Krapp, Kristine, and Jacqueline L. Longe, eds. "Marijuana." The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine. L-R ed. Vol. 3. Farmington Hills: Gale Group, 2001. 1127-130. Print.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Annotated Bibliography 10/14
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Research Journal 10/12
http://checkyourself.com/ShowFeaturedArticle.aspx?id=67c60712-96bb-4c47-9fca-ea068297117c
What is this bullshit that they are telling children nowadays? I know, it comes up again and again, but every time I read a website like this it just pisses me off. I mean these are resources intended for people my age, supported by our parents. That means if everyone is disregarding personal experience and scientific fact entirely by going to websites like these and following them like they're the gospel truth, no wonder people don't understand how helpful marijuana is. The anti-pot websites use just as much propaganda as the pro-pot websites. They reword and rework things to match up with what they're trying to say: For instance, the statistic they show about how 17% of teenage crash victims were under the influence of marijuana doesn't show this number in relation to something else, like amount of crash victims texting, or driving drunk and it doesn't account for the fact that many teenagers who use drink use marijuana while doing so. In other words, you may have pot in your system, but you crashed your car cause you were drunk, not stoned. Another one is the argument that marijuana contains more carcinogens than cigarettes. Give me a break. Anyone who has done minimal study in this field could figure out that one's pure bull. Think about it:
Carcinogens are placed into cigarettes in high amounts by the people who have created the recipe for that particular cigarette. The carcinogenic chemicals were created by scientists and put in those cigarettes, added to that tobacco, on purpose.
Now, why would more carcinogens be found in a plant than in treated cigarettes? I will concurr that marijuana and cigarettes have the same amount of tar in them BUT A) tar doesn't cause cancer and B) that's due to the nature of the plant. The nature of the plant is not to have more carcinogenic material. It's just nonsense to think it would, and telling our children they may develop lung cancer as a result of marijuana use is not only propaganda, but almost down right cruel.
Stupidity and ignorance are my mortal enemy and I shall vanquish both by this time in May!
What is this bullshit that they are telling children nowadays? I know, it comes up again and again, but every time I read a website like this it just pisses me off. I mean these are resources intended for people my age, supported by our parents. That means if everyone is disregarding personal experience and scientific fact entirely by going to websites like these and following them like they're the gospel truth, no wonder people don't understand how helpful marijuana is. The anti-pot websites use just as much propaganda as the pro-pot websites. They reword and rework things to match up with what they're trying to say: For instance, the statistic they show about how 17% of teenage crash victims were under the influence of marijuana doesn't show this number in relation to something else, like amount of crash victims texting, or driving drunk and it doesn't account for the fact that many teenagers who use drink use marijuana while doing so. In other words, you may have pot in your system, but you crashed your car cause you were drunk, not stoned. Another one is the argument that marijuana contains more carcinogens than cigarettes. Give me a break. Anyone who has done minimal study in this field could figure out that one's pure bull. Think about it:
Carcinogens are placed into cigarettes in high amounts by the people who have created the recipe for that particular cigarette. The carcinogenic chemicals were created by scientists and put in those cigarettes, added to that tobacco, on purpose.
Now, why would more carcinogens be found in a plant than in treated cigarettes? I will concurr that marijuana and cigarettes have the same amount of tar in them BUT A) tar doesn't cause cancer and B) that's due to the nature of the plant. The nature of the plant is not to have more carcinogenic material. It's just nonsense to think it would, and telling our children they may develop lung cancer as a result of marijuana use is not only propaganda, but almost down right cruel.
Stupidity and ignorance are my mortal enemy and I shall vanquish both by this time in May!
Friday, October 8, 2010
Journal 10/08
So the guy I emailed two days ago at the University of Michigan hasn't emailed me back yet. Sooooo's I'm just a-waitin.
BUT i had an idea. I know every public school from here to San Diego carries or distributes some sort of information on drug abuse, and most of the information includes information about marijuana. So I thought it would be cool to gather as many of these little pamphlets from different schools as I could and see just what high school kids are being taught.
