Volcano Vaporizer

August 29, 2008 by admin  
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Where Can I Buy A Volcano Vaporizer at a good price?

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About the Volcano Vaporizer

The Volcano Vaporizer is a revolutionary system that releases the active ingredients from herbs through hot air vaporization. Vaporizers gently heats material just enough to release the active ingredients without combustion. Get all the flavor and active ingredients in a clean vapor without the tar and other toxins found in smoke.

The Volcano Vaporizer is superior to other vaporizers in its ability to maintain the correct vaporization temperature to obtain optimum flavor and maximum release of active ingredients. Patented technology maintains the temperature through the vaporization chamber within +/-5°C across the entire temperature range from 130°C to 226°C to insure that all active incredients are vaporized below 235°C; the spontaneous combustion temperature for cellose and other organic plant material.

The Volcano Vaporizer is a vaporizer for aromatherapy, smokeless ingestion of cannabis or other herbs, and culinary preparation. The vegetal matter or essential oil is heated by a variable temperature, pressurized hot air convection stream, and the resultant vapors are collected in a heatproof bag. Once the bag has inflated, the user removes it from the heater base and inhales or otherwise disperses the vapors using a set of valves. The machine consists of a conical heater base with controls for manipulating the airflow and temperature.

What Can you Use the Volcano Vaporizer for?

Aromatherapy

The Volcano Vaporizer is used to apply heat to release aromatic compounds from herbs and spices, plant extracts, and essential oils for aromatherapy. It is useful to release delicate aromas that otherwise may be destroyed by excessive temperature.

Medical — Scientific Study

Clinical evaluations of the Volcano Vaporizer have been carried out, primarily under the rubric of medical cannabis. Research undertaken by the University of California, San Francisco in November of 2007, published in the Journal of the American Academy of Neurology, compared the levels of the bioactive cannabis compound tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and the harmful constituents produced by smoked (burned) cannabis to the vapor produced by the Volcano Vaporizer. The study examined blood concentration of carbon monoxide as a harmful-products marker, and found there was limited exposure to harmful combustion products using the vaporizing device. A 2004 study published in the Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics found that compared to marijuana smoke, vapor from the Volcano Vaporizer contained higher levels of therapeutic THC and dramatically lower concentrations of toxic compounds. And another study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology in May 2008 investigated the feasibility of intrapulmonary THC administration using a Volcano Vaporizer. This study found that consistent, reproducible THC extraction and delivery is possible with the Volcano Vaporizer, suggesting that the vaporizing device was a suitable method for the administration of THC. In June 2006, a study conducted at Leiden University in the Netherlands was published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. The study evaluated the performance of the Volcano Vaporizer for reproducible delivery of THC by using pure molecular preparations. The results demonstrated that the Volcano Vaporizer was a competent delivery system for THC. The final analysis of indicated active cannabis compounds were readily liberated by the vaporization device.

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The Volcano Vaporizer is used for the consumption of cannabis. The primary advantage is the cannabinoids are released without the toxic byproducts of combustion, thereby allowing the ingestion of cannabinoids while reducing or eliminating the damaging health effects of smoking.

Culinary

The Volcano is used by chefs as a method of applying controlled heat to herbs and spices to release flavors that are otherwise difficult to titrate or apply, or that might be spoiled by overheating during cooking. The technique is useful for the practice of molecular gastronomy.

Production

The Volcano Vaporizer is manufactured by Storz & Bickel, a company specialized in vaporization technology. The Company is based in Tuttlingen, Germany.

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Cannabis education key to harm reduction

August 19, 2008 by admin  
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An Internet cannabis community has challenged the British government to come up with a cannabis policy which is based around reducing harm, as opposed to using law enforcement as the primary strategy in the war against cannabis. And according to a spokesman for the Canna Zine cannabis news website , the governments reticence to take into account the fact close to 4 million people choose cannabis over other soft drugs such as tobacco and alcohol, is motivated not by any public health concern, but by money.
To illustrate this fact lets use tobacco as a comparison?

