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• World AIDS Day

  
  Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines — Authority: 118
  December 1 is World AIDS Day, an international day set aside by individuals and organizations to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. The theme this year is “Human Rights and Access to Treatment.” Among other political and personal messages, patient advocates all over the world today will be talking to their friends, ...
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• kearns to LA city council: poem for world AIDS day 2009 (2073)

  
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  [december 1, 2009, world AIDS day] richard kearns, poet advocate. here is my poem for world AIDS day, 2009. (i have given the clerk copies) jeff was dying, i was not a hundred karposi lesions covered his body & made him look like nijinsky in afternoon with a faun, only skinny he was my captain of bright ...
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• kearns to LA city council: observations on the medical cannabis dialog in my absence (2072)

  
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  [november 24, 2009] good morning president pro tem perry, distinguished council members. i have given the clerk copies of my prepared remarks. my name is richard kearns. i am a 58-year- old gay man living with AIDS in los angeles for more than 20 years — a long-term survivor & AIDS activist, a medical ...
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• don duncan at about medical marijuana: LA city atty misrepresents CA atty general’s position on cannabis “sales” (2071)

  
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  LA City Attorney wrong about AG by Don Duncan November 25, 2009 The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office misrepresented the position of California Attorney General Jerry Brown today, implying that the state’s top law enforcement official said that all sales of cannabis are illegal. That never happened. On ...
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• nora proops, the AIDS beacon: global fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB & malaria approves $2.4 billion in grants worldwide (2070)

  
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  Global Fund Approves $2.4 Billion For Global HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Programs By Nora Proops Nov 21, 2009 On November 12, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria approved grants worth $2.4 billion to support treatment of these diseases worldwide. Although it is the second ...
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• San Diego Hypocrisy & Medical Marijuana Distribution on Trial

  
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  This story would be amusing if it wasn’t so tragic.The Answerdam Alternative Care Collective (AACC) was a medical marijuana dispensary in San Diego. It was doing the best it could to comply with the law: it was collectively run, it did not make a profit, it verified its member patients, and it paid sales tax ...
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• LA City Council Vote Unlikely to Settle Controversy

  
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  The process that started with a motion by Los Angeles City Councilmember Dennis Zine in 2005 may reach a milestone on Tuesday, when the City Council is scheduled to vote on a draft ordinance regulating hundreds of medical cannabis collectives in the city. That vote will do little to quell controversy in the city. ...
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• brett stone, mmjnews: links to ammending motions to LA city medical cannabis ordinance (2068)

  
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  Amending motions to LA medical marijuana ordinance posted online by brett stone mmjnews november 19, 2009 All of the amending motions to the 5th draft ordinance regulating medical marijuana collectives in Los Angeles that were presented in city council on Wednesday are posted online at - ...
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• ASA PR Campaign Guides LA Toward Sensible Regulations

  
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  The week started off with a bang, as Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Chief Counsel Joe Elford threatened to file a lawsuit against Los Angeles if the city banned medical marijuana “sales.” The threat was in response to public statements made by City Attorney Carmen Trutanich that over-the-counter sales of medical ...
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• john hoeffel, LAtimes: da cooley vows to prosecute medical cannabis dispensaries regardless of law (2067)

  
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  D.A. chides L.A. council, says he’ll target pot dispensaries Steve Cooley insists sites that sell marijuana are violating state law and will be prosecuted. Of the City Council’s effort to pass an ordinance, he says: ‘Quite frankly we’re ignoring them.’ By John Hoeffel November 18, 2009 With ...
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• john hoeffel, LA now: da cooley says he will prosecute medical cannabis dispensaries over cash reimbursements despite city’s ordinance (2066)

  
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  D.A. will prosecute medical marijuana dispensaries — even if L.A. does not ban sales [Updated] “It makes no sense to play political football with people’s lives.” says councilmember Reyes in update below [after jump], by John Hoeffel November 17, 2009 Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley said today he will ...
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• john hoeffel, LAtimes: 2 council committees reject trutanich’s 5th medical cannabis draft ordinance & support cash reimbursements (2065)

  
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  In rebuff to city attorney, council committees support pot dispensaries Rejecting advice that Los Angeles must ban sales, lawmakers endorse patients’ cash contributions to outlets, which cannot make a profit. By John Hoeffel November 16, 2009 Two Los Angeles City Council committees rejected the advice ...
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• john hoeffel, LAtimes: weho’s medical cannabis regs working just fine (2064)

  
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  West Hollywood’s medical marijuana success story The small city enforces a strict ordinance and eliminates the drama that plagues L.A. By John Hoeffel November 16, 2009 A few miles from Los Angeles City Hall, a small experiment in marijuana regulation has been underway for years. While the state’s ...
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• barbara boxer, courage campaign: please sign petition opposing stupak anti-choice abortion amendment (2063)

  
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  boxer We are honored to have Senator Barbara Boxer share with Courage Campaign members her commitment to strip the horrific Stupak Amendment from any healthcare reform bill and pass true health care reform. Her message is powerful. We need to show her — and the nation — that thousands and thousands of us ...
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• john hoeffel, LA now: city council joint committee scraps trutanich’s medical cannabis “cultivation only” ordinance draft (2062)

  
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  L.A. City Council panels reject ban on medical marijuana sales John Hoeffel at City Hall November 16, 2009 Rejecting the advice of the city attorney, two Los Angeles City Council committees voted today to scrap a proposed provision that would have banned the sale of medical marijuana. The controversial ...
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• Groups threaten to sue Los Angeles if medical marijuana dispensaries are banned

  
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  ( LA Times ) Two medical marijuana groups are threatening to sue the city of Los Angeles if the City Council passes an ordinance that bans the sale of medical marijuana. Two council committees are meeting today to try to finish drafting an ordinance that contains the controversial provision. Dispensary operators have ...
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• m. backes, about medical marijuana: part 2— unraveling LA city atty’s pesticide story (2060)

  
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  Pesticides & Politics, Part 2 the second of two guest blogs concerning medical cannabis safety by M. Backes November 11, 2009 The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office found 5.25% of the cannabis samples tested from purchases made at Los Angeles dispensaries (3 out of 52 samples) to contain pesticide ...
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• m. backes, about medical marijuana: part 1—unraveling LA city atty’s pesticide story (2059)

  
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  Pesticides & Politics, part 1 (This is a guest blog by M. Backes, responding to allegations by City Attorney Carmen Trutanich about pesticides on medical cannabis.) October 15, 2009 LA City Attorney, Carmen “Nuch” Trutanich, has been all over the media trying to convince Los Angeles that a ...
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• john hoeffel, latimes: AMA jumps into medical cannabis fray (2058)

  
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  Medical marijuana gets a boost from major doctors group The American Medical Assn. changes its policy to promote clinical research and development of cannabis-based medicines and alternative delivery methods. By John Hoeffel November 11, 2009 The American Medical Assn. on Tuesday urged the federal ...
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• kearns to la city council: carmen trutanich & LA’s “extraordinary response” to HIV/AIDS (2057)

  
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  [tuesday, November 3, 2009] good morning president garcetti, distinguished council members. i have given the clerk copies of my prepared remarks. my name is richard kearns. i am a 58-year-old gay man with AIDS, a long-term survivor & activist, a medical cannabis advocate, a poet & journalist. i am here this ...
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