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JOE BARTON'S CONSTITUTIONAL CANNABIS CASE

 

 

SUPREME COURT
Ulster County Courthouse
               THE STATE OF NEW YORK             
Filed 4H32M
Dec. 3, 2008

 

      

JOE BARTON,                                         )              Index # 00005880
    
Plaintiff                                                )              PRO SE
                                                                     )              CIVIL RIGHTS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
                                                                     )              Sec.3382 of New York State Public Health Law
                                                                    
)              and Article 220 of New York State Penal Law,
Vs                                                               )              which defines cannabis hemp “marihuana” as a
                                                                    
)              Controlled Substance, are alleged to be
                                                                    
)              fraudulent, overbroad and invalid upon            
                                                                    )              inescapable grounds, the Constitution of the      
                                                                    )              State of New York, Article I of the Bill of Rights   
                                                                    )              Sec. 1.  Freedom of Religion; Title 18, U.S.C.     
                                                                    
)              Section 241, Title 18 U.S.C., Section 242 and      
                                                                    )              H.R.1308 Religious Freedom Restoration Act     
                                                                    )              Sec.2
STATE OF NEW YORK,                      )              COMPLAINT Jury Trial

                         

P.J Van Blarcum, Ulster County Sheriff

Dirk Budd, Ulster County Sheriff’s Detective

Lt. Timothy Matthews, Kingston Police and

Head of the Ulster Regional Gang

Enforcement Narcotics Team, U.R.G.E.N.T.

The New York State Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement

(BNE) MICHELE M. LEONHART;

Acting Administrator Drug Enforcement Agency, 

John P. Walters; White House

Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),

Henry Paulson, Secretary of the United States Treasury,

George Bush, President of the United States,
        Defendants                        

 

 

Cause of Action

I, Joe Barton, a 62 year old Vietnam veteran, living at 473 Spillway Road, West Hurley in Ulster County, New York, have suffered monetary and irreparable damage due to the denial of my right of the free exercise of my religion, under color of 3382 of the New York State Public Health Law and Article 220 of the New York State Penal Law, which involves the God given right to cultivate cannabis, extract the essential oil from its flowers, enjoy the benefits of its essence through smoking, eating, and drinking and sharing it with others.

 

                   NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION

“Preamble to New York State Constitution and Bill of Rights: “We, the  people  of  the  State  of  New  York, grateful to Almighty God  for  our  freedom, in  order  to  secure its blessings, do establish this constitution.”

 

                   NEW YORK STATE BILL OF RIGHTS

Sec  3  “The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without   discrimination  or preference shall forever be allowed in this state to all mankind; and no person shall  be  rendered  incompetent  to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief;  but the liberty  of conscience  hereby secured  shall not  be so construed as to excuse  acts  of licentiousness,  or justify practices  inconsistent  with  the  peace  or safety of this state.”

 

ARTICLE VI OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

“This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding”.

AMENDMENT I

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to peaceable assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievance.”

Mandated morality leads to legalized theft - Comprehensive Crime Control Act”

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized”.

Amendment VII

“In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.”

Amendment XIV

Section 1. “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

H.R 1308 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT of 1993 Sec.2 Congressional Findings and Declarations of Purposes (a) Findings: “The Congress finds that— (b)(2) laws ‘neutral’ toward religion may burden religious exercise as surely as laws intended to interfere with religious exercise; 3) Governments should not substantially burden religious exercise without compelling justification…”

Jurisdiction

The deprivation of my rights secured by the New York State Bill of Rights, Sec 1 “ “No member of this State shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.”, occurred in Ulster County, N.Y.”

Ulster County Supreme Court State of New York in Kingston has the authority to decide a civil rights controversy between the Constitution of the STATE OF NEW YORK and New York State Public Health Law.

Ulster County Supreme Court has the New York State authority to decide civil rights constitutional law/cases between the constitution of THE STATE OF NEW YORK and Statues of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

  Standing

1.       I allege I have been damaged by my loss of liberty, money, and property of great value under color of Sec. 3382 of the New York State Public Health Law of Article 33 of the New York State Controlled Substance Act, which defines cannabis “marijuana” as a controlled substance, and Article 220 of the New York State Penal Law is false definition of marihuana as a Controlled Substance having no legitimate medical use and must be stricken from New York Public Health Law because though neutral toward religion it is overbroad it has swept away all my fundamental religious rights.

2.      I allege that a search warrant, from the Hurley Town Court, Nov. 13th 2008

 directed the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team to search my house and property for marihuana, a “controlled substance", and seize it along with many personal possessions and money, based on a tip from an anonymous informant, as recorded in the Kingston Daily Freeman, November 15, 2008. (See attached: Exhibit A and B,) is flawed and a total violation of the Constitution of the State of New York Article I of the Bill of Rights Sec. 1. “No member of this state shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land.” Yet agents of the State of New York, Ulster County and The Ulster County Sherriff’s department acting under color of 3382 of the New York State Public Health Law of Article 33 of the New York State Controlled Substances Act, which falsely and arbitrarily defines cannabis “marijuana” as a controlled substance, and practiced invasive and destructive police tactics, Article 220 of the New York State Penal Law, in violation of My religious rights protected by the New York State Constitution, Bill of Rights Section 1. a

 

3.      I allege the Constitution of the United States is the Supreme Law of the Land and the parts of 3382 of the New York State Public Health Law of Article 33 of the New York State Controlled Substance Act, which fraudulently defines cannabis “marijuana” as a controlled substance, and Article 220 of the New York State Penal Law, although neutral toward religion, has in this instance proved to be overbroad and swept away all my rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the State of New York Sec 1 and all my rights guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, therefore the definition of marihuana must be ordered void.

 

4.      I allege my inalienable religious rights are protected under the Bill of Rights of the New York State Constitution (as amended and in force Jan. 1, 1985) Article 1 Bill of Rights Sec. 1. “No member of this state shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers.” therefore the definition of marihuana in Article 33 of the New York State Controlled Substance Act, of the New York Public Health Law which when enforced by 220 of the New York State Penal Law is overbroad and sweeps away all religious rights and free speech rights of students, teachers and doctors to study the uses marihuana by cultivating the genus cannabis plant and extracting its essence. The definition of marihuana in 3382 of the New York State Public Health Law must be judged as void.

5.      I allege, the Constitution of the United States of America, and its statutes, is the Supreme Law of the Land and I am protected by Amendment 1 which states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievance” and H.R.1308 Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 Sec. 2 Congressional Findings and Declaration of Purposes.(a) Findings: “The Congress finds that— (b)(2) laws 'neutral' toward religion may burden religious exercise as surely as laws intended to interfere with religious exercise; 3) Governments should not substantially burden religious exercise without compelling justification…” therefore this court is asked to order the definition of marihuana, the plant genus cannabis, as a scheduled 1 Controled substance by be stricken from from Article 33 sec. 3382 of of THE NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.

6.      I allege that a crime against the citizens and inhabitants of New York State occurred when the New York State Legislature defined cannabis “marijuana”, its extracts and byproducts as “controlled substances” under Sec.3382 New York State Public Health Law of Article 33 New York State Controlled Substances Act which is enforced with deadly force and the threat of incarceration and loss of property Article 220 by New York State Penal Law allowed armed officers without warning breaking down my door and invading my house under color of 220 New York State Penal Law.

7.      I allege this deceptive 70 year cannabis “marihuana” prohibition by past New York legislators has cost New York State taxpayers over a trillion dollars during the last 35 years by engaging in a fruitless war on New York State citizens and inhabitants who are exercising their God given right to cultivate and enjoy all the benefits of the valuable cannabis hemp plant which rights are protected under the Constitution of the State of New York and the Constitution of the United States.

8.     I allege I have been religiously growing, using and sharing marihuana as a gift from God and have been persecuted and punished by lawmakers more than once during the last 40 years and I have a compelling interest to petition the Supreme Court Ulster County for redress of grievances caused by Sec.3382 of New York State Public Health Law and Article 220 of New York State Penal Law.

9.      I allege marihuana has been, and still is, a holy plant in many cultures all over the world.

SHINTOISM (Japan) Marijuana was used for the binding together of married couples, to drive away evil spirits, and was thought to create laughter and happiness in marriage.

HINDUISM (India) The God Shiva is said "to have brought marijuana from the Himalayas for human enjoyment and enlightenment." The Sadhu Priests travel throughout India and the world sharing "chillum" pipes filled with “marijuana”, sometimes blended with other substances.

BUDDHISTS (Tibet, India, and China) from the 5th Century B.C.E. on ritually used “marijuana”; initiation rites and mystical experiences were (are) common in many Chinese Buddhist Sects. Some Tibetan Buddhists and lamas (priests) consider cannabis “marijuana” their most holy plant. Many Buddhist traditions, writings, and beliefs indicate that "Siddhartha" (the Buddha) himself, used and ate nothing but “marijuana” hemp and its seeds for six years prior to announcing (discovering) his truths and becoming the Buddha (Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path).

ZOROASTRIANS or Magi (Persia, circa 8th to 7th Centuries B.C.E. to 3rd to 4th Centuries C.E.), it is widely believed by many Christian scholars, commentators, etc., that the three "Magi" or Wise Men who attended the birth of Christ were cult references to the Zoroastrians. The Zoroastrian religion was based (at least on the surface) on the entire cannabis “marijuana” plant, the chief religious sacrament of its priest class, and its most important medicine, (e.g., obstetrics, incense rites, anointing and christening oils), as well as lighting or fire oils in their secular world. The word "magic" is generally considered derived from the Zoroastrians "Magi."

The ESSENES (ancient Israeli sect of extreme Hebrews approx. 200 B.C.E. to 73 C.E.) used hemp medicinally, as did the THERAPUTEA (Egypt), from whom we get the term "therapeutic." Both are believed by some scholars to be disciples of, or in a brotherhood with, the priests/magician of the Zoroastrians.

EARLY JEWS As part of their holy Friday night services in the Temple of Solomon, 60-80,000 men ritually passed around and inhaled 20,000 incense burners filled with kaneh bosm (marijuana), before returning home for the largest meal of the week.

SUFIS OF ISLAM (Middle East) Moslem "mystical" priests who have taught, used, and extolled cannabis “marijuana” for divine revelation, insight, and oneness with Allah, for at least the last 1,000 years. Many Islamic and world scholars believe the mysticism of the Sufi priests was actually that of the Zoroastrians who survived Islamic conquests of the 7th and 8th Centuries C.E. and subsequent conversion (change your religion and give up liquor or get beheaded).

COPTIC CHRISTIAN (Egypt/Ethiopia) some sects believe the sacred "green herb of the field" in the Bible ("I will raise up for them a plant of great renown and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen anymore." Ezekiel 4:29) and the Biblical secret incenses, sweet incenses, and anointing oils is “marijuana”.

The BANTUS (Africa) had secret Dagga Cults,* societies which restricted cannabis “marijuana” use to the ruling men. The Pygmies, Zulus, and Hottentots all found it an indispensable medication for cramps, epilepsy, and gout, and as a religious sacrament.

The RASTAFARIANS (Jamaica and elsewhere) are a contemporary religious group that uses "ganja" as its sacred sacrament to communicate with God (Jah).

10.  I allege, therefore, that the State of New York has no compelling        interest to prohibit the cultivation and use of cannabis, a non-toxic, non-addicting substance, while allowing refined sugar, a known toxic, addictive substance to be freely given to children.

