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73% of Ohioans Support Medical Marijuana
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 — Results from the University of Cincinnati’s Institute for Policy Research show that a strong majority of Ohioans polled support prescribing medical marijuana. The figures, published May 8 from the Ohio Poll, reported, “73 percent of Ohioans say they favor (either ‘strongly’ or ‘somewhat’) allowing Ohio doctors to prescribe medical marijuana.”…
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Rhode Island – House passes plan to create marijuana dispensaries
May 21, 2009 – PROVIDENCE — Three years after legalizing medical marijuana in Rhode Island, House lawmakers Wednesday easily OK’d a plan to create dispensaries that would sell the drug to patients who use it for medicinal purposes. “To go through cancer, or to go through a debilitating disease is extremely, extremely hard,” said Rep.…
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Mail-order marijuana pitch lights up Dragons' Den
May 20th, 2009 – A Victoria man is hoping to break into the big leagues of B.C. bud distribution by pitching his mail-order medical marijuana business to potential investors on a reality TV show. Later this week, Ian Layfield will make his pitch during the taping of Dragons’ Den, a CBC show that offers aspiring…
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Illinois – Sick, dying need sensible marijuana law
May 19, 2009 – If you’ve followed the debate regarding a bill to stop criminalizing seriously ill patients who rely on medical marijuana, you might believe Illinois’ law enforcement community has lined up unanimously to oppose this sensible, compassionate legislation. It’s true that a few of our chiefs and police union leaders have appointed themselves…
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Marijuana compound fights brain cancer: Study
May 18, 12:59 PM – The active chemical compound in marijuana aggressively targets brain cancer cells, and helps to kill them by encouraging them to dissolve themselves, according to a recent report by Spanish researchers. Guillermo Velasco and a team of researchers at Complutense University in Spain have shown that the psycho-active chemical in marijuana,…
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Should marijuana be legally prescribed as a pain reliever in New York?
Michelle Gabel / The Post-StandardJoe Gamble of Liverpool is a former Army paratrooper and commercial test pilot who suffers from multiple schlerosis and smokes marijuana to relieve his pain. He’s been advocating in Albany for a medical marijuana bill.
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Supreme Court Will Not Review California Medical Marijuana Law
Monday, May 18, 2009-The Supreme Court announced Monday it will not get involved in a dispute over California’s medical marijuana law. The case presented a direct conflict to the justices of California’s Compassionate Use Act which its detractors say contravenes federal laws prohibiting drug use. A California appeals court ruled last summer that the state’s…
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New York – Island senator is behind push for medical marijuana
May 17, 2009 – STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — When state lawmakers vote on legalizing medical marijuana later this month, state Sen. Diane Savino expects to be front and center in favor. After all, Ms. Savino (D-North Shore/Brooklyn) is a bill co-sponsor. But her support is less about the political and more about the personal: She…
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New Hampshire – Marijuana debate sharpens Attorney general, supporters face off
May 14, 2009 – State Attorney General Kelly Ayotte and county prosecutors have aggressively pushed back against a bill that would legalize marijuana for some seriously ill patients, sending lawmakers a letter calling marijuana an addictive drug and claiming that reclassifying marijuana as medicine could undermine efforts to keep youths from trying drugs. The bill’s…
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White House Czar Calls for End to 'War on Drugs' – Kerlikowske Says Analogy Is Counterproductive; Shift Aligns With Administration Preference for Treatment Over Incarceration
May 14th, 2009 – WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting “a war on drugs,” a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use. In his first interview since being confirmed to head…