there is absolutely no risk demonstrated here. But given the history of the research since 1967, I'd be surprised if these findings don't go down the same chute as all of the other front-page scare stories."<BR/><BR/>http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/129/marijuanarisk.shtml<BR/><BR/>Marijuana is a waste of your efforts. It has no impact on mortality. Alcohol and tobacco kill hundreds and thousands of people per year, yet no one has died from smoking marijuana. People are dying and yet you're caught up on marijuana? That's disgusting.
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COMMENT-AUTHOR:<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/05429589231661359255" rel="nofollow">Romie</a>
COMMENT-DATE:Feb 19, 2007 2:26:00 PM
COMMENT-BODY:Your argument over the validity of relating marijuana use to an increased risk of heart attack is noted and appreciated. <BR/><BR/>While there are some people and groups that are pro-marijuana or are at least trying to decriminalize it, we feel that all types of substance abuse have a negative impact on our society, regardless of whether one drug is 'worse' than another.
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