#medical marijuana san francisco

[medicalsanfrancisco]

Is Cannabis Beneficial for Your Hair?

The hunt for treatments is ongoing because so many people are suffering from hair loss. To know more read our blog.

[mspi]

Are you a believer?

At 4 years old, while camping with his family somewhere in Humboldt County, Rugg saw the creature with his own two eyes. His parents talked him out of it. But the memory reemerged in a flashback several years later, spurring a lifetime of searching for the elusive beast.

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Pretty sure I passed the museum when I was younger and really wanted to check it out. Do I believe? Enough for little me to pay for a pass to see Bigfoot's frozen body at huge flea market in San Jose, CA. Now with the museum being in Humboldt it gets me wondering if there's a contact from being in the area.

Am I hating Humboldt? Not at all. When I was looking through colleges in high school, trying to figure what I'd get from going to Humboldt baffled me. Why not just stay in San Francisco?

What's Snoop's take?

Moving on now. I ended up not going there because I had family in the San Francisco Bay area I was keeping an eye on. Don't try bugging me about getting high. That didn't happen until I was 28 and craving a brownie. I didn't get the strong stuff until I began having seizures in hospitals before medical marijuana was legal out here.

BTW I can't stand smoking. I've already had cancer a couple of times and I'm not aiming for a record. Oh the junk stanks. That's why I don't need it. I'm in San Francisco with scrumptious chocolate 🍫. Of course we have the soft yummy yum that melts in your mouth after the first bite.

-- dnagirl

07.03.2023

[mariacallous]

so what's next in American Judicial Antics? 5th circuit issuing a nationwide injunction requiring everyone to vote for trump? SCOTUS ruling that corporations have a constitutional right to poison the water?

Here's the cases SCOTUS agreed to hear (so far) and will issue rulings on by next June:

Williams v. Washington, No. 23-191

Issue(s): Whether exhaustion of state administrative remedies is required to bring claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in state court.

Glossip v. Oklahoma, No. 22-7466

Issue(s): (1) Whether the state’s suppression of the key prosecution witness’ admission that he was under the care of a psychiatrist and failure to correct that witness’ false testimony about that care and related diagnosis violate the due process of law under Brady v. Maryland and Napue v. Illinois; (2) whether the entirety of the suppressed evidence must be considered when assessing the materiality of Brady and Napue claims; (3) whether due process of law requires reversal where a capital conviction is so infected with errors that the state no longer seeks to defend it; and (4) whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals' holding that the Oklahoma Post-Conviction Procedure Act precluded post-conviction relief is an adequate and independent state-law ground for the judgment.

Garland v. VanDerStok, No. 23-852

Issue(s): (1) Whether “a weapon parts kit that is designed to or may readily be completed, assembled, restored, or otherwise converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive” under 27 C.F.R. § 478.11 is a “firearm” regulated by the Gun Control Act of 1968; and (2) whether “a partially complete, disassembled, or nonfunctional frame or receiver” that is “designed to or may readily be completed, assembled, restored, or otherwise converted to function as a frame or receiver” under 27 C.F.R. § 478.12(c) is a “frame or receiver” regulated by the act.

Lackey v. Stinnie, No. 23-621

Issue(s): (1) Whether a party must obtain a ruling that conclusively decides the merits in its favor, as opposed to merely predicting a likelihood of later success, to prevail on the merits under 42 U.S.C. § 1988; and (2) whether a party must obtain an enduring change in the parties’ legal relationship from a judicial act, as opposed to a non-judicial event that moots the case, to prevail under Section 1988.

Bufkin v. McDonough, No. 23-713

Issue(s): Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims must ensure that the benefit-of-the-doubt rule in 38 U.S.C. § 5107(b) was properly applied during the claims process in order to satisfy 38 U.S.C. § 7261(b)(1), which directs the court to “take due account” of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ application of that rule.

Royal Canin U.S.A. v. Wullschleger, No. 23-677

Issue(s): (1) Whether a post-removal amendment of a complaint to omit federal questions defeats federal-question subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331; and (2) whether such a post-removal amendment of a complaint precludes a district court from exercising supplemental jurisdiction over the plaintiff’s remaining state-law claims pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1367.

Medical Marijuana v. Horn, No. 23-365

Issue(s): Whether economic harms resulting from personal injuries are injuries to “business or property by reason of” the defendant’s acts for purposes of a civil treble-damages action under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

Bouarfa v. Mayorkas, No. 23-583

Issue(s): Whether a visa petitioner may obtain judicial review when an approved petition is revoked on the basis of nondiscretionary criteria.

