Medical

Possession of small amounts of marijuana would be decriminalized under legislation advancing through the Hawaii state Senate. The Senate Judiciary Committee has already passed a measure capping the penalty for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana at $100. A separate bill that has just cleared its final Senate committee would permit medical marijuana...
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The Iowa Board of Pharmacy has voted unanimously to recommend legislators reclassify marijuana in a way that could open the door to medical uses. The board recommended that legislators reclassify the drug from Schedule I, for which there are no permitted uses, to Schedule II, which could allow medical uses. The board also recommended the...
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There is a medical cannabis revolution going on throughout the Western world, notably in the United States – and it is being lead by old age pensioners (see video). In Britain the Medical Cannabis Revolt is going on in the heartland of Middle England, spread by word of mouth at places like the local Conservative...
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DRUG USERS are well informed about the harms associated with the drugs they use, and perceive alcohol and tobacco to be amongst the most dangerous substances, according to a survey by UCL (University College London) and Imperial College London researchers. The findings, published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, suggest that the current system of classifying...
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This video features the intrepid duo, Dana Beal (recently busted with 150lbs of medical marijuana) and arch ‘Pieman’ Aron Kay, up against the forces of evil. Music by Benedict Arnold & The Traitors. • Dana Beal’s address is currently Irvin Beal #6669, Saunders County Jail, 387 North Chestnut Wahoo, Nebraska 68066, USA. A court hearing...
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Medical marijuana advocates and users confront Los Angeles police during a Drug Enforcement Administration raid of a medical marijuana dispensary on July 25, 2007. Years of campaigning, thousands of busts, lives ruined, and untold needless pain may be coming to a close in the US as it seems that the strange medical and legal...
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Repeating a promise made during the presidential campaign, the Obama administration yesterday vowed to stop the federal government from interfering in states with medical marijuana laws as soon as they can appoint a new head of the DEA. “The president believes that federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws, and as he...
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Source: Boston Globe Date: July 3 2007 Author: Lester Grinspoon MD Marijuana Gains Wonder Drug Status A new study in the journal Neurology is being hailed as unassailable proof that marijuana is a valuable medicine. It is a sad commentary on the state of modern medicine — and US drug policy — that we still need “proof”...
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Medical cannabis patients, campaigners, and experts plus two MPs went to 10 Downing street to demand urgent action on Medical Cannabis. Later they met with other MP’s, plus Lords and supporters at a packed meeting in the Houses of Parliament. Above: Medical cannabis campaigners including Labour MP’s Paul Flynn and Brian Iddon (Chairman of the...
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Above and below: We need the NHS – the Natural Healing Service. Today campaigners will be going to Downing Street and Parliament Square to call for medical cannabis to be supplied free by the NHS to treat pain, MS and many other ailments. They also want specialist ‘cannabis clinics’ run by experts to be...
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