On Apr 11, 8:19 pm, Dr John Watson <drj...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> 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 EURO 1,000 ($1,500.00) per kilogram of
marijuana=
..
> Lead particles smoked in a joint, which can have a core temperature of
> 1200=B0C,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
Have an interest in the Mold that is growing on the plants and the
hallucinogenic effect that this may have on users Any Ideas or
literature?
also heard a rumour that the plants being grown are kept in the same
environment as the generators so that the CO2
is absorbed by the plants maybe the lead is being absorbed if these
accounts are true !
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