RE: Welfare Recepients withdrawing money in vacation/exotic locations

February 16, 2011

and the difference is????

the mortgage deduction is a program that assists homeowners. SNAP assists with

buying food. Both are costs to the government

Debra

> >

> > ly, I'm rather tired of this sort of incendiary reporting.

> > Remember, the press also reported on the now infamous Bachman

> > comment that the US was spending billions on the President's trip to

> > India. If you haven't heard, that wasn't the truth either.

> >

> > It's very easy to blame those who don't have a voice, isn't it? I'd be

> > willing to bet that the vast majority of those receiving aid are not

> > off vacationing on your dollar.

> >

> > BTW, there have been pilot tests of drug testing for aid recipients.

> > Guess what? The rates were no higher than rates in the general public.

> > It's sort of not Constitutional, according to some who believe in the

> > right to privacy. Mind you, when I was in the Army, the right to

> > privacy did not apply and so yes, I was subject to random drug

> > testing. It's expensive to do right. Since the current atmosphere is

> > to cut funding rather than spend more, who is going to volunteer to

> > pay for drug testing?

> >

> > Pam Charney

> > pcharney@

> >

>

February 17, 2011

- thanks! Just goes to show you that we need to appreciate

individuals rather than lumping everyone into 1 category.

I never understood the fuss about marijuana...after all, it occurs in

nature and the natives used it in their ceremonies , etc.

>

> Thanks ,

>

> Frances Lappe's new book is about courage - I found it very helpful and

> slightly ironic that her Diet for a Small Planet is what got me headed in a

> whole foods vegetarian direction a long time ago and now her tiny gem of a

book

> helped me keep going through self-doubt.

>

> You Have The Power: Choosing Courage In A Culture Of Fear, by Lappe,

> Frances , (Tarcher/Penguin, 2004) We are overloaded with terrorizing

> messages from marketers and news.

>

> Addiction is all about fear - 12 steppers talk about AA helping them to learn

> how to live sober - they already know how to stop drinking, they all have

> stopped any number of times. The question is how to not start again - how to

not

> go for that ritualistic, familiar habit that works so well in the short run

> (delusional thinking a problem as well as the impulse control).

>

> If Parks could sit down for her convictions, then I can stand up for

mine.

> My parents aren't speaking to me - it's not easy choosing health over status

quo

> but I am healthier and I think and move better with adequate cannabinoids. If

I

> hadn't started reading I wouldn't have found out that street pot really is too

> high in THC and low in the pain killing non-pyschoactive cannabinoids (several

> exist) and that " eat it, don't heat it " delivers 100's times more CBD's

because

> the heat would have converted them to THC. Too much THC causes anxiety; the

> CBD's have a balancing anti-anxiety effect as well as medicinal effects. THC

> also has medicinal and weight loss effects. Approximately 3 grams per day

> medical grade marijuana delivers a dose of THC that is associated with weight

> loss and appetite control. (down-side the $60/day street price for that amount

> and the 'euphoria' can get in the way of productivity). The munchies occur

more

> in new users or with certain strains of pot. The aromatic terpenes also have

> medicinal effects.

>

> The Living Harvest brand hemp oil and hemp protein powder help my symptoms but

> the company doesn't have CBD content information - only the 0 % THC

guarantee.

> I want to get them tested. When I haven't been eating as much fresh garden

trim,

> or the oil or protein powder, I start to crave chocolate again and it takes a

> lot more chocolate to meet that 'appetite' then the tsp of hemp oil or scoop

of

> protein powder that I use. For me, smoking is still important (I think

> inhalation vs poor gut absorption is part of the issue), but for others the

THC

> free products might help enough. Others being people who also may have genetic

> defects in the endogenous cannabinoid receptor system. A study on driving and

> marijuana mentioned a person with ADD who couldn't pass the obstacle course

> until after the marijuana ingestion. Lupus, MS, Huntington's chorea - if they

> could be helped before the degeneration is too advanced, then why shouldn't we

> try potential avenues that are non-toxic.

>

> http://hddrugworks.org/index.php?option=com_content & task=view & id=289 & Itemid=30

> Stigma in Huntington's Disease: The RESPOND-HD Study posted Jan 5, 2011 by

> LaVonne Goodman M.D.

>

> Balance is not easy still - I spend too much time reading. I had gone mostly

> cold turkey on reading before the 10-15-10 annoying psychiatrist appointment.

Am

> I still an addict - yes - is marijuana an addiction or a medicine - at this

> stage of my use - it is probably still both - I can overuse it but underusing

it

> doesn't help me either. Do I think that I could work full time in an acute

care

> setting while using THC throughout the day - probably not, to be honest with

> myself and others - it can increase my roller coaster flakiness - ingesting

> CBD's though would be fine in any setting.

>

> I hope my story is informative and helpful. Boundaries can be barriers to

> growth. I was an ice queen, and when my boundaries dropped they crashed. I am

> trying to learn where the Too Much Information line exists but I don't always

> get it right.