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Original cheese - available from the Canna Zine seed shop

Tobacco kills tens of thousands of people every year around the world. If it were invented today tobacco would carry with it the harshest drug scheduling, as its more addictive statistically than heroin or cocaine. Yet cannabis, a substance which is yet to be accounted for a single credible cause of death, is the substance which is outlawed?

 
In alcohol we have a substance which is sold on every street corner, by convenience stores and petrol stations up and down the country.

In the wrong hands a single bottle of vodka is as dangerous as a loaded gun. It can kill if abused. Yet scientific data proves cannabis would need to be consumed at an impossible rate - thousands of joints an hour, to get anywhere near a truly “lethal” reaction?

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The Vapor Snake - harm reduction in a box
All the while teenagers are able to easily source alcohol on the streets as a plethora of news reports have shown recently.

Alcohol has spawned another unhappy by-product of its existence, with the new breed of TV documentaries which trail the special police squads tasked with tackling inner-city street crime. The majority of which is fuelled by alcohol.

Its now nothing unusual to see a police car “lured” to a secluded area, only to be set upon by hood-wearing, petrol-bomb brandishing thugs drinking cheap strong cider, the whole event cleverly orchestrated to facilitate the all-important video footage which is uploaded to YouTube or BeBo within minutes of it happening.

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“The government have been caught up in the look-tough-on-drugs race with the Conservatives as each party jostles for position as the party likely to come down hardest against illicit drugs”.

Meanwhile around Europe our neighbours and close trading allies are moving the other way, as they make allowances for a small percentage of their citizens who consume cannabis.

Spain and Portugal have essentially decriminalised possession of amounts of cannabis deemed “personal”, and Belgium is in the middle of sorting out its position as Belgian group “Trekt Uw Plant” challenges the Belgian government over their right to grow a single cannabis plant per-citizen.

Whilst a Belgian citizen may grow a single plant for his or her own consumption, Trekt Uw Plant believe an association of growers should be able to plant collectively, in a field, allowing disabled citizens to take part alongside able-bodied.

In the meantime, the United Kingdom is threatening to imprison its citizens for upto 5 years for simple possession? It makes no sense.

In a bid to reduce harm, the Canna Zine cannabis forums are giving away a Vapor Snake vaporizer which is proved to reduce harmful emissions from cannabis by upto 95%.

Amsterdam coffe-shops have adopted the vaporizer wholesale, as the Dutch national smoking ban came into force on July 1st 2008. Since that date you may only consume cannabis in a public building as long as it (the joint, not the building) contains no tobacco.

Proof if it were ever needed, the British drug laws need over-hauling, and it needs to be done soon.

To reduce your own exposure to the possible harms associated with cannabis use, simply sign up to the cannabis forums and participate.

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Herbal Vaporizers - Cannabis saved Scott’s life

August 19, 2008 by admin  
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Scott Paplowski is under absolutely no illusions - medical marijuana saved his life, and makes a daily contribution to his well-being as an appetite stimulant and a treatment against nausea.Although the American College of Physicians endorsed the use of medical marijuana back in February 2008, Scott is a criminal in the eyes of federal law, simply for wishing to improve his quality of life.

Although confusingly under State law, Scott is entitled to use cannabis in the relief of his medical conditions. Confused?

Scott Paplowski
Scott was diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer when he was 16. The prognosis wasn’t good. Sufferers of Scott’s particular type of cancer, which normally only afflicts younger people, are split around 70/30. Only around 70% of patients survive in the longer term (2 years +).

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I think its fair to suggest that to most people, the thought of denying treatment for a life threatening illness on the grounds of saving big business another couple of trillion dollars is inhumane. Barbaric. But thats exactly what this Labour government is doing when it reclassifies cannabis in 2009.
After eight months of aggressive, highly toxic anti-cancer treatment his weight dropped from 220 pounds to 86 pounds.Medical marijuana eased the nausea, diarrhea and stomach pain just long enough to restore some of his appetite, and in doing so it probably save his life.