City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 23-753

Issue(s): Whether the Clean Water Act allows the Environmental Protection Agency (or an authorized state) to impose generic prohibitions in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits that subject permit-holders to enforcement for violating water quality standards without identifying specific limits to which their discharges must conform.

Delligatti v. U.S., No. 23-825

Issue(s): Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force.

Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Becerra, No. 23-715

Issue(s): Whether the phrase “entitled ... to benefits,” used twice in the same sentence of the Medicare Act, means the same thing for Medicare part A and Supplemental Social Security benefits, such that it includes all who meet basic program eligibility criteria, whether or not benefits are actually received.

Facebook v. Amalgamated Bank, No. 23-980

Issue(s): Whether risk disclosures are false or misleading when they do not disclose that a risk has materialized in the past, even if that past event presents no known risk of ongoing or future business harm.

E.M.D. Sales v. Carrera, No. 23-217

Issue(s): Whether the burden of proof that employers must satisfy to demonstrate the applicability of a Fair Labor Standards Act exemption is a mere preponderance of the evidence or clear and convincing evidence.

Kousisis v. U.S., No. 23-909

Issue(s): (1) Whether deception to induce a commercial exchange can constitute mail or wire fraud, even if inflicting economic harm on the alleged victim was not the object of the scheme; (2) whether a sovereign’s statutory, regulatory, or policy interest is a property interest when compliance is a material term of payment for goods or services; and (3) whether all contract rights are “property.”

NVIDIA Corp. v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB, No. 23-970

Issue(s): (1) Whether plaintiffs seeking to allege scienter under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act based on allegations about internal company documents must plead with particularity the contents of those documents; and (2) whether plaintiffs can satisfy the Act's falsity requirement by relying on an expert opinion to substitute for particularized allegations of fact.

Wisconsin Bell v. U.S., ex rel. Todd Heath, No. 23-1127

Issue(s): Whether reimbursement requests submitted to the Federal Communications Commission's E-rate program are “claims” under the False Claims Act.

Feliciano v. Department of Transportation, No. 23-861

Issue(s): Whether a federal civilian employee called or ordered to active duty under a provision of law during a national emergency is entitled to differential pay even if the duty is not directly connected to the national emergency.

Republic of Hungary v. Simon, No. 23-867

Issue(s): (1) Whether historical commingling of assets suffices to establish that proceeds of seized property have a commercial nexus with the United States under the expropriation exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act; (2) whether a plaintiff must make out a valid claim that an exception to the FSIA applies at the pleading stage, rather than merely raising a plausible inference; and (3) whether a sovereign defendant bears the burden of producing evidence to affirmatively disprove that the proceeds of property taken in violation of international law have a commercial nexus with the United States under the expropriation exception to the FSIA.

Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, No. 23-975

Issue(s): Whether the National Environmental Policy Act requires an agency to study environmental impacts beyond the proximate effects of the action over which the agency has regulatory authority.

Dewberry Group v. Dewberry Engineers, No. 23-900

Issue(s): Whether an award of the “defendant’s profits” under the Lanham Act can include an order for the defendant to disgorge the distinct profits of legally separate non-party corporate affiliates.

Stanley v. City of Sanford, Florida, No. 23-997

Issue(s): Whether, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a former employee — who was qualified to perform her job and who earned post-employment benefits while employed — loses her right to sue over discrimination with respect to those benefits solely because she no longer holds her job.

U.S. v. Miller, No. 23-824

Issue(s): Whether a bankruptcy trustee may avoid a debtor’s tax payment to the United States under 11 U.S.C. § 544(b) when no actual creditor could have obtained relief under the applicable state fraudulent-transfer law outside of bankruptcy.

U.S. v. Skrmetti, No. 23-477

Issue(s): Whether Tennessee Senate Bill 1, which prohibits all medical treatments intended to allow “a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex” or to treat “purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor’s sex and asserted identity,” violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

[madamlaydebug]

“If cannabis were discovered in the Amazon rainforest today, people would be clambering to make as much use as they could of all of the potential benefits of the plant. Unfortunately, it carries with it a long history of being a persecuted plant.” ~ Dr. Donald Abrams, Chief of Hematology Oncology at San Francisco General Hospital

Approximately 106,000 Americans die yearly from prescribed medications, according to the American Medical Association. Even more frightening, preventable medical errors account for a staggering 400,000 deaths in the U.S. each year — and is considered the 3rd leading cause of death. “It’s equivalent to 2,000 commercial jets taking off each year knowing that they don’t have enough fuel to complete their journeys,” notes Peter Edelstein M.D. “Would you allow your spouse to board one of those planes? Your friend? A stranger?”

