 Ignorance is bliss... ? How about when it is killing our kids? Still feeling blissful? How about when you get a F*&^% twitch that drives crazy? Did you know it was a common side effect of one of earliest “mood” drugs approved by the “who’s, who’s” and pushed to the millions as ‘mama’s little helper’. And tongue* darting... lovely. Twitches that never go away. They made a pill to try, but that just paralyzed motor skills.
My researching Cannabis just made me think I DONT get it.
No one dies from it. People LIKE it. Prefer it to toxic (mentally & physically) alcohol,
It has proven healing effects on the human body. WTF?
Over and over.. then I watched a doc called. The Marketing Of Madness. Never is Cannabis mentioned. You realize the reason when you start to learn about the numbers $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
You feel sick to your stomach when you realize how it is all decided. A bunch of people -most paid by pill companies to make up ‘DIAGNOSES”. Don’t believe me? WATCH IT!
Then, research even a little and see it is all true.
WTF!?
A sign? - I’m sitting in a office a book falls on the floor (me being a neat freak clean up all the magazines at the Dr.s office ). Book falls out again. All about the DMS.
Pay attention... Our children are the main ‘client’ they want.
A lifetime subscriber, prescriber!!
I get children are ill. I KNOW. A mental illness is very different from a physical one; although a physical one does allot of mental damage, and some children are mentally ill - they do need professional help and possibly medication.
BUT and this is a BIG fricken BUT
To say a child that puts up a fuss/throws a temper 2-3 times a week should be medicated? Are you kidding me? This is new to the DSM this year - the age it is geared to >>> 6-12. <<< But younger may be diagnosed.
We’ve all been there! Storm did it to me over a stuffed penguin!! People thought I was murdering him, I will never forget it ;-) I had to buy it! I didn’t know what to do.. I talked to him about it later, and told him that it was not a nice thing to do and explained why - that I might not be able to afford it and was embarrassed. He got it. THEY are smart little beings! They need so much love and much attention - so what! Deal with it! We brought them into the world!
SUCK IT UP! Focus on your children.
DO not medicate them, with PILLS or food or T.V. for that matter.
Dose them with TLC! Attention and love.
Ignorance is bliss... wait a few years when a pill they are on for ‘depression’ kills them.
It actually makes them kill themselves. Don’t believe me? Research PROZAC.
I dare you. IF you care about your children you WILL!
Because, I love kids. I once was one. ;-)
What a terrible way to learn about life... on DRUGS. The legal ones!!!
 I read about Bulling all the time and it is very sad, many cases lead to kids attempting suicide. Too many are successful. There is constant talk - How to take the bully out of schools. I don't think that is where one should start I think they should take it out of homes. AS in TURN OFF the television. Storm said - he is not a bully and he watched TV and played the games, but if fact we did not watch a lot of television - when we did it was usually as a family and would discuss much - the same is true today ;-) In just 10 years I cannot believe the 'quality'- OR rather LACK of it on television. It is easy to understand how children are bullies when we witness it daily on television, and in MOST cases the bullies they are watching are NOT other children - it is other adults. http://www.wktv.com/news/local/New-study-shows-bad-behavior-linked-to-kids-watching-too-much-TV-192380841.html <the amount on this topic is overwhelming online. Also another sign to start paying attention. http://news.softpedia.com/news/TVs-in-Children-s-Bedrooms-Linked-to-Bad-Behavior-and-Alienation-108173.shtmlHow can we expect them to be nice and treat others with respect when we have such examples like Tots in tiara's, the Desperate housewives - nasty name calling and making fun of people. If it is o.k. to watch - why not act it out? It seems to get results on television. They see brats, bullies and bitches 24/7. How do you expect them to behave differently? T.V. shows making girls mean: http://theclicker.today.com/_news/2011/10/05/8166200-are-tv-shows-making-girls-mean?lite" Because they are not directly participating in any of these hijinks, most viewers feel that watching reality TV is a harmless recreation, an escape from their own lives. Yet some psychologists are discussing whether reality shows are as harmless as most people believe. After all, whose reality are we viewing? And is it healthy to constantly observe people who are unafraid of any recourse or repercussions?" Read more:http://brainworldmagazine.com/the-reality-of-reality-tv-can-viewing-bad-behavior-on-the-small-screen-affect-the-way-we-treat-each-other/TURN it off. Give your kid a book!! When you do watch T.V. talk to your children! xox<><