11.   I allege that the New York State Legislature, following the example of Federal Legislators, deliberately favored testimony from medical doctors and lawyers who gave false information to the legislators that cannabis “marihuana” was a dangerous drug that had no medicinal value and should be defined by Statute, Sec.3382 of New York State Public Health Law as a controlled substance enforced and punishable under 220, New York State Penal Law, and Article 33 New York State Controlled Substance Act.

Ct. The History of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 By David F. Musto, M.D., New Haven, Conn:

Arguments for inclusion rested on the belief of such authorities as Dr. Alexander Lambert, of Bellevue Hospital and later President of the American Medical Association, that some of his patients were habitual users of cannabis and that, therefore, the drug was habit-forming. a comrade of Dr. Lambert, the lay proprietor of a profitable hospital for addiction treatment,

Charles B. Towns. Towns' chief fame arose from his popularization of a supposed cure for the cravings of drug-users, but he made an active sideline out of appearing before committees of inquiry and drafting model legislation to combat the evils of drug abuse. He was an impressive witness in 1911, nearing the peak of his fame as one of mankind's benefactors.3 He took a very uncompromising attitude toward drug use: 

‘To my mind it is inexcusable for a man to say that there is no habit from the use of that drug. There is no drug in the Pharmacopoeia today that would produce the pleasurable sensations you would get from cannabis, no not one-absolutely not a drug in the Pharmacopoeia today, and of all the drugs on earth I would certainly put that on the list.” Ct, 2 (p. 80)’

Although congressional hearings rarely heard any witnesses defend opiates or cocaine, those against including cannabis in federal legislation spoke more openly. In January 1911 hearings were held on a federal anti-narcotic law before the House Ways and Means Committee. The National Wholesale Druggists' Association (NWDA) representative protested, in addition to other aspects of the proposed legislation, the inclusion of cannabis alongside opiates and cocaine. Charles A. West, chairman of the NWDA Legislative Committee, complained that "cannabis is not what may be called a habit-forming drug."2(p. 50) Albert Plaut, representing the New York City pharmaceutical firm of Lehn & Fink, objected to including "insignificant articles, the habit-forming quality of which is more than doubtful.2 (p.75) In particular he objected to the inclusion of cannabis; he attributed its reputation more to literary fiction, such as the description of hashish in the Count of Monte Cristo, than to informed opinion. "Cannabis brought into this country," Plaut explained, "is used almost altogether for the manufacture of corn cures and in veterinary practice. As a habit-forming drug its use is almost nil.2 (p. 77-78) When questioned as to whether cannabis might be taken by those whose regular supply of opiates or cocaine is restricted, Plaut responded that the effects of cannabis were so different from those of opiates and cocaine that he would not expect an addict to find cannabis attractive. 2 (p.77-78)

The "Father of the Pure Food Law," Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley of the Department of Agriculture

Dr. William Jay Schieffelin of New York, like Dr. Lambert, was prominent in the nation's social and political life as well as in his profession as the president of a wholesale drug house. He moved with the progressive and reform spirit of the era and was, therefore, somewhat separated from the rank and file as regards the acceptable burdens anti-narcotic legislation would place on the drug trade. Schieffelin believed cannabis was "used only to a slight extent in this country," but he had heard that there was a demand for it in the "Syrian colony in New York" where he thought it was smoked like prepared opium. He concluded, "The evil is minute but it ought to be included in the bill."

“By 1931 regulations under the Food and Drug Act had limited the importation of cannabis except for medical purposes.”

“The pressure for a federal anti-marihuana law was according to Harry Anslinger, first head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (oral communication, June 30, 1970 "political," traveling from local police forces in affected states to the governors, then to the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., and from him to the General Counsel, and the Commissioner of Narcotics (H. J. Anslinger, oral communication, June 30, 1970). Apparently the decision to seek a federal law was made in 1935, since by January 1936 Anslinger was holding conferences on what course to take to accomplish that end. The FBN's search for grounds on which to base a federal law was almost unsuccessful. It first claimed that only the treaty-making power of the federal government could sustain an anti-marihuana statute. Such a treaty was then attempted, but with an appeal to other nations which had almost no chance of success. If the FBN did not actually want a federal marihuana law, it had performed faithfully the task it had been given and the effort was about to fall short, when, claims Anslinger, ‘The Treasury's General Counsel ingeniously contrived the ‘transfer tax’.’”

12.  I allege that, a 70 year continuous fraud to eradicating cannabis hemp has been conducted by agents of local, county, State and Federal departments according to David F. Musto, M.D, Harry Anslinger “felt sure an anti-mariuana law would not face opposition if based on a federal tax or commerce powers. He suggested a treaty requiring the control of marihuana. One the treaty was ratified by the Senate, a federal law could be enacted which would not meet the constitutional blocks which he felt sure an anti-marihuana law would face if based on federal tax or commerce powers.”

Here we have substantial proof that the Department of Treasury of the United States Government is in control of a 70 year fraud. According to David F. Musto,

“The Treasury Department collected and considered scientific and medical opinion prior to the Tax Act hearings. But the desire to present a solid front when the Department appeared before the committees of Congress caused the officials to ignore anything qualifying or minimizing the evils of marihuana. As suggested above, the political pressure to put "something on the books" and the doubt that it could be done combined to make the marihuana hearings a classic example of bureaucratic overkill”.”

“Dr. Lawrence Kolb, Sr., warned that "Continued use of the drug causes insanity in many cases, but very unstable persons may have a short psychotic episode from only a few doses. ... No matter by what means taken marihuana is a dangerous drug much more harmful in certain respects than opium. Enough is known about the drug to brand it as a dangerous one that needs to be strictly controlled." (Federal Probation 2:22-25, 1938)”.

“Dr. Walter L. Treadway was asked a series of questions about marihuana, probably in late 1936, when the Treasury was gathering expert opinion on the botanical, chemical, pharmacological, and behavior-modifying characteristics of cannabis. To the question "What are the proofs that the use of marihuana in any of its forms is habit forming or addictive, and what are the indications and positive proofs that such addiction develops socially undesirable characteristics in the users?" Dr. Treadway replied in full:

“Cannabis Indica does not produce dependence as in opium addiction. In opium addiction there is a complete dependence and when it is withdrawn there is actual physical pain which is not the case with cannabis. Alcohol more nearly produces the same effect as cannabis in that there is an excitement or a general feeling of lifting of personality, followed by a delirious stage, and subsequent narcosis. There is no dependence or increased tolerance such as in opium addiction. As to the social or moral degradation associated with cannabis it probably belongs in the same category as alcohol. As with alcohol, it may be taken a relatively long time without social or emotional breakdown. Marihuana is habit forming although not addicting in the same sense as alcohol might be with some people, or sugar, or coffee. Marihuana produces a delirium with a frenzy which might result in violence; but this is also true of alcohol.” pg26

“The Department held a (secret) conference in the Treasury Building on Jan 14, 1937. Attending were 14 government officials and consultants, many of whom would testify a few months later before the Congressional committees deliberating on the Tax Act.” pg 27

“The purpose of the (secret) conference was to prepare a satisfactory legal definition of marihuana for the proposed legislation and to make some final arrangements for the presentation to Congress. Dr. Treadway was not present, although Dr. Carl Voegtin, Chief of the Division of Pharmacology of the National Institute of Health, was there to assist, along with some chemists, pharmacologists, and Commissioner Anslinger. Two members of the Department's General Counsel's Office of the FBN's General Counsel were also present. Fortunately, the conference was transcribed by a stenographer so that we can gain some appreciation of the attitudes surrounding the proposed legislation by the individuals who would present it to the House and Senate”.

13.  I allege that I and every citizen and inhabitant of New York State has been deprived of their fundamental religious right to grow the genus cannabis plant, as a system of faith and worship, in their own back yard, garden or farm under color of Sec.3382 of New York State Public Health Law of Article 33 New York State Controlled Substance Act and Article 220 of the New York State Penal Law.

14.  I allege that the damage of the deception is made even greater by the fact that what is arguably the most valuable economic plant on earth and the source of the only known medicine that can cure cancer has, by Article 220 of the New York State Penal Law, been kept out of every New York back yard, garden and farm where every inhabitant could grow their own healing herb. Also nullification of marihuana prohibition in New York State would make the state energy independent with cannabis hemp as a renewable primary energy source, stored in its cellulose, oils and proteins. Everything produced with petro-chemicals, can be produced from Cannabis hemp in a less toxic manner. Every one growing medicinal Marihuana such as I produce can be economically independent if left unmolested by New York State to follow the ABC’s of cannabis “marihuana” cultivation and processing for 6 to 7 months.

15.   I allege the “fatal flaw” of marihuana prohibition legislation was the lies created and perpetuated by the New York State legislative committees in the Assembly and Senate who wrote the fraudulent and overbroad laws, Sec.3382 of the New York State Health and Safety Law and Article 220 of New York State Penal Law that prohibits the growing and possession of a plant of the genus cannabis.

16.  I allege the Assembly and Senate of the State of New York refused to correct their error when warned by Citizens Against Marijuana Prohibition during their 8 weeks of lobbying in Albany starting May, 2008 until the New York State legislative session ended in July. On these inescapable grounds those sections of Article 33 of the New York State Health Law which are repugnant to the New York State Constitution and the Constitution of the United State and must be judged as void, without legislative authority of New York State to be enforced by police power.

17.   I allege the only way anyone can get the best and lowest cost health care is to grow their own cannabis and process it to personal taste.

18.  I allege that I have a medical biologist, Robert Melemedes, PhD, a New York State resident, and scientist now doing cancer research in Colorado, that has offered to appear as an expert witness on the medical use of concentrated THC oil extracted from cannabis “marihuana” as a cure for cancer as well as many other proven therapeutic uses.

 

Dr. Robert Melemedes, PhD., presents research on the effects of endo-cannabinoids on the body and why it is necessary for human survival for prohibition to end as it pertains to doctors and medical professionals. This is a mind blowing presentation that will give you a new understanding of the impacts of cannabis, and its prohibition on society. Ct. http://groups.myspace.com/ORMJP 

 

“Cannabidiol as a novel inhibitor of Id-1 gene expression in aggressive breast cancer cells.”

McAllister, S.D. , Christian, R.T., Horowitz, M.P., Garcia, A. and Desprez. P (2007)
Ct. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics Nov. 6 (11).