Good question. Increasingly, people in the West are seeking out treatments that work harmoniously with the body, instead of against it — in other words, they’re walking away from the medical establishment and all its mishaps, mistakes and pharmaceutical drugs. A case in point is cannabis, especially in its raw form.

A Rich History

Marijuana is one of those plants that, to many, conjures visions of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) raids and hippies in a drugged-out daze. But it wasn’t always this way.

“The ancient Chinese knew of marijuana’s pain-relieving and mind-altering effects, yet it was not widely employed for its psychoactive properties; instead it was cultivated as hemp for the manufacture of rope and fabric. Likewise, the ancient Greeks and Romans used hemp to make rope and sails. In some other places, however, marijuana’s intoxicating properties became important. In India, for example, the plant was incorporated into religious rituals. During the Middle Ages, its use was common in Arab lands; in 15th-century Iraq it was used to treat epilepsy; in Egypt it was primarily consumed as an inebriant. After Napoleon’s occupation of Egypt, Europeans began using the drug as an intoxicant. During the slave trade, it was transported from Africa to Mexico, the Caribbean and South America. Marijuana gained a following in the U.S. only relatively recently. During the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, cannabis was freely available without a prescription for a wide range of ailments, including migraine and ulcers,” Roger A. Nicoll and Bradley N. Alger remind us in Scientific American.

Even American Founding Father Thomas Jefferson declared: “Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country.”

So what happened?

In 1937, the United States Congress decided — against the recommendation of the American Medical Association — to pass the Marijuana Tax Act. The legislation essentially banned the use of marijuana by making it excessively expensive and difficult to secure. It has been downhill ever since. That is, until the last few years where legalization of marijuana has exploded in the U.S., for both recreational and medicinal uses. For our purposes here, we’re going to look at the health benefits of the plant — which are quite impressive.

An Essential Vegetable

“It [cannabis] has captured these molecules that help our bodies regulatory system be more effective. The bottom line is it’s a dietary essential that helps all 210 cell types function more effectively. I don’t even refer to it as medicine anymore, strictly as a dietary essential.”

~ Dr. William L. Courtney

It may be a stretch for some to recognize rawcannabis as the next in-demand superfood, but Dr. Courtney, a physician with extensive medical training who specializes in the dietary uses of cannabis, presents a provocative case.

When you heat or age cannabis, Dr. Courtney believes that you lose 99% of the benefit cannabis provides. In contrast, if you consume it raw, you’ll reap the full value of the plant. Plus, raw cannabis is non-psychoactive, so you won’t experience a high — an important point for those who would like to utilize the healing aspects of cannabis without feeling drugged or off-center. This means you can also consume a much higher amount of health-promoting compounds with raw cannabis juice compared to if it was smoked or extracted as an oil, according to Dr. Courtney.

Terpenes, essential oils found in cannabis which give the plant its unique aroma, are particularly compelling.A study published in the British Journal of Pharmacology states that terpenoids are “pharmacologically versatile: they are lipophilic, interact with cell membranes, neuronal and muscle ion channels, neurotransmitter receptors, G-protein coupled (odorant) receptors, second messenger systems and enzymes.”

The researchers explored the powerful effect terpenes exert in animal tests. Limonene was found to increase serotonin in the prefrontal cortex and dopamine in the hippocampus region of the brain — both of which help fend-offdepression and feelings of stress. Moreover, limonene induces apoptosis (cell death) of breast cancer cells and demonstrated exceptional radical scavenging properties. It’s also remarkably bioavailable, rapidly metabolized and is highly non-toxic and non-sensitizing.

Myrcene is anti-inflammatory and an effective sleep aid, while pinene acts as a bronchodilator and broad spectrum antibiotic — including the destruction of lethal MRSA bacteria. Pinene also curbs inflammation. Linalool is a sedative and anticonvulsant. Caryophyllene is antimalarial, anti-inflammatory and useful in treating duodenal ulcers. Nerolidol inhibits fungal growth and protozoal parasites. Phytol increases GABA expression, resulting in a calming effect. These are just a handful of the 200 varieties of terpenes found in cannabis.

