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Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Cancer According to a Case-control Study IACM via BBSNews - 2005-07-10 -- According to a case-control study by Dr. Donald Tashkin and his colleagues of the University of California in Los Angeles even heavy and longterm smoking of cannabis is not associated with lung cancer and other types of upper aerodigestive tract cancers. The results were presented on 26 June at the annual conference of the International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS). The study included 1,209 residents of Los Angeles aged 18-59 with cancer (611 lung, 403 oral/pharyngeal, 90 laryngeal, and 108 esophageal). Interviewers collected lifetime histories of cannabis, tobacco, alcohol and other drug use, and data on other factors that may influence cancer risk, including diet, occupational exposures, and family history of cancer. Exposure to cannabis was measured in joint years (1 joint year = 365 joints). The cancer patients were compared to 1,040 cancer- free controls. Among the controls 46 per cent had never used cannabis, 31 per cent had used it for less than one joint year, 12 per cent for 10-30 joint years, 2 per cent for 30-60 joint years, and 3 per cent for more than 60 joint years. Compared with subjects who had used less than one joint year, the risk for lung cancer was 0.78 for 1-10 joint years, 0.74 for 10-30 joint years, 0.85 for 30-60 joint years, and 0.81 for more than 60 joint years. A risk below 1.0 means that the risk for cannabis users was slightly lower than for non-users. Similar results were obtained for the other cancer sites. There was no dose-response relationship of cancer risk, which means that there was no increased risks for more intensive users. The data on tobacco use, as expected, revealed a very potent effect and a clear dose-response relationship. (Source: Morgenstern H, et al. Marijuana use and cancers of the lung and upper aerodigestive tract: results of a case-control study. Presentation at the ICRS Conference on Cannabinoids, 24-27 June, Clearwater, USA) http://bbsnews.net/article.php/20050710150925597 psychedelic movies

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well isnt this a great topic psychedelic people considering the possibility of "turning on" their parents or more simply our generation communicating with their parents godda say im profoundly sad at the depth of my failure here yet ive made so many attempts at building bridges an hour ago i was talking to my raging alcoholic mum on the phone - she was talking about the process of getting her drivers licence back after years and im thinking "if they give her licence back theyre fucken nuts" but also realising in her stupor she wants my respect and is so lost and sad that her partner is dying of cancer. . . one thing about my parents that amazes me is that ive never been able to influence them - i mean really never about anything and i have an MA in philosophy and a Dip Psych from studying psychotherapy for 5 years they say you study psychotherapy to try to turn your parents into good people and i guess its true that and trying not to be so fucked up anyway im really unconfident when it comes to the idea of breakthroughs with your parents but if you manage it you have my envy and admiration terencemckenna.info

i ceased contact with my father a few years ago its been very painful but probably the right decision for me considering what an evil monkey he has been much like Chemical Shazzerwhackles' father only cruely, torturously abusive its so startling this gap between generations most baby boomers i know have been rugby racing & beer types but my generation, genX is so different, almost like a different species - much more open to a sane approach to drugs, though not without guilt and the younger generation seem even smarter and almost free of the burden of bullshit ideology that has long plagued human history you may be aware of great leaps in lifespan and health to come out of the 20th century but did you know that that IQ has been increasing by up to 20 points per generation? this is known as the Flynn Effect to me this is the most remarkable discovery of the social sciences, since 20 points is a hell of a lot so there we have it, our parents (at least mine) are dumb drunken monkeys, while we are as smart as chimps kosmc.net

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URGENT CALL FROM THE MAYAN ELDERS OF GUATEMALA 1/10/2005 Through the ancient techniques of divination and tools of prophecy, the Mayan elders are calling forth to humanity at THIS TIME to pay closer attention to the messages being sent forth by the mother earth and to immediately take the actions they have been calling for, to unite in an effort to bring balance again upon our planet. The recent destruction that manifested in Indonesia is predicted to now occur rapidly upon five continents of the earth. This message is not meant to induce fear, to the contrary, it is a call for bravery and for action. The elders are concerned about what has been presented in their recent divinations and they call to all humanity to warn their leaders and to work very hard at a spiritual level to prevent the impending destruction. This message, verified and brought forth by various Mayan elders in Guatemala, is for all of humanity. The hurricanes in the US and the earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia have been warnings and we must now pay attention or the possibilities of floods in Europe, Los Angeles, earthquakes and other efforts of the mother earth to awaken us will manifest quickly. There is a specific call for people around the world to join in prayer, meditation or whatever method of spirituality one engages in to unite on January 18th at the time of their local sunset (approx 6:00PM). This date is (9) Keme according to the sacred Mayan Cholq'ij calendar(more info on calendar available at: http://www.sacredroad.org) and has the potential for protecting humanity from disaster. There will be many major ceremonies in the Mayan communities for this purpose. An open invitation is extended to humanity that wish to join the Mayan people for the Waxa'qib B'atz' ceremonies on February 12th in Guatemala. Again, this is a strong message, not meant to drive us to react in fear, for this will only negatively impact the level of destruction and our own circumstance. This is the opportunity for humanity to rise to the occasion and come together along the strong lines that unite us and overcome the obstacles that divide us. Please distribute this message widely. Message issued by Mayan elders in Guatemala and delivered via: Carlos Barrios, Mayan Ajq'ij, Antigua, Guatemala Adam Rubel, Co-Director, Saq' Be': Organization for Mayan and Indigenous Spiritual Studies, http://www.sacredroad.org ============================================ new age version of the same ole heebeejeebees? seems pretty naff that if lots pray all is well or else we're for it terencemckenna.info

