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Police: Angry Ohio boy, 4, shoots baby sitter

The story below is crazy. The kid is what some would call "gangsta". This kid will be going to school next year and who would want to be his teacher. Would you want your children to go to school with this kid?

THE STORY:


Police: Angry Ohio boy, 4, shoots baby sitter:

JACKSON, Ohio – Police say an angry 4-year-old Ohio boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his baby sitter.

Eighteen-year-old Nathan Beavers was hospitalized Sunday with minor wounds to his arm and side after the shotgun attack. Police say another teen was also injured.

Witnesses told police the child was angry because Beavers accidentally stepped on his foot. Beavers was watching the child at a mobile home in Jackson with several other teenagers and several other children.

Jackson County Sheriff John Shashteen says authorities are investigating. The child has not been charged.

FIGHTS!

I do not believe in violence but I would rather see people fighting than shooting each other. It would have been nice to see George W Bush and Saadam Hussien duke it out.

The Oldest Stash of Marijuana Found

Researchers found a 2,700 year old stash of weed in China. It was found in a tomb buried with a Shaman. Researchers determined that is was used as a psychoactive drug rather than as fiber for food or clothing because it was found in a bowl inside of a leather pouch (They also found WalMarts best sold water bong). They believe it was to be for the Shaman's use in the afterlife.

The article also states the 18 researchers tested the 2lbs of marijuana for it's potency and THC levels. How was that done? Is there any weed left? What did they do with the seeds? What is the street value of weed grown from such seeds? More importantly, what would the cool street name for a bag of weed from those seeds? Well, you read the story below for yourself:

2,700-year-old marijuana found in Chinese tomb.

Stash seems to have been intended for buried shaman to use in the afterlife.

Nov 27, 2008 01:23 PM


Dean Beeby
THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA – Researchers say they have located the world's oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China.

The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly ``cultivated for psychoactive purposes," rather than as fibre for clothing or as food, says a research paper in the Journal of Experimental Botany.

The 789 grams of dried cannabis was buried alongside a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man, likely a shaman of the Gushi culture, near Turpan in northwestern China.

The extremely dry conditions and alkaline soil acted as preservatives, allowing a team of scientists to carefully analyze the stash, which still looked green though it had lost its distinctive odour.

"To our knowledge, these investigations provide the oldest documentation of cannabis as a pharmacologically active agent," says the newly published paper, whose lead author was American neurologist Dr. Ethan B. Russo.

Remnants of cannabis have been found in ancient Egypt and other sites, and the substance has been referred to by authors such as the Greek historian Herodotus. But the tomb stash is the oldest so far that could be thoroughly tested for its properties.

The 18 researchers, most of them based in China, subjected the cannabis to a battery of tests, including carbon dating and genetic analysis. Scientists also tried to germinate 100 of the seeds found in the cache, without success.

The marijuana was found to have a relatively high content of THC, the main active ingredient in cannabis, but the sample was too old to determine a precise percentage.

Researchers also could not determine whether the cannabis was smoked or ingested, as there were no pipes or other clues in the tomb of the shaman, who was about 45 years old.

The large cache was contained in a leather basket and in a wooden bowl, and was likely meant to be used by the shaman in the afterlife.

"This materially is unequivocally cannabis, and no material has previously had this degree of analysis possible," Russo said in an interview from Missoula, Mont.

"It was common practice in burials to provide materials needed for the afterlife. No hemp or seeds were provided for fabric or food. Rather, cannabis as medicine or for visionary purposes was supplied."

The tomb also contained bridles, archery equipment and a harp, confirming the man's high social standing.

Russo is a full-time consultant with GW Pharmaceuticals, which makes Sativex, a cannabis-based medicine approved in Canada for pain linked to multiple sclerosis and cancer.

The company operates a cannabis-testing laboratory at a secret location in southern England to monitor crop quality for producing Sativex, and allowed Russo use of the facility for tests on 11 grams of the tomb cannabis.

Researchers needed about 10 months to cut red tape barring the transfer of the cannabis to England from China, Russo said.

The inter-disciplinary study was published this week by the British-based botany journal, which uses independent reviewers to ensure the accuracy and objectivity of all submitted papers.

The substance has been found in two of the 500 Gushi tombs excavated so far in northwestern China, indicating that cannabis was either restricted for use by a few individuals or was administered as a medicine to others through shamans, Russo said.

"It certainly does indicate that cannabis has been used by man for a variety of purposes for thousands of years."

Russo, who had a neurology practice for 20 years, has previously published studies examining the history of cannabis.

"I hope we can avoid some of the political liabilities of the issue," he said, referring to his latest paper.

The region of China where the tomb is located, Xinjiang, is considered an original source of many cannabis strains worldwide.

Giants Burress Shot in Right Thigh

What the hell is going on here? My neighbor mentioned this to me as I was raking leaves today and I thought it was a joke. Alcohol (or other substances) and stupidity are a deadly combination. For most people this deadly mix is realized at home (sometime in a crowded night club). If it were me I would be still handcuffed to the hospital bed the next day answering questions form NYC police, not refusing access to police at my New Jersey home. Knowing what I know about NYC there must have been about 10 or 15 people laying next to Plaxico Burress on the floor claiming they were also hit by the magic bullet. They would simultaneously be on the phone with their favorite lawyer discussing the future pending case. gotta love the NYC.

I'm a huge Giants fan and I'm wondering how this would affect Plaxico and the team? Will there be criminal charges applied? Most of us cannot legally carry a firearm in NYC let alone fire it in a club. As you can remember Sean "Puffy" Combs was involved in something similar at a club with Jennifer Lopez. The ensuing high speed chase with NYC police woke her ass up and she left the rap world alone after that. Looks like Combs paid a lackey to take the gun charge. I'm even sure you cannot shoot yourself in the leg without taking a mandatory trip to the Nut Hut. What will the league do? I'm sure there are rules against such behavior. What will the Giants do? Plaxico has been anything but a choir boy and has been a bigger problem for them this year. More importantly, will Burress be healthy this year? Well only time will tell. All I can say is GO BIG BLUE GO!



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