Why do you think it's called "dope"?
:)
"Dr John Watson" <drjohn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I can hear the prohibitionists cheering. Not only do they applaud the
> jailing of otherwise law abiding citizens, their ineffective policies
have
> given rise to poisoned supplies.
>
>
> UKCIA has been warning about contaminated cannabis for over a year now.
> Back in December 2006 we were a alerted to the “Grit weed” problem -
> herbal cannabis containing microscopic glass beads. Things, it seems,
have
> just taken a turn for the worse - much worse.
>
> The April 10th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has re****ted
> that herbal cannabis in Europe has been found to be contaminated with
lead
> shot which has produced casualties. Read the re****t here
>
> The re****t states “Recently, during a period of 3 to 4 months, 29
> patients (16 to 33 years of age) were admitted to four different
hospitals
> in the greater Leipzig area (population, approximately 650,000) with
> classic signs and symptoms of lead intoxication. Twenty of these
patients
> were admitted to our hospital (University Hospital Leipzig), 16 on an
> emergency basis (Table 1). The patients presented with abdominal cramps,
> nausea, anemia of varying severity, and fatigue. Most patients had
> basophilic stippling and a “Burton’s line,” and some had neurologic
> symptoms. In other hospitals, one patient had severe encephalopathy with
> hallucinations and peripheral neuropathy with permanent extensor palsy
in
> the forearm, and another patient underwent exploratory laparoscopy.
>
> The cause was traced to contaminated cannabis which these people had
> smoked. Lead is being added because it not only increases weight, but is
> all but invisible by virtue of its colour.
>
> “The current working hypothesis of the police is that because of its
> high specific gravity and inconspicuous grayish color, lead was used to
> increase the weight of street marijuana sold by the gram and thereby to
> maximize profits among dealers. In the material that was obtained, the
> lead content on average was 10% by weight, which translates into a
profit
> increase of approximately €1,000 ($1,500.00) per kilogram of marijuana.
> Lead particles smoked in a joint, which can have a core temperature of
> 1200°C,2 are very effectively absorbed in the respiratory tract. The
> medical community, including pediatricians,3 should consider adulterated
> marijuana as a potential source of lead intoxication.”
>
> More:
> http://ukcia.org/wordpress/
>
> --
> Dr John Watson
> Baker Street
>
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