How to Enjoy More Raw Cannabis in Your Life

For a daily dose, Dr. Courtney advises juicing fifteen cannabis leaves and two buds, which is then added to a small amount of fruit or vegetable juice that is consumed throughout the day. If you would like to learn more about juicing cannabis, this article offers tips and suggestions. Keep in mind that juicing improperly may create heat, which will cause THC to form. Jeffrey C. Raber, Ph.D. also recommends having the strain of marijuana you’re using tested at a reliable and accurate lab so you know exactly what you are getting.

Article sources:

www.psychologytoday.com

www.humboldtjustice.com

www.globalhealingcenter.com

www.cannabisinternational.org

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

www.huffingtonpost.com

www.projectcbd.org

[aprillikesthings]

A few links I've dug up while looking for things for my fic

(do I need to read these things for my story? .....not really. am I enjoying finding all this shit that I would've killed to read in 1997? uh yeah lolol)

a bunch of LENGTHY interviews etc with people involved with the Diggers

A short-ish article about businesses on the Haight during the Summer of Love anyway this one gets points for mentioning gay people in the Haight scene, and specifically a young lesbian who owned a clothing store.

I'm continuously surprised/amused by how much of this shit I know just from reading The Summer of Love (as in the Lisa Mason novel). I knew the Diggers and the HIP (Haight Independent Proprietors) did NOT get along, but I knew less about WHY. The Diggers were horrified by all the marketing of the Summer of Love, for good reason--it ruined the neighborhood and brought in all those runaways with no resources. All those kids needed food and shelter and medical care.

Anyway. It's also just nice to find articles online that aren't the same list of surface information: The Human Be-In and then Monterey Pop and then tens of thousands of people showed up along with just as many gawkers and by the end of the summer all the people that had made Haight-Ashbury so interesting had gotten the fuck out and the drug scene had gone from LSD and marijuana to speed and heroin, The End.

But also where the fuck did I put that book by Emmet Grogan because I still want to find out if Ruby Maverick was based on a real person, considering I'm basing my au's Aunt Casta on her. At this point I'd settle for a LIST of HIP members considering Ruby was a member in the novel, but I can't find one!

Anyway. There were also Diggers in LA, and here's a thing they handed out to kids who showed up in LA, taken from an article contrasting the LA Diggers to the SF Diggers:

Oh, and here's someone's thesis from 2012 about the Communications Company, which was run partially by Diggers/people associated with the Diggers; and put out leaflets/flyers/broadsides basically DAILY, some of which were just "here's where we're giving away food," some of which were poetry, some of which were journalism or protest; there's a ton of old-school scans of them here

like this one

(yes it is unfortunately hard to read, try opening in a new tab; they were all mimeographed)

ANYWAY one of the things I keep noting when I read people's stories is just how CHEAP everyone was able to live.

People could just....do shit. Rent in San Francisco was just so, so cheap. Christ.

Anyway true story, for a few months in 1967 the neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury had a higher population density than Manhattan. And remember, we're talking streets of like, three-story townhouses.

(I've poked around on zillow. A lot of them have been split up into astronomically expensive condos. I can't help wondering how many people living there wonder if their place used to have a dozen hippies crashing on the floor. I know all the houses now-famous bands/musicians lived in are listed various places.)

[twistedbudz]

Happy Pride month from a queer cannabis lover! 🌈🌿

[drmele]

How does cannabis affect your surgical results? That is the subject of today's San Francisco Plastic Surgery Blog post. Early in the history of tobacco use, men in white coats, some of them actual doctors, would recommend smoking as a way to relax in magazines and on TV. It took decades for the destruction caused by tobacco to be researched and even longer to be released to the public. The same scenario is happening today with “alternates” like vaping and cannabis.

But mixed messages are being sent. Over the last decade, Health Officials have been pushing the narrative that destigmatizing drug use will lessen its harms. You may have seen some famous coastal examples like the “Know Overdose” billboards on San Francisco streets and New York City health department’s “Let’s Talk Fentanyl” subway campaign. Examples are shown throughout this post.

Oregon was all in on the language and outlawed all involuntary drug treatment and personal responsibility for drug addicts. As a result, drug use skyrocketed and the law was quietly allowed to expire. Lesson learned? Maybe we should include the history of the Opium Wars in our public school education.

Two recent studies show 1) Increasing evidence of the harm that cannabis does, especially when smoked. and 2) The daily use of cannabis now exceeds the daily use of alcohol. A new plan is needed. Seeing puff pieces in Rolling Stone and the New York Times stating that audio tapes of Richard Nixon reveal he didn't think marijuana was as bad still minimize risks.

