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The Dark Side of Sleeping Pills

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Recent studies indicate that hypnotics (a sleep-inducing drug) might take as much as five years from the life span of the average hypnotic drug taker. Daniel F. Kripke, M.D., a Senate Emeritus in Psychiatry at UCSD, “maintains by endorsing addicting hypnotics, the FDA bumps off old folks and reduces the population. In reducing the U.S. population, hypnotics would reduce those human-made pollutants that cause global warming.”

Controlled clinical trials proved that hypnotics doubled occurrences of depressed moods and added about 44% to new infections. Hypnotic hangover causes average patients more sleepiness the next day. Pharmaceutical sleep aids are associated with increased lung and esophageal cancer, perhaps multiplying those risks several times.

Kripke’s eBooks are on the web for free: Happiness needs Bright Light and The Dark Side of Sleeping Pills Kripke demonstrates statistically significant cancer risks specifically for zolpidem and temazepam. For patients prescribed over 2-3 sleeping pills per week, there was a 35% increased risk of developing cancer within an average of 2.5 years.

A new study from Taiwan studied zolpidem, which is the most popular hypnotic in Taiwan and the United States. With over eight years of follow-up, the Taiwan authors found a considerably larger cancer hazard associated with zolpidem than the Kripke study found with shorter follow-up. There have been additional studies with similar results.

Sleeping Pills Associated with Significant Mortality Risk
Zolpidem, Temazepam, Eszopiclone, Zaleplon, Triazolam, Flurazepam, Estazolam, Quazepam, Barbiturates (esp. phenobarbital), Antihistamines, mainly diphenhydramine are all linked to mortality risk.

All approved sleeping pills can cause “hangover,” that is, they not only reduce the action potentials of our brain cells during sleep, but they can also reduce brain cell activity during the day. This can make a user sleepy, less alert, confused, and weak. Falls are much more common among elderly people who are taking hypnotics. Of patients given Lunesta, 10% had accidents as compared to 6% given a placebo.

Why is Insomnia so Hard to Treat? Sleep disorders are a symptom of many chronic diseases. There are over 80 million sleep disorders in six categories, and 18,000+ studies in Pub.Med.gov.

  • Insomnia – when one cannot fall asleep or stay asleep.
  • Sleep apnea – which involves impaired breathing while sleeping.
  • Restless leg syndrome – characterized by tingling, discomfort and even pain in the legs that increases at night and is relieved by movement.
  • Circadian rhythm disorders – when one’s internal clock is off and one’s sleep patterns are disturbed.
  • Parasomnias – which entails abnormal movements and activities while sleeping, including sleep-walking and nightmares.
  • Excessive daytime sleepiness – when an individual experiences persistent drowsiness during daylight hours from narcolepsy or another medical condition.

Given the problems with conventional sleep medications, medical scientists are exploring other ways to improve sleep by targeting the endocannabinoid system (ECS). As the primary homeostatic regulator of human physiology, the ECS plays a major role in the sleep-wake cycle and other circadian processes.

Cannabis has been used for centuries. A German researcher Bernard Fronmueller observed in 1860, of all anesthetics ever proposed, Indian hemp is the one that produces a narcotism most closely resembling natural sleep without causing any extraordinary side effects and does not kill. People with mood disorders who use cannabis have the highest rates of sleep benefits at 93%. (Babson & Bonn-Miller, 2014).

There is conflicting research on cannabinoids, especially cannabidiol (CBD). CBD has a biphasic dose response. A low dose increases wakefulness and calm. However, a high dose of CBD will act as a sleep aid. A high dose can be up to 160 mg. Cannabinol (CBN) can potentiate sleepiness when combined with THC or CBD. Melinda Misuraca gives a recipe in projectcbd.org for a one-to-one of THC and CBD that is very effective.  Her recipe is rich with ginger, passion flower, chamomile, valerian, dried hops, CA poppy, and lemon balm.

