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Marijuana medical lawz in the United States of the America are those which permit people that suffer from various health ailments such as AIDS and cancer and there is an ongoing effort to legalize weed. And honestly it may in fact be the right way to go for americans seeking to alleviate certain symptoms of some very debilitating diseases.

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Here are the states that have marijuana medical lawz meant to help those in need receive all the options in health car they deserve! So yes, legalize weed for everyone. Even those who wish to exercise their rights and enjoy it for fun! USA people let’s applaud these states!

Alaska | California | Colorado | Hawaii | Maine | Maryland | Michigan | Montana | Nevada | New Mexico | Oregon | Rhode Island | Vermont | Washington

Yup, these USA people are enjoying the medical marijuana benefits provided by these aforementioned states in a clear statement that these citizens have this inalienable right. No one can take it away!

Now here is 7 Celebrities That Most People Know About. And All Have Been Busted For Enjoying Medical Marijuana Benefits.

07 – Oliver Stone – Filmmaker of renowned movies JFK, Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July,  pulled over by police officers for driving erratically and subsequently arrested when hash and painkillers were found in his car.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle, August 25, 1999

06 – Matthew McConaughey – Actor in such popular movies as Dazed and Confused and Amistad busted in his Texas home after numerous noise complaints from neighbors.  Officers saw him dancing naked and playing bongos.  He was arrested and booked on suspicion of possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.

Source: Houston Chronicle, October 26, 1999

05 – Whitney Houston – Grammy winning pop diva was busted boarding an airplane in Hawaii.  Officers found 15.2 grams in her bag.

Source: Boston Globe, January 17, 2000

04 – Snoop Doggy Dog – Famous rapper and protégé of Dr. Dre arrested at a Los Angeles comedy club for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.

Source: San Francisco Examiner, May 3, 1998

03 – James Brown – Godfather of Soul busted on marijuana and other charges.

Source: Reuters , Aiken, SC, January 29, 1998

02 – Willie Nelson – Busted in Texas in 1995 with pot in his car.  Charges were dropped later when search was determined to be illegal.

Source: High Times
 
01 – Carlos Santana – Legendary Grammy award winning guitar player busted at Houston Airport in 1991 for transporting five grams of marijuana from Mexico.

Source: High Times

On Monday, news reports offered the latest piece of evidence that the country is moving toward greater acceptable of medical marijuana use: The federal government sent guidelines instructing prosecutors not to focus on prosecuting state-sanctioned medical marijuana users and suppliers.

Fourteen states now allow at least some medical marijuana usage; Monday’s news, as Andrew Cohen notes, means that “tens of thousands of Americans now are free from federal persecution and prosecution for conduct that is completely legal in their own states.” In addition, a new poll finds that 44 percent of Americans now favor outright marijuana legalization, marking a new high.

With that said, it seems reasonable to wonder whether medical marijuana is – or will ever be – covered through health insurance plans, like a typical prescription drug.

First, consider the present: Susan Pisano of America’s Health Insurance Plans, the trade group that represents nearly 1,300 companies, told Hotsheet the group does not “know of any coverage for medical marijuana among our member companies.”

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That comports with the opinion of Bruce Mirken of the Marijuana Policy Project, who said patients at the moment have no choice but to pay “cold, hard cash” for medical marijuana.

The reason that medical marijuana is not covered, both Pisano and Mirken said, is that it is not approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration.

“The main issue here is the question of FDA approval that all drugs need to go through,” said Pisano. Lack of FDA approval means no coverage either by private insurers or through any public plan to be drafted in Congress.

So what, then, are the prospects that medical marijuana will get FDA approval? In the short term, at least, they’re pretty slim. The fact that marijuana remains a controlled substance presents one hurdle to approval; another, perhaps more significant one is that it isn’t a synthesized drug – that is, its component parts are not crafted by drug companies.