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From http://www.matrixinstitute.com/ quote: As to the Indian Ocean quake, indications are that this is the first of a series of early warning signs for future changes. The next sign to watch for is “significant” activity in Mexico, and in the Pacific Northwest, specifically Mount Rainer. By “significant” I mean an eruption. Mount Saint Helens is already active and while this was not a specific early warning sign that I had predicted, Mount Saint Helens and Mount Rainier are all part of the same Cascades range and are subject to the same magma flows and pressures.you'll be rushing to his site if he's right terencemckenna.info

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Shrooms: Not Just For Salad Anymore By Kelly Hearn, AlterNet. Posted August 29, 2004. A visionary biologist says mushrooms are potent antiviral and antibacterial agents, as well as key boosters to the human immune system. They also might end up saving the Earth. To lots of folks, a middle-aged man who says mushrooms can save the world falls into the category of turbo-freak. But to some environmentalists, scientists and major investors, Paul Stamets is the trippiest of profitable kings. "Mushrooms restore health both on the personal and ecological level," says Stamets, mycologist and owner of Fungi Perfecti, a family-owned mushroom business in Shelton, Wash. "Mushrooms can heal people and the planet." Stamets, a former logger turned scanning electron microscopist, is bent on showing that fungal mycelium and mushrooms (the actual mushroom is the fruit of the mycelium) are the cornerstone of several Earth-friendly, multi-billion dollar industries. To him, there's no end to what spores can do. Collaborating with public and private agencies from Batelle Industries to the National Institutes of Health, Stamets is giving shrooms their 15 minutes of fame, promoting them as antiviral and antibacterial agents, as well as key boosters to the human immune system. Outside the body, Stamets says he has cloned mycelia and mushrooms that can kill pests, absorb radioactive material, filter toxic wastes and, according to an article in Jane's Defense Weekly, even degrade surrogates of deadly VX and sarin gas. Stamets, who has collected over 250 strains of wild mushrooms, says that until now, they were largely ignored by environmentalists and scientists. He has filed for dozens of patents, he says, with more to follow. "Every failure is a cost of tuition of the education you have come to learn," he says, "You graduate to greater and greater techniques." Survivors of Catastrophe Mushrooms graduated through evolution to become acute survivors that recycle life after devastation. About 250 million years ago, after a massive extinction from a meteorite, Stamets says fungi inherited the Earth and "recycled the post-cataclysmic debris fields." Today they are a keystone species spanning large swaths of land and secreting enzymes and acids that break down plant matter (which, lucky enough, has chemical bonds similar to contaminants like petroleum and pesticides). "The 21st century will be the century of the biologist," Stamets says in nod to technologies that are exposing life's basic microcellular relationships. Teasing apart those relationships has helped Stamets come up with some seemingly killer techniques. One aims to stop silt runoff on logging roads, for example, by spreading bark and wood chips that have been coated with mycelia of local native fungal species. The mycelia's natural filtration properties stop the silt flow and prompt the regrowth of the topsoil. In another technique he calls "mycorestoration," Stamets uses fungi to filter out pathogens, silt and chemicals from water (mycofiltration) and to denature toxic wastes. The low-tech devices – which often involve placing the fungi in straw, for example – can be placed around farms, watersheds, factories and roads. Stamets also uses fungi to hurry the natural decomposition of logs on the forest floor. Knowing that local habitat better evolves when the sequence of decomposition is sped up (rather than burned), Stamets devised a way to put spores in chainsaw oil. The result: When a logger cuts a tree, he also coats it with spores that help it decompose. As proof of mushrooms' ability to mop up humanity's deadly mistakes, Stamets tells of mushrooms growing near Chernobyl that were found to have accumulated high levels of the deadly Cesium 137 that leaked from faulty reactors. Why not put mushrooms near environmentally wrecked sites, allowing them to work as a natural immune system? Non-Polluting Pesticides Stamets' key project – which has attracted the attention of Ben DuPont, an investor from the famed family – is U.S. Patent number 6,660,290. Somewhere during his study of the dialectic relationship between fungi and insects, Stamets came up with a way to use one to kill the other. "Mycopesticides," he says, are non-polluting tools that could upend the global pesticide industry. One version of the idea involves using parasitic fungi that act on specific insects. The fungus, which can be presented on tasty foods like grain, kills the pest when digested. DuPont's company, Yet2.com, matches new technologies with bigger business partners. Stamets, however, wouldn't discuss Yet2's plans for his pesticides, saying only that the group is involved in talks with major companies. Mad Mycoscientist or Visionary? Kind and undeniably