thank god I read the headline before clicking or I'd have thought it was a dubstep beatbox video.

kingoomieiii: hb0mb: Man, having Tourettes must be so goddamned annoying.

I knew a guy in high school who had a mild version of it. He would cough and clear his throat pretty much constantly.

I knew a guy with a mild case also. his problem tended to be facial twitching and a verbal tick where he would be speaking and mid word would say mop or something very close to that. Always the same sound never any cussing or yelling types of issues. really nice guy too.

When I was working at the MGM Grand, there was a program where the city of Las Vegas was trying to find employment for unemployable people. We started out with a few dozen of these people, but over the course of a year, most of them weeded themselves out.

One of those people was a mentally challenged young man named Jimmy who had among other problems, Tourette's. Things were going fine at first because we had him working at the back of the house. But then his mother got this bright idea to threaten to sue the MGM Grand if her son wasn't out there on the casino floor like everybody else.

The MGM Grand relented and they put Jimmy out on the casino floor. Jimmy didn't do too well around crowds and that's when his Tourette's got really worse. Jimmy had this nightmarish laugh like all of the world's serial killers put together into one person. He could actually clear a bank of slot machines just by giggling. Here in Las Vegas, I've seen slot zombies stand their ground against fires and flood. I've never seen those old buzzards move so fast when jimmy was laughing.

but yet our fed gov claims it still has no medical uses at all and continue to send the DEA thugs after medical MJ stores.

*sad*

quickdraw: natazha: quickdraw: Voted to legalize in Oregon today.

Unfortunately, this vote is meaningless until the U. S. Congress legalizes it at the Federal level. Write your Congress-critters. Real paper letters will have far more impact than an email.

Thats what they said about medical marijuana and yet thousands of people use their medical marijuana recommendation every day. This particular bill is good because it assumes that Oregon will have to fight this at the Fed level and has allocated the resources to do so.

The only vote that is meaningless is the one that's not cast.

Then why are the feds fighting Californias legit according to California medical marijuana distribution system?

Hey...

It's just a thought...I mean, I don't have Tourette's..but..y'know..I was thinking...

Maybe if you smoked BEFORE the coffee things might work even better.

Jus' sayin'.

quickdraw: Because thats what the feds do. It doesn't change the fact that there are lots of states they leave alone. States rights will eventually prevail. In the meantime we dont just give up because it's hard. We keep fighting on every front.

I agree with the other commenter that we need to deal with the federal level first or in my opinion the feds are just wasting our tax dollars busting these places when it's legal at the state level.

Over 50% of the country supports decriminalizing marijuana. Less than 2% of our congress does.

Can someone tell me why we still call them our "representatives"?

I have to say that if I ever come down with something that it could help, I don't care about being legal or not. I saw another one like this only the guy spoke english. Maybe that was after the second one.

stonelotus: thank god I read the headline before clicking or I'd have thought it was a dubstep beatbox video.



Last week it was free-styling.

seems a little overdone

jaylectricity: Atomic Spunk: In the past when I've gone through periods of smoking a lot of weed, my body would build up a tolerance and I'd need more and more just to get the same effect. Would that be the case with using it to treat Tourette's?

It's not your body building up a tolerance. It's your brain becoming accustomed. You needed to feel "weird" to feel like it was working. The more you smoked, the more being high felt normal, the more it took to feel weird.

Tourette's originates in the brain, so are you saying that a patient will need increasingly more weed to get the same pharmacological benefits? Or is it possible to get the benefits of reducing symptoms of Tourette's even if you don't feel high?

The reason I ask is that I recall seeing a documentary where some guy was suffering from arthritis and he said weed helped his condition. But he also said that he had been smoking weed for so long, he doesn't really feel high anymore, but it still helps his arthritis. I was wondering if it worked the same way for Tourtette's.

Should he really be drinking coffee?

Spaz-master: [webpages.charter.net image 263x1500]
seems a little overdone

came to say this

Jaykzo: Over 50% of the country supports decriminalizing marijuana. Less than 2% of our congress does.

Can someone tell me why we still call them our "representatives"?

50 percent of the country is stupid and believes in a skywizard that gives emmys to artists and helps NBA players win games. That was just my guess.

Poor guy with Tourette's. MJ seems to help. Thank skywizard he lives in a liberal country where he can get help.

/Canadian
//does it show?

That's just typical marijuana withdraw.

Benevolent Misanthrope: Holy crap. That poor man.