Abstract: Invasion and metastasis of aggressive breast cancer cells is the final and fatal step during cancer progression, and is the least understood genetically. Clinically, there are still limited therapeutic interventions for aggressive and metastatic breast cancers available. Clearly, effective and nontoxic therapies are urgently required. Id-1, an inhibitor of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors, has recently been shown to be a key regulator of the metastatic potential of breast and additional cancers. Using a mouse model, we previously determined that metastatic breast cancer cells became significantly less invasive in vitro and less metastatic in vivo when Id-1 was down-regulated by stable transduction with antisense Id-1. It is not possible at this point, however, to use antisense technology to reduce Id-1 expression in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Here, we report that cannabidiol (CBD), a cannabinoid with a low-toxicity profile, could down-regulate Id-1 expression in aggressive human breast cancer cells. The CBD concentrations effective at inhibiting Id-1 expression correlated with those used to inhibit the proliferative and invasive phenotype of breast cancer cells. CBD was able to inhibit Id-1 expression at the mRNA and protein level in a concentration-dependent fashion. These effects seemed to occur as the result of an inhibition of the Id-1 gene at the promoter level. Importantly, CBD did not inhibit invasiveness in cells that ectopically expressed Id-1. In conclusion, CBD represents the first nontoxic exogenous agent that can significantly decrease Id-1 expression in metastatic breast cancer cells leading to the down-regulation of tumor aggressiveness. [Mol Cancer Ther 2007;6(11):2921-7]
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 6, 2921-2927, November 1, 2007. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-07-0371

Ct. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

”Cannabinoids (pronounced /k?'næb??n??dz/HYPERLINK  \l "cite_note-0"[1]) are a group of terpenoHYPERLINK "/wiki/Phenol"phenolic compounds present in Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L). The broader definition of cannabinoids refer to a group of substances that are structurally related to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or that bind to cannabinoid receptors. The chemical definition encompasses a variety of distinct chemical classes: the classical cannabinoids structurally related to THC, the nonclassical cannabinoids, the aminoalkylindoles, the eicosanoids related to the endocannabinoids, 1,5-diarylpyrazoles, quinolines and arylsulphonamides and additional compounds that do not fall into these standard classes but bind to cannabinoid receptors.[2] The term cannabinoids also refers to a unique group of secondary metabolites found in the cannabis plant, which are responsible for the plant's peculiar pharmacological effects. Currently, there are three general types of cannabinoids: phytocannabinoids occur uniquely in the cannabis plant; endogenous cannabinoids are produced in the bodies of humans and other animals; and synthetic cannabinoids are similar compounds produced in a laboratory.”

§ 3300-a. Legislative purposes. I recognize the legislative purpose of New York State to “combat illegal use of trade in a controlled substance”, but the arbitrary listing by the New York State legislators of cannabis “marihuana”, as a controlled substance, sweeps away the God given rights of every person with the threat of arrest, incarceration and loss of property without serving any public purpose.

19.  I allege cannabis hemp “marihuana” is the oldest inescapably provable nontoxic healing substance on earth, known to enhance praise, worship and healing. This arbitrary politically based listing sweeps away every New York gardener and farmer’s inalienable right to grow what is arguably the most valuable economic plant on earth as was their right from the 1600s until 1938 when fraudulent, over broad “marihuana” prohibition was first enacted by New York State legislators.

20. I allege that 3382 of the New York State Public Health Law and Article 220 of the New York State Penal Law, a law neutral toward religion is over broad in that it sweeps away the right of religious free exercise to cultivate, possess, use and share the God given cannabis “marihuana” plant and its oil, one of the most ancient religious exercises historically known to man.

21.  I allege that, 3382 of the New York State Public Health Law and Article 220 of the New York State Penal Law should be subject to strict scrutiny because of discriminatory intent and disparate impact on our religious and cultural freedom to cultivate and use and share cannabis “marihuana”, enjoyed in New York State from the 1600s until the fraudulent Marijuana Tax act of 1937 was enacted.

First Amendment restrictions on government action:  No prior restraint.

22. I allege that cannabis hemp “marihuana”, as included in definition 4 and 5 of 3382 of the New York State Public Health Law and article 220 of the New York State Penal Law is false and arbitrarily listed as a controlled substance.

4."Concentrated Cannabis" means (a) the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from a plant of the genus Cannabis; or (b) a material, preparation, mixture, compound or other substance which contains more than two and one-half percent by weight of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or its isomer, delta-8 dibenzopyran numbering system, or delta-1 tetrahydrocannabinol or its isomer, delta 1 (6) monoterpene numbering system.

5. “Controlled substance" means a substance or substances listed in section thirty-three hundred six of New York State Public Health Law is repugnant to the constitution of the State Of New York and the Constitution of the United States of America and should be made void.”

23. I allege THC, defined as a controlled substance in section 3382 of the New York State Public Health Law and article 220 of the New York State Penal Law, is fraudulent, overbroad, causing prior restraint, and must receive strict scrutiny because they sweep away all rights of every scientist and self-sufficient gardener or small farmer in New York State with deadly police power and threat of incarceration and seizure of property should they manufacture and possess this substance in the interest of science and religion.

Ct. U.S. Census, “The United States Census of 1850 counted 8,327 hemp "plantations" (minimum 2,000-acre farm) growing cannabis hemp for cloth, canvas and even the cordage used for baling cotton”.

The U. S. Supreme Court states,

1.  Law must serve a compelling government interest

2.  Law must be narrowly tailored—typically must be the least restrictive means

“To provide guidance in this area the United States Supreme Court has held that the over breadth of a statute must be real and substantial, judged in relation to the statute’s plainly legitimate sweep. The substantial over breadth doctrine applies to constitutional challenges of statutes that prohibit conduct, as well as challenges to those statutes prohibiting pure speech and conduct plus speech. If a statute is found to be substantially overbroad, the statute must be invalidated unless the court can supply a limiting construction or partial invalidation that narrows the scope of the statute to constitutionally acceptable applications.” 

Ct. Brobst, 151 N.H. at 422-23 (quotations, citations, and brackets omitted):

Ct. Baines v. Senate President, 152 N.H. 124,

24. I allege the State has never had a legitimate interest in protecting its citizens from the effects of such religious conduct as cultivating cannabis and extracting its nontoxic essential oil for medicinal and recreational purpose as an act of worship and praise, done by the Twelve Tribes of Hebrews in the time of Moses, Jamaican Rastafarian Religion today and the Hindu, Shivite Yogi’s who have continued this practice for thousands of years.

25.  I allege that cannabis “marihuana”, defined as a controlled substance in Section 3382 of the New York State Public Health Law and Article 220 of the New York State Penal Law is a malicious studied fraud and is overbroad because there never was a dangerous addictive intoxicating drug called “marihuana” that compelled the government to control it.

26. I allege that legal evidence and proof of this seventy year perpetuated fraud against Federal and State Legislators by THE UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPARTMENT was first published in the 1937 Congressional record, where Dr. Woodruff, chief counsel for the American Medical Association, challenged the committee for creating the Marihuana Tax Act and meeting in secret for two years, when there was no evidence from doctors and health professionals that cannabis cultivation, consumption or sales was in need of prohibition or regulation. The only fabricated evidence for compelling government interest presented to Congress was fictional newspaper stories, published by William Randolph Hurst supporting Andrew Mellon, owner of the Mellon Bank and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, when in 1930 he appointed Harry Anslinger, as first head of the new Federal Bureau of Narcotics, his hatchet man. Anslinger soon married Mellon’s favorite niece. Once established as FEDERAL DRUG CZAR , with license to kill he used the United States Treasury funds and threat of deadly force under color of the Federal Marihuana Tax Law of 1938, to create a fictional demon drug , as the excuse for the armed invasion of private property, seizer of property, money, children, wrongful death and false imprisonment. This fraud by law enforcement agents is being used today by Prosecutors who only need show probable cause that the property was purchased from the proceeds of a crime or could have been instrumental in committing a crime. The act also created the Asset Forfeiture Funds. The Justice Department uses this account to collect and distribute proceeds from successful forfeiture actions by Federal agencies. The fund receives Congressional appropriations to cover law enforcement and property management expenses.

From 1985 to 1992, annual net deposits into the fund increased from $27,000,000 to $531,000,000. The cumulative total for this period was $2,700,000,000, with about another $1,500,000,000 in the pipeline.

27.  I allege I am being maliciously prosecuted by The Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team and Sheriff P. J. Blarcum, Ulster County, N Y, acting under color of the Comprehensive Crime Act of 1984, The Controlled Substances Penalties Amendments Act of 1984, 98 Stat. 2068 (21 U.S.C. § 841(b)), generally enhanced the penalties for violations of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970.

The 1984 legislation removed an ambiguity in the then-existing law by providing that a State drug felony conviction would trigger the provisions enhancing penalties for recidivists; it went further by providing that a foreign drug felony conviction would have the same effect. Finally, the 1984 legislation doubled the penalties for distribution of controlled substances where the offense is committed on or within 1,000 feet of school property.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Substances_Penalties_Amendments_Act_of_1984"

28. I allege the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is a 70 year fraud because it was never intended to add funds to the U.S. Treasury, but rather was The Treasury Departs studied deception to make secret war against the Constitutional rights of every United States Citizen and inhabitant and enrich petro- Chemical and pharmaceutical corporations, backed by Andrew Mellon’s, Mellon Bank when he was Secretary of the Treasury, this criminal racket and agenda continues unto this day under President George W. Bush, Henry M. Paulson, Jr. Secretary of the Treasury, John P. Walters Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy New York State Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement (BNE),  The Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team and Sheriff P.J Blarcum, Ulster County, New York

Comprehensive Crime Act of 1984 established a system whereby any local police bureau that cooperated with federal drug enforcement authorities in a drug investigation would share in the money or property confiscated as part of that investigation.

29. I allege Sheriff P.J Blarcum, Ulster County, New York, Dirk Budd Ulster County Sheriff’s detective Kingston NY Police, Lt. Timothy Matthews,, who heads the Ulster Regional Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team, agents of the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team, The New York State Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement (BNE), Henry Paulson, Secretury of The United StatesTreasury, the Treasury Department, and George Bush, President of the United States. who has ordered that resources be allocated to fighting so-called 'soft' drugs instead of concentrating on harder forms, such as heroin and cocaine.

30. I allege, Marihuana, as defined in section 3382 of the New York State Public Health Law and article 220 of the New York State Penal Law and was created with malicious intent to defraud and deprive the American people of a valuable, renewable economic resource. This studied fraud was initiated by Andrew Mellon, owner of the Mellon Bank and Secretary of the United States Treasury in 1930 when he appointed Harry Anslinger, head of the new Bureau of Narcotics, an arm of the United States Treasury Department. Soon after Anslinger married Mellon’s niece.

Harry Anslinger was the enforcer and chief lobbyist for the pharmaceutical and petro-chemical industries, banked by Mellon, as he developed the system for eradicating the economically valuable cannabis hemp plant from the American farmer by falsely labeling it as a dangerous drug called marijuana.

I allege that a criminal interagency law enforcement system has unconstitutionally been used against the citizens and inhabitants of New York State and I am one of the victims of its seizure under color of New York State law and Sec.3382 of New York State Public Health Law

The Federal Controlled Substances Penalties Amendments Act of 1984, 98 Stat. 2068 (21 U.S.C. § 841(b)), generally enhanced the penalties for violations of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. The 1984 legislation removed an ambiguity in the then-existing law by providing that a State drug felony conviction would trigger the provisions enhancing penalties for recidivists; it went further by providing that a foreign drug felony the penalties for distribution of controlled substances where the offense is committed on or within 1,000 feet of school property.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Substances_Penalties_Amendments_Act_of_1984"

Prosecutors only need show probable cause that the property was purchased from the proceeds of a crime or could have been instrumental in committing a crime. The act also created the Asset Forfeiture Funds. The Justice Department uses this account to collect and distribute proceeds from successful forfeiture actions by Federal agencies. The fund receives Congressional appropriations to cover law enforcement and property management expenses.

From 1985 to 1992, annual net deposits into the fund increased from $27,000,000 to $531,000,000. The cumulative total for this period was $2,700,000,000, with about another $1,500,000,000 in the pipeline.

I am asking this COURT to Order that the search warrant issued on 13 November 2008, by this court ,to search and seize my property be ruled void because, after strict scrutiny, the court finds, cannabis marihuana prohibition under Sec.3382 of New York State Public Health Law as a controlled substance, enforced under Article 220 New York State Penal Law, and Article 33 NEW YORK STATE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ACT, on its face a fraud and overbroad, prior restraint in its listing of Marihuana as a controlled substance wiping away all first amendment freedoms of speech, research and worship with the deadly threat of incarceration.