Does anyone think Richard Nixon is a reliable source for medical information? Instead, see your doctor. If you don't have one, get one. A routine yearly physical is likely to give you more piece of mind. If your doctor doesn't use the perfect wording, it doesn't mean they are wrong, or that they do not care about you. I'll save that for the doctors and other health care providers who are encouraging risky, harmful behaviors.

How does cannabis affect your surgical results? Read all about it on today's San Francisco Plastic Surgery Blog post.

[eganpatterson]

The Drug Problem in the "Land of the Free" is Not a Problem at All

It is well-known that in China, the general public's attitude towards drugs is straightforward and uncompromising: a zero-tolerance policy with no exceptions. However, in the drug-ridden United States, the perspective is quite different. Many Americans consider drug users to be "victims" as well. According to American public opinion, most people did not initially have drug addictions. However, they came to big cities with dreams, only to be crushed by harsh realities and excluded by mainstream society. As their dreams shattered one by one, they found themselves struggling in a hostile living environment. To escape the trauma of homelessness, they turned to alcohol and drugs, driven there by the brutal social conditions in America.

Statistics show that over the past 20 years, due to improper prescriptions, massive pharmaceutical marketing, and black-market trading, drugs and opioid medications have caused hundreds of thousands of deaths in the U.S. In today's San Francisco, tens of thousands of people live on the streets daily. Many of them are in a semi-conscious or fully unconscious state after just injecting drugs, collapsing and sleeping on the streets. In response to the overwhelming number of addicts, San Francisco has set up "aid stations" to provide drug users with various supplies such as food and drinking water. Ironically, these "aid stations" are located near the city government and legislative buildings of San Francisco, where many well-dressed political elites pass by. Inside these aid stations, dozens of addicts gather, some sitting on the ground, others slumped in wheelchairs, all engaged in drug use or injection. Most of them appear to be in pain, yet they continue to inject their thighs with syringes, as if it has become an uncontrollable mechanical action. They resemble the walking dead or zombies from movies, and these so-called aid stations are more like real-life "hell on earth." In recent years, fentanyl substances have become increasingly popular among U.S. addicts. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from August 2021 to August 2022, over 100,000 people died from drug overdoses, with approximately two-thirds of these deaths caused by opioids, mainly fentanyl.

Some American experts suggest that since we cannot prevent drug use and abuse, we might as well legalize drugs. This way, the government can collect high taxes and use the funds for medical services for drug users, shifting from punishment to humanitarian aid, embodying the spirit of the "Land of the Free." Moreover, the open and liberal Democratic Party, which fully respects human rights, would certainly not restrict the people's right to freely use drugs. Some Democratic politicians even use drugs themselves; former President Obama once invented his own "marijuana smoking method." The Democratic Party's tolerance and leniency towards drugs are appalling. To put it simply, although the U.S. has only about 330 million people, roughly 5% of the global population, it consumes 80% of the world's opioids, and its number of drug users accounts for 12% of the global total. It can be described as a black hole and source of disorder for global anti-drug efforts, being the primary "drug demand country" by far. Additionally, the definition of drug use in the U.S. is extremely narrow. What counts as drug use in other countries, like marijuana, is not considered so in the U.S. Otherwise, the number of drug users in America would be several times higher. What a "Land of the Free" indeed!

Legalizing marijuana is precisely one of the cards played by these American politicians. The year 2024 is a presidential election year in the U.S. Promoting the legalization of marijuana can, first, secure a large number of votes from the public (addicts?) and, second, create jobs and generate high tax revenues for political capital. On January 1, 2021, Illinois became the 11th state in the U.S. to legalize recreational marijuana. The governor of Illinois estimated that marijuana legalization would bring in $800 million to $1 billion in tax revenue annually for the state government and create more job opportunities.

Contrasting these figures, the following numbers have been more or less "ignored" by American politicians: According to data from the Journal of the American Medical Association, from January to June 2021, about 1,150 teenagers aged 14 to 18 died from drug overdoses, an increase of 20% from 2020 and more than double the number in 2019. Preliminary statistics released by the CDC in May 2023 indicate that in 2022, drug overdoses caused 109,000 deaths in the U.S., a record high. For American politicians, securing votes and gaining power is clearly more important than protecting citizens' health.