For more information on Marijuana Without the High contact me at the Vault Dispensary Lounge.
Previously published in https://coachellavalleyweekly.com/the-dark-side-of-sleeping-pills/

Treating Ulcers With Cannabis

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As a hospice nurse, I came across numerous venous or diabetic leg ulcers. What was remarkable is how my patients’ caregivers had their own effective treatments. There are as many treatments for skin ulcers as there are nurses. While we are obligated to follow physician’s orders in the hospital or other medical institutions, in the home of a hospice patient, the family has the prerogative to adjust the treatment. Of course, if it were ineffective the family would acquiesce, but if the wound were healing, we as hospice case managers adjust the family’s treatment plan from their input.

Way back as far as fifteen years, my hospice caregivers taught me the value of treating ulcers with cannabis and manuka honey from New Zealand. It did, however, take the caregiver several weeks to fess up to the fact that she was putting manuka honey into the bed of the wound. After not balling her out, she then a week later was able to admit to also putting a cannabis tincture in the wound. These were ulcers that previously were not healing over the past five months before coming onto hospice.

Other nurses hearing these successes, started suggesting cannabis oil for their patient’s wounds. Now there are sterile manuka wafers available on Amazon for wound care. A product that combines manuka honey and cannabis is available. While this is not the formula for a leg ulcer science supports this for daily skincare.

Treatments for leg ulcers have the worst outcome measures. A person with a leg ulcer can endure months of painful dressing changes, possibly an infection, and occasionally death. These successes of unorthodox treatments are now explained in medical journals. The endocannabinoid system (ECS), discovered in the nineties, is the most significant chemical signaling system in our bodies. There are cannabis receptors on the surfaces of all cells and skin cells have more receptors than any other area of our body.

A study by Dr. Vincent Maida, in Toronto Canada, showed amazing improvement when leg ulcers were treated with cannabinoids like delta9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD), terpenes such as beta-caryophyllene, flavonoids like quercetin, diosmin, and hesperidin. In fact, an FDA-approved drug called Daflon is already on the market in the US for the treatment of venous circulation disorders combining the flavonoids diosmin and hesperidin.

A further open-label study self-funded by Maida in which fourteen complex patients with recalcitrant leg ulcers were treated with his formula alongside compression bandages found that 79% of the patients had total wound closure in jaw-dropping 34 days.

Cannabis is not only used for open ulcers. Topically it can relieve the suffering of psoriasis and many other skin diseases. In the last decade, accumulating evidence has indicated that phytocannabinoids might have anti-tumor effects on skin cancer as well as other cancers. Whole cannabis extracts which contain significant amounts of differing phytocannabinoids, on different cancer lines from various tumor origins, show that specific cannabis extracts impaired the survival and proliferation of cancer cell lines as well as induced apoptosis (cell death).

Cannabis topicals are excellent for treating arthritis, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, pressure ulcers, rashes, cancer, pigmentation disorders like vitiligo, radiation burns, and numerous skin ailments. Remember, CBD is mainly for inflammation while THC is mainly for pain.

Our United States Government (we taxpayers) has a patent dated Feb. 28, 2019, (US020190060252A120190228) for treating vitiligo, a long-term condition where pale white patches develop on the skin due to the lack of melanin, the pigment in the skin. The patent states: “The method comprises topical application of a composition containing cannabinoids, in particular, cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabigerol (CBG), at a concentration of 3 % – 20 % by weight of the composition onto the affected skin area of a subject in need thereof. Application may be twice (2) daily for about six (6) weeks. Cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabigerol (CBG) may be sourced naturally or synthetically and applied daily for about six weeks.”

The science of cannabis is verified over and over what the public already knows. Cannabis is the miracle plant made by God to mirror the homeostatic chemicals our spiritual bodies manufacture for survival.

CBD as Preventive Heart Medicine

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Raphael Mechoulam, Ph.D., is known as the father of marijuana for his research at the Institute for Drug Research Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel. Mechoulam research on marijuana led to the discovery of our endogenous molecules anandamide and 2-AG which are identical to Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), the molecules in the marijuana plant. In an editorial to the Mayo Clinic, Mechoulam explains the long-term use of cannabidiol (CBD) on lowering blood pressure. The immunomodulatory capacity of cannabinoids as a valuable drug for preventive medicine is “well established” in science. Today’s article will reveal the real science on the long-term use of marijuana/cannabis affecting the vascular system.

