Steve Crowder - Marijuana The Truth

Marijuana is the most commonly abused illicit drug in the United States. It is a dry, shredded green and brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves derived from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. The main active chemical in marijuana is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC for short.

Not surprisingly, marijuana intoxication can cause distorted perceptions, impaired coordination, difficulty with thinking and problem solving, and problems with learning and memory.

A number of studies have shown an association between chronic marijuana use and increased rates of anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia.

Marijuana increases heart rate by 20-100 percent shortly after smoking; this effect can last up to 3 hours. In one study, it was estimated that marijuana users have a 4.8-fold increase in the risk of heart attack in the first hour after smoking the drug. This may be due to increased heart rate as well as the effects of marijuana on heart rhythms, causing palpitations and arrhythmias. This risk may be greater in aging populations or in those with cardiac vulnerabilities.

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Michelle Malkin - Israel and Gaza Ceasefire Analyzed

It was an “I told you so” by everyone who knows what the Brotherhood represents. Only those in favor of tyranny and a dictatorship gave Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhoods rise to power a blessing.

In every single uprising taking place in the middle east the Emperor only spoke out in favor when it was the radicals rising up. When the people rose up, as in the case of Iran in ’09, his majesty was silent.

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GBTV - What's next? - Elections Have Consequences

Glenn Beck looks at the impact of this election on the country and where we need to go from here.

“Alan Grayson is back in and Allen West is out,” Glenn told listeners this morning. “Elections have consequences.”

“Elections have consequences,” Glenn repeated, “and here they are: The dollar fell last night. It fell against the Euro. That’s the place with Spain and Italy and Greece. It is, of course, the chiseled monument to stability. The Euro that they said would break up, possibly soon, the dollar fell against that. Inflation is still on the rise. Ben Bernanke, good night for him. That’s why the dollar fell: Because your dollar is going to be worth less because Ben Bernanke is going to be printing more.”

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Alfonzo Rachel - Drug Users of the World Unite? San Francisco High Dog Union Wants to Legalize Drugs

What's worse, McDonalds or hard drugs? Find out as Zo tells you about the San Francisco Drug Users' Union. This whacky union wants to legalize drugs. Hear why Zo thinks this is a bad idea.

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Alfonzo Rachel - I Left My Brain In San Francisco: Why Tony Bennett Is Wrong About Drugs and Whitney Houston

Tony Bennett is using the deaths of Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston as a platform to advance drug legalization. Is he right? Find out?

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Doug Giles - Whitney Houston Was Correct - Crack Was Wack

Whitney Houston Was Correct: Crack Was Wack

During a 2002 ABC interview Whitney Houston told an inquiring Diane Sawyer that “crack is wack.” She was correct: Crack is wack, and in the final analysis, abusing it (and many, many other drugs and alcohol) whacked Whitney.

This past Saturday Whitney Houston joined the ignoble ranks of Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, Frankie Lymon, Bon Scott, Elvis Presley, Keith Moon, John Bonham and literally hundreds of other musicians who died base and appalling drug- and alcohol-related deaths. What a shame.

For the life of me, I don’t get why New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wants to award this unheroic, pathetic and scary tale with flags flown at half-staff. Are we going to honor the life of every other singer who dies a drug addict with that which I believe is supposed to be reserved for presidents, vice presidents, chief justices, speakers of the House of Representatives, governors, members of Congress, leading citizens such as Martin Luther King, Jr., or people who have died while serving the United States? How is Whitney Houston on par with the aforementioned? Sure, she could croon, but she also funded drug dealers aplenty with her vast capital and long years of abuse.

Look, I’m neither a fan nor a foe of the deceased Houston. What I am a fan of is our kids not following her self-destructive path. Instead of Christie flying flags at half-staff he ought to come out and use his bully pulpit to drive home these seven lessons from a woman who had it all and crashed and burned.

1. Talent and mega money equals squat and can be your undoing if you do not have godly character undergirding your natural gifts. Just because you have talent, little children, doesn’t mean you’re bulletproof. Matter of fact, insane talent opens one up to insane temptations. Be afraid.
2. You’re responsible for your actions. All the talking heads on various talk shows are yapping about how Whitney had a “disease.” A disease, my backside. If her lifestyle was the result of a disease, well, that’s a disease I’d like to have because I could do something about it—unlike cancer. I had this drug-abusing “disease” from the ages of 13 through 21, and I got cured; I smoked weed every day, snorted tons of coke and dropped a lot of acid … and my disease went away. You know how I did it? I repented of my sins, begged God to change my life and put myself under accountability … and boom! … I was cured of my “disease.”
3. Don’t hang out with, nor marry, a moron. Get around people who’ll rebuke you when you are acting like a tool. Yes, hang out with friends who’ll hit you with a tranquilizing dart or whisk you off to an exorcist when they see you torching a rock.
4. If you find out your friend or spouse is a death-dealing dbag, run in the opposite direction of said enabler. Like, right now. And if you get lonely and want a friend then get a dog. I recommend a pit-bull. They’re loving pets and will scare the crap out of any Bobby Brown trying to weasel his way back into your life.
5. If you’re a 48-year-old parent that means you cannot act like an 18-year-old freshman during pledge week.
6. Also note that when you toy with the demonic that the powers of darkness play for keeps.
7. And lastly, I don’t care who you are or if you can sing like a canary: When you die—and you will—you will have to give an account of your life before God, and you cannot sing your way out of that tête-à-tête.