 Watch, soon you will start to read about the miracle medicine that Cannabis is. Not the snake oil that we have been led/lied to believe. I know because I am paying attention - not just to Cannabis as a medicine. I am reading about HEMP & the unlimited benefits from people juicing to cement. Go to the Grocery store and right there beside the Broccoli your cannabis to juice or add to a salad! Soon... Juice Cannabis! < Read all about it. I had someone ask me with the look of 'REALLY?' on her face when I was telling her how after surgery, I used the vaporizer and was never sick again. I see the 'REALLY?' Look when I tell them how great Storm is doing, and now I see the 'really!!' look from a few close friends that are in my company when I medicate and can see many times; my twitch come to an instant halt if only for a few moments, after hours of endless twitching. So I get it! I see the look often enough. I love it. I really is depressing when you realize the many benefits of Cannabis that people could have been using and embracing and being educated on for years if not fo the STUPID - Simple word for exactly what it is. Stupid laws, prohibiting the use and education of the plant Cannabis. As for people thinking it's snake oil, well - there sure are many people all around the wold willing to defend it's medicinal benefits. I have witnessed it for a few years now first hand. Thank God. Don't believe me. Get curious? Would you not like an alternative to pain medication? One that does not upset your stomach? How about Nausea? I am living proof & would not have believed it, had I not seen it with my own eyes and stomach! LOL What about insomnia, PTSD, depression Snake Oil? The ONLY snakes are those that keep it from the people. For what ever reason $$$$, Power, stupidity. Seed for all humankind to plant. xox <><
Tomorrow: Guest Blog Tuesday: Very personal *FIRST video blog. Leap of Faith.
 When I draw for someone I ask them questions. It was a heart breaking reality for me when reminded that Alex does not and has not communicated since little. Alex is completely non-verbal. Dad told me they call him 'Alexander Salamander'! That's enough. ;-) Boys, toads, bugs, all I wanted to draw was happy, at the same time keeping the mood very boy. ;-) What an awesome little boy he is . That photo - wow ❤ look at that smile!!!*and promise me you will watch the link below. I have known about Alex for a while - I have already talked about him in a blog. I am so thrilled that Axel is finally getting some media attention. Imagine how frustrated you are that you can not use cannabis - recreationally because you want to enjoy and relax- I see nothing wrong with it. But... O.k. Now imagine that your child is seriously ill and Cannabis eases his/her pain and they can not use it medically. Imagine that level of frustration. YOU can't. This is Alex ❤: http://www.kptv.com/story/20660400/medical-marijuana-used-to-treat-autismI am really getting tired of hearing a Dr. say that "the long term use..." Look around. There is already a lot of long term use proof. Centuries of it. Do they forget the long term use of Prescribed medications!? I looked into that when I thought that my son was going to live a life on pain killers & Morphine from the age of 4. The long term use of all of the medications I was looking at was pretty much the same- and to be honest with you - I'm not going there. Cannabis - Thank God is Storm's medicine and thank God for Alex too, who looks like he is at PEACE when medicated! Imagine how his parents feel to watch him, see the difference and then -know they have to stress over political bullshit! I won't even pretend to imagine what they deal with. All I can do is draw and pray for their continued strength, send good vibes!! They live with this heart ache of watching Alex suffer as it is. I really think these decisions should be strictly between a Dr. and patient and parent. The final call parent.