 

I am asking this court to order the return of all my marijuana, money, records and other property this day.

I am also requesting the Court in the interest of Justice to order a stay on any prosecution against me on evidence that was obtained unlawfully by a constitutionally flawed search warrant in violation of the Sixth Amendment, until this Civil Rights controversy of Law is settled by the State of New York and to avoid further damages to myself and the law..

 

__________________________

Joseph Barton

On my own behalf


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THC Study 2

www.msnbc.msn.com

Doctors group backs medical marijuana -
American College of Physicians urges government to rethink prohibition

The policy statement said, "ACP encourages the use of nonsmoked forms of THC (the main psychoactive element in marijuana) that have proven therapeutic value." It also backed research into additional therapeutic uses of marijuana. The government should review marijuana's status as a so-called schedule I controlled substance, alongside such drugs as LSD and heroin, given scientific evidence of its safety and efficacy for some medical conditions, the doctors group said. It called for exempting doctors who prescribe or dispense medical marijuana in accordance with state law from federal criminal prosecution and other actions. It also urged protection from criminal penalties for patients who use medical marijuana as permitted under state laws.

Study 2

Doctors group backs marijuana for medical uses

By Will Dunham- Feb 15, 2008

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading U.S. doctors group has endorsed using marijuana for medical purposes, urging the government to roll back a prohibition on using it to treat patients and supporting studies into its medical applications.

The American College of Physicians, the second-largest doctors group in the United States, issued a policy statement on medical marijuana this week after it was approved by its governing body, the group said on Friday.

The group cited evidence that marijuana is valuable in treating severe weight loss associated with AIDS, and nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy in cancer patients.

"Additional research is needed to clarify marijuana's therapeutic properties and determine standard and optimal doses and routes of delivery. Unfortunately, research expansion has been hindered by a complicated federal approval process, limited availability of research-grade marijuana and the debate over legalization," the group said.

The Philadelphia-based group, founded in 1915, is made up of 124,000 doctors who treat adults.

"The richness of modern medicine is to carefully evaluate new treatments. Marijuana has been in a special category because of, I suppose, its abuses and other concerns," Dr. David Dale, the group's president and a University of Washington professor of medicine, said in a phone interview.

'SCIENCE SHOULD BE KEPT OPEN'

David Murray, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy's chief scientist, said, "The science should be kept open. There should be more research. We should continue to investigate." 

The policy statement said, "ACP encourages the use of nonsmoked forms of THC (the main psychoactive element in marijuana) that have proven therapeutic value." It also backed research into additional therapeutic uses of marijuana.

The government should review marijuana's status as a so-called schedule I controlled substance, alongside such drugs as LSD and heroin, given scientific evidence of its safety and efficacy for some medical conditions, the doctors group said.

It called for exempting doctors who prescribe or dispense medical marijuana in accordance with state law from federal criminal prosecution and other actions. It also urged protection from criminal penalties for patients who use medical marijuana as permitted under state laws.

A dozen states have laws allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. But supporters of medical marijuana accuse the federal government of undermining those state laws by having Drug Enforcement Administration agents raid medical marijuana providers.

Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project, which urges legal and regulated sales of marijuana, said, "This statement by America's second-largest doctors group demolishes the myth that the medical community doesn't support medical marijuana."

"The ACP's statement smashes a number of other myths, including the claims that adequate substitutes are available or that marijuana is unsafe for medical use," Kampia added.

THC Study 3

Cannabinoid receptor agonists are mitochondrial inhibitors: a unified hypothesis of how cannabinoids modulate mitochondrial function and induce cell death.
Athanasiou A, Clarke AB, Turner AE, Kumaran NM, Vakilpour S, Smith PA, Bagiokou D, Bradshaw TD, Westwell AD, Fang L, Lobo DN, Constantinescu CS, Calabrese V, Loesch A, Alexander SP, Clothier RH, Kendall DA, Bates TE.
School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.


Time-lapse microscopy of human lung cancer (H460) cells showed that the endogenous cannabinoid anandamide (AEA), the phyto-cannabinoid Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and a synthetic cannabinoid HU 210 all caused morphological changes characteristic of apoptosis (programed cell death). Janus green assays of H460 cell viability showed that AEA and THC caused significant increases in OD 595 nm at lower concentrations (10-50 microM) and significant decreases at 100 microM, whilst HU 210 caused significant decreases at all concentrations. In rat heart mitochondria, all three ligands caused significant decreases in oxygen consumption and mitochondrial membrane potential. THC and HU 210 caused significant increases in mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide production, whereas AEA was without significant effect. All three ligands induced biphasic changes in either mitochondrial complex I activity and/or mitochondrial complex II-III activity. These data demonstrate that AEA, THC, and HU 210 are all able to cause changes in integrated mitochondrial function, directly, in the absence of cannabinoid receptors.

PMID: 17931597

Study 3

 

1: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Dec 7;364(1):131-7. Epub 2007 Oct 2.

 

Cannabinoid receptor agonists are mitochondrial inhibitors: a unified hypothesis of how cannabinoids modulate mitochondrial function and induce cell death.

Athanasiou A, Clarke AB, Turner AE, Kumaran NM, Vakilpour S, Smith PA, Bagiokou D, Bradshaw TD, Westwell AD, Fang L, Lobo DN, Constantinescu CS, Calabrese V, Loesch A, Alexander SP, Clothier RH, Kendall DA, Bates TE.

School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.

Time-lapse microscopy of human lung cancer (H460) cells showed that the endogenous cannabinoid anandamide (AEA), the phyto-cannabinoid Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and a synthetic cannabinoid HU 210 all caused morphological changes characteristic of apoptosis. Janus green assays of H460 cell viability showed that AEA and THC caused significant increases in OD 595 nm at lower concentrations (10-50 microM) and significant decreases at 100 microM, whilst HU 210 caused significant decreases at all concentrations. In rat heart mitochondria, all three ligands caused significant decreases in oxygen consumption and mitochondrial membrane potential. THC and HU 210 caused significant increases in mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide production, whereas AEA was without significant effect. All three ligands induced biphasic changes in either mitochondrial complex I activity and/or mitochondrial complex II-III activity. These data demonstrate that AEA, THC, and HU 210 are all able to cause changes in integrated mitochondrial function, directly, in the absence of cannabinoid receptors.

17931597

 

 

 

 THC Study 4

 Cannabinoids and gliomas.
Velasco G, Carracedo A, Bl¨¢zquez C, Lorente M, Aguado T, Haro A, S¨¢nchez C, Galve-Roperh I, Guzm¨¢n M.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, School of Biology, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

Cannabinoids, the active components of Cannabis sativa L., act in the body by mimicking endogenous substances--the endocannabinoids--that activate specific cell surface receptors. Cannabinoids exert various palliative effects in cancer patients. In addition, cannabinoids inhibit the growth of different types of tumor cells, including glioma cells, in laboratory animals. They do so by modulating key cell signaling pathways, mostly the endoplasmic reticulum stress response, thereby inducing antitumoral actions such as the apoptotic death of tumor cells and the inhibition of tumor angiogenesis. Of interest, cannabinoids seem to be selective antitumoral compounds, as they kill glioma cells, but not their non-transformed astroglial counterparts. On the basis of these preclinical findings, a pilot clinical study of Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme has been recently run. The good safety profile of THC, together with its possible growth-inhibiting action on tumor cells, justifies the setting up of future trials aimed at evaluating the potential antitumoral activity of cannabinoids.

PMID: 17952650]

 STUDY 4

1:
Mol Neurobiol. 2007 Aug;36(1):60-7. Epub 2007 Jun 28.

Cannabinoids and gliomas.

Velasco G, Carracedo A, Blázquez C, Lorente M, Aguado T, Haro A, Sánchez C, Galve-Roperh I, Guzmán M.

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, School of Biology, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

Cannabinoids, the active components of Cannabis sativa L., act in the body by mimicking endogenous substances--the endocannabinoids--that activate specific cell surface receptors. Cannabinoids exert various palliative effects in cancer patients. In addition, cannabinoids inhibit the growth of different types of tumor cells, including glioma cells, in laboratory animals. They do so by modulating key cell signaling pathways, mostly the endoplasmic reticulum stress response, thereby inducing antitumoral actions such as the apoptotic death of tumor cells and the inhibition of tumor angiogenesis. Of interest, cannabinoids seem to be selective antitumoral compounds, as they kill glioma cells, but not their non-transformed astroglial counterparts. On the basis of these preclinical findings, a pilot clinical study of Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme has been recently run. The good safety profile of THC, together with its possible growth-inhibiting action on tumor cells, justifies the setting up of future trials aimed at evaluating the potential antitumoral activity of cannabinoids.

PMID: 17952650 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


THC Study 5

The cannabinoid delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol inhibits RAS-MAPK and PI3K-AKT survival signalling and induces BAD-mediated apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells.
Greenhough A, Patsos HA, Williams AC, Paraskeva C.
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cancer Research UK, Colorectal Tumour Biology Group, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, United Kingdom.


Deregulation of cell survival pathways and resistance to apoptosis are widely accepted to be fundamental aspects of tumorigenesis. As in many tumours, the aberrant growth and survival of colorectal tumour cells is dependent upon a small number of highly activated signalling pathways, the inhibition of which elicits potent growth inhibitory or apoptotic responses in tumour cells. Accordingly, there is considerable interest in therapeutics that can modulate survival signalling pathways and target cancer cells for death. There is emerging evidence that cannabinoids, especially Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), may represent novel anticancer agents, due to their ability to regulate signalling pathways critical for cell growth and survival. Here, we report that CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors are expressed in human colorectal adenoma and carcinoma cells, and show for the first time that THC induces apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells. THC-induced apoptosis was rescued by pharmacological blockade of the CB1, but not CB2, cannabinoid receptor. Importantly, THC treatment resulted in CB1-mediated inhibition of both RAS-MAPK/ERK and PI3K-AKT survival signalling cascades; two key cell survival pathways frequently deregulated in colorectal tumours. The inhibition of ERK and AKT activity by THC was accompanied by activation of the proapoptotic BCL-2 family member BAD. Reduction of BAD protein expression by RNA interference rescued colorectal cancer cells from THC-induced apoptosis. These data suggest an important role for CB1 receptors and BAD in the regulation of apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells. The use of THC, or selective targeting of the CB1 receptor, may represent a novel strategy for colorectal cancer therapy. (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

PMID: 17583570

 STUDY 5

1:
Int J Cancer. 2007 Nov 15;121(10):2172-80.

Comment in:

Int J Cancer. 2008 Apr 15;122(8):1920-1.

The cannabinoid delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol inhibits RAS-MAPK and PI3K-AKT survival signalling and induces BAD-mediated apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells.

Greenhough A, Patsos HA, Williams AC, Paraskeva C.

Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cancer Research UK, Colorectal Tumour Biology Group, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, United Kingdom.

