[Abrams described a historically significant episode that revealed how the medical establishment -not just the government- has upheld prohibition.] In read more

[Abrams described a historically significant episode that revealed how the medical establishment -not just the government- has upheld prohibition.] In 1997 after the law was changed in California, Jerome Kassirer, who was Editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, wrote an editorial on medical marijuana called 'federal foolishness,' saying 'We know this drug works, everybody has their anecdotal experience of people who have benefited from it, get over it, reschedule it, make it schedule 2.' Unfortunately, ... he very shortly thereafter became no longer the editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine.

I'm not disappointed with bronze today because the big difference is between gold and silver, not silver and bronze.

I'm not disappointed with bronze today because the big difference is between gold and silver, not silver and bronze.

If Jesus Christ came back today, He and I would get into our brown corduroys and go to the nearest read more

If Jesus Christ came back today, He and I would get into our brown corduroys and go to the nearest jean store and overturn the racks of blue denim.

Perhaps we will drink a drop of champagne. This is an undeniable victory for a social movement.

Perhaps we will drink a drop of champagne. This is an undeniable victory for a social movement.

Their kitchen is their shrine, the cook their priest, the table their altar, and their belly their god.

Their kitchen is their shrine, the cook their priest, the table their altar, and their belly their god.

She just doesn't do anything halfway. Everything she does is the right way and to the tee.

She just doesn't do anything halfway. Everything she does is the right way and to the tee.

And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

We don't have a president who is our agenda-setter, so we have multiple voices on every issue.

We don't have a president who is our agenda-setter, so we have multiple voices on every issue.

great news. A half-million dollars toward a problem we’ve been struggling with for so long is a great benefit to read more

great news. A half-million dollars toward a problem we’ve been struggling with for so long is a great benefit to out city, especially around the old Wehadkee site and in Knoxville.