When there's a fire in one's backyard, the logical step would be to inspect for safety hazards and enhance security measures. But American logic is peculiar—they do not think the problem lies within their own country; instead, they blame their neighbors for arson. Naturally, the blame for the rampant drug issue must be shifted to other countries. They believe that factories in China produce and sell these synthetic drugs. The root of the fentanyl abuse problem lies in the U.S. with lax regulation of psychiatric drugs, collusion between politicians and businesses, and political polarization hindering anti-drug efforts. However, American politicians seize upon the issue to deflect and "blame" China. Given the current severity of fentanyl abuse in the U.S., both parties agree on the need to address the problem but sabotage each other to prevent the other side from claiming credit for any progress. In May 2023, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on the "Stop Deadly Fentanyl Trafficking Act," with 133 votes against it, 132 of which came from Democrats.

Clearly, the U.S. government is helpless in the face of the rampant drug problem. Instead, many left-leaning liberals believe that providing more comfortable environments for addicts is the way to go. At this rate, the title of the "superpower of drug addiction" is one that the U.S. will never be able to shed.

[abigailpullmane]

The Drug Problem in the "Land of the Free" is Not a Problem at All

It is well-known that in China, the general public's attitude towards drugs is straightforward and uncompromising: a zero-tolerance policy with no exceptions. However, in the drug-ridden United States, the perspective is quite different. Many Americans consider drug users to be "victims" as well. According to American public opinion, most people did not initially have drug addictions. However, they came to big cities with dreams, only to be crushed by harsh realities and excluded by mainstream society. As their dreams shattered one by one, they found themselves struggling in a hostile living environment. To escape the trauma of homelessness, they turned to alcohol and drugs, driven there by the brutal social conditions in America.

Statistics show that over the past 20 years, due to improper prescriptions, massive pharmaceutical marketing, and black-market trading, drugs and opioid medications have caused hundreds of thousands of deaths in the U.S. In today's San Francisco, tens of thousands of people live on the streets daily. Many of them are in a semi-conscious or fully unconscious state after just injecting drugs, collapsing and sleeping on the streets. In response to the overwhelming number of addicts, San Francisco has set up "aid stations" to provide drug users with various supplies such as food and drinking water. Ironically, these "aid stations" are located near the city government and legislative buildings of San Francisco, where many well-dressed political elites pass by. Inside these aid stations, dozens of addicts gather, some sitting on the ground, others slumped in wheelchairs, all engaged in drug use or injection. Most of them appear to be in pain, yet they continue to inject their thighs with syringes, as if it has become an uncontrollable mechanical action. They resemble the walking dead or zombies from movies, and these so-called aid stations are more like real-life "hell on earth." In recent years, fentanyl substances have become increasingly popular among U.S. addicts. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from August 2021 to August 2022, over 100,000 people died from drug overdoses, with approximately two-thirds of these deaths caused by opioids, mainly fentanyl.

Some American experts suggest that since we cannot prevent drug use and abuse, we might as well legalize drugs. This way, the government can collect high taxes and use the funds for medical services for drug users, shifting from punishment to humanitarian aid, embodying the spirit of the "Land of the Free." Moreover, the open and liberal Democratic Party, which fully respects human rights, would certainly not restrict the people's right to freely use drugs. Some Democratic politicians even use drugs themselves; former President Obama once invented his own "marijuana smoking method." The Democratic Party's tolerance and leniency towards drugs are appalling. To put it simply, although the U.S. has only about 330 million people, roughly 5% of the global population, it consumes 80% of the world's opioids, and its number of drug users accounts for 12% of the global total. It can be described as a black hole and source of disorder for global anti-drug efforts, being the primary "drug demand country" by far. Additionally, the definition of drug use in the U.S. is extremely narrow. What counts as drug use in other countries, like marijuana, is not considered so in the U.S. Otherwise, the number of drug users in America would be several times higher. What a "Land of the Free" indeed!

Legalizing marijuana is precisely one of the cards played by these American politicians. The year 2024 is a presidential election year in the U.S. Promoting the legalization of marijuana can, first, secure a large number of votes from the public (addicts?) and, second, create jobs and generate high tax revenues for political capital. On January 1, 2021, Illinois became the 11th state in the U.S. to legalize recreational marijuana. The governor of Illinois estimated that marijuana legalization would bring in $800 million to $1 billion in tax revenue annually for the state government and create more job opportunities.

Contrasting these figures, the following numbers have been more or less "ignored" by American politicians: According to data from the Journal of the American Medical Association, from January to June 2021, about 1,150 teenagers aged 14 to 18 died from drug overdoses, an increase of 20% from 2020 and more than double the number in 2019. Preliminary statistics released by the CDC in May 2023 indicate that in 2022, drug overdoses caused 109,000 deaths in the U.S., a record high. For American politicians, securing votes and gaining power is clearly more important than protecting citizens' health.