Deregulation of cell survival pathways and resistance to apoptosis are widely accepted to be fundamental aspects of tumorigenesis. As in many tumours, the aberrant growth and survival of colorectal tumour cells is dependent upon a small number of highly activated signalling pathways, the inhibition of which elicits potent growth inhibitory or apoptotic responses in tumour cells. Accordingly, there is considerable interest in therapeutics that can modulate survival signalling pathways and target cancer cells for death. There is emerging evidence that cannabinoids, especially Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), may represent novel anticancer agents, due to their ability to regulate signalling pathways critical for cell growth and survival. Here, we report that CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors are expressed in human colorectal adenoma and carcinoma cells, and show for the first time that THC induces apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells. THC-induced apoptosis was rescued by pharmacological blockade of the CB1, but not CB2, cannabinoid receptor. Importantly, THC treatment resulted in CB1-mediated inhibition of both RAS-MAPK/ERK and PI3K-AKT survival signalling cascades; two key cell survival pathways frequently deregulated in colorectal tumours. The inhibition of ERK and AKT activity by THC was accompanied by activation of the proapoptotic BCL-2 family member BAD. Reduction of BAD protein expression by RNA interference rescued colorectal cancer cells from THC-induced apoptosis. These data suggest an important role for CB1 receptors and BAD in the regulation of apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells. The use of THC, or selective targeting of the CB1 receptor, may represent a novel strategy for colorectal cancer therapy. (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.


THC Study 6

Cannabinoids induce glioma stem-like cell differentiation and inhibit gliomagenesis.
Aguado T, Carracedo A, Julien B, Velasco G, Milman G, Mechoulam R, Alvarez L, Guzm¨¢n M, Galve-Roperh I.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, School of Biology, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain.


Glioma stem-like cells constitute one of the potential origins of gliomas, and therefore, their elimination is an essential factor for the development of efficient therapeutic strategies. Cannabinoids are known to exert an antitumoral action on gliomas that relies on at least two mechanisms: induction of apoptosis of transformed cells and inhibition of tumor angiogenesis. However, whether cannabinoids target human glioma stem cells and their potential impact in gliomagenesis are unknown. Here, we show that glioma stem-like cells derived from glioblastoma multiforme biopsies and the glioma cell lines U87MG and U373MG express cannabinoid type 1 (CB(1)) and type 2 (CB(2)) receptors and other elements of the endocannabinoid system. In gene array experiments, CB receptor activation altered the expression of genes involved in the regulation of stem cell proliferation and differentiation. The cannabinoid agonists HU-210 and JWH-133 promoted glial differentiation in a CB receptor-dependent manner as shown by the increased number of S-100beta- and glial fibrillary acidic protein-expressing cells. In parallel, cannabinoids decreased the cell population expressing the neuroepithelial progenitor marker nestin. Moreover, cannabinoid challenge decreased the efficiency of glioma stem-like cells to initiate glioma formation in vivo, a finding that correlated with decreased neurosphere formation and cell proliferation in secondary xenografts. Gliomas derived from cannabinoid-treated cancer stem-like cells were characterized with a panel of neural markers and evidenced a more differentiated phenotype and a concomitant decrease in nestin expression. Overall, our results demonstrate that cannabinoids target glioma stem-like cells, promote their differentiation, and inhibit gliomagenesis, thus giving further support to their potential use in the management of malignant gliomas.

PMID: 17202146

  STUDY 6 

 

1: J Biol Chem. 2007 Mar 2;282(9):6854-62. Epub 2007 Jan 2.

Cannabinoids induce glioma stem-like cell differentiation and inhibit gliomagenesis.

Aguado T, Carracedo A, Julien B, Velasco G, Milman G, Mechoulam R, Alvarez L, Guzmán M, Galve-Roperh I.

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, School of Biology, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

Glioma stem-like cells constitute one of the potential origins of gliomas, and therefore, their elimination is an essential factor for the development of efficient therapeutic strategies. Cannabinoids are known to exert an antitumoral action on gliomas that relies on at least two mechanisms: induction of apoptosis of transformed cells and inhibition of tumor angiogenesis. However, whether cannabinoids target human glioma stem cells and their potential impact in gliomagenesis are unknown. Here, we show that glioma stem-like cells derived from glioblastoma multiforme biopsies and the glioma cell lines U87MG and U373MG express cannabinoid type 1 (CB(1)) and type 2 (CB(2)) receptors and other elements of the endocannabinoid system. In gene array experiments, CB receptor activation altered the expression of genes involved in the regulation of stem cell proliferation and differentiation. The cannabinoid agonists HU-210 and JWH-133 promoted glial differentiation in a CB receptor-dependent manner as shown by the increased number of S-100beta- and glial fibrillary acidic protein-expressing cells. In parallel, cannabinoids decreased the cell population expressing the neuroepithelial progenitor marker nestin. Moreover, cannabinoid challenge decreased the efficiency of glioma stem-like cells to initiate glioma formation in vivo, a finding that correlated with decreased neurosphere formation and cell proliferation in secondary xenografts. Gliomas derived from cannabinoid-treated cancer stem-like cells were characterized with a panel of neural markers and evidenced a more differentiated phenotype and a concomitant decrease in nestin expression. Overall, our results demonstrate that cannabinoids target glioma stem-like cells, promote their differentiation, and inhibit gliomagenesis, thus giving further support to their potential use in the management of malignant gliomas.

PMID: 17202146

 

 THC Study 7


Cannabis compound stops spread of breast cancer: researchers
Last Updated: Monday, November 19, 2007 | 11:52 AM ET CBC News

California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute


...Cannabis compound CBD could provide a non-toxic alternative to chemotherapy for cancer treatments. Previous research has shown the compound can block human brain cancers, and recent lab experiments have shown it may be able to do the same for breast cancer. "Right now we have a limited range of options in treating aggressive forms of cancer. Those treatments, such as chemotherapy, can be effective but they can also be extremely toxic and difficult for patients," said researcher Dr. Sean McAllister in a release. "This compound offers the hope of a non-toxic therapy that could achieve the same results without any of the painful side effects." CBD works by blocking the activity of gene Id-1, which is associated with metastasis ¡ª the spread of cancer cells away from the original tumor site. The compound does not share marijuana's psychoactive properties. "We know that Id-1 is a key regulator of the spread of breast cancer," said senior author Dr. Pierre-Yves Desprez in a release. "We also know that Id-1 has also been found at higher levels in other forms of cancer. So what is exciting about this study is that if CBD can inhibit Id-1 in breast cancer cells, then it may also prove effective at stopping the spread of cancer cells in other forms of the disease, such as colon and brain or prostate cancer." Researchers stressed that they were not encouraging cancer patients to smoke pot, adding that it would be highly unlikely for patients to receive an effective concentration of the compound in that way. The team's findings were published in the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.

 

 

 Study 7

 

1: Int J Cancer. 2007 Nov 15;121(10):2172-80. Links

Comment in: Int J Cancer. 2008 Apr 15;122(8):1920-1.

The cannabinoid delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol inhibits RAS-MAPK and PI3K-AKT survival signalling and induces BAD-mediated apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells.

Greenhough A, Patsos HA, Williams AC, Paraskeva C.

Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cancer Research UK, Colorectal Tumour Biology Group, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, United Kingdom.

Deregulation of cell survival pathways and resistance to apoptosis are widely accepted to be fundamental aspects of tumorigenesis. As in many tumours, the aberrant growth and survival of colorectal tumour cells is dependent upon a small number of highly activated signalling pathways, the inhibition of which elicits potent growth inhibitory or apoptotic responses in tumour cells. Accordingly, there is considerable interest in therapeutics that can modulate survival signalling pathways and target cancer cells for death. There is emerging evidence that cannabinoids, especially Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), may represent novel anticancer agents, due to their ability to regulate signalling pathways critical for cell growth and survival. Here, we report that CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors are expressed in human colorectal adenoma and carcinoma cells, and show for the first time that THC induces apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells. THC-induced apoptosis was rescued by pharmacological blockade of the CB1, but not CB2, cannabinoid receptor. Importantly, THC treatment resulted in CB1-mediated inhibition of both RAS-MAPK/ERK and PI3K-AKT survival signalling cascades; two key cell survival pathways frequently deregulated in colorectal tumours. The inhibition of ERK and AKT activity by THC was accompanied by activation of the proapoptotic BCL-2 family member BAD. Reduction of BAD protein expression by RNA interference rescued colorectal cancer cells from THC-induced apoptosis. These data suggest an important role for CB1 receptors and BAD in the regulation of apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells. The use of THC, or selective targeting of the CB1 receptor, may represent a novel strategy for colorectal cancer therapy. (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

 

THC Study 8

Delta9-Tetrahydrocannabinol inhibits epithelial growth factor-induced lung cancer cell migration in vitro as well as its growth and metastasis in vivo.
Preet A, Ganju RK, Groopman JE.
Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.


Delta(9)-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the primary cannabinoid of marijuana and has been shown to either potentiate or inhibit tumor growth, depending on the type of cancer and its pathogenesis. Little is known about the activity of cannabinoids like THC on epidermal growth factor receptor-overexpressing lung cancers, which are often highly aggressive and resistant to chemotherapy. In this study, we characterized the effects of THC on the EGF-induced growth and metastasis of human non-small cell lung cancer using the cell lines A549 and SW-1573 as in vitro models. We found that these cells express the cannabinoid receptors CB(1) and CB(2), known targets for THC action, and that THC inhibited EGF-induced growth, chemotaxis and chemoinvasion. Moreover, signaling studies indicated that THC may act by inhibiting the EGF-induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2, JNK1/2 and AKT. THC also induced the phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase at tyrosine 397. Additionally, in in vivo studies in severe combined immunodeficient mice, there was significant inhibition of the subcutaneous tumor growth and lung metastasis of A549 cells in THC-treated animals as compared to vehicle-treated controls. Tumor samples from THC-treated animals revealed antiproliferative and antiangiogenic effects of THC. Our study suggests that cannabinoids like THC should be explored as novel therapeutic molecules in controlling the growth and metastasis of certain lung cancers.

PMID: 17621270

 Study 8

 

1: Oncogene. 2008 Jan 10;27(3):339-46. Epub 2007 Jul 9.

Delta9-Tetrahydrocannabinol inhibits epithelial growth factor-induced lung cancer cell migration in vitro as well as its growth and metastasis in vivo.

Preet A, Ganju RK, Groopman JE.

Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Delta(9)-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the primary cannabinoid of marijuana and has been shown to either potentiate or inhibit tumor growth, depending on the type of cancer and its pathogenesis. Little is known about the activity of cannabinoids like THC on epidermal growth factor receptor-overexpressing lung cancers, which are often highly aggressive and resistant to chemotherapy. In this study, we characterized the effects of THC on the EGF-induced growth and metastasis of human non-small cell lung cancer using the cell lines A549 and SW-1573 as in vitro models. We found that these cells express the cannabinoid receptors CB(1) and CB(2), known targets for THC action, and that THC inhibited EGF-induced growth, chemotaxis and chemoinvasion. Moreover, signaling studies indicated that THC may act by inhibiting the EGF-induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2, JNK1/2 and AKT. THC also induced the phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase at tyrosine 397. Additionally, in in vivo studies in severe combined immunodeficient mice, there was significant inhibition of the subcutaneous tumor growth and lung metastasis of A549 cells in THC-treated animals as compared to vehicle-treated controls. Tumor samples from THC-treated animals revealed antiproliferative and antiangiogenic effects of THC. Our study suggests that cannabinoids like THC should be explored as novel therapeutic molecules in controlling the growth and metastasis of certain lung cancers.

THC Study 9

Cannabinoid receptors as novel targets for the treatment of melanoma.
Bl¨¢zquez C, Carracedo A, Barrado L, Real PJ, Fern¨¢ndez-Luna JL, Velasco G, Malumbres M, Guzm¨¢n M.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, School of Biology, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain.