Because no one will live our lives for us.Unless you suffer from the disease you will never completely understand the symptoms.Cannabis is the safer alternative- but you now what, don't believe me, Please - PROVE me wrong. PLEASE visit Alex's parents facebook page & show them & ALEX some support! https://www.facebook.com/alex.autism.rage.mmj- If we only all started to really support each other .. do what ever it if you can't draw then say HELLO and we are thinking of you!! Anything - Strengh in numbers. xox <><
 Recently I watched a documentary- Radio BikiniI like to do this when I am painting my cartoons. I can watch, listen and paint at the same time. Woo hooo Multitasking! For what ever reason this doc. caught my eye. Wow- what can I say, unless you watch the doc. you might not get the toon. How was this able to happen - EVER? Justified? So much destruction - still. Lies and BULL in the name of government research and science. From start to fishing - it reeks of sneaky lying. Here have fun party it up! Ice cream and beer! Sorry that you will die a horrible, lonely death from radiation exposure. Never mind going to an island and removing the people who have always lived there. I will NEVER be a person who believes in this way of thinking. It is a crime against ALL humanity that this was ever permitted to happen in the first place. I was not aware. I was blind but now I see. You should watch it, should this insanity ever tried to be justified again We ALL need to STAND Up! Shout! Scream until we are heard. It was interesting. I watched it on Netflix. I found a few sites when I googled where you could watch. I thank God I was born in a beautiful country known for peace. I am incredibly proud of Canada for these reasons. I hope it never changes. I think children should also watch - (older kids) they will be in charge of these decisions later in life. If you do not know you can not make an educated decision. xox <>< ☮☯☝
 I asked a week ago -what was your first gateway drug? For many the response was alcohol. Many long before the LEGAL age to use. I asked what was the first drug you used.. Alcohol, Tobacco or Cannabis? To no surprise the response was alcohol. I admitted the first time I probably drank was at a holiday or family function, champagne or wine perhaps even s sip of beer. I remembered my grandma, dad, mom and several others telling me about rubbing a crying babies gums with alcohol to sooth it. Thus it begins.. O.k. say well thats a bit extreme... then think back to all the family functions where booze has been involved, not just family functions - we have grown up surrounded by beer and alcohol and never gave it a second thought. My own son I remember seeing him, 2 years old by his sand box chugging back a Corona that someone had left un-attended at a family B.B.Q. We use it to bring in every new year! Birthdays! Weddings, Thursday nights.. I remember waiting to turn legal drinking age so I could go to a bar and get hammered! WooooHooo.. and we think nothing of it. Until you hear - educated people (presumably) saying "Cannabis is a gate way drug". COME ON! Please do not continue to insult our intelligence.
Google Baby and beer - the images flood. Sad.
"Oh, it won't do them any harm... it's just a beer" it is thinking that has us in denial
dealing with the MOST serious drug a problems. Alcohol abuse, addiciton and death daily - all around the world.
My second 'gateway drug" I was 15 (I think) and stole a smoke from my grandma, DuMaurier - thank God I became very dizzy & sick and never smoked again. I did go to the store and back then and purchase them just a little kid. Remember the ads everywhere?
I remember my Dr. smoking in his office while examining me. Now years later to find out the lies about tobacco - IT KILLS. They MADE it addictive. They knew what it was doing to you . $$$
So enough! Quit making excuses and QUIT LYING to yourself and each other. More importantly look at your kids- what are they seeing? When they come home drunk - who will you blame?
* The cartoon does say 'at a corner store near you' - THIS is still not a reality in Canada but one the media keeps mentioning- saying how great it will be for the economy! Small business will boom! So will drunks. I can see it to come to pass - too soon.
It will be a sad day in Canadian History when this happens.
No Cannabis IS NOT the gateway drug.