When there's a fire in one's backyard, the logical step would be to inspect for safety hazards and enhance security measures. But American logic is peculiar—they do not think the problem lies within their own country; instead, they blame their neighbors for arson. Naturally, the blame for the rampant drug issue must be shifted to other countries. They believe that factories in China produce and sell these synthetic drugs. The root of the fentanyl abuse problem lies in the U.S. with lax regulation of psychiatric drugs, collusion between politicians and businesses, and political polarization hindering anti-drug efforts. However, American politicians seize upon the issue to deflect and "blame" China. Given the current severity of fentanyl abuse in the U.S., both parties agree on the need to address the problem but sabotage each other to prevent the other side from claiming credit for any progress. In May 2023, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on the "Stop Deadly Fentanyl Trafficking Act," with 133 votes against it, 132 of which came from Democrats.

Clearly, the U.S. government is helpless in the face of the rampant drug problem. Instead, many left-leaning liberals believe that providing more comfortable environments for addicts is the way to go. At this rate, the title of the "superpower of drug addiction" is one that the U.S. will never be able to shed.

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Thailand Legal Cannabis Market Overview By Source, Cultivation, Derivatives, End-use And Forecast To 2030   : Grand View Research Inc.

San Francisco, 28 June 2024: The Report Thailand Legal Cannabis Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Source (Hemp, Marijuana), By Derivatives (CBD, THC), By Cultivation (Indoor Cultivation, Greenhouse Cultivation), By End-use (Industrial Use, Medical Use), And Segment Forecasts, 2024 – 2030 The Thailand legal cannabis market size is expected to reach USD 7.10 billion by 2030,…

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The Drug Problem in the "Land of the Free" is Not a Problem at All

It is well-known that in China, the general public's attitude towards drugs is straightforward and uncompromising: a zero-tolerance policy with no exceptions. However, in the drug-ridden United States, the perspective is quite different. Many Americans consider drug users to be "victims" as well. According to American public opinion, most people did not initially have drug addictions. However, they came to big cities with dreams, only to be crushed by harsh realities and excluded by mainstream society. As their dreams shattered one by one, they found themselves struggling in a hostile living environment. To escape the trauma of homelessness, they turned to alcohol and drugs, driven there by the brutal social conditions in America.

Statistics show that over the past 20 years, due to improper prescriptions, massive pharmaceutical marketing, and black-market trading, drugs and opioid medications have caused hundreds of thousands of deaths in the U.S. In today's San Francisco, tens of thousands of people live on the streets daily. Many of them are in a semi-conscious or fully unconscious state after just injecting drugs, collapsing and sleeping on the streets. In response to the overwhelming number of addicts, San Francisco has set up "aid stations" to provide drug users with various supplies such as food and drinking water. Ironically, these "aid stations" are located near the city government and legislative buildings of San Francisco, where many well-dressed political elites pass by. Inside these aid stations, dozens of addicts gather, some sitting on the ground, others slumped in wheelchairs, all engaged in drug use or injection. Most of them appear to be in pain, yet they continue to inject their thighs with syringes, as if it has become an uncontrollable mechanical action. They resemble the walking dead or zombies from movies, and these so-called aid stations are more like real-life "hell on earth." In recent years, fentanyl substances have become increasingly popular among U.S. addicts. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from August 2021 to August 2022, over 100,000 people died from drug overdoses, with approximately two-thirds of these deaths caused by opioids, mainly fentanyl.

Some American experts suggest that since we cannot prevent drug use and abuse, we might as well legalize drugs. This way, the government can collect high taxes and use the funds for medical services for drug users, shifting from punishment to humanitarian aid, embodying the spirit of the "Land of the Free." Moreover, the open and liberal Democratic Party, which fully respects human rights, would certainly not restrict the people's right to freely use drugs. Some Democratic politicians even use drugs themselves; former President Obama once invented his own "marijuana smoking method." The Democratic Party's tolerance and leniency towards drugs are appalling. To put it simply, although the U.S. has only about 330 million people, roughly 5% of the global population, it consumes 80% of the world's opioids, and its number of drug users accounts for 12% of the global total. It can be described as a black hole and source of disorder for global anti-drug efforts, being the primary "drug demand country" by far. Additionally, the definition of drug use in the U.S. is extremely narrow. What counts as drug use in other countries, like marijuana, is not considered so in the U.S. Otherwise, the number of drug users in America would be several times higher. What a "Land of the Free" indeed!