Melanoma causes the greatest number of skin cancer-related deaths worldwide. Despite intensive research, prevention and early detection are the only effective measures against melanoma, so new therapeutic strategies are necessary for the management of this devastating disease. Here, we evaluated the efficacy of cannabinoid receptor agonists, a new family of potential antitumoral compounds, at skin melanoma. Human melanomas and melanoma cell lines express CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors. Activation of these receptors decreased growth, proliferation, angiogenesis and metastasis, and increased apoptosis, of melanomas in mice. Cannabinoid antimelanoma activity was independent of the immune status of the animal, could be achieved without overt psychoactive effects and was selective for melanoma cells vs. normal melanocytes. Cannabinoid antiproliferative action on melanoma cells was due, at least in part, to cell cycle arrest at the G1-S transition via inhibition of the prosurvival protein Akt and hypophosphorylation of the pRb retinoblastoma protein tumor suppressor. These findings may contribute to the design of new chemotherapeutic strategies for the management of melanoma.

PMID: 17065222

 

 STUDY 9

 

1: FASEB J. 2006 Dec;20(14):2633-5. Epub 2006 Oct 25.

Cannabinoid receptors as novel targets for the treatment of melanoma.

Blázquez C, Carracedo A, Barrado L, Real PJ, Fernández-Luna JL, Velasco G, Malumbres M, Guzmán M.

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, School of Biology, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

Melanoma causes the greatest number of skin cancer-related deaths worldwide. Despite intensive research, prevention and early detection are the only effective measures against melanoma, so new therapeutic strategies are necessary for the management of this devastating disease. Here, we evaluated the efficacy of cannabinoid receptor agonists, a new family of potential antitumoral compounds, at skin melanoma. Human melanomas and melanoma cell lines express CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors. Activation of these receptors decreased growth, proliferation, angiogenesis and metastasis, and increased apoptosis, of melanomas in mice. Cannabinoid antimelanoma activity was independent of the immune status of the animal, could be achieved without overt psychoactive effects and was selective for melanoma cells vs. normal melanocytes. Cannabinoid antiproliferative action on melanoma cells was due, at least in part, to cell cycle arrest at the G1-S transition via inhibition of the prosurvival protein Akt and hypophosphorylation of the pRb retinoblastoma protein tumor suppressor. These findings may contribute to the design of new chemotherapeutic strategies for the management of melanoma.

 

PMID: 17065222

I ask the court for protection for me and my son. We had our rights violated under color of law when the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team kicked in our door. We asked them if they had a warrant. They said, “It’s coming.” They started seizing our property. I told them I wanted a receipt for all my seized property. They said I would get one, of which I only received a partial list. I told them they were acting under color of law and they were violating our rights under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. They said they had a warrant and we had marijuana and had, therefore, no rights. I asked them if I could make a phone call. They said, “At the station.” I told them they were violating our First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments, as well as all our inalienable rights, including freedom of religion. The decision to continue to violate our rights caused irreparable damage to me and my son.

While they were trashing our house they said we were dirty hippies and our house was a sty. I asked again for a warrant. They said again, “It’s coming.” I told them they were not following proper police procedure. They told me I watch too much TV and don’t know what I’m talking about. That I broke the law and they can do what they want. I told them marijuana was part of my religious belief and I used it for medical purposes for my post traumatic stress from Vietnam. I also use it for my arthritis and share it with others for medicinal and religious purposes. They told me it’s not legal. I told them their law is not legal. They continued trashing my house, breaking things. And I told them they have no right to destroy our property. They said, “You broke the law. We can do what we want.” I told them they were just government vandals with badges and I asked for a warrant for the third time. Again they said, “It’s coming.” We didn’t see the warrant until many hours later at the police station. They gave us the warrant and read us our rights. I said, sarcastically, “Oh, now we have our rights back?”

No place in the Constitution of the United States does it give power to the government to make war on the people of the United States. Yet, the government of New York has spent over a trillion dollars making war on New Yorkers under the guise of a drug war that will somehow someday make our state what, “morally correct” or a better hempless world where no one smokes flowers?

 The Ulster Regional Gang Narcotics Team operating as a paramilitary unit armed with assault weapons, shotguns and other guns drawn and aimed at us, assaulted our residence in a paramilitary action against unarmed peaceful people in violation of our rights under the Constitution of the United States, Article 6 which state “The right of the people to be secure in their persons against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated.” Our forefathers faced hanging for resisting England’s police state.

A paramilitary action is unreasonable against unarmed peaceful people. Agents of our government, who swore to protect us and our rights, have, instead, been warring against us in violation of our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

I have stated for 40 years that marijuana is a fundamental part of my religious belief, that God gave us this herb, and no one has a right to legislate it away. We, my son and I, and many others believe that cannabis hemp or “marijuana” is, and has been since He created it, a gift from God for the healing of man and the healing of nations and for worship.

Article 3 of the First Amendment states\A “Congress shall make no law regarding the establishment of a religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”  A paramilitary   team has seized our sacred herb at gunpoint in violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution. Some of our religious beliefs are when God kicked Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden he knew without help they would not survive so He gave them the sacred herb for a gift. That gift was cannabis hemp, which has sustained man throughout the ages. Early man used its fibers to make bow strings and to tie tips on their spears. They also used the seeds for food. Cannabis seeds are very high in whole protein. Later in history cannabis was used to make cloth and paper. The U.S. Constitution is written on hemp paper. Later in history hemp fiber was  used to make rope and sails so man could fish and reach new lands. The Jews in Moses’ time used cannabis oil as sacred oil. The Egyptians used it for many things. In China it was used for many things, including the cannabis oil. In India it was used for many things, including cannabis oil. The Hindu Shivite yogis, as a religious practice, have smoked the herb, the hash and the oil for thousands of years, up to the present day. The Rastafarians of Jamaica use cannabis for religious purposes. They call it “ganja”. George Washington grew hemp and separated the males from the females, most likely for medicinal tinctures. Thomas Jefferson also grew cannabis hemp and was the first President of the United States to go to China and, seeing China’s high grade hemp, sent spies into China to smuggle cannabis seeds out of China even though it was a death penalty to get caught. That’s how much China prized its hemp.

Ben Franklin printed on hemp paper and both the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution are written on hemp paper. Also, the Declaration of Independence was written on cannabis hemp. Without God’s gift of cannabis hemp man would have never come out of his cave.

In colonial America hemp was a valuable renewable resource up until some stingy greedy men in 1937 made it illegal so the petrochemical, pharmaceutical and wood paper industries could control the wealth of this nation. These greedy corrupt individuals took God’s gift away from the American people in violation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. What God gives man no government has the right to take away.

We believe God gave cannabis hemp for the survival of humanity and the worship of God for the healing of man and the healing of nations. We also believe that when we smoke cannabis hemp we worship. We believe the oil of cannabis hemp is the sacred oil that purifies. There are many more very personal spiritual beliefs I won’t write because a wise man once said, “Cast not your pearls before swine.” The higher knowledge must be perceived and to speak it is to corrupt it. In colonial times Americans could pay their taxes in hemp. The government saw it as valuable resource which it remains today. Cannabis hemp is a renewable resource for fuel, cloth, paper, food, medicine, biodegradable plastics, not to mention a cure for cancer, to name only a few. Why would any government outlaw such a valuable resource, calling it a useless weed, and waste so many tax dollars fighting an endless unconstitutional war that cannot be won. Governments that go against their own people and the will of God inevitably fall to ruin.

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Joseph Barton aka Joe Anderson                                              Sworn to before me this __ day of Nov., 2008

____________________________________                     
NOTARY PUBLIC




Jay Debberman:  Statement of my experience with cannabis hemp laws

All our inalienable fundamental religious rights have been altered, abridged or abolished intentionally and effectively through “marijuana” prohibition laws by a conspiracy of greedy men. This lawless legislation has given free rein to corrupt police and the innocent are being incarcerated.

Cannabis laws have done irreparable damage to my constitutional rights. I come from a family of five children. Marijuana laws have hurt me and my family ever since I was a baby. My father has been getting busted for cannabis hemp because he believes it’s his religious belief. He believes it is given to us from God, for the healing of nations and the healing of man. Police, judges and politicians have been persecuting and denying him because of his religious rights by telling him he can’t have cannabis hemp because it’s the law. He says the law violates his religious rights. They say his religious beliefs are a sham.  They have not, up to now, allowed religion as a defense. They said plead guilty to cannabis hemp or you and your wife will go to prison and your kids will go into foster care and you will never see them again. My father pled guilty to cannabis hemp to save his family from a bad judge. He was forced into hiding and had to practice his religion secretly because they were prohibiting the free exercise of his religion. He went to jail many times and he still believes cannabis hemp connects him to God and so do I. I did not use cannabis hemp until I was a teenager. I was told it was a religious sacrament to help to connect to God, although not harmful, children didn’t need it, and that it was reserved for grown-ups.  Cannabis hemp users use it because they choose to. Some of the reasons people use it is to pray, meditate, for yoga and worship of God, for medicine, eating, drinking, or smoking. It makes people happy. It’s fun. It’s harmless.  Cannabis laws have hurt me my whole life and they have not succeeded yet.

