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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, April 27, 2016
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Reader wants to
know who ICANN is
Since I was curious
about the proposed zoning
change to enable ICANN
USA to grow marijuana in
Cave Junction, I did some
searches a couple of weeks
ago. It turns out the writer of
the article merely wrote down
what “Mike” (Phuc) Ngo told
her and didn’t use any search
engines to find out more. I
found out a lot, here is a very
simple summary.
The actual incorporated
name of ICANN USA is
Icann.Inc and has no business
activity connected with it that
can be found online anywhere.
Mike Ngo’s real name is Phuc
Ngo. He has been involved
in other DBAs along with
several other people, which
also seem to have little to no
activity connected with the.
Icann.Inc was incorporated in
September 2015, so there is
no way Ngo’s claims of hiring
teenagers to clean up and
paint neighborhoods during
summers, or supporting
charity functions could have
happened, and there are
also no news reports or any
information to be found at
all, anywhere on the internet
for ANY activities of ANY
kind for Icann.Inc or ICANN
USA. Neither name is
incorporated in Colorado,
despite Ngo’s claims, nor is
there the slightest connection
to be found, after around three
hours of in depth searching, to
any pharmaceutical research
or any universities.
In fact, the official
address of Icann.Inc
aka ICANN USA -1907
Concourse Dr, San Jose CA
95131 - (easy to see the photo
via google maps) is very
small two story commercial
building in San Jose which
has no business sign on it
other than a “For Sale” sign
and has been on the market
for a couple of years.
Basic info: Property
Type -Office, Building
Class; Listing ID: 18732918,
Date Created: 06/03/2014,
last Updated: 02/26/2016,
Description - 2,281 Sq.ft
Newly built two story
business. Downstairs has
reception area with four
spacious room. Second level
with two private offices and
open office area Motivated
seller.
Icann.Inc aka ICANN
USA uses a “company
jurisdiction” in Delaware,
which address also used by
128 other companies and
is a small building. Oddly
enough, Delaware is known
for allowing companies
to use a Delaware address
even though they have no
“footprint” in Delaware.
More searching found
only one business supposedly
currently operating at this
address (despite no business
sign), named I Clean USA,
and a few business names
previously connected. The
only one with any information
on it is the South Bay
Apothecary Collective Inc
which sold marijuana and
associated products with
names like “Satori”, and no
longer open. Its website
describes the business: “Since
2009, SBAC has served the
unique needs of the Bay Area.
As San Jose’s oldest and only
over 21 cannabis collective...”
Anyone can do their
own searches to find out the
truth. Whatever the truth is, it
is not what Mike (Phuc) Ngo
told the writer of the articles
printed in the Illinois Valley
News.
P. Kisiela
Cave Junction
Writer defends
article
In last week’s issue of
the Illinois Valley News, a
reader took exception to my
April 13 article on Erickson’s
continued use of the I.V. for
Sikorsky AirCrane practice.
My purpose, as stated in
the article, was to call for a
“Strategic Plan” focus group
on what residents want to
see happen at I.V. airport.
The article also covered
some current regulations.
In a democracy, majority
rules. Our board of county
commissioners needs to hear
viable ideas for family wage
jobs in this valley. I contend
the airport is a logical place to
look and challenge residents
and the Airport Advisory
Board to be proactive in
creating guidelines to save
taxpayers’ money and the
airport manager’s time. It
would also be useful if critics
don’t assume our public
servants only harbor the worst
of intentions.
Judy Hoyle
Cave Junction
Guest editorial:
Corvallis Gazette-Times -Decriminalizing marijuana at the federal level
The federal government says
it’s reviewing marijuana’s status
as a Schedule 1 drug, a move that
— regardless of what you think
about the drug — is long overdue.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement
Agency made the announcement
in a memo to lawmakers and said
it hopes to have a decision ready
sometime in the first half of this
year.
Marijuana has long been
classified as a Schedule 1 drug, but
the classification is as ludicrous
today as it was back in the day. The
Schedule 1 category is for substances
which are not considered to have
“any currently accepted medical use
in the U.S., a lack of accepted safety
for use under medical supervision
and a high potential for abuse.” By
point of comparison, heroin also is a
Schedule 1 drug.
There’s no reason for marijuana
to be listed as a Schedule 1 drug
— and, besides, that bit of business
about not having any accepted
medical use will come as a surprise
to the millions of medical marijuana
users in the United States.
There’s another reason why the
Schedule 1 listing is vexing: It has
needlessly complicated important
scientific research, not just into
marijuana, but also into industrial
hemp, potentially a very useful crop.
(Industrial hemp, which can be used
for a variety of purposes, has very
low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol
— the substance that gets pot users
the Doernbecher Childhood Epilepsy
Program at the Oregon Health and
Science University, illuminated
some of the issues researchers
face. Roberts is working with a
pharmaceutical company on a drug
made with pure cannabidiol that has
shown promise in treating patients
with a form of epilepsy.
One big problem with the
Schedule 1 designation is that it
requires researchers to undergo a
cumbersome approval process before
working with a drug on the list. In
the case of marijuana, researchers
must use pot grown at a government-
run facility at the University of
Mississippi.
Researchers can’t just go
out and buy pot at a dispensary,
high.) It was almost amusing to
watch Oregon State University
officials tip-toe around this issue
last year before taking tentative
steps to allow researchers there to
work with industrial hemp. (To be
fair, an institution such as OSU will
be careful about working with a
Schedule 1 drug, especially since
it’s potentially putting millions of
federal research dollars at risk.)
But there’s a lot of research
yet to be done into the medicinal
qualities of marijuana as well, and
pulling pot off the Schedule 1 list
would be a substantial step forward
for that work.
A recent interview in The
Oregonian with Dr. Colin Roberts, a
pediatric neurologist and director of
because there’s no way to verify
precisely what they’re buying
— and remember that different
strains of marijuana have very
different properties. Taking pot off
the Schedule 1 list would allow
researchers to obtain the sort of
independent verification that’s
essential for meaningful research.
“What we really need in the
medical community is really good
data,” Roberts told The Oregonian,
“because if we don’t have that we
will never understand the impact of
these products good and bad.”
Pulling marijuana from the
Schedule 1 list would be a first step
toward getting that kind of good
data. What’s the holdup?
The family of the late
Dorothy Young wish
to thank everyone
for the thoughtfulness
and support shown to us.
The lovely flowers, cards,
messages of sympathy
and help were greatly
appreciated. Your kindness
will always be remembered.
Warm Regards,
The Young family
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Save The Date
April 28
IVHS Academic Master Competition at
Grants Pass High School at 6:30 p.m.
April 29
IVHS varsity track meet: away versus South
Umpqua at 3:15 p.m.
2016 Illinois Valley Children’s Fair and Pet
Parade, May 7, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Jubilee Park.
May 7, Annual Mother’s Day Bingo, games
start at 6 p.m. at the Cave Junction Senior Center.
Cash Payouts 50/50 drawings. .50 3 on papers.
Sponsored by the Glenn Morrison American
Legion Post 70.
April 30
IVHS boys’ varsity baseball and girls’
varsity softball at home versus Cascade Christian
at 12 and 2 p.m.
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