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Posted on September 8 at 11:56 a.m.
>>> These “recommendations” last, usually, about one year....This is a dishonorable practice. There are no dosages on these “recommendations” - Just smoke as much as you want?! This is not the manner in which REAL medication is prescribed <<<
Current law provides that recommendations last a year. Prescriptions are also valid for a year. In both cases, it is up to the patient to decide whether to refill the recommendation or the prescription. Many 'REAL' medications are written to 'take as needed'.
I realize this was likely only an effort to imply wrongdoing or abuse where there is none. But thought I'd fill in a lingering allegation.
>>> The THC in marijuana creates a layer of fatty cells around brain nerve endings, or synopsis, which dulls the function of the brain. <<<
No synopsis but I will offer a critique. I believe you mean neural synapse (plural: synapses).
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Posted on July 29 at 12:30 p.m.
Re: Mr. Francisco's contributions and active support for Prop 8, which was opposed by over 70% of SB city voters
How does Mr. Francisco, who is entrusted with protecting his constituents, justify supporting stripping rights away from his own constituents?
Curious minds want to know.
It appears the designation of 'slow growth conservative' may be a way of sugar coating the 'ultra conservative' mantle.
Posted on July 27 at 1:18 a.m.
Each Supervisor is entitled to hire the staff who they believe can represent them best.
With the exception of secretarial staff, they are political at-will employees.
Kinda makes ya wonder how well Armijo has been representing Centeno when he is so busy representing himself in court against perjury and DUI charges.
Posted on July 22 at 11:49 a.m.
For anyone reading far enough, that Time magazine article and quote are from 1974, far before the development of contemporary atmospheric and cimate science, far before the development of important technologies to even study such things. To say it is outdated and invalid is being kind.
Change begins at the personal and local level. So does responbility for the health of our planet.
If the CARB projects a 15% increase in CO2 emissions, that is appalling. Last in the state is shameful.
I expect Santa Barbara County to lead on environmental issues, not bring up the rear.
On County’s So-Called Transportation Plan Increases CO2 Pollution
Posted on July 1 at 11:28 p.m.
The 'tradition' argument is intellectually dishonest and is used to justify present day bigotry against whatever minority group is in disfavor.
If traditions didn't change, we'd still have women without voting rights, blacks unable to own property, separate drinking fountains, bans on interracial marriage, a segregated federal military, and laws banning those of Chinese and Japanese ancestry.
Ah, those traditions. Good times, eh?
When CA became a state, the legal definition of marriage defined women as property that could be bought and sold.
Posted on June 3 at 10:53 a.m.
Actually, I don't give Stoker enough credit...
He could give Cheney and Limbaugh a lesson on how to be partisan and divisive
Posted on June 3 at 10:45 a.m.
Many of us remember Mike Stoker's tenure on the County Board of Supervisors.
He is as much a centrist Republican who can attract centrist Democrats as, er, Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh.
He has spent his adult life in Santa Maria shilling for Big Agriculture and Big Oil. He's as close to the 35th or to Ventura for that matter as Cheney and Limbaugh too. I predict he'll gleen as much crossover support from Democrats and Independents as they did/do.
Posted on March 18 at 12:24 p.m.
Not since Willy Chamberlin stole the election from Bill Wallace and a judge awarded the 3rd District Supervisor seat back to Wallace has there been such courtroom drama. If I remember correctly, Fred Woocher was involved then too.
In that case, it was reassuring to have the courts ensure a fair election was not tainted and the result bore it out.
In this case, it was about sour grapes - or was it? The Carl Rove play book has been to tie up and attempt to render a duly elected official impotent through litigation (a la Clinton).
Court costs and damages are fair. There need to be better safeguards against the abuse of the legal system as a tool to manipulate the outcome of an election.
But I am glad we have judicial review. Imagine how different the County would be today had that seat not been returned to Bill Wallace.
Posted on March 9 at 9:27 p.m.
Thank you for this, Nick.
This is just a terrible tragedy.
It is such a treasure and a living history that explains so much about how Montecito and Santa Barbara came to be what they are today.
Please keep covering this story and keep us all posted.
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Posted on September 8 at 12:03 p.m.
Not sure there is much left to add. But I will.
I have a friend who is living with AIDS. He has periodically suffered from wasting syndrome and neuropathy. Marijuana has helped him.
I recently watched another friend face pancreatic cancer. He was only 49 and endured excruciating pain.
He could not keep down food and consequently began to lose his strength and the quality of what remained of his life.
He first tried prescription opiates and marinol (the synthetic marijuana in a pill) and they did nothing for him.
Then he tried some quality medicinal marijuana and it really helped him at the end of his life. It dulled his pain and allowed him to nourish himself. He even enjoyed a few meals.
What kind of society would deny anyone such help at such times?
On What This Country Needs Is a Marijuana Summit