The one i picked up from our guidance center doesn't have much in it, at least negative things. It's more about numbers, symptoms for parents to watch for and what to do about prevention. When i went the website, I found out you can actually schedule an informational session, and since they don't have much of them scheduled, it could be a viable option for one of my presentations. I'm going to talk to the people here who work on the Advisory Council and ask them how i would do it, what i would need and what would go down.
BUT i had an idea. I know every public school from here to San Diego carries or distributes some sort of information on drug abuse, and most of the information includes information about marijuana. So I thought it would be cool to gather as many of these little pamphlets from different schools as I could and see just what high school kids are being taught.
The one i picked up from our guidance center doesn't have much in it, at least negative things. It's more about numbers, symptoms for parents to watch for and what to do about prevention. When i went the website, I found out you can actually schedule an informational session, and since they don't have much of them scheduled, it could be a viable option for one of my presentations. I'm going to talk to the people here who work on the Advisory Council and ask them how i would do it, what i would need and what would go down.
Annotated Bibliography 2
Torr, James D., Scott Barbour, and Jennifer A. Hurley, eds. Drug Abuse: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven, 1999. Print.
The information in this book is presented in a really cool way. There are a certain amount of issues the book touches upon, some dealing with marijuana specifically and some dealing with drugs in general. Each position is defended from one side or the other, resulting in a pro-con sort of layout that's much like procon.org. The topics covered include things like whether or not media is effective in reducing the rate of drug consumption in teens, whether or not drugs should be legalized and whether or not the war on drugs has succeeded. The opinions are pretty fascinating to read, especially when I can do so comparatively. Looking at this statistic-less article as it compares against another statistic-less article is a hard feat, but pretty interesting at the same time. The source is very useful. I may not necessarily be able to quote the works compiled in it, since many of them are uncited, but it was a source that proved to have a lot to say. It also provides a good jumping off point. Although the actual works in the book are too iffy to use as hard factual research, they have a lot of names and associations who have written multiple things on this topic, not just what was put into the novel.
The information in this book is presented in a really cool way. There are a certain amount of issues the book touches upon, some dealing with marijuana specifically and some dealing with drugs in general. Each position is defended from one side or the other, resulting in a pro-con sort of layout that's much like procon.org. The topics covered include things like whether or not media is effective in reducing the rate of drug consumption in teens, whether or not drugs should be legalized and whether or not the war on drugs has succeeded. The opinions are pretty fascinating to read, especially when I can do so comparatively. Looking at this statistic-less article as it compares against another statistic-less article is a hard feat, but pretty interesting at the same time. The source is very useful. I may not necessarily be able to quote the works compiled in it, since many of them are uncited, but it was a source that proved to have a lot to say. It also provides a good jumping off point. Although the actual works in the book are too iffy to use as hard factual research, they have a lot of names and associations who have written multiple things on this topic, not just what was put into the novel.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Journal 10/06
http://bpru.med.jhu.edu/#services
So while trying really, really hard to find some information about the research they're doing with concern to marijuana, the link above (^) was about it. I'll call somebody down there some afternoon this week and do more investigating. Or maybe I'll just drive on down there.
Also, I couldn't actually get access to most of the articles they had concerning research they've done with marijuana, they're all inner database. So I'll just wait until i can talk to somebody there and see what they'll tell me.
A bit of success! I finally tracked down somebody, somewhere who could help me out with what i want to know. His name is Mahmoud ElSohly and he is the director of the department at the University of Michigan that grows medical cannabis as a part of the government's Compassionate Care Act. I just sent him an email asking him to hit me back up with certain information about what he does and how he feels about it. I'm excited for his reply.
So while trying really, really hard to find some information about the research they're doing with concern to marijuana, the link above (^) was about it. I'll call somebody down there some afternoon this week and do more investigating. Or maybe I'll just drive on down there.
Also, I couldn't actually get access to most of the articles they had concerning research they've done with marijuana, they're all inner database. So I'll just wait until i can talk to somebody there and see what they'll tell me.
A bit of success! I finally tracked down somebody, somewhere who could help me out with what i want to know. His name is Mahmoud ElSohly and he is the director of the department at the University of Michigan that grows medical cannabis as a part of the government's Compassionate Care Act. I just sent him an email asking him to hit me back up with certain information about what he does and how he feels about it. I'm excited for his reply.
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