Monday, March 30, 2009

ron paul debates 'war on drugs' supporter

from raw replay: Rep. Ron Paul debates the failure of the war on drugs with Heritage Foundation’s Ernest Istook. This video is from CNN’s Campbell Brown, broadcast Mar. 26, 2009.

update1: media getting high on pot legalization
from nbc washington: It may be too soon to call it a movement. But when two of the nation's most revered columnists write columns on the same day advocating for the legalization of marijuana there's definitely something in the air.

update2: marijuana helps in battle against cancer
from afp: The main chemical in marijuana appears to aid in the destruction of brain cancer cells, offering hope for future anti-cancer therapies, researchers in Spain wrote in a study released Thursday. The authors from the Complutense University in Madrid, working with scientists from other universities, found that the active component of marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), causes cancer cells to undergo a process called autophagy - the breakdown that occurs when the cell essentially self-digests. The research, which appears in the April edition of US-published Journal of Clinical Investigation, demonstrates that THC and related "cannabinoids" appear to be "a new family of potential antitumoral agent." The authors wrote that the chemical may prove useful in the development of future "antitumoral agents." The scientists conducted their research on mice, first stimulating the growth of cancer in the lab animals, then injecting them with a daily dose of THC near the site of their tumors. The researchers also analyzed the tumors of two patients in an experimental trial looking at the effects of THC on a highly aggressive form of brain tumor, and saw findings "in line with the preclinical evidence" first observed in the laboratory mice.

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