If you think that a bit melodramatic, try this on for size.

As a result of Scott’s unorthadox treatment regime, he currently weighs 193 pounds and at 39 is believed to be the oldest survivor of rhabdomyosarcoma, his form of cancer, in the world today.

Early in 2009 the United Kingdom is set to change the laws on cannabis, reclassifying the substance back to a class B drug, which brings with it the prospect of a 14 year prison term and before that happens I think its time the Great British public asked itself this question;

Would you imprison Scott Paplowski, (or any other medical user) for using cannabis?

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Legalize pot, save budget

August 12, 2008 by admin  
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To the Editor:

The so-called “War on drugs” in regard to marijuana has failed.

We spend a fortune trying to control it, while at the same time filling our over-crowded prisons with inmates. This attempt at control has made growing it very lucrative — one plant is worth $4,000.

Marijuana has been around for 5,000 years, and it is very easy to grow. Our state currently has a $15-billion budget shortfall, with cutbacks in salaries for 200,000 state employees.

I suggest we legalize marijuana, then tax its sale to the max. Stop wasting money trying to control it.

Bill Denneen

Nipomo

Lawmakers Propose to Legalize Marijuana

August 12, 2008 by admin  
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 This is a rush transcript from “America’s Election HQ,” July 31, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

JANE SKINNER, GUEST HOST: SKINNER: Here’s question for you. Should people be able to smoke marijuana in the United States legally as long as they’re doing it responsibly, kind of like with alcohol?

Well, there is a new push by lawmakers to legalize the illegal drug for users, not abusers. A new proposal has been announced in Congress to end federal penalties for anybody who’s carrying fewer than 100 grams of pot - that’s about three-and-a-half ounces or so.

Let’s talk about it with one of the proposal supporters, Republican congressman from Texas, Ron Paul. You know him from the race for president. Congressman, good to see you.

As your colleague Barney Frank said the chances of this thing passing are not high - if you get the joke. What’s the aim here if this thing isn’t going to pass?

CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL (R-TX), SUPPORTER OF THE PROPOSAL TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA: Well, my aim is always to promote freedom and the constitution, and an issue like this is just - has no value to have the federal police going out and trying to find people who might be smoking. Before 1938, the Federal Government wasn’t even involved so I would think that the states can handle things like this.

And the whole notion that we regulate and prosecute people for things that some other people think is a vice - I just don’t see any purpose on this. I thought we learned our lesson about what prohibition did in the early part of the last century. There’s no value to it. It wastes a lot of money and causes a lot of trouble. And what do we do? We end up with laws like this that prohibit sick people from using marijuana where they can get benefit. We literally - the Federal Government overrides state laws and arrests people who are sick and getting some benefit from marijuana and they’re dying with cancer or AIDS. It makes no sense at all.

SKINNER: Congressman Paul, real quickly though - where does it end? So we legalize about three-and-a-half ounces of pot and then we say, “You know, if you’ve got to touch of crack cocaine, that’s OK, too.”

PAUL: Well, that isn’t the purpose of this piece of legislation, but you know, for 130 years, that’s exactly what happened. When I was a kid in high school selling in a drugstore, I sold cough medicine with codeine in it and nobody recorded anything and I never saw one kid in the whole community ever abuse it.

So this whole idea that you have to have the Federal Government make people do the right thing is total nonsense. Yes, it’s dangerous. It’s risky, but so is alcohol, and so is smoking cigarettes. It’s who should do the policing, and who should make these choices. And I say it should not be the Federal Government. It should be the parents and the individuals. And as long as they’re not hurting other people, we should allow state regulations to take care of these problems.

SKINNER: Let’s talk about the other side of it with somebody formerly in law enforcement. Thank you to Congressman Paul.