Ditto that sentiment. Also, dig that moniker.

quickdraw: lokisbong: quickdraw: natazha: quickdraw: Voted to legalize in Oregon today.

Unfortunately, this vote is meaningless until the U. S. Congress legalizes it at the Federal level. Write your Congress-critters. Real paper letters will have far more impact than an email.

Thats what they said about medical marijuana and yet thousands of people use their medical marijuana recommendation every day. This particular bill is good because it assumes that Oregon will have to fight this at the Fed level and has allocated the resources to do so.

The only vote that is meaningless is the one that's not cast.

Then why are the feds fighting Californias legit according to California medical marijuana distribution system?

Because thats what the feds do. It doesn't change the fact that there are lots of states they leave alone. States rights will eventually prevail. In the meantime we dont just give up because it's hard. We keep fighting on every front.

Doing my ballot tonight. Even my wife, who doesn't think people should smoke, is voting yes. She understands it's a waste of money to fight it.

If we had to wait for the federal government to do what's right first, it's going to get awfully cold in hell.

Atomic Spunk: jaylectricity: Atomic Spunk: In the past when I've gone through periods of smoking a lot of weed, my body would build up a tolerance and I'd need more and more just to get the same effect. Would that be the case with using it to treat Tourette's?

It's not your body building up a tolerance. It's your brain becoming accustomed. You needed to feel "weird" to feel like it was working. The more you smoked, the more being high felt normal, the more it took to feel weird.

Tourette's originates in the brain, so are you saying that a patient will need increasingly more weed to get the same pharmacological benefits? Or is it possible to get the benefits of reducing symptoms of Tourette's even if you don't feel high?

The reason I ask is that I recall seeing a documentary where some guy was suffering from arthritis and he said weed helped his condition. But he also said that he had been smoking weed for so long, he doesn't really feel high anymore, but it still helps his arthritis. I was wondering if it worked the same way for Tourtette's.

Same with stimulants. A lot of patients ask for a higher dose when the high stops happening, thinking it isn't working anymore, even when it is.

jehovahs witness protection: I smoked a bowl while I watched the video.
Calmed me down just fine.

Now it's time to tackle this big pot of chili and pan of jalapeno cornbread.

Jalapeno cornbread? That sounds really good!

/not high...

Coelacanth: When I was working at the MGM Grand, there was a program where the city of Las Vegas was trying to find employment for unemployable people. We started out with a few dozen of these people, but over the course of a year, most of them weeded themselves out.

Spaz-master: [webpages.charter.net image"bullshiat flag"]
seems a little overdone


Yeah, I bet Michael J. Fox is a faker too.

Drugs are bad.
MMMMMMMMM-K?

/Hope you never get sick.

Spaz-master: seems a little overdone

Agreed. The potential for faking here is immense. Not accusing this particular gent, but not buying it either.

Wow. I expected a difference, but damn.

I have a friend who suffers from Tourette Syndrome. Nothing as severe as that, fortunately. She gets into "barking fits" on occasion. That sometimes results in situations with people in public places. People think she is farking with them and sometimes don't accept her explanation.

unyon: Anybody else catch that the video is 4:20 long? 

jehovahs witness protection: I smoked a bowl while I watched the video.
Calmed me down just fine.

Now it's time to tackle this big pot of chili and pan of jalapeno cornbread.

please post recipe for jalapeno cornbread now.

twizzted: please post recipe for jalapeno cornbread now.

Step 1: Whip up cornbread batter.

Step 2: Add minced jalapenos.

Step 3: Profit after baking.

/deseed and add some shredded cheddar for a more enjoyable experience

He's either stoned 24/7 or he has a really good housekeeper.

MaudlinMutantMollusk: Sin_City_Superhero: So let me get this straight...giving marijuana to someone with severe Tourette Syndrome results in them learning German? Are the fine folks over at Rosetta Stone aware of this?

Rosetta Stoned is in development as we speak

Well played, sir.

Rick Romero : All drugs have genuine uses.

I have Tourettes, nowhere near as bad as that...and I gotta tell ya, I'm not buying that ANYbody on earth has that bad of Tourettes.

Staged.

I grew up with a kid that had tourettes. We never knew it at the time {or did he}, we just thought he was weird. He had the strange nervous habits - face twitching, a hiccup/ cough thing and every once in a while when he walked he would wipe or check the bottom of his shoes. His parents divorced and he moved on then he called me a few years ago out of the blue & told me he was diagnosed with it.

Just sounds "Severely Italian" to me...

pot is fun