Category: Health

By Terrie Best / San Diego Americans for Safe Access

On Thursday, June 27, 2013, legal cannabis patient and defendant Tim O’Shea’s jury came out of deliberations hopelessly deadlocked and Judge Charles Rogers declared a mistrial.

The jurors deliberated for approximately 16 hours over the course of the last few days and the waiting game was one of the most brutal I have ever endured. After polling the jurors to confirm the deadlock, Judge Rogers asked for information on the split. It was nine not guilty and three guilty.

The judge had some very poignant words about their service in this difficult case of emerging law and the jury answered back with their own thanks for the obvious respect he showed to them during the trial.

Several bipartisan bills have been introduced in Congress that would eliminate federal penalties for those actions that comply with state marijuana laws and regulate marijuana like alcohol in those states legalize pot.

By Nicole Flatow / Think Progress / June 28, 2013

While the U.S. Supreme Court was handing down its string of blockbuster rulings this week on the scope of federal laws, the nation’s mayors were developing their own guidance for the feds.

During the annual convening of city mayors, hundreds of city leaders unanimously endorsed a resolution calling on the federal government to back off federal enforcement of marijuana law.

By Jill Richardson /AlterNet / June 25, 2013

Oops. The World Food Prize committee’s got a bit of egg on its face—genetically engineered egg. They just awarded [3] the World Food Prize to three scientists, including one from Syngenta and one from Monsanto, who invented genetic engineering because, they say [4], the technology increases crop yields and decreases pesticide use. (Perhaps not coincidentally, Monsanto and Syngenta are major sponsors [5] of the World Food Prize, along with a third biotech giant, Dupont Pioneer.)

Monsanto makes the same case on its website [6], saying:

“Since the advent of biotechnology, there have been a number of claims from anti-biotechnology activists that genetically modified (GM) crops don’t increase yields. Some have claimed that GM crops actually have lower yields than non-GM crops… GM crops generally have higher yields due to both breeding and biotechnology.”

But that’s not actually the case. A new peer-reviewed study published in the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability [7] examined those claims and found that conventional plant breeding, not genetic engineering, is responsible for yield increases in major U.S. crops. Additionally, GM crops, also known as genetically engineered (GE) crops, can’t even take credit for reductions in pesticide use.

Over a hundred local residents gathered at the ZLAC Rowing Club in their northwest Mission Bay headquarters last night for a forum on whether Mission Bay is “gross”. Sponsored by San Diego Coastkeeper and the rowing club – America’s oldest women’s rowing club, the public forum was held to address concerns about water quality of the bay.

A number of experts addressed the audience – which had its own concerns about the bay – a bay that is one of the West Coast’s largest aquatic parks and has thousands of visitors every year.

Historically, Mission Bay has suffered conditions that have made it very polluted, …

San Diego Coastkeeper, ZLAC Rowing Club host event examining Mission Bay’s ecosystems, water quality

From San Diego Coastkeeper

Is Mission Bay gross? To clear the fog surrounding this issue, San Diego Coastkeeper, which protects and restores fishable, swimmable and drinkable waters, and ZLAC Rowing Club, America’s oldest women’s rowing club, will host a free community forum to address the question, “Is Mission Bay Gross?”

By April M. Short / Alternet

With the exposure of troubling obesity rates, outrage over undisclosed genetically engineered wheat (and other) crops, the successful worldwide March Against Monsanto effort in May and statewide bans of GE crops that followed, the US citizenry is expanding its awareness and concern about food health. The junk food industry is responding by getting sneakier in its tactics to entice, exploit and beguile people into consuming its concoctions.

Here are a few of the most disturbing deceptions the industry is using to keep Americans hooked on its junk.

1. Branding Processed Foods to Look “Natural” Those grill marks on your burger? Not real.

If you are among the many Americans who have bought into the fear and loathing that has been the campaign against Obamacare, you just might wish to reconsider.

By Rick Ungar / Forbes

Every now and again, a political pundit is required to stand up and admit to the world that he or she got it wrong. For me, this would be one of those moments.

San Diegans will join thousands of others around the country and hold a march and rally against MONSANTO – this Saturday, May 25th in Balboa Park.

WHAT: Rally and March Against Monsanto and Genetically Modified Organisms
WHERE: Balboa Park, San Diego
WHEN: Saturday, May 25th, 11 a.m.
Contact: March Against Monsanto San Diego Coalition

San Diego Action for May 25th is participating in the international ‘March Against Monsanto’ taking place in over 45 countries and 400 cities.

By Chad Peace / IVN San Diego

Former congressman and Democratic Mayor of San Diego Bob Filner took the unusual step of publicly calling for jury nullification in the prosecution of Ronnie Chang, who faces 60 felony charges for violations related to his ownership of marijuana dispensaries in San Diego and Riverside Counties.

“This is way overdoing it when local laws, state laws allow compassionate use of medical marijuana,” Filner told reporters at the downtown U.S. District Court complex Monday. “Someone should not be going through this stage of prosecution for trying to help people to have access to medical marijuana.”

With most samples of several common store-bought meats testing positive for antibiotic-resistant “superbugs,” factory farming practices must change.
By Jill Richardson / OtherWords

Planning a Memorial Day barbecue? When you buy meat for that festive meal, watch out for some uninvited guests. An alarming amount of American meat harbors not just pathogens, but “superbugs” — antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

For now, you’d better cook your meat well enough to kill the germs (165F is the magic temperature),

Marys Therapies
4789 Narragansett
Ocean Beach, CA 92107
619-755-6990
www.marystherapies.com

In a tiny little building off Sunset Cliffs and Narragansett the Miracle Worker plies her trade quietly, efficiently and expertly. Who is this Miracle Worker and what does she do? I’m not quite ready to tell you, but let me tell you something about her.

She was born in Illinois and spent most of her teenage years there. She came to San Diego via Las Vegas where she learned her trade. (No…she is not a dealer.) She arrived here in 2006. And she performed a miracle on me today.

Thousands of hospital workers at University of California medical centers up and down the state have begun a two-day strike starting today, Tuesday, May 21.

The strike definitely includes the UC Med Centers here in San Diego, at both Hillcrest and La Jolla, where more than 2,000 workers stayed home today or walked picket lines. The striking workers include vocational nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacy technicians, bus drivers and custodians.