Reciprocity

Reciprocity can mean a couple of things. Several states permitting the use of medical cannabis for residents who qualify also allow visiting medical cannabis patients to use their medicine as well.  Arizona, Maine, Michigan, Montana, and Rhode Island all engage in this type of reciprocity.  Other states, including Oregon, allow patients from other states to apply for and receive a medical cannabis card so that they can come to the state and medicate legally.  That's another version of reciprocity.

What isn't clear is how do we travel on airplanes or through states that don't either have medical cannabis or reciprocity and remain legal?  I've read some accounts of TSA ignoring the meds they see when checking bags.  But there's no definitive law on this, so it's always a risk for a patient to travel by air with their medicinal cannabis.

Reciprocity is essential when traveling from one medical state to another.  As part of that, we can also agree on an acceptable means of transporting our meds, as well as how we medicate when we get there.  This is not trafficking, folks.  It's just trying to stay healthy while we're not in our home state.

How 'bout we just legalize it everywhere?  Add industrial hemp to the mix, and we can move forward in an intelligent, thoughtful way that respects both truth and the individual.

Vaporizer comparison

So, after making RSO, I had to have a way to medicate with it.  Of course, I LOVE shopping, so online I went to find vapor pens.  Okay, I already had an Atmos Raw so I knew these pens existed.  Then there's the fact that they're adorable.  I know I'll stop buying them at some point, but how do you know what you like if you don't have a variety to choose from?

So here's what I have and what I think of them...such as it is.

Cannacig - I like this little pen.  It's elegant and not messy.  I hate messy.  I've been told it's similar in nature to e-cigs, but I've never smoked so I know nothing about that.  I like it because I don't have any buttons to push.  Inhaling activates the heater and it creates a nice vapor.  And, unbeknownst to me when I ordered it, it came with essentially two Cannacigs in the box.  I'd recommend this one to anyone.  Contact these really nice folks at http://www.thecannacig.com.

Atmos Raw - This pen works well and can take other add-ons such as the oil reservoir you can buy.  The pen itself is for actual herb, not oil. It doesn't leave usable herb the way a real vaporizer does, but it works. Now, when I use the oil reservoir with it, I use a glycerin based tincture and vaporize that.  That works REALLY well.  Contact them at http://www.atmosrx.com.  They have lots of replacement parts and other helpful things.

Atmos Nail - I use this one without the nail because my oil is thick.  With thinner oil, I'd use the nail.  This pen is nice.  Also contact them at http://www.atmosrx.com.

Atmos has another pen called the A Pen.  It's for oil as well.  It arrived with a nifty carrying case which I'll probably use for other pens as well.  It works the way the Atmos Raw with the oil reservoir works.

Another place I get vaporizers from is www.gotvape.com.  They don't have the Cannacig, but they have the Volcano and just about everything else that's out there.  I've bought a bunch of stuff from them and I've never had any problems at all.  And I always get my orders quickly.

So, to sum up, I clearly need a 12 step program to control my need to have EVERYTHING.  But I do believe that redundancy is, you know, a good thing, so I don't see anything changing at least for a little while.  And, after all, they are adorable! ;-)

Hilarious :-)

davidfrum (@davidfrum) tweeted at 4:00 AM on Tue, Jan 08, 2013: Maybe the best answer to why women reject libertarianism is that so many women feel they already spend enough time with toddlers 

(https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/288616123287605248)

Oh look... the GOP's in meltdown again..

The GOP's target of the week:  Chuck Hagel.  A Republican and a man of honor.  I've always liked him.  He's a Viet Nam vet; he's been a senator.  He's an independent thinker who speaks his mind and doesn't necessarily follow the party line. His former GOP colleagues don't like him because President Obama does.   I loved it when he spoke against McCain's choice for Vice President.  His friendship with McCain didn't appear to influence his opinion or his comments.  I like that about him.

McCain made a mantra out of straight talk.  Hagel apparently just lives it.  Good choice for SecDef.