What was your first drug?
xox ♥☮☯
 I have said it before. Walk in my shoes, learn what we have learned about Pharmacetuical drugs and then tell me you would not give your child Cannabis under the same circumstance! Watch this link and tell me this mother or father is wrong - LISTEN to the DR. then .. imagine it is your child. http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/parents-choose/50b663372b8c2a5d91000184I am so tired of hearing this argument. WE live it. WE see it's miracle and I <3 these parents! SHARE - teach! Sooner or later Dr.s will have to agree. AS PARENTS we must demand what is best for our children. ASK them - what would they do if it was their child? The next time someone says - but there are medications for nausea - yes there are and while you are at it - LOOK up the side effects!! Dr.s have no problem prescribing drugs to children - but have issues with a PLANT? * That has never caused OVERDOSE or DEATH. WHAT parent in their right mind would give their children an opiate that they can become addicted to or even die from? I'd rther watch my child laugh and happy than be a zombie on the sofa- TRUST me - I saw him for far too long sit and suffer and not play because he was in pain. UNTIL he tried cannabis. TALK to your Dr. The choice is Clear- Cannabis!!! I feel great about this news! Can you tell? I drew this cartoon last week in bed and finally felt good enough to paint it today ;-))) - so Thank You God! xox <>< * Note: Not all Dr.s I have been blessed with the best. ♥ . Talk to your Dr. Help educate them. They are ONLY human. <super smart but still human ;-) <><
 Recently someone posted this and I thought whaaaaaaaa..? Yes, thats right! I had heard about this. Drink too much water and you could die. Smoke too much Cannabis and you won't die but hopefully you'll have a really good sleep. Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxicationThere is a joke - I've drawn it before (posted below) that many Cannabis users have tried. Suicided by cannabis - not happening. Common sense. Where has it gone? How can we be throwing people in jail, taking their kids from them, ruining their lives, losing jobs for something that is less harmful than water. If cannabis were decriminalized and recognized for what it is - a plant. This planet would be a little more peaceful. How could it not?? Think about it. Decriminalization or Decriminalisation is the abolition of criminal penalties in relation to certain acts, perhaps retroactively, though perhaps regulated permits or fines might still apply (for contrast, see: Legalization). The reverse process is criminalization. Decriminalization reflects changing social and moral views. A society may come to the view that an act is not harmful, should no longer be criminalized, or is otherwise not a matter to be addressed by the criminal justice system. Examples of subject matter which have been the subject of changing views on criminality over time in various societies and countries include: When you look at the number, the failed war on drugs, the terrible excuses for using cannabis against specific minorities - it is time. Forget legalize - Why? So big pharm can then come in a make you $$$ from the plant. Or the LCBO turns CCBO. The right thing to do would make it what it is A plant.
Let humanity decide for themselves, Over something less harmful than water!
xox <><
 It happened again! I had one of those 'Who the F*&^% is that?!' moments in the middle of the night with my mirror. I just cut my hair short as I am getting ready for surgery and I know part of it will be shaved so I'm making the transition easier. ;-).. I got up in the middle of the night to - what we do in the middle of the night and caught a glimpse of my reflection! I swear I let out a small scream without even realizing - it was a -did I say that out loud moment! Where is that hot babe that always looked back looking sexy - no matter what shape her hair was in! LOL I'm still here and even though my own appearance catches me off guard I am reminded that is all it is a reflection. It is NOT me. I think we would all be better if we did not see our reflection. I was watching a doc called 'Mansome' http://mansomethemovie.com/ we watched it on Netflix. Norm and I both enjoyed it. Well there was this one 'indian guy" and I thought he was Hot, BUT as the interview goes on I am sick of him catching his reflection in every shiny object he can and his SO full of himself/shallow attitude was quite a turn off. I'd much rather have someone like Zach Galifianakis anyday compared to him (he is also in the doc) Not into the Mansome stuff. Especially the C, S&B wax. Ouch, yuk. We put too much on appearances because yes they do - we all fade, slip, sag, wrinkle and grey one day! To which I say YIPPIE! One because I am still here to see another