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TADHG STOPFORD:
MORE FAKE NEWS FROM MINISTRY OF HEALTH THC kills cancer, but MoH says THC can kill you. As Bill Murray says, “the most dangerous thing about cannabis is getting caught with it.” But, for the thirtieth year in a row, on Saturday 7 May, from‘‘high noon’ until 4:20pm, 00s-000s of Kiwis will publicly consume THC cannabis in Albert Park in an amiable atmosphere of music civil disobedience. It is the 30th such annual event; and unlike many booze fuelled events, it has never been marred by violence or injury. This suggests that cannabis is wrongly included in the Misuse of Drugs Act, which requires a “high to very high risk of harm” for inclusion. Most of us realise that cannabis prohibition is based on lies and if you haven't watched “Reefer Madness” google it! But few of us realise it’s maintained by an arguably criminal conspiracy of politicians, regulators, and academics. Misinformation from trusted sources is key, and the Ministry of Health has just published another doozy. The source documents are here: www.drive.google.com/ drive/folders/1XJwJiNzRcAWUB3IoG5sD8L9VKCaYbNd1 In a bizarre example of ‘evidence based medicine’, the Ministry of Health is telling doctors that 15 grams of THC is a “theoretical lethal dose”. The idea that THC can kill humans is ludicrous. But it’s one of several major errors of fact in MoHs recent “Overview of medicinal cannabis for health practitioners”.
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The truth is this: When scientists tried to kill monkeys and dogs with oral doses of THC, they failed. They did manage to kill some rats and mice with large doses, but generally speaking rats and mice dosed with THC “lived longer than controls” …due to their lack of cancer. Even when giving them nine grams of THC per kilogram bodyweight, scientists could not kill monkeys. That suggests a 100kg human could SAFELY consume 300-900 grams (0.30.9 Kilograms) of THC. In support of this, the current world record for human THC consumption is 33 grams. That’s more than double MoHs "theoretical lethal dose". So why is MoH telling doctors that 15 grams THC is a theoretical lethal dose? Is it ignorance, incompetence, or what? Their ‘science’ makes no sense. When examined, it is clearly propaganda/misinformation. When they aren’t making stuff up, they misinterpret it. (Journalists, see the file above and email any Q’s) This is misinformation cloaked in the illusion of evidence. It is more fake news from government. Who benefits? Join us. Let’s improve things. PN (TADHG STOPFORD) www.thehempfoundation.org.nz
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