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Another great spot for CBIS to show their conviction.......Hope they're getting their application(s) ready
MEDICAL MARIJUANA WINS OVER VOTERS - WHAT NOW?
Would-be patients hoping to get some medical marijuana now that voters have approved the law should not hold their breath.
State Health Director Will Humble said Monday Proposition 203 gives his agency 120 days from the time the election results are certified - -- now set for Nov. 29 -- to come up with the rules and regulations of how the system will operate.
Theoretically, he said, that should allow doctors to begin writing the legally required recommendations for patients in early April. But Humble said they may not have any place to purchase their drugs, at least not legally.
At the end of that 120 days, Humble said his agency has to start reviewing what he expects to be hundreds of applications by groups that want to operate one or more of the marijuana dispensaries around the state. And, by law, he's currently allowed to give permits to only 125 of them.
Humble said he probably will screen each of the applications to check their plans for operations and security and award the licenses to only the most qualified. The alternative, he said, is a simple lottery process -- something he does not favor.
Even that, however, doesn't get the process started: He said each dispensary needs time to get up and running.
"And remember, they've got to get their cultivation facility up and running so they have an inventory that's legitimate," he said.
"I don't want this to be inventory that comes off the street or from Mexico or something," Humble said. "This has got to be from cultivation facilities inside the state."
He figures it could be sometime next summer, if not the fall of 2011, before the plants are legally grown, harvested and ready for sale.
But Andrew Myers, the campaign manager for Prop. 203, said patients may not have to wait that long. He said the measure allows those who are at least 25 miles from a state-regulated dispensary to do their own cultivation.
"Patients will be given I.D. cards before dispensaries will be licensed," he said. "So, at the outset, the first batch of patients are all going to be able to grow, for a year, until their renewal comes up."
Humble, though, said he's still researching that question.
More complex, he said, will be everything else to make the system work. Humble said there needs to be a secure computer system to track the drugs and the users.
On the front end, he said there needs to be an inventory system to ensure that everything that starts out as seeds in a legal cultivation facility winds up being sold through a legal dispensary, and only to a legitimate cardholder.
"That's not as simple as it might sound on the surface," he said.
"When they grow the plants, they weight different amounts at different times," Humble said.
"And there's a drying period," he continued. "So part of that weight was water weight."
He said dispensaries need round-the-clock access to the database of patients who have state-issued cards to verify that person is entitled to purchase marijuana. More to the point, the system will keep cardholders from buying more than 2 1/2 ounces every two weeks, the limit in the new law.
Finally, law enforcement needs the same access to determine whether the person they stopped is entitled to have that bag of marijuana.
Of greater concern, Humble said, is keeping some doctors from becoming the kind of "recommendation mills" he said have popped up in Colorado. The health director said he wants to spell out what sort of doctor-patient relationship has to exist before a physician can write such a recommendation.
"If we have a loose interpretation of what a doctor-patient relationship is ... then you could end up with situations like they have in Colorado where folks are walking into a doctor's office for a 15-minute appointment and $150 bucks on the barrel head, they're walking away with a recommendation," Humble said.
At the very least, Humble said, he wants some assurance that doctors have discussed alternative to marijuana for their patients, particularly those who say they need the drug for "severe and chronic pain," one of the conditions that lets a doctor write a recommendation. He said that should include biofeedback and acupuncture, where there is peer-reviewed evidence both actually work.
"Chronic pain is very difficult to measure," Humble said, which is one reason he opposed the initiative in the first place. And that, he said, provides an opportunity for abuse.
In Colorado, he said, more than 90 percent of cardholders get them for chronic pain.
"The majority of those cardholders are guys in their 20s and 30s," Humble said.
"I'm not saying none of them are in chronic pain," he continued. But Humble said that condition becomes a "gateway" into Colorado's system.
"I want to make sure we have some checks and balances in the system to make sure they are in a true doctor relationship, that they've truly evaluated that patient, that they truly think marijuana is the mechanism that they want to use for managing that patient, and they've talked with that patient about the various alternative treatments that they may have access to," he said.
MAP posted-by: Richard Lake
Wow, a $90 trade drops PPS 20%, brilliant MM's
So maybe another class of stock too? How the heck do you trade stocks that are on foreign exchanges? Maybe I'm ahead of myself but this is what it looks like to me. Hope Smokefree stays right here, no divvy, just a healthy share price.
So you think that when every other major country in the world has some form of cannabinoid for medicine that the US will not change their stance? Maybe we can arrest all of them eh'. You seem to be as narrow minded as the politicians
I can't find it now, but didn't I see that SFIO was intending to move from the pink sheets and get bulletin board status by filing proper 10-Q's , like the JV partner?
IMO, that would be a huge step also....
He's thinking "Why the hell has CBIS not at least filed for an extension yet today"
I only wish I would have found this out sooner. Wednesday is pretty close. This was probably overlooked by the lobbyists as well due to all the election hype. I'll be waiting to see what happens..
I don't know, but they went right around my bid twice today. Once on the way up and once on the way down. Is that painting?
I thought my 0065's were a steal LOL....Can't find any bad news out there.
Nice EOD dump. Its only Monday right?
Time to call your newly elected officials, and let them know what an idiot this woman is.....
Obama’s pick to head DEA needs to answer some tough questions
By Paul Armentano - 11/15/10 02:46 PM ET
This Wednesday, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will be considering Michele Leonhart for the position of director of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Several organizations that lobby on drug policy issues have voiced serious concerns regarding Ms. Leonhart’s nomination. As Interim DEA director, Ms. Leonhart has overseen dozens of federal raids on medical marijuana providers, producers, and laboratory facilities that engage in the testing of cannabis potency and quality. These actions took place in states that have enacted laws allowing for the production and distribution of marijuana for medical purposes, and they are inconsistent with an October 19, 2009 Department of Justice memo recommending federal officials no longer “focus ... resources ... on individuals whose actions are in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana.”
It is now 14 years since California voters recognized the medical value of marijuana by amending state law; fifteen other states and the District of Columbia have since acted likewise. Yet under Ms. Leonhart’s leadership the DEA has failed to take a single step toward revising its practices in accordance with these changes to state law and administrative policy.
Furthermore, Ms. Leonhart has actively blocked scientific research that seeks to better identify and quantify marijuana’s medicinal properties and efficacy. These actions contradict this administration's pledge to let science rather than ideology guide public policy.
In particular, Ms. Leonhart has neglected to reply to an eight-year-old petition that calls for administrative hearings regarding the rescheduling marijuana for medical use. Such hearings were called for in 2009 by the American Medical Association, which resolved “that marijuana’s status as a federal Schedule I controlled substance be reviewed with the goal of facilitating the conduct of clinical research and development of cannabinoid-based medicines.” Moreover, in January 2009, Ms. Leonhart refused to issue a license to the University of Massachusetts for the purpose of cultivating marijuana for FDA-approved research, despite a DEA administrative law judge’s ruling that it would be “in the public interest” to grant this request. This single act has prohibited any privately funded medical marijuana research from taking place in the United States.
Finally, Ms. Leonhart has exhibited questionable judgment when speaking to the subject of escalating drug war violence in Mexico. In 2009, she described this border violence — which is responsible for over 31,000 deaths since December 2006 — as a sign of the “success” of her agency’s anti-drug strategies.
“Our view is that the violence we have been seeing is a signpost of the success our very courageous Mexican counterparts are having,” Leonhart said. The cartels are acting out like caged animals, because they are caged animals.” This view is out of step with the reality and the gravity of the growing problem on our southern border.
In short, Ms. Leonhart’s actions and ambitions are incompatible with state law, public opinion, and with the policies of this administration. At a minimum, Senators should ask Ms. Leonhart specific questions regarding her past record and her intentions moving forward. These questions ought to include:
* What are your plans for bridging the growing divide between state and federal law concerning the use of marijuana for medical purposes?
* How has the DEA changed its policies and practices to ensure compliance with the 2009 Department of Justice memo calling on federal law enforcement to no longer target individuals who are in compliance with the medical marijuana laws of their states?
* When will the DEA respond to a 2002 petition to hold hearings on the rescheduling of marijuana, as were called for by the American Medical Association?
Failure of the Senate to engage in a probing dialogue with Ms. Leonhart regarding these matters will continue to give the appearance that Congress and this administration are willing to place politics above science. This administration has specifically pledged to end this practice. It can begin doing so by demanding careful consideration be given to Michele Leonhart’s nomination.
Paul Armentano is the Deputy Director of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML).
I'm still interested. I'm just not slapping the ask, and I'm assuming others aren't either. I do agree that the cheapies are getting very thin though.
not that tight... TYVM to whoever just just filled me below my bid, now she can soar!
Looks like someones chasing it... As soon as I propped it to .0068, I got leapfrogged..now .0073...Go SFIO
When the paper comes out. You'll have the ex-date. Wait and see
Thanks Nick. CBIS does not sell coffee or mushrooms....
There is no sector for what they do
They all have been doing that since the run. went from 8 to 10 MM's now? Everyone wants cheap shares. IMO they help each other. I used to watch the real time. When a new MM came in, he suddenly had shares to sell, suprisingly close to his bid, and undercut the ask to get there. I've learned a ton about the pinkies here.
Hopefully, all the uninformed investors are gone now.......well aside from u flippers, its the pennies right? Gotta have the ebb with the flow.
Awesome.....looks like B's a buzzin.
I think once the US realizes that its not the nicotene, or the CBD's that give you cancer, then, a product like this? Must Have
I hope for your sake and mine they get the "leaded" version of the product to the market. I've been doing the snus when I'm inside working, but dinner? That fish can't taste to good if your chewing on that crappy gum IMO.
If they had a delivery method that gave me my drug that does not harm me, or others around me. Sign me up..............Just sitting on the boat, and waiting to sail.
Thanks for your input...much appreciated DD, even from a FIB like me.hehehehe
woo hoo shorty must cover....no more ghosts....I like all of our chances here....Let the big dogs eat.
.I'll be here till I am dead....CBIS has provided me some extra years.......GLTA
Damn sheeepole....If folks would just open their eyes....I believe we have proof in the pudding..One gets clearance (FDA), and all the others are put to rest. Above board is where we stay.
Holy crap people.....I just got back from the links, we bought a bunch more today at the turn. What's stopping you? Inhibition, Rhetoric, or just flat out lies? I'm catching up to you pump...Hope to see you at the next meeting LOL. .
Chocked full of monkeys and just have to watch......(good porn music right now)
That's right baby
26 MM's and counting...Yeah definitely no interest in this stock.
"its out of gas, look at the volume decline since .26 pps"
Yeah, maybe the shipment was ...............caught up...........
I meant SFIO product.....Did we get em yet?
DUDE TONS........why are we talking smoke when we're already here!!!
someone get me off these cig's already. Anyone received their product yet?
Now Fink you know we can't do that?
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SFIO should do like some of the others and just say F'it and sell to distributors within the US and sell them under the FDA's nose in clear defiance. "
Defiance is wrong. Conformity in this sitch Is the only way.
Darn 7000 short, Looks like ...............G'nght
Really long and bored...it was fun a month ago when I was out of work and over-medicating hehehe.
Now just waiting for the idiot clock to expire.
PS......(Sar-Ox).CBIS first got my respect from reporting....The only one that is above board IMO...It looks like they convinced their JV partner to do the same.
You have to know this company when you read the reports..Understand where they came from..and how to read reports...
We'll be fine
OK for all you pharma players out there. Question: what kind of totally R&D company working on a new drug shows revenues, or has a product line.
When I look I find none, and they are usually not traded. They are funded privately and most of them are millions of dollars in debt.(usually picked up by our tax money) Until that drug hits right? Then they are catapulted overnight.
The ones that are traded sit in limbo until the next big thing comes. I personally believe the next big "thing" is cannabinoids. That is the reason I bought, and that's the reason I'm holding.
We are not selling soap here people, if you want to see big numbers then take your ass to the big board. You can trade options, flip in and out, and all that neat stuff, and the stocks cost alot more money too.
The next time you start to worry about what a penny pharma's revenue is, I urge you to find other plays. Start watching Cramer or something, he'll tell you how to lose your money just as good as you've done here, and, you'll get to see all the numbers!!
Sorry for dumping but I just got home, and all the absolute garbage I have read here is making my head spin....
IF YOU WANT TO BASH.....GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT..I might listen, otherwise, give it up
Can Iowa actually do this?
Or will Holder and his cronies start arresting Pharmacists too?
-The Iowa Board of Pharmacy Tuesday declared that marijuana is a drug with medicinal purposes. In doing so, it agreed to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II under Iowa law.
The board found that while marijuana has a high potential for abuse, it is now considered to have accepted medical uses. Schedule I drugs are those that have no proven or accepted medical use.
But the board denied a request from petitioner Carl Olson of Des Moines that it promulgate rules on the medical use of marijuana. That is beyond the scope of the board's authority, chairman Vernon Benjamin said. While the board can regulate drugs and pharmacists, it is up to the legislature to approve the medicinal use of marijuana, he said.
"We can't set any penalties. We can't set any guidelines on how marijuana's going to be produced, what standards are going to be. And I think all those kind of things are things the legislature's going to have the ultimate say-so about anyway," said Benjamin in remarks reported by local media.
The ball is now in the hands of the legislature, which so far has failed to act to pass a medical marijuana bill.
