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Marijuana Prohibition 1938-1944 New York
Posted by admin in World News on October 31, 2009
After the 1938-1944 New York City “LaGuardia Marijuana Report” refuted his argument, by reporting that marijuana caused no violence at all and citing other positive results, Harry J. Anslinger, in public tirade after tirade, denounced Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, the New York Academy of Medicine and the doctors who researched the report.
Doctors Pressure Government to Greenlight Medical Marijuana
Posted by admin in World News on October 31, 2009
The country’s largest organization of doctors and internal medicine, The American College of Physicians (ACP) has released a position paper calling for an easement federal law regarding the classification and distribution of pot for medical purposes.
uncomfortably numb: A Brief History of Medical Marijuana
Posted by admin in Political News on October 24, 2009
On Oct. 19, the U.S. Justice Department announced that federal prosecutors would not pursue medical-marijuana users and distributors who comply with state laws, formalizing a policy at which the Obama Administration hinted earlier this year. Currently, 13 states allow doctors to prescribe medical marijuana to patients suffering from ailments….
Dave Credits Cannabis With Helping Him To Walk Again!
Dave walks again after his doctors said it would never happen. He credits medical cannabis with getting him out of the wheelchair. Watch Dave stand up! Dave asks that medical users and advocates join him for the MassCann/NORML medical marijuana lobby day at the State House. on Monday, November 16, 2009…. 
A Brief History of Medical Marijuana From Time Magazine
Currently, 13 states allow doctors to prescribe medical marijuana to patients suffering from ailments ranging from AIDS to glaucoma, and in Maryland a prescription can soften punishment if a user faces prosecution. But until now those laws didn’t provide any protection from federal authorities.
Medical Marijuana Legislation Growing Throughout the Country
LSU HIV Study – In California, people consulted with their doctors, who gave them a prescription,” Malone said. “It was a health care decision. I look at it as similar to other herbal remedies. We saw three things: People stopped losing weight, their appetites improved and their moods improved and they didn’t have to take as many pain medications.
Art of Healing: Cannabis May Fight Auto-Immune Diseases
Posted by admin in Political News on October 14, 2009
Question 5 on the November ballot asks voters to consider changes to the regulations governing medical marijuana use and distribution, and while proponents say the initiative would be a big step toward removing the major obstacles for doctors and patients, others from the pro-medical marijuana camp say the initiative would do more harm than good.
Jack Herer – Chapter 15 The Official Story Debunking “Gutter
Posted by admin in Political News on October 2, 2009
After 15 days of taking testimony and more than a year’s legal deliberation, DEA Administrative Law Judge Francis L. Young formally urged the DEA to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana. In a September 1988 judgment, he ruled: “The evidence in this record clearly shows that marijuana has been accepted as capable of relieving the distress of great..
Override Lynch’s Med Marijuana Veto
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on September 25, 2009
We should stop wasting time and resources on going after sick people and focus on real crime. What do we have to gain by denying those who could benefit from the use of medical marijuana the opportunity to do so? Regardless of party affiliation, the overwhelming majority of New Hampshire voters agree that doctors should decide what is medicine.
Woman takes medicinal marijuana battle to Pharmacy Board
At the first Pharmacy Board hearing in August, both doctors and patients spoke out for medicinal marijuana, as well as two people in opposition. Those opposing a change in the law are questioning how the drug can be regulated.
Medical marijuana used to treat 10-year-old autistic boy
Medical marijuana used to treat a 10-year-old boy with autism may sound shocking. But one Orange County mother says she exhausted all other options. Before using medical marijuana, doctors described Joey as “hostile, destructive, a danger to himself and others.” His mother says he’s now a different boy.
Mom of Autistic Child: ‘Medical Marijuana Saved Son’ Life’
Medical marijuana used to treat a 10-year-old boy with autism may sound shocking. But one Orange County mother says she exhausted all other options.
Before using medical marijuana, doctors described Joey as “hostile, destructive, a danger to himself and others.”
Vote for Marijuana
Posted by admin in Political News on July 16, 2009
VoteMarijuana.com announces the launch of its online discussion forum, which includes a petition aimed to pressure the federal government into reviewing its position on the use of medical marijuana by prescription, which is now legally prescribed by doctors in several different states as allowed by those state’s laws.
Calif. Regulators Warn of Pot’s Cancer Capability
It might take Californians a puff or two to get their heads around an apparent contradiction recently enshrined in state law. The same marijuana smoke that doctors can recommend to ease cancer patients’ suffering must soon come with a warning saying it causes the disease.
Medical pot bill is a sign of times | Delawareonline.com | T
Posted by admin in Political News on June 23, 2009
As always, the doctors, public, and this time the politicians are behind the rational reform of marijuana prohibition laws to protect suffering patients.
Senate Bill 94 in Delaware will protect patients from being persecuted by police. We all know that the cops think they rule the world, so it is no surprse that they would oppose this bill.
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