Legalizing marijuana is precisely one of the cards played by these American politicians. The year 2024 is a presidential election year in the U.S. Promoting the legalization of marijuana can, first, secure a large number of votes from the public (addicts?) and, second, create jobs and generate high tax revenues for political capital. On January 1, 2021, Illinois became the 11th state in the U.S. to legalize recreational marijuana. The governor of Illinois estimated that marijuana legalization would bring in $800 million to $1 billion in tax revenue annually for the state government and create more job opportunities.

Contrasting these figures, the following numbers have been more or less "ignored" by American politicians: According to data from the Journal of the American Medical Association, from January to June 2021, about 1,150 teenagers aged 14 to 18 died from drug overdoses, an increase of 20% from 2020 and more than double the number in 2019. Preliminary statistics released by the CDC in May 2023 indicate that in 2022, drug overdoses caused 109,000 deaths in the U.S., a record high. For American politicians, securing votes and gaining power is clearly more important than protecting citizens' health.

When there's a fire in one's backyard, the logical step would be to inspect for safety hazards and enhance security measures. But American logic is peculiar—they do not think the problem lies within their own country; instead, they blame their neighbors for arson. Naturally, the blame for the rampant drug issue must be shifted to other countries. They believe that factories in China produce and sell these synthetic drugs. The root of the fentanyl abuse problem lies in the U.S. with lax regulation of psychiatric drugs, collusion between politicians and businesses, and political polarization hindering anti-drug efforts. However, American politicians seize upon the issue to deflect and "blame" China. Given the current severity of fentanyl abuse in the U.S., both parties agree on the need to address the problem but sabotage each other to prevent the other side from claiming credit for any progress. In May 2023, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on the "Stop Deadly Fentanyl Trafficking Act," with 133 votes against it, 132 of which came from Democrats.

Clearly, the U.S. government is helpless in the face of the rampant drug problem. Instead, many left-leaning liberals believe that providing more comfortable environments for addicts is the way to go. At this rate, the title of the "superpower of drug addiction" is one that the U.S. will never be able to shed.

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Purple Lotus - Cannabis Flower

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As San Jose's #1 cannabis dispensary, Purple Lotus is dedicated to providing top-quality cannabis flower to suit every lifestyle. Our mission is to deliver outstanding customer service, a comfortable atmosphere, and premium cannabis products, ensuring a one-of-a-kind personal experience every time you visit us. At Purple Lotus, we treat our customers like family.

Located in San Jose, California, we serve the greater San Francisco Bay Area with convenient pickup and delivery services. Our commitment to quality and affordability has made us a trusted name in the community since our founding in 2010. Initially established to combat the inconsistent and overpriced marijuana in local dispensaries, Purple Lotus has grown to offer a wide variety of medical and recreational cannabis products.

Our selection of cannabis flower is unparalleled, featuring top-shelf strains cultivated to meet the highest standards. Whether you're seeking relaxation, pain relief, or a boost in creativity, our knowledgeable staff can help you find the perfect flower to meet your needs. We also offer daily deals, exclusive subscriber specials, and discounts for seniors, veterans, and students, ensuring everyone can access premium cannabis at affordable prices.

Quality is at the heart of everything we do. Our suppliers are meticulously chosen to ensure that all products meet our stringent quality criteria. Each item undergoes comprehensive testing to adhere to California's rigorous agricultural standards, guaranteeing our customers receive the finest cannabis flower available.

Experience the difference of a family-owned and operated dispensary dedicated to your well-being. Visit Purple Lotus and explore our extensive range of cannabis flower, pre-rolls, and in-house brands, all cultivated, manufactured, and packaged right here in the Bay Area. Your journey to exceptional cannabis starts with Purple Lotus.

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Best Weed Delivery Apps in the US 

Caliva: Weed Delivery

PlayStore: 2.9

App Store: 3.9

San Francisco featured this Cannabis Delivery App and Service as the biggest Weed Deliverers.

Customers can find Weed of high quality on this App. Caliva has a partnership with numerous companies that sell high-quality Weed. The state of California allows them to sell the same to the customers. 

Caliva claims its mission is to make Weed readily available to customers and clients per requirement anywhere!

PotBot: Medical Marijuana App

PlayStore: 3.3

App Store: 4.5

PotBot proved to be the Best Medical App with one of the Best Weed Apps in the USA market in 2023!

You can confirm your Cannabis dosage if you are new as a Marijuana patient. 

Like the other Best Weed Delivery Apps, you can search for dispensaries and local stores. Moreover, you can receive suggestions from this Cannabis Delivery App based on your health conditions and needs. 

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