As a result, it’s hard to say exactly what’s in marijuana – and thus hard for the FDA to assess it.

There is an FDA approved drug that contains THC, the primary psychoactive element of the cannabis plant. It’s called Marinol, and it was approved way back in 1985. But Marinol lacks many of the not-yet-fully-understood components that come with traditional marijuana, and thus is far-more FDA friendly. (CBSNews.com explored the debate over Marinol in August in this story: “Does the Pot Pill Work?”)

And those aren’t the only issues complicating matters for medical marijuana: There is also the question of the size of doses. At the moment, marijuana comes in a range of potencies and quantities that would have to be standardized for the drug to meet FDA guidelines.

The FDA’s Karen Riley told Hotsheet that the organization does not discuss whether specific drugs are being considered for approval. But since marijuana lacks clear components or standardized doses – and since it is not even clear who might submit it for consideration – it seems extremely unlikely that medical marijuana is going through the process.

For now, then, medical marijuana users shouldn’t get their hopes up that they’ll soon see the drug partially paid for by their insurance company. Mirken of the Marijuana Policy Project said there has been little agitation to get medical marijuana covered, though he predicted that advocates will eventually take up the cause.

“There hasn’t been anything substantial yet,” he said. “Right now we’re still focused on the legal issues.”

Multivitamins – who uses them? Well, you probably do, Americans spend $4,000,000,000 a year on multivitamins alone. 70 % Australians are no less keen on them, spending a tiny $2,300,000,000, and yes … that is a ton of zeros!!

Who needs them? Well the number of people that can say that every day they honestly eat a well-balanced diet of containing lots of fruits, nuts and vegetables, whole grains, dairy, along with chicken and fish is not just low, it is merely non-existent. Of the people who think they are doing well, most do not realize the sheer quantities that have to be consumed to maintain that ‘well-balanced diet’.

Okay, so almost everyone needs a multivitamin, but which one to choose? Having 30,000+ vitamins on the market presents so much choice it normally is a case of finding the bottle you think looks the nicest … or the cheapest. After all, a vitamin is a vitamin right?

Fortunately, 7 Canadian and American biochemists have come to rescue us from our ignorance. They looked at and compared what is in each of these multivitamins by separating and measuring each ingredient – that is, vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants and other components.

They put together the ‘perfect’ multivitamin, which actually does not exist as some vitamins needs to be taken separately and it would be the size of large chestnut, and rather difficult to swallow!

They examined how absorbable the vitamins were, whether they were in the right amounts/form and the variety of vitamins and minerals. Also looked at was having the vitamins in the right combinations for the body’s needs. The score was how close each one was to that perfect multivitamin out of 100%.

In order of importance;