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Facts About Marijuana/Cannabis

August 6, 2008 by admin  
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  • Marijuana is recognised by over 200 slang terms.
  • The most common method of ingesting marijuana is through smoking.
  • It can be detected in urine tests several days after a single use, and regular users may take weeks for it to have completely cleared their system.
  • There are nearly 400 individual chemicals in the hemp plant.
  • Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol or THC is the one which is responsible for its psychoactive effects.
  • The quantity of THC determines the strength of the drug.
  • The average quantity of THC in a cannabis cigarette is 3%, which usually amounts to 5 to 150mg.
  • Smoking marijuana can cause the same effects and problems as smoking regular cigarettes, including lung cancer and bronchitis.
  • When smoked, the drug’s effects are felt within minutes and can last for around an hour and a half, depending on its potency. When eaten, however, marijuana can take 30 minutes or so to affect the body, and its influence may last for hours.
  • Musicians in the Stoner-Rock genre may attempt to replicate the perception distortions caused by marijuana through their music.

Types of Marijuana

August 6, 2008 by admin  
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Resin

Resin is collected from the leftovers of consumed marijuana buds. For this reason it commands a lower street price than “Buds”. It is quite popular in run down inner city areas.

Hash

Hash is simply concentrated resin whilst is often mixed with household products by dealers to make the bar appear bigger. This obviously unnecesarily increases the risk to you as you simply have no idea of what you are smoking. Like Resin, Hash is popular in deprivated areas.

Buds

As the name might suggest - buds are the flowers of the female marijuana plant and are usually the most potent part of it. Marijuana buds have been portrayed extensively in modern culture having featured prominently in recent gross out films, literature and television reports.

The strength will often vary wildly between plant and plant and for this reason it can be easy to consume too much. Much of the risk of marijuana comes from smoking high-strength hybrid buds which can put you at greater risk of developing paranoia, depression and schizophrenia.

It can be difficult to guage how much is too much until you experience it for yourself.

Reasons to legalize marijuana?

August 6, 2008 by admin  
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# 1 : Marijuana is less harmful than other legal drugs namely alcohol and cigarettes. Why is it illegal when these other drugs aren’t?

Not enough is known about the long-term effects of marijuana - even more so with the recent introduction of the stronger hybrid buds. Is it worth legalising the substance when in 30 years time an epidemic of schizophrenia hits the world?

And whilst certain strains of Marijuana may be less harmful than alcohol or cigarettes - comparing it against other substances simply isn’t good enough. The legal status of a substance should be based purely on the damage it inflicts upon the user and society as a whole. Since this isn’t known at the moment it’s understandable that governments are reluctant to legalise it - after all they’d be the ones to take the rap if everything went wrong with legalisation.

Reason #2 : Legalising marijuana would reduce the grasp that criminal gangs have on the drug and the user. People wouldn’t have to go to a dealer for some weed, instead they could simply enter a store and buy some.

Marijuana’s status as a gateway drug is unjustified, at least chemically in my eyes. We should be looking at the social aspect of this more. Obviously if someone wants a deal they’ll have to approach a dealer. And who better is there to put them in touch with other drugs?

Reason #3: If we legalise marijuana we could begin addressing the real issues such as poverty and social & racial discrimination.

Why don’t we start addressing the real issues now? Why should this only commence after the legalisation of the plant? There definitely should be more open debate about why people use marijuana and other substances, that way as a society we would be able to gather a clearer picture of it’s benefits.

Legalising marijuana could send out the message that it can be consumed without fear of any health reprecussions - which obviously isn’t true. The link between self exploration and drug education needs to be explictly dealt with in schools so that users natually question why they use the substance in the first place.

It’s important to note that if marijuana was legalised - conditions in deprived areas could worsen which is why the social ramifications of legalisation must be fully assessed beforehand.

