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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:27 PM
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Marijuana: Is there anything it can't do?
It's a medicine. It's entertainment. It's a foodstuff. Now, it's even a fuel!

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/sirens/2010/jul/06/300-lbs-pot-seized-avista-power-plant/

This morning's Spokesman-Review contains a story about the driver being granted parole so he can see his dying brother before the driver goes to prison for bringing 300 pounds of weed into the country. Said the story, "A driver with 300 pounds of marijuana bound for the Avista plant in Kettle Falls..." Naturally, the first thing I thought was, "they're using marijuana to generate electricity in Kettle Falls? Cool!"
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yella_dawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:34 PM
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1. It can even drive my car.
Must be, cuz I'm usually too stoned.
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:37 PM
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2. It brought a dead 2-headed cripple pagan baby back to life in Sandusky, Ohio
Well ... that's what my toaster told me.

--d!
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:59 PM
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LOL !
:spray:
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:38 PM
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3. "The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems."
Oh wait, no, that's beer. Don't mind if I do.
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:39 PM
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4. Hemp oil can be used in lieu of diesel. n/t
:kick: & R
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:44 PM
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7. It can also be made into gasoline, not to mention very strong plastic.
Of course fiber and paper as well. We're run by crooks, idiots, and suckers.
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:48 PM
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12. Indeed.
And I'm sure it's noting but coincidence that Hearst, DuPont, & Rockefeller (paper, plastic, & oil) were so active in demonizing it.
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JNelson6563 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:39 PM
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5. Hear, hear!
:toast:
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dbonds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:43 PM
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6. It can't be patented and sold exclusively by drug companies.
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MajorChode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:44 PM
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8. It can't keep you warm on a long winter's night
Unless you have a shit-load of it and burn it in the fireplace.
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:47 PM
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11. Hemp Kindling bundles.
I can see the stalks used for that.
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:52 PM
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13. My hempen pajamas counter your winter's night
As do the shirt, socks, blanket, sheets, and rug. Hemp oil would make a fine furnace fuel as well.
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MajorChode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 08:12 PM
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24. Good catch
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:46 PM
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9. Don't know about 'can't,' but it doesn't do windows n/t
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:46 PM
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10. it fuels the Hemp Car
http://www.hempcar.org/
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jody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:56 PM
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14. It can't grow hair on a bald head but then neither can Benny Hinn. n/t
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 04:59 PM
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15. It generally doesn't kill people, or make them violent.
Other than that, it's fairly all-purpose.
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Myrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 05:23 PM
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16. ... it can't bring back my bf's short-term memory loss or
... stop his shakes or his lack of interest in getting back out into the job market ... h's a 30+ year regular user, and I can definitely see the negative effects synergizing over the past 1.5 years ....
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AnArmyVeteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 06:04 PM
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18. Are you saying he was ok for 28.5 years? And then poof?
How can you determine that it is his pot intake that is causing any negative effects? If he used it for 28.5 years without any negative effects perhaps the problem is something else. I can't see using it for that long with no effects and then at the 28.5 year mark symptoms appear. I guess I would need to hear more information.

I wish him and you well...
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kimmylavin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 06:31 PM
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22. I'm sorry you're going through this...
But his situation could describe millions of people who've never even had pot.

Sounds like he's in his 40's? 50's? Short term memory loss at that age is pretty common, isn't it? Or is it really bad?

The shakes? I've heard of it happening, but is it actually the weed? Perhaps a visit to a doctor - for either of these things - is in order?

As for his disinterest in the job market... can you blame him?

I do hope things get better for you, though.
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 05:59 PM
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17. So far, it can't get legalized!!!
Edited on Sat Jul-10-10 06:03 PM by Bobbieo
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 10:42 PM
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29. we're trying here in cali!
:thumbsup:
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 06:08 PM
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19. Can't be legalized, apparently. But a girl can dream.......
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OnionPatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 06:15 PM
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20. Help you lose weight?
:shrug:
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nebenaube Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 06:55 PM
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23. well, one does have the choice of better food...
it does taste better you know...
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peopleb4money Donating Member (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 10:49 PM
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31. That's where you're wrong.
I smoke before I work out all the time. A lot of professional athletes do too. Just look at Michael Phelps.
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 06:22 PM
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21. You know I gotta give this a KnR!
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 08:12 PM
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25. hemp could replace a lot of materials
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 09:07 PM
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26. IT CURES REPUBLICANISM....PROMISE
:smoke:
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uncle ray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 10:59 PM
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32. yeah, but what's worse,
it turns them into libertarians.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 11:05 PM
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33. More like HORNY , Hungry, and HAPPY....
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 11:06 PM
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34. dupe
Edited on Sat Jul-10-10 11:14 PM by opihimoimoi
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deaniac21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 09:41 PM
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27. Smoking it heals your lungs.
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 10:35 PM
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28. Are you kidding??? This is DU where it's believed marijuana can do everything.
Pot is the closest thing to a god that is nearly universally worshiped here at DU.
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peopleb4money Donating Member (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 10:47 PM
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30. Yah, it may even cure certain types of cancer. Its a super plant.
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