Des Moines, IA
United States
Go Iowa ! Hope CBIS rep's are on their way
Because we'll be the first one recognized by the FDA
And from your past posts, It looks like you "losered much money" on a lotta things. BTW some of us are still up and reloading as necessary. GLTY
Funny you should mention a cancer cure. They've already got it. Now go talk to the FED, who won't let them use it. Morons
Could Legalizing Marijuana in California Help Cure Breast Cancer?
An urgent issue for Breast Cancer Awareness Month: the clock is ticking for the 207,000 women expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer this year alone.
October 26, 2010 |
For 70 years, we've been taught that marijuana has no accepted medical use and that its high potential for abuse demands absolute prohibition. Medical research has been nearly impossible since obtaining the substance for legitimate studies is restricted by the federal government.
But for a moment, forget the anti-drug ads of stoned teenagers passing the bong and click instead on the National Library of Medicine's website, “Pubmed.gov.” Look under "breast cancer and cannabinoid” and you will find studies in scientific journals like Breast Cancer Research and Treatment that should warrant immediate action: “Our data demonstrate the efficacy of CBD in pre-clinical models of breast cancer. The results have the potential to lead to the development of novel non-toxic compounds for the treatment of breast cancer metastasis…”
A study in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics says, “These results indicate that CB1 and CB2 receptors could be used to develop novel therapeutic strategies against breast cancer growth and metastasis." And this from the journal Molecular Cancer: "these results provide a strong preclinical evidence for the use of cannabinoid-based therapies for the management of ErbB2-positive breast cancer." What’s more, this basic research also extols the safety of potential cannabinoid therapies.
The science behind these studies finds that the human body contains its own internal system interrelated with molecules in the cannabis plant—AKA marijuana. A neurological signaling structure called the endocannabinoid system is now known to govern numerous bodily processes like appetite, pain, and even the birth of new brain cells. Cannabinoid receptors, called CB1 and CB2, are located in various cell membranes and activated by the body’s own cannabinoid molecules (endocannabinoids), as well as those unique to the cannabis plant (THC, CBD) and synthetically-derived cannabinoids like Marinol®.
And now, the latest research is proving that cannabinoids, as part of this bodily system, play a mitigating role in breast cancer.
Breast cancer is a frightening diagnosis that will confront about 1 in 8 American women this year. Some 40,000 will die from it. An unusual lump in a breast can grow through four increasingly incurable stages and sometimes into other tissue. Therapies involve invasive surgery, heavy radiation, and toxic chemotherapy. Current anti-cancer drugs may kill cancer cells, but they also destroy non-cancerous tissue and damage heart muscle. Intractable nausea and vomiting comprise just one side effect. The disease may be worse than the cure but the cure can also kill.
But suppose some scientist has just come out of the jungle with an unknown plant that holds this much promise. It would be featured in the nightly news and on the front page of every newspaper. Well, we now have before us scientific clues that seem to point toward a revolution in breast cancer treatment, yet the government still manages to bury this amazing discovery.
Why? Politics. The “Devil Weed” has always been a favorite target for tough-on-crime politicians. Over the decades, they have assembled a labyrinth of governmental agencies with multi-billion dollar budgets that enforce marijuana laws, ignore the science, thwart clinical research—and constantly reinforce anti-pot stereotypes.
In the 70 years since Congress relegated marijuana to the dungeon of dangerous drugs, several administrative petitions have been filed to reclassify the herb and numerous lawsuits have challenged the U.S. Government’s monopoly control over cannabis supply, yet even the few that made it to the Supreme Court failed to dislodge the federal government's iron grip on policy. While medicinal use of marijuana is now legal in 14 states, none except California ventures into research, even though opinion polls find rising public support that now includes organizations like the American College of Physicians.
While we dither, the clock is ticking for the 207,000 women expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer this year alone. How much longer must those facing this disease wait for the federal labyrinth to sort out this issue?
There has to be a way to accelerate the clinical trials that will develop promising cannabinoid-based breast cancer treatments. Something simultaneously immediate, attention-getting, and policy-changing. Something that brings this issue to the fore, that can't be ignored, and hasn't been tried before.
Could legalizing marijuana in California help cure breast cancer?
we haven't forgotten about the other state's rights..... right
I'm wondering what You are thinking
"He was delighted as it stiffened, and ripped right through his sock "
They're so white and fluffy right.........we'll make a fortune by tonight....
This is Zappa.......How's your future????
At Saint Alhphonso's pancake breakfast..............Where I stole the margarine
Saint Alphonso would be proud of me
Come monday, all the ghosts must be out........(shares that is)
Kind of fitting for the perfect storm wouldn't you say?