Click Here to visit Dr. Krivitsky's talks home page The Berlin Wall of Marijuana Prohibition. 04/26/10 On November 9, 1989, unable to resist any longer the popular revolution that was spreading like a wildfire all across the Eastern Europe, the Communist regime of East Germany lifted the travel restrictions for its citizens, and the Berlin Wall, a grim symbol of repression, a place where hundreds of people lost their lives trying to reach freedom, finally came down. The fall of the Berlin Wall was one of those moments in history which showed with monumental clarity that when people rise for freedom, the most powerful tyrannies fall to the ground. There was no longer such a thing as to negotiate who could cross into the West and who couldn't, and for how long, and under what conditions. The concept of "partial freedom" was rejected, and only the total destruction of the "Iron Curtain" was the slogan and the "battle-cry" of the day. There have been many "Berlin Walls" in human history, the walls that had as their purpose the restriction of human liberty, and all those walls fell sooner or later because freedom is one of those aspirations of the human soul that can be temporarily suppressed, but never completely destroyed... Read On Addiction Medicine, Holistic Theology and Medical Marijuana04/15/10"I believe that eventually the future of medical marijuana will depend on how strong a case we build in its support. When I say "strong case", I mean a body of scientific arguments that is well capable of proving the substance's therapeutic benefits on the one hand, and refuting the opponents' fear tactics on the other..." Read On Reject the Fear Tactics - Legalize Medical Marijuana04/01/10"In Canada, where as even the "opponents" would admit, the crime rate is lower than in the United States. At the same time in Canada medical marijuana not only has been legal for some time, but the government pays for their veterans' medical marijuana since 2009 and, according to the news just released, NS must pay for the woman's medical marijuana. All I can say is BRAVO, CANADA!" The Legalization of Medical Marijuana 04/01/10 "Few issues are as controversial and yet urgent at the same time as the issue of legalizing medical marijuana. As always, the opponents use their favorite weapon - fear, while many supporters are simply uncomfortable for one reason or another to actively come forward and voice their opinion. It just so happens that when it comes to this explosive issue, I am a doctor, a patient, and an advocate all at the same time, the third role naturally emerging from, but actually transcending, the first..." Read On |