While numerous studies in the past twenty years besmirch the plant by promoting all the negative effects of taking THC and CBD, those authors fail to appreciate the complexities of titrating a drug that has so large a variability. North Americans and Europeans today generally smoke cannabis and can titrate (i.e., finely adjust) the level of the psychotropic effects and thus do not typically reach the high psychotic state. CBD modifies the effects of THC by blocking anxiety provoked by THC; cannabis with high CBD content is associated with fewer psychotic experiences than cannabis with low CBD content, and CBD attenuates the memory-impairing effects produced by THC.

Bradley E. Alger, a leading scientist with a Ph.D. from Harvard in experimental psychology, explains how the endocannabinoid system (ECS) which includes our immune system, nervous system, and virtually all the body’s organs, is a bridge that connects brain activity and states of physical health and disease.

A 2013 study measured data from 4,652 participants on the effect of cannabis on metabolic systems. It compared non-users to current and former users and found that current users had higher blood levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C) or “good cholesterol.” The same year, an analysis of over seven hundred members of Canada’s Inuit community found that, on average, regular cannabis users had increased levels of HDL-C and slightly lower levels of LDL-C (“bad cholesterol”).

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disorder involving the progressive depositing of atherosclerotic plaques (immune cells carrying oxidized LDL or low-density lipoproteins). A growing body of evidence suggests that endocannabinoid signaling plays a critical role in the pathology of atherogenesis. The condition is understood to be a physical response to injuries in the arterial walls’ lining, caused by high blood pressure, infectious microbes, or the excessive presence of an amino acid called homocysteine. Studies demonstrate that inflammatory molecules stimulate the cycle leading to atherosclerotic lesions. Existing pharmaceutical treatments are moderately effective though carry numerous side effects. CB2 receptors triple in response to inflammation, allowing anandamide and 2-AG, the body’s natural cannabinoids, to decrease inflammatory responses. The CB2 receptor is also stimulated by plant-based cannabinoids.

A 2005 animal trial showed that low-dose oral cannabinoids slowed the progression of atherosclerosis. A 2007 animal study with CBD showed it had a cardioprotective effect during heart attacks, by the involvement of the CB1 and the CB2 receptors in cardiovascular illness and health.

In 2020 the American Heart Association published a Scientific Statement on Medical Marijuana, Recreational Cannabis, and Cardiovascular Health, which recommended removing cannabis from Schedule I so reliable research can be conducted. The Statement reviewed the torturous path marijuana took in the early 1900’s to be legal, then illegal, then legal again in most States. Currently, research in the U.S. can only be conducted for opiate addiction and with the flower from the University of Mississippi. Which research would you rely on: an observational study using flower from our Emerald Triangle in CA or flower grown by the Federal Government marijuana farm at the University of Mississippi?

Yeung BG, et. Al. conducted a study at the University of California Irvine, showing: Cannabis Exposure Decreases Need for Blood Pressure Support During General Anesthesia in Orthopedic Trauma Surgery. “The physiological basis for this phenomenon is unclear, but possible causes might include the downregulation of vascular cannabinoid receptor 1 and/or altered endocannabinoid levels after exposure to cannabis.”

More details on these and others can be found in Leonard Leinow’s book: CBD: A Patient’s Guide to Medicinal Cannabis

The Year 2021 in Review: The Senate Continues to Sabotage the M.O.R.E. Act

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On December 4th, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, H.R. 3884, to remove cannabis from the U.S. Controlled Substances Act. What does this mean for cannabis consumers, pot convicts, and the ever-expanding gray-market industry? The law changes make marijuana [possession, cultivation, sales] no longer a crime. Thus, we no longer discriminate against our citizens who are burdened by the criminal records they received under prohibition.

               The MORE Act is the most revolutionary and socially conscious federal marijuana reform bill ever passed. It reflects the views of 62 percent of Americans who favor legalizing the adult use of marijuana, while over 90 percent want access to medical cannabis. It completely removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act. Schedule I is the most restrictive category, reserved for the most deadly and addictive drugs that have no accepted medical use.

CannaAngel wrote the above in the January 2021 edition of the Cannabis Corner, one year ago. We are still waiting for the democrats to get this passed. Votes are tied to how much the pharmaceutical industry is bankrolling our legislators and senators. The leadership in Congress attached an amendment to the defense bill but Schumer and McConnell removed it in the Senate.

