medical marijuana
Legislature allows more than just docs to OK medical marijuana
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 10:43am
By Associated Press
On a 34-13 vote Thursday, the Senate approved the measure after concurring with some changes made in the House. The bill now heads to Gov. Chris Gregoire for her signature.
It adds physician assistants, naturopaths, advanced registered nurse practitioners and others to the list of those who can officially recommend marijuana for patients under the state's medical marijuana law.
Under current law, only physicians are allowed to write the recommendation.
WalMart Fires Associate Of Year, Cancer Patient For Medical Marijuana
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 10:30am
By. Steve Elliot, Toke of the TownCalifornia Medical Marijuana Patients Regularly Arrested for Hash
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 11:22am
By Skip Jone, NewsReview.com
American puffers have always had to deal with the fact that law-enforcement officials traditionally make a distinction between marijuana in plant form and concentrated derivatives such as hash and kief. Now that California has legalized marijuana for medicinal use, that distinction continues to send innocent patients to jail for possession of hash and other concentrates, despite the fact that they are clearly authorized by Proposition 215, according to former state Attorney General Bill Lockyer.
“Concentrated cannabis or hashish is included within the meaning of ‘marijuana’ as that term is used in the Compassionate Use Act of 1996,” Lockyer determined in a 2003 ruling.
Are You Cannabis Deficient?
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 11:18am
by The Medicine HunterIn August 1990, researchers reported in the journal Nature the discovery of receptors in the brain that specifically accommodate the cannabinoids in pot. Cannabinoids bind to particular neurological sites in the brain, as though the brain was specifically designed to utilize this plant. Did nature toss cannabinoid receptors into the brain by random chance? Are cannabinoid receptors part of an intelligent design for deriving maximum benefit from cannabis? Is cannabis a divine elixir of sacred communion for which we are ideally suited? Actually, a more sober answer seems likely. When there are receptors in the brain for a particular type of compound, that compound is made in the brain. This is true of many important agents that work to transmit brain messages of all types. So a hunt began to find such a compound.
Economic Benefits of Medical Marijuana Reform in Oregon
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 10:58am
By. Ersun Warnke Salem-News.com Business/Economy Reporter
Comprehensive Marijuana reforms would increase revenues, create jobs, decrease law enforcement and incarceration expenditures, increase tourism, and create new educational opportunities in Oregon’s universities.
(EUGENE, Ore.) - The existing medical marijuana program in Oregon has been highly successful, but is in many ways less than optimal. I am not personally a medical marijuana user, nor do I have any association with the organizers of the medical marijuana regulation campaign in Oregon. My opinions on these issues are my own, and should not be confused with the proposals of any of the other groups who advocate on these issues.
Editorial: Feds should back off medical marijuana charges
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 2:43pm
BY THE AURORA SENTINEL
State Senators Chris Romer, a Denver Democrat, and Nancy Spence, an Aurora Republican, wrote to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to demand that officials there not conduct any further raids while the state sorts out regulating this blossoming and troublesome industry.
Wisconsin medical cannabis activists swarm Capitol for ongoing "Operation Floodgates"
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 1:47pm
By. Madison NORML Examiner Gary Storck
Madison: State medical cannabis activists have established a daily presence at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison to push for passage of the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act as the 2009-2010 legislative session winds down. There is a real sense of urgency and interest in the bill that extends from rural townships and villages across the state to the largest cities to people watching from around the country. A vast coalition of people across the state are getting involved, enlisting others and doing whatever they can to get the JRMMA passed: "This Bill, This Time!"
"Operation Floodgates" is an organized campaign aimed to highlight the urgency of the issue, to make people aware a bill is being considered and to allow constituents to act now and help legislators find the compassion and logic to allow the use of medical marijuana.
The daily presence on Wisconsin's Capitol Hill will soon be enhanced with the planned opening of a Wisconsin NORML office close to the Capitol. This will also create a place for supporters to help out, pick up literature, learn strategies and skills, etc.
Going Rogue: DEA Style
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 2:25pm
By. Jessica Corry, Huffington Post
It takes a lot to get some of the state's most conservative lawmakers on board with a Democratic Congressman from the People's Republic of Boulder. But that's just what happened this week.
The unifying cause? None other than Colorado's hot button headline-grabbing medical marijuana debate. In coming together, however, rabble-rousers did so to draw awareness to a much more important cause: telling the federal government to butt out of our legislative process and local communities. On Monday, national media, including the New York Times, started taking note.
Slowly, states are lessening limits on marijuana
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 11:39am
By William M. Welchand Donna Leinwand, USA TODAY"I ask kids all the time, and they'll tell you it is easier to get marijuana than a six-pack of beer because that is controlled by the government," he said, noting that drug dealers don't ask for IDs or honor minimum age requirements.
Colorado State Senators send letter to Attorney General asking DEA to back off on medical marijuana raids
Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 12:13pm
By Michael RobertsNow, another curve ball. Massey and state senator Chris Romer, a co-sponsor of the bill, have sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking that the Drug Enforcement Administration, which made some high-profile raids on medical marijuana enterprises -- most notably the home grow of Highlands Ranch's Chris Bartkowicz -- give it a rest while the lawmakers try to find what's described as "that rational middle ground."
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