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• AMA New Policy a Breakthrough!

  
  Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines — Authority: 119
  The American Medical Association’s reversal of its 72 year old position supporting marijuana as a Schedule I substance with no medical value, is a remarkable breakthrough. Sunil Aggarwal, Ph.D., who is part of the Medical & Scientific Advisory Board of Americans for Safe Access (ASA), was the primary leader ...
  3 days ago

• Doctors’ group says marijuana regs should be relaxed for research

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 597
  The American Medical Association has changed its position on whether marijuana should be classified by the federal government as a dangerous narcotic with no medicinal value.  Short-term trials indicate marijuana does have medicinal value, the AMA says in the executive summary of a new report .  The powerful ...
  4 days ago

• More medical marijuana providers will be needed soon, Drug Policy Alliance says

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 597
  Although the Drug Policy Alliance of New Mexico applauded the state’s decision Monday to approve four new nonprofit medical marijuana providers, Executive Director Reena Szczepanski said more will be needed soon. “You can do a back-of the envelope calculation and say this will meet a significant portion of the ...
  5 days ago

• Oregon NORML’s groundbreaking Cannabis Café opening this Friday

  
  NORML Blog — Authority: 526
  Riding on the wave of President Obama’s memo to end DEA interference in states’ medical marijuana laws and an unprecedented response from the media, Oregon NORML’s Cannabis Café opens at 4:20pm on November 13, 2009 at 700 NE Dekum St, Portland, OR 97211. “The response has been overwhelming,” says Madeline ...
  5 days ago

• N.M. approves four new medical marijuana producers

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 597
  Photo by Philippa Willitts After months during which New Mexico’s single non-profit producer of medical marijuana was unable to keep a consistent supply of medical cannabis, Department of Health Secretary Alfredo Vigil announced Monday that the state is licensing an additional four producers, enough, the ...
  6 days ago

• Professional Athlete Challenges Anti-Medical Cannabis Policies In California

  
  NORML Blog — Authority: 526
  Pro MMA fighter and NORML supporter Toby ‘Tigerheart’ Grear has challenged the California State Athletic Commission on their prohibition of medical cannabis use by sanctioned competitors. Toby spoke at this year’s national conference on a panel that examined cannabis use among professional athletes. Every ...
  1 week ago

• SF federal prosecutor promotes Marxism

  
  Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines — Authority: 119
  U.S. Attorney Joseph Russoniello expressed his desire yesterday for medical marijuana dispensaries in San Francisco to be run as “communes” rather than as “candy stores.” Russoniello’s reference to “candy stores” is confusing enough, but the Bush-appointed federal prosecutor’s shift from conservative ...
  1 week ago

• News video: Paralyzed man in Buckfield, Maine, evicted for medical marijuana use

  
  Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines — Authority: 119
  From WGME News 13 (Buckfield, Maine):Buckfield Man Evicted For Using Medical MarijuanaDennis Gammon is paralyzed from the neck down. He requires 24-hour assistance with daily tasks, and lives every day in pain. And now, he’s being evicted from his Buckfield apartment for using medical marijuana.
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• “Truth” Update: New Bi-Partisan Co-sponsors

  
  Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines — Authority: 119
  Your emails to Congress are paying off! The “Truth in Trials” Act has new bi-partisan support, including backing from two members who serve on the committee with jurisdiction over HR 3939.  House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI/14) and U.S. Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY/8), Tom McClintock ...
  1 week ago

• Watch-On-The-Web: Important Medical Marijuana Case Before California Supreme Court

  
  NORML Blog — Authority: 526
  Supreme Court to Hold Special Outreach Session at UC Berkeley Law School Live TV Broadcast of Oral Arguments on Nov. 3 in Cases Involving Medical Marijuana, DNA Evidence, and Sex Offender Law San Francisco—For the ninth year in a row, the California Supreme Court will reach out to hundreds of students at a ...
  1 week ago

• San Diego Task Force

  
  Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines — Authority: 119
  Last week, I spoke to the San Diego Medical Marijuana Task Force about their efforts to create sensible regulations for medical cannabis dispensing collectives and cooperatives in the city. The task force is charged with making recommendations to the City Council, which will use their input to craft an ordinance. ...
  1 week ago

• If it’s weed, it leads

  
  Last Blog On Earth — Authority: 429
  “Storefronts selling Valium and Vicodin—some of the drugs most abused by adolescents—are springing up across San Diego County, often within the vicinity of schools and other places kids congregate. Parents tell Channel 7 the prevalence of Walgreens, Vons and Rite Aids in San Diego sends the wrong message to ...
  2 weeks ago

• SoCal NORML offers up dispensary ordinance

  
  Last Blog On Earth — Authority: 429
  Craig Beresh, director of the Southern California branch of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, just popped by the office to drop off a copy of a draft ordinance for the regulation of cannabis dispensaries in San Diego. Beresh says that he personally forced it into Mayor Jerry Sanders’ hands ...
  2 weeks ago

• Let’s Pass H.R. 3939, the “Truth in Trials” Act!

  
  Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines — Authority: 119
  Last week the Department of Justice issued new guidelines to U.S. Attorneys concerning investigations and prosecutions in states that have authorized the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes.  These guidelines are a positive step in the right direction, but more needs to be done to ensure real and lasting ...
  2 weeks ago

• Houses made of hemp could help combat climate change!

  
  Marijuana & Cannabis Blog — Authority: 116
  We have recently come across this very interesting press release from Professor Peter Walker at the University of Bath (U.K) who is leading the research into the use of hemp-lime in construction.  Buildings and other infrastructure currently accounts for almost 20% of the UK’s eco-footprint.  This is another ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wash Post Q&A reveals the obvious…

  
  Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines — Authority: 119
  Today’s Washington Post features another great article on the subject of medical marijuana.  It’s a particularly good article in that it features an interview with Dr. Piomelli, a professor of pharmacology who for the past 10 years has lead a research project for the National Institutes of Health concerning the ...
  2 weeks ago

• In Defense of Intelligence, Washington Post Columnist Looks Like A Fool

  
  NORML Blog — Authority: 526
  I can only imagine how many letters to the editor have arrived at the Washington Post after it published columnist Charles Lane’s intellectually flaccid and insulting column (i.e., Mr. Lane mocks Angel Raich’s medical condition and cites a NORML survey that does not exist) entitled ‘ Medical marijuana is an ...
  3 weeks ago

• NORML Founder Keith Stroup on CNN’s Blogger Bunch discussing Obama DOJ memo on medical marijuana

  
  NORML Blog — Authority: 526
  Embedded video from CNN Video Video available at http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/10/20/dcl.blog.pot.cnn?iref=videosearch
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• Los Angeles District Attorney Ignores the Law, Obama in Its Quest for Convictions

  
  Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines — Authority: 119
  (This is a guest blog by Allison B. Margolin, Esq.)As the Obama administration attempts to steer federal agents away from prosecuting marijuana dispensaries, the LA District Attorney and City Attorney’s Office are attempting to undermine that shift by articulating a deceitfully narrow view of the state law.Despite ...
  3 weeks ago

• ASA in the LA Times

  
  Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines — Authority: 119
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