day- many are not much younger than I, and with each wrinkle I know I have truly earned it. I love my S&P hair! It would cost me a fortune for such streaks!!! Anyhow as fate would have it - the very morning this drawing was on my desk not yet colored a friend stopped by and we started talking about bathrooms paint and turning on the light and catching your reflection! She said the same thing I had just drawn! We are not alone! I know I am not the only sasquatch sighting at 3:a.m. Embrace it! Embrace the Sas when you see it!!! It means (all that really matters)- we are sill breathing. xox <>< added Oct, someone sent me this re the above toon: Your blog made me remember when that happened to me. I was into my treatment { pegatron n interfon which was a yr long} for the Hep C about 3 1/2 months, looked in the mirror one morning and seen this sick looking person with hair falling out in handfulls {already cut it short} gaunt looking {lost about 45lbs} pale, skin hanging looking like death warmed over. I went back into the shower and cried my heart out. I think letting it all out in the shower helped me accept what was happening and knowing/hoping {50/50 success rate} it would only make my life so much better. It was a long hard road but I crossed that path and love the one I am on now.My toon was really just about age in general but yes it is important to remember when people are not feeling well and a little added TLC is needed to help them. People realize when they don't feel well - just like obese people KNOW they are obese - they don't need anyone to remind them - that is what a mirror is for. Be good to yourself ;-)
 Ignorance is bliss... It was until I started to research all this Cannabis stuff! I then was turned onto GMO information and documentaries on STUFF. Cannabis is STILL illegal even after centuries of '0' reported deaths, proven medicinal qualities and numerous (MILLIONS) of first hand accounts from the PEOPLE on how it HELPS. There is a growing (no punn intended) concern regarding GMO's from Salmon to tomatoes (GREAT DOC - WATCH FREE CLICK HERE) -who will say what the long term affect of GMO's will be - a rise in cancer? That is what is expected ... EXPECTED!? Don't believe me research it for yourself. I DARE YOU! Yes because ignorance is bliss. Too many would rather turn on the tube and be amused - worse - possibly educated by the countless mind melting reality T.V.; NOT a REALITY of mine!! Thank God. Sadly in many cases children copy parents and we will have a new generation of mind melted drones - who will not have a clue what to do when they really NEED to. . they will eat all this crap and die at an earlier age - Oh wait! That is happening NOW! For the first time in history children are dying at a earlier age with diabetes and obesity & childhood cancers on the rise. Passing before their parents. ;-( Do you know that the average very successful and intelligent person watches very LITTLE T.V. ? And they for sure do not spend the day on Face book. Distraction. Like or not - we all all being distracted and sooner or later it will hit home. In India they have tried to patent seeds - so that you can only ever get seeds if you have money! SEEDS!! Should you plant a seed from a vegetable that is patent - you will be fined. Charged. We here say - well just go to the grocery store- in India - they say - we will starve. That could be our future should we CONTINUE to lose control of our rights as humans. When I was thinking of this toon I was going to have a animal say the comment on the end because the reality might not be appreciated, the next morning - before I started to draw - on FB someone posted a starving man and my mind was made up. No cute gopher. TOO BAD if some find it harsh. It is reality and I will not be a part of ignoring it. I pray I can be a part of changing it. WHEN will you TURN off the T.V and TUNE into LIFE and the serious issues surrounding all of us? When you are starving? This is starvation. If you are interested. I found it by accident just now and thanked God I drew my cartoon. http://knowmorethanyouretold.blogspot.ca/ I was blown away - over a year ago someone sent me an image that changed my life. I will warn you I NEVER got it out of my head, the same image and the same comment are at the bottom of that page. It took me a while. But I thank God for seeing that image. I was blind but now I see and I will make a difference. No one should suffer like that let alone innocent children. Imagine being that mother. I Am BLESSED!!! PAY ATTENTION! Please. xox <>< Oh BTH I have never seen the Kardashiens (really don't know how to spell it) from the rare posts and news bits that I have witnessed - It is a very sad sign that these people are being idolized. I feel sorry for them and us.
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