There are no champions of marijuana/cannabis in the Federal Government. While the FDA and the CDC are lying to us about the Wuhan virus, they are lying to us about marijuana. The cannabis industry has erroneously put their faith in the democrats every election hoping marijuana will become legal. As usual our feckless legislators’ campaign by promising to legalize marijuana, then get into congress, and cave to the pharmaceutical industry. Cannabis is inexpensive. It has already replaced numerous pharmaceuticals, thereby decreasing the profits from a plethora of drugs. While opiates are inexpensive, other drugs can cost much more. Drugs like gabapentin, Lexapro, oxycodone, seizure medications, antianxiety drugs, and many more, can be reduced or eliminated with a medical cannabis drug. Numerous expensive new pharmaceuticals administered by veinous or subcutaneous route for epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, are being approved and on the market. All of these diseases can be ameliorated by a planned medical regimen, monitored by a medical professional expert in cannabis therapeutics.

A vivid example is the FDA approving Epidiolex, pharmaceutical-grade cannabidiol (CBD), manufactured by a United Kingdom drug company, costing $30,000/year, and designated as a Schedule V drug. Besides being expensive, this pharmaceutical form of legal CBD can cause liver damage. However, plant-based cannabis, found in a local, legal dispensary is around $2,000/year. Can you see why the drug industry wants to delay changing cannabis into a legal plant? To support the M.O.R.E. Act in the Senate, and move it to President Biden’s desk, YOU need to demand it.

Do this by going to NormL website https://norml.org/act/federal-support-the-historic-more-act/ and become active in pressuring Schumer and McConnell to do their job. Bombard them with emails, calls, or letters. These measures do work. How do you think the Build Back Better bill was defeated? By pressure from voters. Make 2022 the year you become actively engaged.

According to the CDC, drug overdose deaths in the United States rose 29.4% in 2020 to an estimated 93,331, including 69,710 involving opioids, mostly due to the lockdowns preventing treatments, and fentanyl dumped on the American soil from China. Now the pharmaceutical industry wants to develop a “vaccine” for opiate addiction, and you know how much that will cost. Are you kidding me? There is no end to their greed. Like all our vaccines, it will be paid for by the federal government. Will they mandate this if an addict gets arrested? If there are lethal side effects from this opiate vaccine, is there accountability? NO. Like all vaccines currently used or in the pipeline, the industry is protected from lawsuits, by federal laws, just like the Covid-19 vaccines. We are in a fight to protect our freedom to choose or refuse treatment. We do not need the government telling us how to medicate ourselves. Make 2022 the year you become a cannabis activist.

Merry Christmas with a Christmas Tree Strain

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Christmas cheer to all my readers throughout 2021. Let us celebrate by partaking in a Christmas Tree strain of cannabis. The growers it is believed took this beautiful batch of Pine OG, a unique OG phenotype that smells and tastes exactly like a Christmas tree, and named it Christmas OG. The buds are beautiful and come highly recommended by some of the best medical marijuana growers in Southern California. Despite not knowing the strain’s parents, we can still learn a lot about where this strain came from and what to expect when medicating with it. For instance, the tight, condensed bud structure is reminiscent of popcorn. This is a tell-tale sign of any OG Kush phenotype. Most tend to be Indica-dominant, producing a heavy feeling, although each batch of OG will be different depending on the specific phenotype you have.

Christmas OG Marijuana Strain

On a more serious note, Proposition 64 was passed into law to expand the growth and sale of cannabis in a way that drives out the illicit market, discourages use by minors, and abuse by adults. However, two dozen executives and industry officials are claiming they can no longer compete with the widespread illegal economy when prices are far lower, and sales are double or triple the legal business.

These leaders sent a letter to Governor Newsom urging him to immediately lift the cultivation tax placed on growers, grant a three-year holiday from the excise tax, and an expansion of retail shops throughout much of the state. The letter has been published as part of the Change.org petition urging immediate action. SIGN THE PETITION. Hundreds of California cannabis farmers are choosing to let crops rot in the fields rather than risk a money-losing harvest or letting it return to the illicit market. Now, the California legislators are wanting to impose another cultivation tax of 5%.