Rape Culture

A 23 year old student in New Delhi publicly gang raped and beaten on a bus died of her injuries. Six men face the death penalty if convicted.  One rapist/killer arrogantly admitted to the crime and clearly didn't care he did it.

Jerry Sandusky was convicted and sentenced for molesting boys in his care.  There were those at Penn State who apparently knew and enabled him.

A student in Steubenville, OH was allegedly raped by two students on the football team.  Both students accused are black; however it appears that others might be involved and the sheriff isn't going to investigate further. The sheriff is now under fire for how he handled the investigation.  The kids involved are 16.

In October of last year, two US servicemen were arrested on suspicion of raping a girl in Okinawa.

During the 2012 campaign, Todd Akin spewed forth his notion of "legitimate rape" on the country.  He thought the body had a way of "shutting that whole thing down" so that a woman couldn't possibly become pregnant from such a horrific crime.  Needless to say, Claire McCaskill won.

A flyer was found in a men's bathroom on the campus of Miami University of Ohio entitled, "The Top 10 Ways to Get Away With Rape", listing such things as using date rape drugs to begin with, all the way to slitting her throat if the victim identifies her rapist.

A 17 year old gang-rape victim in India committed suicide after she was pressured by law enforcement to marry one of her rapists.

A woman in Alaska had drinks at a bar with a couple of men, continued the party at her home, passed out, waking up later to find she had been raped and her child's Christmas presents were stolen.

Additionally, two more women were raped Christmas Day, well one was 15 years old.  The accused rapist of the 15 year old had just been arrested earlier for domestic violence against an eleven year old.

Sandra Fluke speaks out on women's health issues and gets publicly flogged by Limbaugh on his radio show.    Despite sponsors leaving him, he's still on the air.

GOP members of the House are blocking the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act because they view the inclusion of protecting Native American women as unconstitutional.  New language also protects LGBT and undocumented women.  They apparently don't like that language either.  

This is just an excuse for misogynists to win.  Whether we call it the War on Women, or Rape Culture, it's all the same thing.  We denigrate, dismiss and disregard the essential right of women to be safe and protected from harm.  A recent case in California proves that we still have laws on the books that do not protect women.  A law from 1872 was used by the California State Appeals Court to overturn a rape conviction of a guy who gained entry to a woman's bedroom while she was asleep, began to rape her.  She realized it wasn't her boyfriend when light from a window revealed the face of her rapist.  That archaic law doesn't protect her because she is "unmarried".  So now there's going to be a re-trial.  How will prosecutors get around this? 

Will we ever be safe?

To recap...

So, we got the fiscal cliff deal; Boehner told Reid to go F**K himself; Reid reportedly threw the President's bill in a burning fireplace; Christie learned what it is to be a Republican when no Sandy relief came his state's way; the GOP said fuck you to women (there, I said it) when they didn't re-authorize the Violence Against Women Act; payroll taxes are going up; President Obama said he won't negotiate on the debt ceiling; Boehner says he will never again negotiate one on one with the President; No one likes Luke Russert or SE Cupp (lovingly known on Twitter as Sippy Cupp); lots of petitions to the White House including the rescheduling of cannabis, secession by various states, changing our gun laws to protect children etc., and of course my personal favorite, building a Death Star; Women replaced misogynists in Congress (Yay both Tammys); many Tea Party favorites were voted out of office (Rep. Paul Broun R GA didn't get the memo because he just nominated creepy Allen West for Speaker).

You know what would be nice?  Re-authorize VAWA.  Otherwise, that whole War on Women thing is only going to get worse.  We've had enough. Seriously.

The Fiscal Deal so far...

The House is currently meeting about the deal struck between the White House and the Senate.  Slate's Will Oremus has the latest on that deal.  The ending is fun.  Give it a read...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/01/01/fiscal_cliff_deal_explainer_all_the_key_tax_cuts_increases_and_credits.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=sm&utm_campaign=button_chunky