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Although they are not of particular theoretical interest, the following measures are included as demographic control variables: population size, percent of the population that is male, and percent of land that is commercially zoned. Population size and gender composition are adapted from the 2010 Census. “Percent of land commercially zoned” was calculated in ArcGIS using…

California legalized medical cannabis through a 1996 ballot initiative known as Proposition 215 . Prop 215 protects physicians who recommend medical cannabis as well as those qualified patients and caregivers who cultivate, possess, and use cannabis with a valid recommendation. The word “dispensary”, however, does not appear in the law. To this day, dispensaries in…

From these initial observations we constructed a focused library with all but one of the constructs in the second library exhibiting activity at least 100-fold higher than WT NphB in an endpoint assay . The best two constructs, M23 and M31, exhibited dramatically improved activity and specificity. Both had kcat values 1000-fold higher than WT…

Though bike sharing began as a way to reduce motor vehicle use, Bonnette indicates that “both the first and second generation bike sharing schemes provided welcome opportunities to cycle but did not provide adequate enough support nor reliable service to alter motorized transportation choices and influence people to make significant changes .” The shortcomings of second-generation systems later…

This should be understood and respected. The Kings frequently pointed to the fact that their usage was a product of a world dominated by technology, rationality and materialism that will destroy the world. For that reason, I feel it is necessary to accept the spiritual use of drugs to counteract the problems of the world…

Recent drug cultures, such as the American hippie movement, have brought our attention to another aspect of marijuana usage, “mind expansion” . Rather than simple escapism, hippies used marijuana, and sometimes LSD as a way of experiencing what they consider to be a more real world. Another rationalization hippies give for the use of hallucinogens…

The Kings, in order to keep the product new and fresh have to buy from growers around the area. There is no shortage of cannabis growers. Dorian told me growers come in and call him every day to try to sell cannabis to the dispensary, just like the Kings used to do. According to Natty,…

While many hard drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and the like require an arduous production process, cannabis can theoretically be grown by anybody with adequate opportunity. Although not everybody has the capacity to grow high quality cannabis worth selling at a legitimate dispensary, everybody has the opportunity to grow it. Thus, police efforts at…

The direct reference is to Kanesh-bosem, which many scholars have suggested was the Hebrew word for, and the origin of the word Cannabis. Although not related to cannabis, it is worth noting that Benny Shannon , professor of psychology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem speculates that Moses was under the influence of a hallucinogen…

Respondents generally describe the feelings in favorable or pleasurable terms. Others, such as the National Institute on Drug Abuse suggest that marijuana effects are frightening and alarming, and in large enough doses can produce paranoia and anxiety, and can even trigger the onset or relapse of schizophrenia in people predisposed to the condition . These same…