Compare cannabis taxes to wine grapes almonds or raisins. It is not possible, because no other agricultural product has a cultivation tax. Other agricultural industries are supported by federal crop subsidies to protect family farms from market fluctuations that could put their homes and livelihoods at risk. We are a long way from expunging the stigma of the marijuana stoner instead of a miraculous medicinal plant.

The good news is 2021 saw a tremendous positive change in the industry. Ryan’s law was passed to allow terminal patients the use of cannabis if they become admitted to a hospital. Currently, due to federal law, health institutions that receive money from the government, prohibit the use of cannabis. Go to this website to see all the proposals and laws updated in the U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2021_United_States_cannabis_reform_proposals

We in the cannabis industry are hopeful for these ambitious goals in 2022. Sending letters to legislators does work to influence change. First, the elimination of pre-employment marijuana testing on urine and hair should be enacted. These tests do not predict job performance. Second, the reason marijuana costs so much is the burdensome taxes. Let us vote to remove these taxes for medicinal use.

Next, eliminate the prohibition of vaping marijuana at home if living in government-subsidized housing. End this discrimination against the elderly. Write to your congressmen. The laws for cannabis should be no different than the laws for smoking. Elderly users of medicinal cannabis should not be prohibited from vaping or ingesting while living in assisted living facilities or subsidized housing. These apartments are their only home.

There are too many local bans on cannabis businesses. Local voters should call their supervisors, mayors, and council members to share their views that medicinal cannabis should be equally accessed. There are several bills in the Senate and Congress that have very few cosponsors. Senator Feinstein has not cosponsored all the bills pending on cannabis reform. Make your representative accountable. Ask why he/she is not supporting removing federal prohibition.

In the spirit of the season giving donate some medicinal cannabis for an elderly person or veteran living in your neighborhood. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Holiday Preparations: Mistletoe Cannabis and Last Minute Laws

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The Christmas tree is decorated, stockings are hung by the fireplace, mistletoe is dangling from the kitchen doorway waiting for a lucky winner, cookies are baked, and the eggnog is favored with 9-delta-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) with a sprig of cinnamon. Creative juices are stoked. How do I wrap a marijuana gift?

Do I wrap a picture with cash and say which dispensary to go to? Dispensaries do not give out gift cards. How about one bottle of infused beer? Which is better, dark chocolate or milk chocolate with THC? A topical is more universal, plus, it is easy to wrap. Or I can forget about wrapping and pay for a mail-order of fancy soap bombs, gummies, or flower. I can add in the instructions: “Do not open till Christmas.” I will try several of these ideas. Which will you try?

Feeble Federal Fortitude Attempts

If only the federal government would give America a gift and pass the M.O.R.E. Act that allows legal banking for marijuana, research access to quality marijuana products, and the prescribing of marijuana for PTSD by the veteran’s administration. Currently, state sales taxes are paid with multiple boxes of cash. Research uses the oregano-like substance cultivated and manufactured by the government at the University of Mississippi. And veterans are forced to opt-out of the Veteran’s Health Administration to buy medical marijuana for effective treatment.

The current plethora of pharmaceuticals has not arrested PTSD and the suicide rate for over twenty years. (Veterans 30/100,00 versus 17/100,000 in the general population). With post COVID rates and vaccination restrictions, the military is dying literally and figuratively. Instead, the House tacks amendments onto the military appropriations bill hoping the Senate will do the same. Promises made, promises unkept.

Another federal debacle is the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) locking horns over who is responsible for conducting an independent, peer-reviewed study on the medical potential of marijuana. The

Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) sent a letter to a division of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on December 1, 2021, asking that it settle a years-long dispute over an alleged violation of the Information Quality Act (IQA) regarding cannabis.

CEI has been pushing both agencies to facilitate a peer review of the scientific evidence that’s been used to deny petitions to reschedule marijuana. Federal law mandates such a review, but both agencies have deferred responsibility to one another. What is ironic is the Government has patents on cannabis CBD paid for with your tax dollars. Write to President Biden to fix this.