>

> Vajda, R.D.

> www.gingerjens.com

>

> ________________________________

> From: Ro <lindarord@... <lindarord%40att.net>>

> To: rd-usa <rd-usa%40yahoogroups.com>

> Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 7:40:10 AM

> Subject: Re: Welfare Recepients withdrawing money in vacation/exotic

> locations

>

> ,

> You have been very open. That takes courage.

> Ro

>

> From: Vajda

> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 2:58 AM

> To: rd-usa

> Subject: Re: Welfare Recepients withdrawing money in vacation/exotic

> locations

>

> It is interesting, He talks about choice and that learning the consequences of

> the addictive behavior eventually leads most people out of addiction by or in

> their thirties. He refers to having used epidemiology studies that other

> addiction research has overlooked and is suggesting that the bulk of research

on

>

> over 40 y/o long-term addicts may not fully represent all types of addicts.

>

> I fall in the over 40 y/o group and I started young. I grew up with binge

> eating interspersed with very healthy planned meals and snacks as the role

> model. Control and chaos. Addictive behavior comes in many forms. At the root

is

>

> usually low self worth if not out right self loathing. It is easy for me to

> believe " that a person can voluntarily engage in a behavior that is

> self-destructive. " Novel reading and binge eating, shopping or working too

much

> - all escaping emotional connection and hiding from life. A guided meditation

> tape, Slim Naturally - Howell, helped me figure out that the emotion I

was

>

> stuffing down with the food was unspoken anger.

> http://www.brainsync.com/shop/slim-naturally.html

>

> Inside the Cutter's Mind, by Jerusha was also very helpful. The author

> shares some of her eating issues as she is telling the story of those with

> greater pain to release.

>

> The Adult Child 12 Step book and group helped me a lot. My parents were great

> but I didn't learn emotional health or strength. I learned how to please

others

> or give up trying and do whatever I wanted and hope for minimal fall-out. I've

> attended several types of 12 step groups and the process actually does mesh

well

>

> with cognitive therapy and self awareness work. The groups vary with the

> individuals though and sometimes that can lead to predator/victim ( " Did he

13th

> step you?) or codependent relationships- old-timers spending all their time in

> group work.

>

> An addict doesn't want to be an addict, they just don't know anything better -

> at the moment - better impulse control would certainly help. I'm walking a

> little to far down the road with annie these days. Menu planning is not a

> natural instinct for me. flaw in a dietitian.

>

> I am a registered medical marijuana patient in Michigan. What I felt was

> discriminatory treatment by a doctor kick-started my recent research binge

> (10-15-10). I discovered that we have an extensive endogenous cannabinoid

> receptor system in our bodies and it can up and down regulate all 4 main

> neurotransmitters and the locomotor areas of the brain. And there are known

> genetic defects in the system. ADD/autism symptoms match one of the known

> defects. There are parents who have successfully tried cannabis brownies with

> their autistic child and then stopped due to the disapproval (Med Marijuana

> article need to find). There is no reason for that - hemp protein and oil

> products - provide cannabinoids without THC, chocolate is also a source.

> Pregnant women have increased stores of endogenous cannabinoids (when

> functioning right), they are in breast milk and help promote suckling

behavior.

> Momma's of all species lick their babies because it stimulates the newborn's

own

>

> production of cannabinoids. Now would a gentle massage with a damp cloth do

the

> same thing in the NICU? I don't know. Would incorporating a little hemp oil,

> also a natural source of omega 3's and GLA, into infant formula help them to

> feed and develop better? needs research. I think it would at least help the

> 'canaries'. Autistic or eczema babies, or poor feeding babies. Lupus and MS

and

> Huntington's may all have a different genetic flaw in the system.

>

> Cannabinoids reduce sugar and alcohol cravings - there was less of an effect

> found for cocaine cravings. They are important in apoptosis and can block

> calcium, glutamate, and aspartate protein channels , protect and repair stroke

> damage. Lack of it during the crucial 0-3 years may leave babies with brains

> that didn't get 'pruned' properly. We are born with too many connections and

our

>

> early years are spent developing regular networks and deleting extraneous

nerve

> connections. - Autism caught earlier might be repairable with essential

> cannabinoids.

>

> Endocannabinoids

>

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February 17, 2011

I don't get the fuss about MJ too but bc it doesn't have a physiological

addiction, but rather psychological. However, as for " the nature " origin of it -

so is heroin and tabbacco

and many drugs could be deadly yet orginiate from mother nature.

Merav Levi, RD, MS, CDN

A dietitian, not the food police.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/meravlevi

" Life is not measured by the number of breath you take, but by the moments that

take your breath away. " - Carlin

" People don't forget the truth, they just become better in lying " (Revolutionary

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From: jenzingaro@...

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:24:10 -0500

Subject: Re: Welfare Recepients withdrawing money in vacation/exotic

locations