Doug Giles

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Doug Giles’ new book “If You're Going Through Hell, Keep Going!" is now available. Ann Coulter says "Doug Giles is a substantive and funny tour de force for traditional values.” Doug’s talk show and video blog can be seen and heard at www.ClashRadio.com.

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The 'Legalize Drugs' Team

"In Texas, it's common knowledge that the current wars on the Mexico-Texas border are, to a large extent, about drugs. Ironically, the two strongest groups that want to maintain the status quo of prohibition are the drug dealers and Christian conservative --two groups with opposite motivations but who share a common interest in keeping the drug war going.

The cost to pursue the drug war in the past 40 years runs into hundreds of billions. The social cost, including the loss of civil liberties, is incalculable. Crime relating to the drug laws far surpasses the crime related to the 15 years of alcohol prohibition. I expect that someday the country will wake up and suddenly decide, as we did in 1933, that prohibition to improve personal behavior is lost cause, and the second repeal of prohibition will occur. This is more likely now than ever before because of the growing perception that the federal government is inept and more Americans are becoming aware of the senselessness of the war on drugs."
Ron Paul - April 2011

Crack Cocaine:

There are an estimated 2.0 million current cocaine users in the United States, 467,000 of whom use crack.

Approximately 100 years after cocaine entered into use, a new variation of the substance emerged. This substance, crack, became enormously popular in the mid-1980s due in part to its almost immediate high and the fact that it is inexpensive to produce and buy.

1. Crack is a highly addictive form of cocaine that is typically smoked. The term "crack" refers to the crackling sound heard when the substance is heated, presumably from the sodium bicarbonate that is used in the production of crack.
2. Cocaine is a strong central nervous system stimulant. Physical effects of cocaine use, including crack, include constricted blood vessels and increased temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure. Users may also experience feelings of restlessness, irritability, and anxiety.

Ron Paul, Exactly how will making 'Crack Cocaine' legal, more affordable and easier to obtain; make the United States a safer and better place to live and raise families?

Before and After Crack Cocaine

Heroin:

Heroin is a highly addictive drug, and its use is a serious problem in America. Current estimates suggest that nearly 600,000 people need treatment for heroin addiction. Recent studies suggest a shift from injecting heroin to snorting or smoking because of increased purity and the misconception that these forms of use will not lead to addiction.

In addition to the effects of the drug itself, street heroin may have additives that do not readily dissolve and result in clogging the blood vessels that lead to the lungs, liver, kidneys, or brain. This can cause infection or even death of small patches of cells in vital organs.

According to the University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future Study in 2002, 1.6% of 8th graders, 1.8% of 10th graders, and 1.7% of 12th graders surveyed reported using heroin at least once during their lifetime. That study also showed that 0.9% of 8th graders, 1.1% of 10th graders, and 1% of 12th graders reported using heroin in the past year.

The heroin addict spends between $150 to $200 per day to maintain a heroin addiction.

National Geographic's Taboo program, it's a place in Vancouver,Canada where you can shoot heroin legally without having to worry about been arrested, It's the only place in north america of this sort.

Ron Paul 'Wants' this in the United States

Heroin Before and After

Ron Paul, Exactly how will making 'Heroin' legal, more affordable and easier to obtain; make the United States a safer and better place to live and raise families?

Meth:

Based on the latest data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), around 353,000 Americans ages 12 and older are current methamphetamine users (National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2010).

Although the percent of the general population found to be current meth users is now lower than in previous years (0.1%), SAMHSA has also found U.S. treatment admissions for methamphetamine/amphetamine use has undergone dramatically swings between 1999 and 2005, ascending from 32 to 69 per 100,000 population, and currently standing at 44 per 100,000 population.

In addition to the heightened risk for HIV/AIDS infection, the functional and molecular damage caused to the brain by injection meth use often causes severe mood disturbances in users such as depression, anxiety, paranoia, anger and aggression. This latest study, led by Dr. Brandon Marshall of Columbia, has now identified suicidal behavior to be an additional symptom of injection meth use, although the neural pathways that link the two behaviors will require further investigation.

Ron Paul, Exactly how will making 'Meth' legal, more affordable and easier to obtain; make the United States a safer and better place to live and raise families?

Drugs Are No Respecter of Person:

Ron Paul, Exactly how will making 'Drugs' legal, more affordable and easier to obtain; make the United States a safer and better place to live and raise families?

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