Marijuana Militia

Former Presidents of Brazil , Colombia , Mexico and Switzerland , Prime Minister of Greece , Kofi Annan, Richard Branson, George Shultz, Paul Volcker and Other Leaders Call for Canadian Shift in Global Drug Policy.

The Global Commission on Drug Policy says it’s “very weird” that Canada is taking a tougher line on marijuana when governments across the globe are reconsidering the war on drugs.

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Monkeys infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) that were given chronic doses of the active ingredient in marijuana appeared to have slower SIV disease progression than monkeys given a placebo. These results, published in the June edition of the journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, aren’t proof that marijuana will slow human HIV progression, but they do indicate that the drug does not increase disease progression, as had been feared by some.

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Many people with HIV turned to marijuana in the early days of the epidemic to combat wasting disease and to treat nausea and chronic pain. An early, but short study in people with HIV indicated that marijuana did increase appetite in people with wasting and appeared to be generally safe. What’s more, the synthetic marijuana alternative, Marinol, was tested more intensively and was found to be fairly safe and effective for pain relief, nausea and low appetite. Still, concerns have lingered about whether marijuana is safe during the long-term.

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Rather than showing evidence that chronic THC might hasten SIV disease progression—as the authors originally hypothesized—LaMotte’s team found that the opposite was true: Daily THC use actually showed evidence of slower disease progression.

Specifically, the monkeys who received THC tended to have lower viral loads, improvements in the ratio of CD4 to CD8 cells, increases in SIV-specific CD8 responses and lower inflammation than monkeys who received a placebo. Even more impressive, monkeys that were given THC were much slower to die than monkeys given the placebo.

Aside from that, the non-smoking monkeys now consider the stoner monkeys some of the coolest monkeys around …

Bieber fever now in the bud?

A new strain of weed is being sold on the streets of Toronto under the name, J.B. Kush, and is advertising that it can “help you get through those tough times with your loved one, and make you closer.”

A source close to the 17-year-old singer however says that the weed, “is definitely not an authorized use of his name.”

Can’t wait to try this shiznit and see if it makes me enjoy his music now …

Randy … you will be missed

So you’re sitting there wondering how to cook with marijuana. Well the easiest way is to make some weed butter. Once you have this delicious concoction you can feel free to spread it on toast or add it to your favorite recipe.

How to make pot butter … for all your herbie cooking goodness!

Think about any recipe that calls for butter now uber enhanced with your finest selection of herbs.

Take a double boiler(or two pots that fit into one another) fill the bottom with water and use the top for your brew, put your butter and herbs in the top of the pot, about a quarter ounce per cup of butter.. melt the butter and stir together (the more pot the stronger the butter)

Simmer the mixture for about 25 minutes, then allow to cool and strain the butter into a 2nd bowl.

Once complete just take your melted butter, pour it into a container and let it chill too room temperature, once cool store in the fridge.

There you have it … now spread it on some toast, add it to your brownies or rub it on your corn on the cob.

It’s aaalll Good!

It’s a staple of the Militias diet that’s for sure!