Another Reason to Get High With Grandma
The New York Times reports that the value of traditional Alzheimerâs medications has been dramatically overstated:
More and more often, it seems, drugs that were widely thought to be effective against serious illnesses turn out to show little or no value when tested in large, impartial clinical trials insulated from drug company influence.
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These discouraging results speak mostly to the desperate need for effective new treatments for Alzheimerâs.
Desperate need for effective new treatment, huh? Look no further. In fact, marijuana may eliminate the need for Alzheimerâs treatments altogether, since it seems to actually prevent the onset of the disease.
I have enough experience with Alzheimerâs to know that families confronted with it will usually try anything. Itâs ironic to think that the family values fanatics who arbitrarily oppose medical marijuana may soon find themselves shoving a bong in grandmaâs mouth.
Doing "Ant Work" on the Drug War With Mainstream Press Reporters
When I read the autobiography of 20th Century Salvadoran revolutionary leader Miguel Marmol some years ago, one phrase from the book stuck with me. When Marmol talked about the tedious, day-to-day organizing over the long-term to build a revolutionary movement, he called it "trabajo de hormigas," or "ant work." I thought the term was especially apt and evocative, suggesting the unglamorous, but necessary, laying the groundwork for change.
Countdown to the November elections
Election day is now three weeks away, and the Chronicle will be focusing on drug policy-related races across the country between now and then. With most people's attention focused on whether the Democrats will regain control of the House and/or Senate, the drug policy-related races and ballot questions are not getting much attention, except at the local and state level, but there are some important drug policy-related questions being decided on election day. Expect to see a lot of articles focused on the elections between now and November 7, and, of course, the Friday following the election.
WELL, GEE WHIZ!!!
WELL GEE WHIZ--I bet Gordon and Constance Gee are getting tired of that joke, among many others, by now. Anyway, nobody is going to be asking for any Gee whiz. Class structure in America has never been more clearly delineated. The wife of the Chancellor of Vanderbilt University can be outed as a pot smoker in the Wall Street Journal, and all anybody does is titter. For the rest of us, it's a different story.