Nutritional Supplements %

USANA Health Sciences Essentials……………………………….. 73.7

Solgar Omnium ……………………………………………….. 56.5

Thorne Research Al’s Formula ………………………………….. 46.9

Clinicians Vitamin and Mineral Boost……………………………. 45.1

NFS Nutraceuticals Ultimate Sports Multi ……………………….. 44.5

Thorne Research Basic Nutrients V ……………………………… 44.4

Thorne Research Basic Nutrients III ……………………………. 38.7

Solgar VM-2000……………………………………………….. 37.9

Pharmanex Lifepak ……………………………………………. 28.1

Amway NutriWay Double X ………………………………………. 27.3

GNC LiveWell Women’s Ultra Mega ……………………………….. 26.1

Pharmanex Lifepak Women ………………………………………. 25.6

BioCeuticals Multi Essentials …………………………………. 25.3

Pharmalliance OxiChel…………………………………………. 24.8

Neways Orachel ………………………………………………. 24.1

Solgar Formula VM-75 …………………………………………. 23.1

Radiance Multi-Power …………………………………………. 22.6

Nutra Life Active Men’s Multi………………………………….. 22.3

GNC LiveWell Mega Men ………………………………………… 21.2

Pharmanex Lifepak Prime ………………………………………. 21.0

Nature’s Sunshine Supplemental Vitamins & Minerals……………….. 20.6

Thompson’s Multifort …………………………………………. 17.5

Nature’s Way Mega Multi ………………………………………. 17.1

Thompson’s Immunofort ………………………………………… 16.9

Nutra Life Active Women’s Multi Plus …………………………… 16.4

Eagle Tresos B PluSe …………………………………………. 16.4

Nature’s Way Women’s Energy Mega Multivitamin……………………. 16.4

Pharm-a-Care Women’s Mega Strength MultiVitamins ………………… 16.4

Bioglan Women’s Complete Multi Compex ………………………… 16.4

Pretorius Women’s Live Better Multi Vitamin & Mineral ……………. 16.3

Kordel’s Men’s Multi (without Iron) ……………………………. 15.4

Nutrition Care Formula SF88 …………………………………… 15.1

Blackmores Women’s Vitality Multi ……………………………… 14.1

Metagenics Multigenics ……………………………………….. 14.1

Red Seal Women’s Multi………………………………………… 14.0

Nature’s Own Daily Multi Peak Performance ………………………. 14.0

Mannatech GlycoLEAN Catalyst ………………………………….. 13.9

Natural Nutrition Mega Potency Women’s Multi Vitamin with Selenium … 13.7

Nature’s Sunshine Mega-Chel …………………………………… 13.5

Metagenics Multigenics Phyto Plus ……………………………… 13.5

Blackmores Women’s Multi & Evening Primrose Oil …………………. 13.4

Natural Nutrition Mega Potency Fifty Plus Multi Vitamins …………. 13.4

Blackmores Sustained Release Women’s Multi Vitamins & Minerals ……. 13.3

Natural Nutrition Mega Potency Men’s Multi Vitamin with Selenium ….. 13.3

Red Seal Men’s Multi …………………………………………. 13.3

Pharm-a-Care Men’s Mega Strength Multi-Vitamin ………………….. 11.7

Bioglan Men’s Complete Multi Complex …………………………… 11.6

Nature’s Way Men’s Energy Mega Multi-Vitamin Iron-Free …………… 11.6

Blackmores Sustained Release Multi Vitamins and Minerals …………. 11.5

Swisse Women’s Ultivite Formula 1 ……………………………… 11.5

Pluravit Time-Release Multi …………………………………… 11.5

Thompson’s Men’s Multi with Antioxidants ……………………….. 11.3

Herbs of Gold Executive Multi Vitamin & Mineral …………………. 11.1

Golden Glow Senior’s One-A-Day Multi …………………………… 11.1

Swisse Women’s Ultivite No Iron or Iodine ………………………. 10.9

Swisse Men’s Ultivite Formula 1 ……………………………….. 10.8

Blackmores Sustained Release Multi Vitamins & Minerals + Selenium …. 10.7

Melaleuca Vitality for Women ………………………………….. 10.6

Reliv Now …………………………………………………… 10.4

Nature’s Own Multivitamin Plus Omega 3 Fish Oil …………………. 9.1

Avon VitAdvance Women’s Complete II ……………………………. 9.1

Good Health Men’s Multi-Plus ………………………………….. 9.1

Pharma Foods Pharma Day with Selenium ………………………….. 8.7

Herbalife Formula 3 ………………………………………….. 8.7

Kordel’s Women’s Multi Plus EPO ……………………………….. 8.6

Cenovis Mega Multi …………………………………………… 8.4

Thompson’s Femmefort …………………………………………. 8.3

Microgenics Mega Multivitamin …………………………………. 8.0

Melaleuca Vitality for Men ……………………………………. 7.5

Reliv Classic ……………………………………………….. 7.5

Nutrition Care Formula 33SE …………………………………… 7.4

