Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Astros cancel annual fundraiser for Houston Area Women’s Center
(www.khou.com)
Its not like the Astros need good publicity with the way the team is playing.
Read More...he Houston Area Women’s Center is reeling from a financial blow after learning their largest fundraiser has been canceled.
The Black Ties and Baseball Caps gala was an annual event at Minute Maid Park put on by the Astros Wives Organization.
The popular gala raised $250,000 for the women’s center in 2012.
An Astros official said the team’s charitable foundation is changing directions and will focus on ...
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< 1 2In light of this, I think the legitimacy of Tony Gwynn's HOF case should be reconsidered.
Few people are more opposed to the War on Drugs than I am, but with few exceptions, you have to be pretty irresponsible to fail a drug test when your job has random drug testing.
It's a shame that one of the least dangerous and least addictive drugs stays in your system for the longest possible time.
So, marijuana is this wonder panacea that has only this incredible beneficial effect with no harmful side effects whatsoever? Just as a threshold matter, how believable is that?
It's the antithesis of PED use. It's a PDD (Performance-Depressing Drug).
It's only one study, and there are a couple of problems with it, but the effect only was found for people who smoked while under 18, and fairly heavily.
What problems? Correlation/causation issues, mainly, especially with a difficult-to-measure metric like IQ. There may well be psychological or social factors that contribute to both cannabis use and reduced IQ. (People who suffer from depression, for example, can self-medicate with marijuana.)
So, marijuana is this wonder panacea that has only this incredible beneficial effect with no harmful side effects whatsoever? Just as a threshold matter, how believable is that?
Of course it is not. The primary method of delivery, smoking, is somewhat unhealthy for the throat and lungs (although there's some evidence that cannabis is negatively correlated with lung cancer). It impairs reaction time, concentration, and judgment. It is a significant demotivator.
The side effects are particularly low in comparison to other drugs, there's essentially zero toxicity, and overdose is practically impossible. The clearly documented positive effects are substantial: anti-insomnia, antiemetic, appetite enhancement, and ease of gastric distress; the "strongly suggested" effects are also pretty significant: anti-depressant, pain suppression, reduction of intra-ocular pressure (glaucoma), and reduced effect of neurogenic disorders or pain.
Cannabinoids really are pretty impressive drugs. Nothing is perfect, but we're talking about one of the best (if not the best) ratios of positive-to-negative effect medicinally. Plus it feels nice to get high (so I've heard).
Can't remember the source now, but I heard about a 30 year (Swedish?) study done comparing non-smokers (so not MJ or tobacco) with pot smokers who smoked the equivalent of one joint per day over the 30 years. It considered smoking 2 a day for 15 years as equivalent, and so on. Anyways, at the end of the study, the pot smokers had higher lung capacity and volume than the non-smokers. I just Googled and found some similar results from other studies.
Legalized marijuana would be the best thing to ever happen to Hollywood. Even Gerard Butler movies might become watchable.
He's really bad isn't he? He's got that puzzled, hurt, bewildered, defeated, Mel Gibson/abused dog look down perfectly.
I don't know if it's him or the hopelessly awful movies he keeps getting cast in. Hollywood seems convinced we like him, though, so good for him.
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