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Technically they’re on in four states, but the Mississippi affiliate doesn’t play nice with national and the New York affiliate is overrun with Republicans.
How many states does the Reform Party still have a ballot line in? Last time I heard it was four or five, but that’s been awhile.
Well, this is a titillating rumor. Who could it be? Robinson or Rhett Smith? Reid? Or the candidate who changes parties like underwear, Shawna Sterling?
Rumor has it the Reform Party may nominate a candidate currently running for the Libertarian nomination. Stay tuned for details.
“I hereby declare that if Austin Petersen becomes the LP candidate (which I think is very unlikely), I’ll be supporting her.”
In the event of Mr. Petersen’s unlikely nomination, I too will likely support Dr. Stein, although I will consider Mr. Castle, who I consider a cut above most Constitution Party candidates.
THC isn’t a separate substance from the cannabinoids. It’s one of them.
sl: “She made the distinction between the THC, which is the more psychedelic chemical that gives you a “high” and the Cannabinoids (CBD) which actually do have a use in our brain. we have receptors for them.”
We have a receptor for THC as well. In the early 1990’s, it was discovered that THC activates a receptor that is intended for a chemical they named “anandamide” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anandamide That receptor is actually much more easily activated than by anandamide, because THC is already folded into a close-to-ideal configuration.
Jim Bell, BS Chemistry MIT 1980
The invasion of personal freedom to control one’s own diet and medical treatment by government-backed corporate special interests is one of the great crimes and tragedies of the post-modern epoch. Many who call themselves libertarian, liberal, progressive or conservative have drunk the “government knows best” Kool-Aid. Where does Stein stand on personal freedom to refuse vaccinations? On the right of personal access to a freed market for health care, regulated under the principle of informed consent by civil action in an unbiased and independent justice system?
It should be pointed out that the Constitution Party’s candidate for President, Darrell Castle, also favor legalizing marijuana, and calling off the War on Drugs in general.
I was actually listening to a story on NPR (National Public Radio) and they were interviewing a Neuroscientist about Marijuana and it’s uses and effects on the brain. She made the distinction between the THC, which is the more psychedelic chemical that gives you a “high” and the Cannabinoids (CBD) which actually do have a use in our brain. we have receptors for them. She was talking about how using the CBDs can help with many diseases like epilepsy and can even be used safely on children in controlled doses. She said they are working on breeding a strain of Cannabis that is higher in the CBDs than the THC.
They are even starting to seriously do research with LSD. If only Timothy Leary were alive to see that his legacy and research is actually being taken seriously. Our ancestors used nature for their medicine. The Maya culture was rich with knowledge about the plants in the rain forest. That is what John McAfee was doing in the jungle in Belize. Trying to find plants in the rain forest that could be used topically to heal wounds and anything else bacterial. Sadly the research stopped when his head researcher quit. I wish more people were committed to looking back in human history for cures and treatments rather than the Big Pharma companies making millions.
I’ve said this before on IPR that I really like Dr. Stein. Too bad she’s wrong about so many things when she’s right about other things.
I hereby declare that if Austin Petersen becomes the LP candidate (which I think is very unlikely), I’ll be supporting her.