Microgenics Women’s Pro Active Multi Vitamin ……………………. 6.8

Golden Glow Super One-A-Day …………………………………… 6.7

Herron Clinical Nutrition Men’s Multi-Vitamin & Minerals …………. 6.2

Blackmores Men’s Performance Multi …………………………….. 6.2

Good Health Women’s Multi-Plus ………………………………… 6.0

Vitaplex Professional One a Day Multivitamin ……………………. 5.0

New Vision Essential Vitamins …………………………………. 4.7

Centrum Select 50+ …………………………………………… 4.3

Amway NutriWay Daily …………………………………………. 4.2

Microgenics Men’s Essential Multivitamin ……………………….. 4.1

Myadec Gold A-Z Guard ………………………………………… 4.0

Red Seal Total Multi with Minerals …………………………….. 3.9

Centrum Complete from A to Zinc ……………………………….. 3.9

Cenovis 50+ Multi ……………………………………………. 3.8

Guardian Women’s Multi Vitamins & Minerals………………………. 3.6

Herron Clinical Nutrition One-a-Day Women’s Multi-Vitamns & Minerals . 3.6

Cenovis Multivitamin and Minerals………………………………. 3.4

Amcal One-A-Day………………………………………………. 3.3

Berocca Performance ………………………………………….. 3.2

Healtheries Women’s Multi (AU) ………………………………… 3.2

Cenovis Women’s Multi ………………………………………… 3.1

Nature’s Own Daily Multi Essentials ……………………………. 3.1

Pluravit Women ………………………………………………. 3.1

Golden Glow Women’s One-a-Day Multi ……………………………. 3.1

Blackmores Multi + Gingko for 55+ ……………………………… 3.0

Pluravit 50 Plus …………………………………………….. 3.0

Healtheries Women’s Multi (NZ) ………………………………… 2.7

Hivita LiquiVita …………………………………………….. 2.6

Red Seal One-a-Day Multi & Minerals ……………………………. 2.6

Amcal Multivitamin & Mineral Effervescent……………………….. 2.6

Golden Glow Men’s One-a-Day Multi ……………………………… 2.5

Bioglan Daily Plus Max ……………………………………….. 2.5

Cenovis Men’s Multi ………………………………………….. 2.5

Myadec Multivitamins and Minerals ……………………………… 2.4

Nature’s Own Multivitamin & Mineral ……………………………. 2.4

Herron Clinical Nutrition All-in-One Multi-Vitamin & Mineral ……… 2.1

Guardian Multi Vitamins & Minerals Hi Potency …………………… 2.1

Advocare Macro-Mineral Complex ………………………………… 1.1

A staggering 50 out of the total 110 multivitamins did not even reach 10% and only the top 11 multivitamins were above 25% of what the human body needs on a daily basis.

The popular supermarket brands all featured below 10% possibly due to being forced to compete on price with other supermarkets. The downside for you, means the product you take every day is a hugely inferior supplement.

In other words, you get what you pay for. In some cases ignorance is bliss, in others it is a big wakeup call. My father has taken supplements for many years before and after he developed cancer and never once questioned the quality of what he was consuming. After reading this, he too, wondered why he ever thought not to research something so important to his health, when he did such a great job of researching anything else that he bought.

My advice, choose a multivitamin that is backed by a great company with a good reputation and do not just buy any old vitamin because of the price. You would be better off spending the money on something else.

An interview with Pete Hodgson MP, Minister of Health 2005-2007 (currently MP for Dunedin North). Pete was instrumental in introducing Sativex to New Zealand. Sativex is a mouth spray developed by the UK company GW Pharmaceuticals for multiple sclerosis patients, who can use it to alleviate neuropathic pain, spasticity, overactive bladder, and other symptoms. Sativex is also being prescribed to cancer patients, anorexics and a wide range of other patients. It is distinct from all other pharmaceutically produced cannabinoids currently available because it is derived from botanical material, rather than a solely synthetic process. Its principal active cannabinoid components are the cannabinoids: tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD).