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It's got nothing to do with Marijuana, but its a HOVER BOARD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's impossible to talk about hoverboards without invoking a particular movie title, so we're not even going to try: Remember that awesome scene from Back to the Future Part II? It's one step closer to reality: A California startup just built a real, working hoverboard. Arx Pax is attempting to crowdfund the Hendo Hoverboard as a proof of concept for its hover engine technology -- it's not quite the floating skateboard Marty McFly rode through Hill Valley (and the Wild West), but it's an obvious precursor to the imagined ridable: a self-powered, levitating platform with enough power to lift a fully grown adult.

I initially approached the floating pallet with caution, expecting it to dip and bob under my weight like a piece of driftwood. It didn't. The levitating board wiggled slightly under my 200-pound frame, but maintained its altitude (a mere inch or so) without visible strain. Arx Pax tells me that the current prototype can easily support 300 pounds and future versions will be able to hold up to 500 pounds without issue. Either way, you'll need to hover over a very specific kind of surface to get it to hold anything: The Hendo uses the same kind of electromagnetic field technology that floats MagLev trains -- meaning it will only levitate over non-ferrous metals like copper or aluminum.

Riding the contraption was a lot fun, but also quite the challenge: The Hendo hoverboard doesn't ride at all like McFly's flying skateboard. In fact, without a propulsion system, it tends to drift aimlessly. Arx Pax founder and Hendo inventor Greg Henderson says it's something the company is working on. "We can impart a bias," he tells me, pointing out pressure-sensitive pads on the hoverboard's deck that manipulate the engines. "We can turn on or off different axes of movement." Sure enough, leaning on one side of the board convinces it to rotate and drift in the desired direction. Without feeling the friction of the ground, however, I had trouble knowing how much pressure to exert -- Henderson's staff had to jump in and save me from spinning out of control. Clearly, this might take some practice.

As fun as its current form is, Henderson didn't necessarily set out to reinvent transportation. The Hendo engine's original inspiration came from architecture. "It came from the idea of hovering a building out of harm's way," he says. "If you can levitate a train that weighs 50,000 kilograms, why not a house?" After some prodding, he clarifies the idea as a sort of emergency lifting system that could theoretically raise a building off of its foundation during an earthquake, essentially rendering the natural disaster's tremors harmless. The idea sounds as fictional as, well, a hoverboard -- but he already built one of those. Henderson says that floating a building is a long-term goal. Right now, the technology is in its early stages, and he's just trying to get it in the hands of engineers with big ideas.

That's where the Hendo "white box" comes in. Backers who contribute to the company's Kickstarter at the $299 level will receive a complete, working Hendo hover engine and enough hover surface to play around with. It's a developer kit, Henderson says, and he wants makers to use it to build their own hover projects. If they have an idea they want to take to market, Arx Pax will work with them to make it a reality. "The most important piece of it all for me is the idea of taking away the limitations of how we think about problems in general. Not just thinking outside the box, but off the page," he says, explaining how Hover technology could be used to solve old problems in new ways. "When you do that -- when you approach problems that were seemingly impossible in different ways -- you'll never cease to be amazed by the solutions you can come up with."

While long-term goals go far beyond that of the not-so-humble hoverboard, there are plenty of Kickstarter goals focused on scratching that itch exclusively. For instance, 250 backers at the $100 level will be eligible for a five-minute ride on one of the company's prototype boards, and $1,000 buys a privately coached hour-long ride. Not content with merely renting hover-time? Okay, okay: The first 10 backers to contribute $10,000 will get a hoverboard to keep. The delivery date? 10/21/2015 -- the date Marty McFly arrives in the future.

I found this article on the following link:

http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/21/we-rode-a-hoverboard/?ncid=rss_truncated

Source: Hendo Hover, Kickstarter

Tags: arxpax, backtothefuture, hendo, hendohover, hover, hoverboard, mcfly, video

NEW FINDINGS!!!!! It's the 21st Century

Marijuana use associated with lower death rates in patients with traumatic brain injuries

Date:

October 2, 2014

Source:

Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed)

Summary:

A survey of patients with traumatic brain injuries found those who had used marijuana were more likely to survive than those who had not used the illicit substance. The findings suggest THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, may help protect the brain in cases of traumatic brain injury, the researchers said.

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Surveying patients with traumatic brain injuries, a group of Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) researchers reported today that they found those who tested positive for THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, were more likely to survive than those who tested negative for the illicit substance.

The findings, published in the October edition of The American Surgeon, suggest THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, may help protect the brain in cases of traumatic brain injury, the researchers said. The study included 446 patients who suffered traumatic brain injuries and underwent a urine test for the presence of THC in their system. The researchers found 82 of the patients had THC in their system. Of those, only 2.4% died. Of the remaining patients who didn't have THC in their system, 11.5% died.

"Previous studies conducted by other researchers had found certain compounds in marijuana helped protect the brain in animals after a trauma," said David Plurad, MD, an LA BioMed researcher and the study's lead author. "This study was one of the first in a clinical setting to specifically associate THC use as an independent predictor of survival after traumatic brain injury."

The researchers noted that the timing of their study was "pertinent" because of current efforts to decriminalize marijuana and other research that has shown THC can increase appetite, reduce ocular pressure, decrease muscle spasms, relieve pain and alleviate symptoms associated with irritable bowel disease. But they noted that their study has some significant limitations.

"While most -- but not all -- the deaths in the study can be attributed to the traumatic brain injury itself, it appears that both groups were similarly injured," Dr. Plurad said. "The similarities in the injuries between the two groups led to the conclusion that testing positive for THC in the system is associated with a decreased mortality in adult patients who have sustained traumatic brain injuries."

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Story Source:

The above story is based on materials provided by Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed). Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.

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Journal Reference:

1. Nguyen BM, Kim D, Bricker S, Bongard F, Neville A, Putnam B, Smith J, Plurad D.Effect of marijuana use on outcomes in traumatic brain injury. The American Surgeon, October 2014

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Ambiance, Essence, Relaxation, Healing...

 

 

Instead of a waiting room we have a relax-a-room

 

 

 

 

Complete with two massage chairs

 

 

 

And a fish tank!

 

 

CBD's versus THC-- The battle of good vesus good begins

What are THC & CBD?

THC – Tetrahydrocannabinol. THC, is the main psychoactive substance found in the Cannabis plant. Tetrahydrocannabinol, usually refers to the naturally existing isomer of delta-9-THC.

THC has an extremely low toxicity and the amount that can enter the body through the consumption of cannabis plants poses no threat of death. It is generally considered impossible to overdose on marijuana, as the user would certainly either fall asleep or otherwise become incapacitated from the effects of the drug before being able to consume enough THC to be fatally toxic. In lab animal tests, scientists have had much difficulty administering a dosage of THC that is high enough to be lethal.

 Incidental observations have also revealed therapeutically useful effects. This occurred in a study with patients with Alzheimer’s disease wherein the primary issue was an examination of the appetite-stimulating effects of THC. Not only appetite and body weight increased, but disturbed behaviour among the patients also decreased. Some recent investigations have also shown that THC in low doses improves the efficacy of other antiemetic (appetite enhancing) drugs if given together.

In some MS patients, benefits of reduction of tremor have been observed following the administration of THC. In patients with Epilepsy the anticonvulsant activity of phenytoin and diazepam have been potentiated by THC. Some epileptic patients continue to utililize cannabis to control an otherwise unmanageable seizure disorder.

CBD - Cannabidiol. High CBD cannabis provides medical benefit without psychoactive effect. CBD is a cannabinoid with medical potential that is bred from cannabis when the goal is high THC content. Because CBD is not psychoactive, people who dislike the effects of currently available marijuana, or who are seeking medical benefit without feeling stoned, might like high-CBD strains bred low in THC.
High CBD strains may enable patients that need large doses of cannabinoids to ingest the dose they need and still remain functional. CBD boosts the pain-killing effects of THC while moderating its psychoactivity.

CBD has anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-convulsant, anti-anxiety and neuroprotective properties, according to a rapidly expanding array of published studies. Recent studies have also shown cannabidiol to be as effective as atypical antipsychotics in treating schizophrenia.

CBD also has a direct inhibitory effect on certain cancer cells. In November 2007 it was reported that CBD reduces growth of aggressive human breast cancer cells in vitro and reduces their invasiveness. It thus represents the first non-toxic exogenous agent that can lead to down-regulation of tumor aggressiveness.




Below please find the source of this article,


http://www.herbalsolutionsca.com/articles/113-what-are-thc-a-cbd

Go Boston & go Keith or should we call you Keef

Boston Freedom Rally: New England Gaining Ground

       

By Keith Stroup on September 29, 2014 Activism, Education, Marijuana News

   

I recently had the pleasure of attending the 25th annual Boston Freedom Rally, the two-day celebration of marijuana and protest against marijuana prohibition, held on the Boston Common each September sponsored by MassCann/NORML, the NORML state affiliate in Massachusetts.

I have been attending this event since the mid-1990s, and always look forward to spending time with tens of thousands of like-minded people on the historic Boston Common, enjoying the New England autumn.