God gave man all seed bearing plants to cultivate and use.  Cannabis hemp roots run deep through our cultural heritage, through ancient and modern times and through man’s early history. Cannabis hemp was one of the first cultivated crops. Man has evolved together side by side with the cannabis hemp plant since the Garden of Eden and caveman times. Its seeds were healthy food and its fiber made great string strong enough for hunting bows and fish nets for fishing so man could now hunt and fish. And its hemp fabric is far superior to cotton. It also helped people to connect with God and show them the way and to unite us as one people under God. The U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights were first drafted on hemp paper. Had it been written on any other paper it would have crumbled for sure.  Yet, it is here to this day. Our forefathers grew hemp and smuggled seeds.  Had it not been for cannabis hemp we would still be naked and starving, hiding from predators in caves, living in darkness and fear. The government has been persecuting my father my whole life because of his beliefs that cannabis hemp is a healing herb for the betterment of man. We believe it is a spiritual substance from God to man. Cannabis hemp has been traded since primitive times and there are many different varieties in every country around the world and is used by many races, cultures and religions. Cannabis hemp resin is the glue that binds them all together. Cannabis hemp has always been associated with the peace movement. If it was not for cannabis hemp we would have all killed each other for sure. The oil could heal the world but research on cannabis hemp is prohibited by law. Cannabis hemp laws don’t serve the people’s best interest. Police bust innocent people, police take everything, unjust laws put people in jail and people can get marijuana even in jail. “Marijuana” busts create shortages, prices go up and people still demand cannabis. Cannabis is a gift from God. And the good earth provides so he plants it and there is abundance. Then the price goes down and there’s plenty for everyone to share. People love marijuana and its effects. You can’t keep them away from it. It makes people happy to be alive. It is fun and harmless. But people can’t stop talking about marijuana on the phone and in emails so it doesn’t take great police work to arrest cannabis users. When cannabis hemp growers get busted and go to jail everyone suffers. People aren’t happy. They blame the police. They resent them and lose respect for them. They think they are responsible for the law because they enforce it. People want the laws to change because they are wrong and they ruin people’s lives. People don’t know how to change unjust laws. People try to change the laws but the politicians don’t listen. People believe in marijuana but the government does not respect people’s rights. People are denied medicine. Millions endlessly suffer in vain. Marijuana laws destroy families. Corrupt police steal money and property and put good people in jail. They think they can eradicate cannabis hemp from the world and control the people. If that happens then we all lose the right to grow and use one of the most sacred precious plants on the planet. What will we lose next to laws that cause disorder? Man can learn from cannabis hemp and it can heal the world. Cannabis hemp laws directly violate people’s rights. The laws are wrong and they need to be changed. Laws and prisons do not change people if they truly believe in what they are doing is not wrong and it is their religious right. They only crucify and persecute us for our fundamental religious beliefs. Taking away a man’s religious sacrament and telling him he can’t have it violates his fundamental religious rights and prohibits the free exercise thereof. Putting him in jail for it is cruel and unusual punishment. In spite of all the arrests, shortages and price inclines people still believe in their fundamental right to use marijuana more than ever before. More and more people are using it for religious, spiritual and medical purposes than ever before. In spite of the law, people believe it’s their fundamental right to use cannabis hemp. They don’t believe in cannabis hemp laws. Cannabis hemp was here before abusive government and it will be here long after it’s gone. Our home is our sanctuary, our church, our temple. It is our place of worship. Cannabis hemp is fundamental to our religion and the free exercise thereof. It is fundamental for us to use it for yoga, prayer, meditation and for religious ceremonies with the sacrament cannabis hemp. We were forced into secrecy and hiding. We thought we could practice our religion in the privacy of our own homes without persecution. The police invaded our home and stole our sacrament.  It is only in this modern age illegal. It was never considered a problem. In the past it was never made illegal or prohibited in any civilization throughout history because they knew of its benefits and civilization was dependent on cannabis hemp for the survival of the human race. In modern times it is illegal for political reasons to defraud, alter and abolish people’s rights and put good American citizens in prison at the expense and loss to everyone. They never offered any solid hard core proof as to why cannabis hemp is a dangerous substance that needs to be controlled and prohibited from good people who know God gave it to them. Cannabis hemp has been made to look more and more dangerous over the years due to propaganda, misinformation, government lies and denied research for medical or anything positive. They also limit freedom of the press by calling it a drug and they say you cannot write anything in favor of cannabis hemp because it promotes people to use it. They manipulate the opinion of the public through fear. They made the laws stiffer more invasive and intrusive to give law enforcers more power so they become fascist and think it is their job to violate people’s rights. Because of prejudice there is no way we can get a fair trial. The courts think it is there job to judge us according to the law. The courts never recognize the fact that cannabis hemp laws directly violate our fundamental inalienable rights. They seem to be in on the conspiracy to defraud citizens of constitutional rights. They are using the laws to prosecute the masses of good citizens and incarcerate them. We believe it is our God given inalienable fundamental right to grow cannabis hemp. We want the government out of our personal lives, out of our homes, gardens and property, out of our computers, mail and telephone conversations. Stop stealing and destroying our property, stop locking up good citizens who are only exercising their god given fundamental inalienable right to freedom of religion to grow and use cannabis hemp.

 

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Jay Debberman                                                                                Date

 

Sworn to before me this ____day of __________, 2008

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NOTARY PUBLIC




A sobering experience
Marijuana activists smoldering over Hurley bust  WOODSTOCK TIMES

 

 

   

 

   

by Jesse J. Smith

To hear Joe Barton tell it, a terrible crime occurred on the morning of Friday, November 14 at his two-story house in a serene, isolated corner of West Hurley in the shadow of the Catskill Mountains.

According to Barton, armed men stormed his home, holding him and his son captive for hours before making off with thousands of dollars in cash and thousands more in valuable property. The fact that the armed men were from a county-wide anti-drug task force and their haul included 45 pounds of marijuana, hashish and marijuana-growing equipment, doesn't change the charge - armed robbery - leveled by Barton, a 62-year-old disabled Vietnam veteran and longtime marijuana legalization advocate.

Four days after the bust, Barton sat in his living room with his son and codefendant Jay Debberman, 33, beneath a bookcase holding a tome on constitutional law, a copy of Ron Paul's Revolution and a sign reading "Smoking Room." Outside the window, down a long, gently sloping hill, one can see the narrow gravel and dirt causeway across a wide swamp that vexed police investigating the case. The front door remains splintered from the battering it received at the hands of a heavily-armed raid team, but the house appeared relatively neat, at least compared to photos Barton displayed showing piles of clothing and furniture scattered around the place following the raid. He said the disorder was the result of police trashing the house. A few days before, a detective told the Daily Freeman that the two men lived in a state of squalor, a charge that clearly still rankles. "[During the raid], they said, you have marijuana, you have no rights, they called us dirty hippies," said Barton. "That's a hate crime."

Four marijuana legalization advocates crowded into Barton's living room Tuesday to listen and weigh in as he, pointedly unrepentant, described the raid and his plans to fight the charges.

"They stole my marijuana and they violated my rights," said Barton sitting in his living room with his son. "This is the government making war on the people and the Constitution does not give them the right to do that."

According to police, members of the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT) raided the house at 473 Spillway Road after receiving an anonymous tip about a "large-scale drug processing and distribution center" operating out of the two-story clapboard home where Barton and Debberman have lived for about three years. Police painted a sinister picture of a well-concealed weed farm protected by its isolated location on the far side of a swamp, as well as a system of motion detectors around the property and generators to conceal the amount of electricity used for the indoor growing operation. Police said they spent two months investigating the marijuana operation hindered by the inhospitable terrain and wide open space around the house.

400 plants confiscated

Police said they came away from the raid with 400 marijuana plants, weighing in at 45 pounds, along with nearly $30,000 in cash, hashish and hash oil, "chukka sticks," police batons, daggers and equipment used for growing and processing the herb. Police also described a DVD recording seized during the raid that depicts Barton "describing in a historical and biographical fashion the way he rose from a drug user in the 1960s to drug dealer in the present," and includes descriptions of the self-proclaimed "hippie" smuggling pot from Mexico and outlining the difficulties of laundering drug proceeds.

Barton and Debberman tell a different story. In their version, the motion sensors were a simple home security system, and had not even been installed, the three Titan generators were still in their original packaging and were intended to deal with power outages in the winter and to be used in a "free people's convention" for marijuana reform he's putting together. Twenty thousand dollars of the money seized, they said, was in donations for the conventions, while police added Debberman's coin collection to the tally of suspected drug proceeds. The men also accuse police of "stealing" everything from a display table, which Barton uses for selling homemade jewelry (and which he claims later appeared in a newspaper photo piled high with seized weed), to flashlights and a pair of night vision goggles. As for the marijuana, Barton and Debberman freely admit to growing it and in fact, take pride in the quality of their "100 percent organic, chemical free" product.

"It wasn't schwag," said Debberman, who works at the High Falls Food co-op. "It was high quality, medical grade marijuana."

The men declined to discuss the purpose of the marijuana growing operation except to say that police had found no evidence that they were selling the herb. Barton said that the 45 pounds of marijuana cited by police included wet dirt clinging to the plants when they were yanked from beds of Rubbermaid tubs in the grow rooms, as well as unsmokable leaf cuttings. When dried and processed, the operation would have yielded about eight pounds of pot, most of which Barton said he planned to smoke himself or give away for medical use. Barton said he uses the plant to treat his arthritis and post traumatic stress disorder. One of the activists at his home Tuesday, Abigail Storm of Woodstock, said she had been using marijuana donated by Barton to treat a local man suffering from terminal cancer. While major physicians groups have signed on to the idea that marijuana can ease the suffering of cancer patients, Storm claims that oil extracted from the plant can actually cure cancer.

"The man I'm taking care of needs two ounces [of marijuana extract] to be cured and what [police] have done is stopped the process," said Storm who said she is a lobbyist for a group called Citizens Against Marijuana Prohibition. "I have to get more bud donated and I have to go this week and bang on the governor's door to get him to sign an executive order to stop the eradication of marijuana because it cures cancer."

Doomed defense

Barton said his battle for legal marijuana dates back to when he was in his 20s and saw a 16-year-old neighbor sent off to a mental hospital after his parents found pot in his bedroom. In 1971, he represented himself at trial in New Jersey on drug charges by arguing that his religious beliefs compelled him to smoke the weed. The judge didn't buy the argument and Barton spent 18 months in prison. Over the years he represented himself in two more unsuccessful legal battles, always based on his belief that marijuana is a divinely sanctioned, medically beneficial herb, not a dangerous drug. He and Debberman are planning a similar, and apparently similarly doomed, defense this time around.

"I doubt any lawyer is going to fight this case the way we want to fight it. They'll say 'We can get you a lesser charge,' but nobody wants to take on the system," said Barton, who claims that he gets by on disability payments from the Veterans Administration and money made selling jewelry. "I already know we won't get a fair trial because they leave us no way to defend ourselves. I'm 62 years old and, if they lock me up, I'll die in prison and the taxpayers are going to have to pay for my funeral."

Despite their dim prospects for success in court, medical marijuana advocates plan to lobby politicians, including U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-Hurley) and state Assemblyman Kevin Cahill (D-Kingston) on their behalf as part of a wider push to end marijuana prohibition. Legalization advocates point to the accession of a Democratic majority in the state Senate, where a medical marijuana bill stalled last year after passing the Democrat-controlled Assembly and moves in Washington, where Hinchey sponsored an amendment to prevent federal law enforcement officials from going after medical marijuana users and sellers in states where it is legal, as evidence that their battle for medicinal pot is gaining traction. If New York's laws do change, they say, Barton and Debberman will be needless casualties of what they believe is a fruitless war on marijuana.

"We called Hinchey and we're trying to get his help," said Rob Robinson, executive director of the New York chapter of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws (NORML). "If he would make a public statement, that would be great, we want to see where these guys support really lies."

Reached Tuesday, Hinchey spokesman Jeff Lieberson said he was unaware of any attempts by Barton and Debberman's supporters to contact the congressman. He said the lawmaker's support for medical marijuana extends only to preventing federal interference in states that already have medical marijuana laws on the books.

Cahill, who has spoken on the assembly floor about his father's use of medical marijuana while battling terminal cancer in the late 70s, said that, while he supported legislation to allow for controlled use of the drug in a medical setting, state drug laws remain in force.

"The bottom line, the reality, is that we are a society of laws and it is still illegal in New York State," said Cahill. "And as long as it is illegal people can be, and obviously are being, arrested for it."


Federal charges?

Barton and Debberman remain free on their own recognizance after Hurley Town Justice Elizabeth Corrado turned down an Ulster County District Attorney's office request that the men, who have lived in Ulster County for 30 years, be jailed in lieu of $50,000 bail. On Wednesday, November 19 URGENT co-commander Det. Lt. Ed Brewster said that the team was still investigating the case and was looking into whether there was an opportunity to bring federal charges against the men.

"We're looking at how big their distribution network was, depending on where that leads, there could be some federal involvement based on the weight," said Brewster. "Obviously 45 pounds of marijuana is much more than personal use as far as we're concerned."

Barton and Debberman face a host of felony charges including criminal possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance (for the hash oil) and weapons possession which could send them to state prison for years. More immediately, the men face eviction from their rented home after, Barton said, claiming that police told his landlord they would move to seize the property if the pair was not kicked out.