A bipartisan duo of congressional lawmakers filed a bill on December 2nd that would incentivize states and local governments to expunge cannabis records in their jurisdictions. Reps. Dave Joyce (R-OH) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are sponsoring the legislation, titled the Harnessing Opportunities by Pursuing Expungement (HOPE) Act.

It would encourage states to provide relief to people with non-violent marijuana convictions through federal grants—the State Expungement Opportunity Grant Program, run through the Department of Justice—that would help cover the administrative costs of identifying and clearing eligible cases. The negative reactions to “no bail” and “no prosecutions” for repeat criminals looting our stores during the holidays will relegate this bill to the dust bin of good intentions. The states do not need federal grants to expunge nonviolent cannabis possession.

On another note study data to be published in the print edition of The International Journal of Drug Policy shows that the legalization of marijuana is associated with improvements in police clearance rates for multiple types of violent crimes.

Researchers affiliated with the University of Utah assessed trends in crime clearance rates in Oregon versus control states in the years prior to and immediately following the enactment of adult-use legalization. Their finding largely aligns with the argument made by the proponents of marijuana legalization that legalization would improve police effectiveness in addressing serious crimes, and as a result, would increase clearance rates and generate a crime deterrence effect.

Millennials Normalize Marijuana in a Changing Culture

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A decade ago, more than half of all drug arrests were because of marijuana. According to the ACLU, states spent more than $3 billion per year enforcing marijuana laws. Today, twenty-one states consider it illegal for employers to discriminate against employees for use of medical marijuana. Five states and seven cities, including Washington D.C. and Atlanta, go further and protect employees from discrimination based on the recreational use of marijuana.

The conundrum of marijuana testing is a positive test for delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, (THC) can show up after one month of use. An employee whose alcohol use during the workday will not be tested unless they show signs of impaired work performance. So, why test for marijuana. Managers can monitor drug abuse by looking for the following behaviors: avoidance of co-workers, irrational blaming of others for their mistakes, a decline in the employee’s personal appearance or hygiene, complaints of failing relationships at home, or finally, the taking of time off from work for vague illnesses or family problems. Medical cannabis physicians teach users that symptom relief comes without the high and will not fall in those categories.

A study published in the National Bureau of Economic Research, specifically looked at the effect recreational marijuana use would have on worker’s compensation benefits for those between 40 and 60 years old. Researchers found declines in worker’s compensation use, as well as non-traumatic workplace injuries. They theorized that access to an additional form of pain relief contributed to these drops. The development of an accurate electronic potency measuring device acceptable to the court system for marijuana or other THC products has yet. Because of the discriminatory testing of THC vs opioids/alcohol/cocaine or other intoxicants many employees in some parts of the state are moving to eliminate pre-employment testing of THC.

In other California legislative news, after 25 years of the legal use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation by Senator Ben Hueso (D-San Diego) expanding end-of-life treatment options for Californians by requiring hospitals and certain types of healthcare facilities in the state allow terminally ill patients the use of medical cannabis for treatment and/or pain relief. The legislation does not require the health facility to provide medicinal cannabis, nor does it require the facility to dispense the cannabis from the pharmacy.

The US DOJ is prohibited from using any federal funds to interfere with state medical cannabis laws, and the Biden Administration has made every indication that it will not interfere with state cannabis laws, medical or recreational.

Currently, terminally ill patients in California healthcare facilities are given heavy opiates for pain that rob them of their precious last moments with family and friends. Does this mean a terminally ill patient’s family will be allowed to bring cannabis into the hospital and administer cannabis to their loved ones? Not by a long shot.

The medical politics in Coachella Valley and other parts of the state will continue to fight the implementation of this law. Similar to the backlash the medical community exhibited when the assisted death legislation passed years ago, medical physicians opposed to cannabis will deny referrals to hospices who want to carry out Ryan’s Law.

While Sen. Hueso has received confirmation from CMS and the safeguards in the law, that healthcare facilities have the necessary authority to implement these provisions while ensuring the safety of other patients, guests, and employees of the healthcare facility, compliance with other state laws, and the safe operations of the healthcare facility, it will be a lengthy battle to see this law implemented. Policies will need to be agreed upon along with protocols presented to ethical committees. Physicians will still fear the loss of their medical licenses. The physician’s orders for cannabis will need to be written. But what physician in Coachella Valley is an expert in the specialty of cannabis? None.

In a state where only 53% of the fifty-eight counties in California allow for commercial Medicinal/Adult-Use cannabis business operations, we have a long way to go before our local hospitals allow Ryan’s Law to be implemented.

Warrior drugs: Natures Remedies for Infection

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This week’s article will focus on the use of natural remedies for infection whether it be bacterial or viral. For Centuries naturalists have been prescribing herbs and plants to fight all kinds of health maladies. Turmeric, cannabis, quercetin, Vitamin C, Vitamin D3, elemental zinc, Epigallocatechin-gallate (EGCG), terpenes, flavonoids, and last but on least, N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine (N-A-C) are all examples of herbs used medicinally. Since the world is dealing with the Wuhan Virus (COVID-19), my discussion will focus on the Zelenko Protocol recommended for ages forty-five and over and the recommendations of Dr. Judy Mikovits, a renowned virologist.

Currently, the common Wuhan virus treatment is the same as the flu, stay home, rest, drink plenty of fluids, go to the hospital if symptoms get worse. But this is not a naturally occurring virus. It is a synthetic virus. Therefore, denying aggressive treatment in the first few days of this synthetic virus infection, some will say is medical malpractice.

Government pressure along with media misinformation has forced physicians to follow practices abhorrent pre-COVID-19. Physicians are having their medical license revoked, and in some states, being arrested if they prescribe hydroxychloroquine for this synthetic virus. So, what can you do if you contact COVID-19? If you cannot get hydroxychloroquine, quercetin is a good substitute.

All of the natural therapeutics mentioned above are in any health food store or on Amazon. To avoid hospitalization, Mikovits and Zelenko have given us hope for treating not only the long-term aftereffects of the Wuhan virus but also reinfection after being vaccinated.

First Mikovits tells us to take off the mask, and never wear it again. To prove masks are dangerous and contributing to illness, purchase a small inexpensive oximeter at any drug store. Wear your mask in the car. Before you get out of the car check your pulse-Ox with the oximeter. Repeat this while exercising. Normal results are between 95-98%. Rebreathing the carbon dioxide, you are exhaling, robs your cells of nutrients for survival.

Infections become fatal when the cascade of inflammation overwhelms the immune system. The above natural supplements function as a dimmer switch on that inflammation. It puts the fire out in the immune system.

The endocannabinoid system, the killer T-cells, and antibodies, all complement each other to fight foreign agents. Cannabidiol (CBD) receptors are predominantly located in the immune system, and bone marrow where blood cells like killer t-cells are formed. There are more cannabidiol receptors in the skin than any other receptor in the body. Using a high potency cannabidiol balm on the skin forms a barrier to outside pathogens and prophylactically dims the inflammation. You can legally purchase THC-free (delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol) cannabis anywhere in the US. Check out these two websites to obtain pure CBD/CBG/CBN products: https://www.healingessencecbd.com/

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The Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and the Wiley publication, Chemistry and Biodiversity both have articles showing the effects of terpenes on viruses. “…… Two different mixtures of essential oils were reviewed, both of which showed AntiViral activity against HSV-1 and SARS-COV.” “Specific terpenes that came into contact with the SARS virus were found to reduce its severity and impact (both in-vitro and in-vivo) by withholding a certain protein that replicates the RNA – preventing it from penetrating healthy cells and using them as hosts for its replication”.

If you get the measles vaccine and become exposed to measles you will not get measles because measles is a natural virus. We do not give a measles vaccine to a healthy person or to someone who already had a measles infection. However, when you get this experimental biologic mRNA drug and become exposed to the virus you will get COVID-19. Vaccinated people shed the virus through their skin cells, nose, and throat and reinfecting others.

The CDC website published 41,915,285 cases of the Wuhan virus in the past 30 days with 670,565 deaths in the last 30 days effectively proving a 99% recovery rate. The media only reports deaths they do not report how many recover from the virus infection.

There is hope in developing immunity to synthetic viruses and their variants. Do not fear, hug your children. Hug your grandparents and boost your immune system with these warrior tools.