The Boston Common is the oldest public park in America, consisting of 50 acres of land in the heart of the city, at the southern foot of Beacon Hill, the site of the Massachusetts Statehouse, and it enjoys a storied past. In the 1630s, the Common was used by several families as a cow pasture. In 1713 it was the site of citizen riots, protesting a food shortage. In 1775, it was used by the British as a staging area from which they left for the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

The Common was used for public hangings until 1817, and has been the site of numerous public protests in modern times. In 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed a crowd on the need for racial justice in the north, as well as the south. In 1969, it was the scene of a massive anti-Vietnam War protest. And in 1979, Pope John Paul II spoke on the Common.

The Boston Freedom Rally, which began in 1989 in North Adams, Mass., moved to Beacon Hill in 1991 and then to the Common in 1992, where it has remained for 23 years, despite a long, tortured history of opposition by city officials and local law enforcement, requiring legal action repeatedly over the years to obtain injunctions forcing the city to approve the required permits for the event.
While some local opposition to this event remains, the sponsors finally appear to have achieved a degree of détente with the local establishment, and this celebration of marijuana appears likely to be around for the foreseeable future.

Like the Seattle Hempfest, this event, which is free to the public, features local and regional bands playing throughout the day on two stages.  Marijuana activists deliver short speeches between bands on both days, providing most groups who are involved in the legalization movement the opportunity to have their time on the stage.

Marijuana smokers, now that we have tasted a bit of personal freedom, are not about to go back into the closet, and we will continue to find comfort in public gatherings with like-minded citizens, to celebrate marijuana and exercise our personal freedom.

For many years, the police would arrest as many as 50 or more attendees each year for marijuana smoking, by sending undercover agents into the crowd, and by establishing an intimidating curtain of police presence surrounding the entire event.

I personally experienced the police presence in 2007, when fellow NORML board member (and High Times associate publisher) Rick Cusick and I were busted for sharing a joint behind the combined NORML/High Times booth. It turned out we were among the last marijuana smokers arrested in Massachusetts, as the state decriminalized minor marijuana offenses the following year.
There were lots of folks openly smoking at the Freedom Rally this year, but I did not see any tickets being issued by the police (possession of up to one ounce currently carries a $100 civil fine, with no arrest or criminal record), who kept a relatively low profile.

At 4:20 on Saturday on the main stage, Rick and I (and others) shared a joint publicly this year, as did tens of thousands of attendees in the crowd, with no law enforcement response. It appears the local police have accepted the reality that marijuana has been decriminalized; and it is clearly not as emotionally rewarding to issue civil citations as it was under prior law to arrest smokers! By decriminalizing marijuana, we have taken the “fun” out of marijuana prohibition for the police.
These outdoor protestivals are always vulnerable to bad weather, and we did experience some significant rain late Saturday afternoon, which drove the sizable crowd running for cover, essentially emptying the Common for the remainder of the first day. But the weather had been delightful earlier in the day, and was beautiful on Sunday, so the crowds had plenty of time to enjoy the music and the speakers and the carnival-like atmosphere, and to relax and enjoy a day in the park.

The event attracts scores of vendors and exhibitors, both food and paraphernalia (lots of glass), as well as those of us who are there to advocate for public policy changes. One noticeable difference this year was the large number of vendors offering products related to making and using wax and concentrates; dabbing has clearly reached the northeast. Also, with the new medical use law in Massachusetts, edibles and their use played a more prominent role than in the past.

The crowds this year were quite large, certainly tens of thousands of people, filling a significant portion of the Common by mid-afternoon, and making it a challenge to traverse the grounds. Marijuana smokers in Massachusetts have a lot to celebrate, with the state having decriminalized marijuana in 2008 and legalized medical use in 2012.

The process for selecting those licensed to grow and sell medical marijuana has been complicated by some irregularities, with questions raised about political favoritism, resulting in some licenses being revoked. Nonetheless, it appears the first of the legal medical dispensaries will be up and running by the spring of 2015. It has taken longer than it should have, but authorized patients in Massachusetts will soon have a safe and convenient source for their legal marijuana.

Now the political debate has moved to the need for full legalization for all adults in the state, regardless of why they smoke, with two competing groups announcing their intent to qualify legalization initiatives for the 2016 ballot. Current polling suggests a legalization proposal would likely win approval from the voters; but, of course, qualifying an initiative for the ballot remains the immediate goal. Hopefully the competing groups will find some common ground and pool their resources and energy to assure Massachusetts joins the growing list of legalization states in 2016.
By the end of the second day, it was time to close down the booth and catch a plane back to Washington DC and reality. But it surely had been personally exhilarating to be part of the public celebration called the Boston Freedom Rally for two days. I would encourage anyone from New England to join us next year for the 26th annual Boston Freedom Rally.

5 Amazing Things You Didn't Know About Marijuana

Chicago Medical Marijuana

5 Amazing Things You Didn't Know About Marijuana 

By Jack Giddingson, October 17, 2013 at 6:51 pm

       

It's no coincidence that marijuana legalization support has surged with the growth of social media. The voices of the Reefer Madness era are silenced daily as studies and testimonials continue pouring in about this often misunderstood plant. Ignorance still remains, however, and this fight won't be won without continued education of the masses.



It takes one fact that hits home to sway someone's opinion. Maybe one of the following will do that for you. Here are five things about marijuana you may not have known:

1.  THC and CBD, marijuana's primary cannabinoids, are both cancer killers.

No, I'm not talking about using marijuana to help manage cancer's effects.

 It's actually anti-cancer.

Recent research out of Spain suggests that THC, marijuana's psychoactive ingredient, kills brain cancer cells. Study co-author Guillermo Velasco claims that when THC was applied to cancerous brain tissue, the cancer cells were killed while healthy cells were left alone.

CBD apparently does the same; a pair of scientists from California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco demonstrated the cannabinoid's ability to stop metastasis in many kinds of aggressive cancer.

Imagine if this plant were discovered in a jungle two weeks ago. What would the news be saying? The CBD article goes as far as to say the breakthrough could "potentially alter the fatality of the disease forever." The lack of media coverage for this is astounding, but that doesn't diminish the research.

2. Marijuana triggers neurogenesis. Layman's terms: It leads to brain cell growth.

Wait....marijuana is supposed to kill brain cells, right?
Wrong.

The roots of the marijuana-kills-brain-cells myth are deep despite the lack of credible evidence. The original study supporting this notion is questionable at best and recent research suggests exactly the opposite.

In 2005, a study showed cannabinoids' ability to promote neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus, the brain region responsible for many important brain functions including mood and memory. The authors also cited anti-anxiety and anti-depressant effects that accompany the neurogenesis. This explains why people across California, Colorado, Washington and other marijuana-friendly states often turn to the herb for a mood-boost instead of pharmaceutical drugs. It also supports research that marijuana helps improve cognitive function in bipolar disorder patients. This brings us to our next fact....

3. Suicide rates are lower in areas where medical marijuana is available. 

A Denver state-level study analyzed the statistical trend of suicide after introduction of medical marijuana.

From the study:

"Our results suggest that the passage of a medical marijuana law is associated with an almost 5% reduction in total suicide rate, an 11% reduction in the suicide rate of age 20-29 males, and a 9% reduction in the suicide rate of 30-39 males."
It's interesting this hasn't become mainstream data in a country so focused on suicide prevention. Not surprisingly, one of the main reasons cited by the study's authors for the decrease was connected to the at-risk population (20 and 30-something males) replacing alcohol with marijuana. This data makes the strictness of Illinois' new medical marijuana policy even more laughable.
"Don't let usage get out of control! Less people might commit suicide!" 
Speaking of marijuana's effects on well-being, I highly recommend this very personal, heart-wrenching article.

But what about the physical effects?

4. There is zero evidence that marijuana causes significant lung damage. 

While vaporization is always touted as the safest method of marijuana ingestion, the largest study of its kind suggested marijuana-only smoking is harmless as well:
"We hypothesized that there would be a positive association between marijuana use and lung cancer, and that the association would be more positive with heavier use. What we found instead was no association at all, and even some suggestion of a protective effect."
The above words come from UCLA Medical Doctor Donald Tashkin, author of the study and marijuana researcher of more than 30 years.
Considering the tar in marijuana smoke was found to contain as many harmful carcinogens as cigarette smoke, this study actually strengthens the notion that marijuana is anti-cancer. The plant itself seems to have an offsetting effect for the harmful properties of smoke.

5. There are two completely different types of marijuana, both with different effects on the user.

One of the biggest mistakes made by people who first try marijuana is immediately thinking that it's "not for them." It certainly isn't for everyone, but what if they  just tried the wrong kind?
There are hundreds of different strains of marijuana, tagged with names like Blue Dream, OG Kush, Trainwreck or Pineapple. All of these are categorized as "Sativa" or "Indica." Here's a simple-as-possible explanation on the difference:

Sativas are usually day-time strains, used to enhance the experience of social events, time in nature or listening to new music. Caregivers often recommend sativa strains for patients seeking relief from depression, PTSD, fatigue and some types of anxiety and pain. Some patients even report positive effects on ADHD while medicating with sativa strains. Although sativas produce an enjoyable effect, they usually are the culprit for an inexperienced user "tweaking out" during one of their first times smoking.

Indicas are often smoked at night due to their narcotic effect on the user. Indica strains are perfect for users suffering from any type of pain, nausea or anxiety. They're also preferable for novice users as they acclimate themselves to the herb. This variety is popular for meditation or yoga due to its mind-calming qualities.

Here is a more extensive explanation on the two categories if you're interested.
Marijuana isn't for everyone. Nothing is for everyone.
But should we be throwing those it is for in cages?
I dare you to say yes.
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