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Medical marijuana: More questions than answers
May 30th, 2009 – Chronicle/Cory MorseDan Higgins, 34, is pictured with marijuana he grew. Higgins has a prescription for marijuana to treat back pain, claiming it is a better alternative than conventional medication which makes him nauseous. Dan Higgins heaved a sigh of relief last November when he learned Michigan residents voted to legalize medical…
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Medical Marijuana is THE new growth industry
May30th, 2009 – There’s always a heap of interest when a newly emerging technology begins to make some headlines, but when that technology is related to marijuana, the interest is amplified ten-fold. Cannabis is an ever-present in the world’s news in its own right. But when it has some high profile celebrity endorsements to inflate…
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Is Marijuana as Effective as OTC and Prescription Drugs?
May 30, 2009 – People who use marijuana to treat symptoms of anxiety, fatigue and neuropathy say it is as effective as over-the-counter (OTC) remedies or prescription drugs recommended by their health care providers, according to a survey-based study published in the May 2009 issue of Clinical Nursing Research. Marijuana use, both recreationally and medically…
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LAPD is Resisting Calif. Medical Marijuana Laws-Come on guys – lighten up and light up. You know you want to.
May 29th, 2009 – LAPD Detective Supervisor Holcomb from the Devonshire precinct in the San Fernando Valley claims the department closed four Los Angeles medical cannabis collectives in recent days. Speaking with defense attorney Bill Kroger, who represents one of the collectives, Holcomb said the City Council’s ongoing effort to regulate these facilities is irrelevant…
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Scientific Report: Marijuana Rivals Mainstream Drugs For Alleviating HIV/AIDS Symptoms
Report: Marijuana Effectiveness as an HIV Self-Care Strategy Science Daily – May 29, 2009 — Those in the United States living with HIV/AIDS are more likely to use marijuana than those in Kenya, South Africa or Puerto Rica to alleviate their symptoms, according to a new study published in Clinical Nursing Research, published by SAGE.…
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Shredded Weed – Taking the fun out of marijuana.
May 28, 2009 – Cannabis plant. Marijuana plant. We’ve taken the caffeine out of coffee, the alcohol out of beer, and the smoke out of tobacco. What’s next? Taking the fun out of pot. GW Pharmaceuticals, a British company, has just requested European approval of Sativex, a “cannabinoid pharmaceutical product.” What’s that? Do I hear…
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Marijuana: Taboo medicine
May 26, 2009 “It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance” -DEA Judge Francis Young Many in this country are in an uproar over the recent arrest and prosecution, though delayed, of Charles C. Lynch, who provided patients with safe access…
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My Day in Court Defending Medical Marijuana
May 27th, 2009 – By Americans for Safe Access – Today, I had an oral argument before the Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District, which is a state court in Sacramento. The case is Williams v. Butte County , which involves a small patient collective, which was harassed by the Butte County Sheriff’s…
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Vast US illegal drug market fuels Mexican cartels
May 26th, 2009 – By DAVID CRARY – NEW YORK (AP) — The Mexican drug cartels battling viciously to expand and survive have a powerful financial incentive: Across the border to the north is a market for illegal drugs unsurpassed for its wealth, diversity and voraciousness. Homeless heroin addicts in big cities, “meth heads’ in…
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Inland observers don't expect flood of applicants for medical marijuana cards now that challenges to state law are turned away
May 26, 2009 – Some experts and health care providers say they don’t expect a surge in medical marijuana applications as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision not to hear challenges to California’s medical marijuana law. San Bernardino and San Diego counties had sued three years ago, arguing that federal drug law…