brilliant, Stamets' passionate, rapid-fire descriptions of fungal experiments and patents can give the feeling he's a mix of scientist, inventor, environmentalist and snake-oil salesman. He admits he has his detractors – "Some mycologists think I'm a heretic." But he also has a loyal following. "There are very few people capable of combining the breadth of understanding and the academic rigor to naturally based problem solutions than Paul," says Dr. Eric Rasmussen, formerly of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon's high risk, high-payoff scientific entity. "His combination of factors in his intellect and experience are a somewhat rare combination. And his work is likely to prove to have significant benefit to the United States." (Though he would not discuss details, Stamets says he has isolated a strain of mushroom from the Old Growth forest that has shown activity against viruses that could be potentially weaponized.) Dr. Donald Abrams, who is collaborating with Stamets on a National Institutes of Health-funded trial to investigate the effects of the oyster mushroom in lowering cholesterol in people taking HIV therapies, concurs. The study is the first medical mushroom clinical study in the U.S. "I think that Paul Stamets is a visionary thinker and a passionate spokesperson for the Mushroom Kingdom," said Abrams, a researcher at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. "I am always engrossed in his articulate presentations of the power of mushrooms in healing people and indeed the planet." Phil Stern of Yet2 says that for all Stamets' scientific acumen, at the end of the day, he's about his beliefs. "One of the best things about Paul is not just his groundbreaking technology but his principals," says Stern. "He says, 'If I license this product to you, you have to uphold these principals.' I respect his integrity." Fungal Intelligence Stamets has a few things working against him, especially when promoting his ideas in the mental lockdown of 21st century America. He did, after all, conduct now famous research on psilocybin hallucinogenic mushrooms at Evergreen State College in the late 1970s. And he wrote "Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World." What's more, to conservative minds, the trippy-dippiness of some of his ideas can come off as silliness. In one breath, for example, he ticks off a riveting observation that neurological landscape looks like mycelium or that brain neurons and the Internet share mycelia's basic structural arrangements. In another he talks of "fungal intelligence" or ability to use spores to put life on other planets. In the draft of his new book, "Mycelium Running: Growing Mushrooms to Heal People and Planet." Stamets writes that, "The mycelium is an exposed sentient membrane, aware and responsive to changes in its environment. I especially feel this when I enter a forest after a rainfall. Interlacing mycelial membranes form, I believe, a complex neuron-like web that acts as a fungal collective consciousness." Whether or not corporate investors will ever vibe with the fungal collective consciousness, Stamets says his ideas are helped by a shift in scientific culture that's more accepting of non-western, natural solutions to problems. And he's never short of evidence to back his theories. "The idea that a cellular organism demonstrates intelligence may seem radical if not for work by researchers like Toshuyiki Nakagami, published in Nature 2000," Stamets writes. "He placed a maze over the nutrient agar filled Petri dish and introduced nutritious oat flakes at the entrance and exit. He then inoculated the entrance with a culture of the slime mold Physarum polycephallum under sterile conditions. It grew through the maze and consistently chose the shortest route to the oat flakes at the end. Rejecting dead-ends, the slime mold demonstrated, according to the researchers, a form of intelligence." That intelligence, according to Stamets, might one day be used to extend life throughout the solar system. Mushrooms are the first organism to restart an ecosystem after catastrophes like tornadoes or forest fires, popping up from the ground to return nutrients back to the food chain. The mushrooms' scent attracts insects which then attracts birds and animals that bring in seeds, creating a life generation domino effect that underscores the possibility of using fungi for creating habitats on other worlds. For now, his most secure convictions are planted here on Earth. "I believe ecosystems are conscious," he says. "These mycelia networks, like the Internet, share information on changes in the environment such as the availability of new food sources or responses to cataclysmic changes. So really these are information sharing networks. I think they are microneurological networks and I think science will prove they have a form of consciousness that we do not recognize." Kelly Hearn is a correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor and a former science and technology writer for UPI. Gnostic Media

is it mainly free trade or what? the new zealand listner has an editorial about why not to bother about free trade agreements free fall seemed plausible nz has pursued free trade links with china and i say good on em better deal funny some irate israeli came in tv saying the us was the one to stick with. . HOORAY! today is my hundredth! [ 22. November 2004, 16:39: Message edited by: jalien ]

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