Benefits of Marijuana

August 6, 2008 by admin  
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Marijuana has been used for thousands of years in a therapeutic capacity, and lately its healing properties have been championed by those who wish to see the drug legalised. While its toxicity is still a source of controversy, some benefits of the drug’s use have been noted in medical journals and books, with a large positive attribute in its favour – so far, death by marijuana overdose is unheard of. That’s a startling contrast with any other drug, including common non-prescription medications that are easily available such as paracetamol and aspirin.

One effect marijuana can have is to increase alpha-wave activity in the brain. These waves are associated by neuroscientists with states of relaxation and meditation, suggesting the drug has a calming influence, and can be used to combat stress.

Other conditions that marijuana can improve include nausea and poor appetite. This can be particularly effective when associated with other serious conditions such as AIDS or cancer, where weight loss is a problem. The so-called ‘munchies’ effect of cannabis is sometimes quite desirable for sufferers of such diseases.

Famously marijuana is used for its pain-relieving properties, and while critics often argue that is simply an excuse for its abuse and common painkillers should supersede it, science shows that the ingredients in cannabis work as an analgesic, and can at times enhance the pain-relieving effect of opiate medicines, allowing these potent substances to be administered in lower doses. The condition Multiple-Sclerosis, which causes spasms and pain in the muscles, is now often treated with marijuana, due to studies showing it significantly reduces pain in sufferers. Scientists are beginning to believe that the drug is so effective because it in some way shields the nerves from the kind of damage MS traditionally does.

A further specific disease, gluacoma, is also thought to be treatable with marijuana. The condition causes pressure on the eyeballs, which can eventually lead to blindness, but in the 1970s scientists discovered that smoking marijuana decreased that pressure.

Despite these notable benefits, marijuana remains illegal in many areas of the world, and is considered by the United States to be a significant danger, a drug “with no recognised medical use”. There is still much resistance to its endorsement as a therapeutic drug, and there are legal alternatives to each application, though some may have more significant side effects or become less effective as time goes on.

How Does Marijuana Affect Teens?

August 6, 2008 by admin  
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Marijuana is a drug that has found significant popularity amongst the young in today’s society, yet its effects are such that they may be particularly affected by it. Teenagers’ sphere of living generally revolves around school and social events, and both these worlds can be affected, for better or worse, by the use or marijuana.

During actual use of the drug, and for a time after, marijuana affects memory and perception. Many find that their thinking becomes muddled and incoherent, and their perceptions of space and time can become very distorted. Imagine trying to complete a test after a dose of marijuana, where you could be working to a time limit and trying to remember the facts you require to answer the questions. The drug could leave one feeling that only a few minutes has passed by, when the entire time allocated to the test may be up, or could lead to problems remembering previous lessons.

Not only academic subjects need be affected in this manner. With timing and coordination distorted by the drug, sports can become difficult or even dangerous for someone high on marijuana, as their altered perceptions may leave them making huge mistakes.

The social world of teens can also be affected by using marijuana. Whilst some find it enjoyable to use in groups, it can hamper relationships, as the altered state of mind makes conversation difficult, and time pass by quickly without much being accomplished. Some people on the drug can be very giggly and high, stumbling about as if they were drunk, which may put other people off approaching them to talk. It also, like alcohol, affects the memory and can lead to a user forgetting people they have already met.

While it is considered a less serious drug than others by many, a considerable danger of marijuana is the consequences of its effects, even if those effects seem themselves rather innocuous. Giggling and being rather forgetful for a time is not so serious as liver poisoning from alcohol abuse, but the effects to decision making can be lethal. Driving a car under the influence of marijuana is very dangerous due to its capacity to ’slow down’ the brain and reactions, but users are more likely to engage in dangerous behaviour due to their altered judgment.

Some critics of hemp argue that it is a ‘gateway drug’, one thats use will often set teens down the path of experimenting with other, more dangerous drugs, and getting sucked into the seedy world of dealers. While a physical link between use of the drug and desire to use others is difficult to prove, studies of high school students have shown that those who go on to ‘harder’ substances are far more likely to have started with marijuana than anything, or nothing, else.