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Re: Curious, if true
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Mon, 4 Mar 2002 11:12:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> "Pedro Silva" <el_gordo@netc.pt> writes:
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> > Have you tried the tea?
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> No, I haven't. The seeds are good for their nutritional values, but I
> don't know about the tea.
It is supposed to be good, and have a relaxing effect. No surprise. But I
have not tried myself though (so far; I won't say it is not in my plans to
do so in due time).
> > By the time the US constitution was written, the drug issue was
> > still not a social problem: all drugs were smoked (as opposed to
> > the current IV ones). So it is fair to think the general public
> > would be less worried with growing hemp (which is, after all, not
> > much different from tobacco) or any other smoke-drug.
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> I don't know when the habit of smoking hemp started, but you are
> probably correct that it was not a social problem at the time. The
> alleged constitutional hemp praise was probably due to the many uses
> of the hemp fibre, not the narcotic content.
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> In some countries in Europe, it is legal to grow the non-THC hemp
> variant. (This one is non-narcotic.) Some people make clothes, paper
> and other items from this hemp (as well as breakfast cereal seeds!).
> But these items are mostly sold as just novelty items. They have
> little real value beyond that.
I believe Portugal is one of those countries, at least up to a point. But
the Authorities always find something wrong and destroy the plantations.
A kid was arrested some months ago because he was taking care of his dad's
hemp field (a small one in the backyard); apparently, the police thought it
was to be sold... but the owner claims it is for his own use as painkiller.
Anyway, the story is a bit revolting - a number of successive mistakes has
made a minor remain in jail, even though that is forbidden. Major shame for
our justice. :-(
> Some results show that multiple sclerosis and similar neurologic
> conditions can be treated with the THC from hemp plants. Perhaps
> there is a future for the medical use of hemp?
Perhaps.
Not only hemp, most drugs have *some* medicinal value. It is up to the
doctors discretion to prescribe whatever is adequate - that is why there is
opium and cocain in hospitals. This whole pharmaceutical issue is very
"dark", if you know what I mean.
Pedro
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| (...) No, I haven't. The seeds are good for their nutritional values, but I don't know about the tea. (...) I don't know when the habit of smoking hemp started, but you are probably correct that it was not a social problem at the time. The alleged (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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