"Marijuana people should not be locked up," said Barton. "We're not hurting anybody, if you want us to pay a fine, or tax it, okay, but to lock us up; that's wrong. I don't care how much you have."++



Letters to Editor, Daily Freeman November 16, 2008 In response to Joe and Jay's arrest for marijuana:

" NY State is dealing with a record Four-Year $47 billion Budget Deficit. Is arresting citizens like these two men really what we want our very scarce resources spent on? How much did this 2 month investigation cost? How many police did it take off the street to fight real crime? How much will it cost to prosecute and if "we" (the citizens of the state of New York) win, how much will it cost us to house, feed and "care for" (jail) these two men?

How much do NY taxpayers pay to fund The Ulster Regional Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team? Why are they investigating non-narcotic substances if they are indeed a narcotics task-force?

Marijuana is more popular than any politician. This claim is backed by recent election results. In Michigan 63% of the voters approved legal protections for medical use of marijuana while
only 57% of the votes went to Obama. In Massachusetts 62% of the voters gave Obama the OK while an initiative decriminalizing personal
use received a 65% approval. New York states latest poll results for marijuana also show similar trends.

80 percent of respondents supported allowing physicians "to prescribe marijuana for medical purposes to seriously and terminally ill patients, and to alleviate symptoms of diseases and the side effects associated with treatments."
Zogby International

85 percent of respondents supported "permitting doctors to prescribe marijuana."
The New Yorker Magazine

A July poll found that 55% of Conservative Party members in New York support allowing patients to grow and use marijuana with their doctors' approval.

Indeed personal use in New York state has been decriminalized for over 30 years. But where are people supposed to get it? Patients need marijuana, but where are they supposed to get it?

This article also goes onto to try and be-little the men being arrested. Accusing that the men did not wash there clothes, instead would buy new clothes. What does this have to do with the arrest? Is the officer trained to access and make statements like this? Also what one of the men were wearing and that they were "hippies". What does any of this have to do with the officers duty?

The two men in question are not "dirty hippies", but caring and genuine individuals. I have known both men for the better part of 19 years. Both are well known and well liked in the local community. Joe is a lifelong community activist and organizer. He is also a known religious and medical user of marijuana as a sacrament. He has fought three separate cases involving Freedom of Religion in the courts. This made him an easy target for law enforcement. Selective targeting of activist is nothing new in the War on (some) Drugs.

And that is what this is. A war. But it is not a war on drugs. Because all we get is more war and more drugs! It is a war on people who use a non-lethal alternative to alcohol and tobacco (two very dangerous, legal drugs). Remember, marijuana represents 80% of all drug arrests! We in the United States arrest more marijuana users every year than all violent crimes combined! Yet marijuana use just keeps going up. We cannot arrest our way out of this. The police are losing the respect of the people they are there to serve. It is time to heal the ties between the police and the community and end this, the longest running war in our county's short history.

Will our country, state and county be any safer or better off now that has all happened? Do you feel safer now? I sure don't.

"Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes crimes out of things that are not crimes."
Abraham Lincoln

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter"
Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Marijuana in its natural form is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known
to man."
DEA's Chief Administrative Law Judge, Francis Young

"Too many Americans have lost faith in our approach to the war on drugs..."
Governor of New Mexico Gary E. Johnson

"If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny."
Thomas Jefferson

"If the government can't keep drugs away from inmates who are locked in steel cages, surrounded by barbed wire, watched by armed guards, drug-tested, strip-searched, X-rayed, and videotaped – how can it possibly stop the flow of drugs to an entire nation?"
Ron Crickenberger

Help Us End This Senseless War!
http://www.nynorml.org
http://www.nycompassionatecare.org
http://www.mpp.org/ny
http://www.nycamp.org "

 

Title 18, U.S.C., Section 241
Conspiracy Against Rights

This statute makes it unlawful for two or more persons to conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person of any state, territory or district in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him/her by the Constitution or the laws of the United States, (or because of his/her having exercised the same).

It further makes it unlawful for two or more persons to go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another with the intent to prevent or hinder his/her free exercise or enjoyment of any rights so secured.

Punishment varies from a fine or imprisonment of up to ten years, or both; and if death results, or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years, or for life, or may be sentenced to death.

 

Title 18, U.S.C., Section 242
Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law

This statute makes it a crime for any person acting under color of law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom to willfully deprive or cause to be deprived from any person those rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution and laws of the U.S.

This law further prohibits a person acting under color of law, statute, ordinance, regulation or custom to willfully subject or cause to be subjected any person to different punishments, pains, or penalties, than those prescribed for punishment of citizens on account of such person being an alien or by reason of his/her color or race.

Acts under "color of any law" include acts not only done by federal, state, or local officials within the bounds or limits of their lawful authority, but also acts done without and beyond the bounds of their lawful authority; provided that, in order for unlawful acts of any official to be done under "color of any law," the unlawful acts must be done while such official is purporting or pretending to act in the performance of his/her official duties. This definition includes, in addition to law enforcement officials, individuals such as Mayors, Council persons, Judges, Nursing Home Proprietors, Security Guards, etc., persons who are bound by laws, statutes ordinances, or customs.

Punishment varies from a fine or imprisonment of up to one year, or both, and if bodily injury results or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire shall be fined or imprisoned up to ten years or both, and if death results, or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

U.S. vs Price 1966 opinion of the Supreme Court.

We conclude, therefore, that it is incumbent upon us to read 241 with full credit to its language. Nothing in the prior decisions of this Court or of other courts which have considered the matter stands in the way of that conclusion.

“The present application of the statutes at issue does not raise fundamental questions of federal-state relationships. We are here concerned with allegations which squarely and indisputably involve state action in direct violation of the mandate of the Fourteenth Amendment - that no State shall deprive any person of life or liberty without due process of law. This is a direct, traditional concern of the Federal Government. It is an area in which the federal interest has existed for at least a century, and in which federal participation has intensified as part of a renewed emphasis upon civil rights. Even as recently as 1951, when Williams I was decided, the federal role in the establishment and vindication of fundamental rights - such as the freedom to travel, nondiscriminatory access to public areas and non-discriminatory educational facilities - was neither as pervasive nor as intense as it is today. Today, a decision interpreting a federal law in accordance with its historical design, to punish denials by state action of constitutional rights of the person can hardly be regarded as adversely affecting "the wise adjustment between State responsibility and national control . . . ." Williams I,  [383 U.S. 787, 807]   341 U.S., at 73 (opinion of Frankfurter, J.). In any event, the problem, being statutory and not constitutional, is ultimately, as it was in the beginning, susceptible of congressional disposition.”

 

Reversed and remanded.

1)     MR. JUSTICE BLACK concurs in the judgment and opinion of the Court except insofar as the opinion relies upon United States v. Williams, 341 U.S. 58 ; United States v. Williams, 341 U.S. 70 ; and Williams v. United States, 341 U.S. 97 .

 

LETTER TO GOVERNOR PATERSON: THE ANSWER TO YOUR ECONOMIC WOES IS THE SAME AS OURS:

THE MARIHUANA TAX ACT IS OUR BERLIN WALL

I f hemp was banned to stop people from smoking and getting high then alcohol and cigarettes would be illegal, both of which have been proven to kill, but, instead, they’re both regulated not banned. So, why is hemp illegal? Because it makes some people very rich to keep us very poor. This is simple economics.

The hemp ban was created to rob us of our American Dream. It’s pretty tragic and very sad when corruption enters into lawmaking like conspiracy, fraud, misrepresentation and collusion, to name a few actual crimes against the people that were committed when the Marihuana Tax Act was enacted. Unfortunately, based on lies told by Congressmen and others about hemp, New York also made laws banning hemp, even though New York City Mayor LaGuardia, after thorough investigation of the facts, tried to stand against it, which we are asking you to do now.

As you read this, New York cannabis hemp growers exercising their God given rights to plant seeds and prosper from their labors are, under color of New York State laws, being removed from their fields and gardens at the point of a gun. This is an absolute violation of every protected inalienable First Amendment right. Under color of the Rockefeller Drug Laws, New York State citizens,  peaceably assembled and secure in their persons, can be, without notice, suddenly and violently disrupted by police in black riot gear and subjected to overwhelming irreparable harm that amounts to, in the least, arrest, being stripped, being subjected to a cavity search, whether male or female, by male or female officers, confiscation of property, removal of children, defamation of character and a felony conviction of up to life in prison where they can smoke the marihuana they just got arrested for growing. That’s right.

New York State just this year reduced the crime of “possessing/smoking marihuana in prison” from a felony to a misdemeanor. New York State also has reduced sentences for possessing and smoking marihuana on the street to a violation. Also, this year the NYS Assembly passed a medical marihuana measure that will obviously be considered for passage this next year making marihuana smoking legal if you have a serious illness. Members of the legislature call it “taking baby steps”. Well, baby steps are great when you have no emergency or immediate need to get somewhere, but in the middle of an economic crisis it’s time to grow up and make big people decisions. Sometimes you have to take drastic measures to get effective results.

For instance, let’s look at a green, renewable resource that has the ability to bring us out of economic collapse and impending doom solving New Yorkers desperate need for proper and affordable health care, new industries, jobs, cleaner environment, clean renewable fuel and energy and THC has been found to cure cancer, not just treat it, as well as diabetes, and many other ailments which has cost New Yorkers trillions of dollars in medical bills.

ACCORDING TO POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE, FEB, 1938, 4 MONTHS AFTER HEMP WAS BANNED AND ITS ERADICATION BEGAN, HOMEGROWN HEMP WAS  ABOUT TO BECOME “THE NEXT BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY. HOW DID WE LOSE A BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY?  WITH THE SWIPE OF A PEN.  HOW DO WE GET IT BACK?  WITH THE SWIPE OF A PEN. 

The job of the Governor and all elected officials is to defend, protect, and preserve the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of the State of New York which defends our god given right to grow hemp. Use the authority vested in you by the people of the State of New York  to protect the rights of the people of New York from corruption and tyranny. Let our people grow!

HEMP FOR VICTORY!
HEMP A GREEN RENEWABLE HOMEGROWN RESOURCE FOR FOOD, CLOTHING, FUEL, MEDICINE, ETC.

A CURE FOR CANCER (within months)  = Free healthcare $$

ITS SEED IS A MEATY WHOLE PROTEIN   = Free food  $$

IT PROVIDES MULTIPLE STRAINS OF HIGH GRADE FIBER (Clothing) =  new industry $$

IT’S SEED IS A RENEWABLE RESOURCE FOR FUEL =  new industry $$

IT PROVIDES SAFE HOME REMEDIES MANY AILMENTS  = Free healthcare  $$

IT WILL GAIN REVENUE CUT COSTS OF OVERFLOWING PRISONS  = Save money $$

ITS SEED PROVIDES A GREEN FUEL FOR HOME AND AUTO =  Clean environment $$

WE WILL BE RALLYING THERE IN ALBANY ON JAN 9, 2009, TO SEEK A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES,  AN AUDIENCE WITH YOU, GOVERNOR PATERSON, AND TO SHOW OUR STATE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR DEREGULATION OF CANNABIS HEMP ASAP. IT’S TIME TO PLANT PASTURES OF PLENTY AND BRING BOUNTY TO OUR COUNTY. UNLESS WE SEE YOU SOONER,  WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU. AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE.

At your service,
ABIGAIL STORM-EGGINK, Lobbyist

C.A.M.P. Citizens Against Marihuana Prohibition   845-701-6017 
P.O. Box 1436, Woodstock, NY 12498                                                                      

http://www.nycamp.org     [email protected] 

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