Medical Marijuana & hemp links more links dispensary
The American College of Physicians supports the use of medical marijuana Role seen for cannabis in helping to alleviate allergic skin disease
Administering a substance found in the cannabis plant can help the body's natural protective system alleviate an allergic skin disease (allergic contact dermatitis), an international group of researchers from Germany, Israel, Italy, Switzerland and the U.S. has found. August 16, 2007
Marijuana's Active Ingredient Shown to Inhibit Primary Marker of Alzheimer's Disease - from the Scripps Research Institute: Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found that the active ingredient in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, inhibits the formation of amyloid plaque, the primary pathological marker for Alzheimer's disease. In fact, the study said, THC is "a considerably superior inhibitor of [amyloid plaque] aggregation" to several currently approved drugs for treating the disease. August 2006 On the ballot for November
2006 - Nevada Marijuana Regulation Campaign - Would make marijuana legal for persons over 21 years old.
Supreme Court backs Feds, sick people can be arrested for using marijuana
- Associated Press June 6, 2005
Read an article: Natural News
See the PDF file:Supporting Research into the Therapeutic Role
of Marijuana Feb. 2008
Montel Williams supports medical marijuana
Review of pot club cases ordered - 9th Circuit says patients' rights protected by ruling - San Francisco Chronicle - June 19, 2004 - The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ordered federal judges to reconsider their decisions against four medical marijuana dispensaries - in Oakland, Santa Cruz, Fairfax and Ukiah - in light of the court's ruling in December. The ruling, the appeals court said, "may control the outcome'' of each case.
Physicians testify in support of marijuana legislation - Tuesday, March 2, 2004 - State lawmakers opposed to the medicinal use of marijuana heard something from the other side for the first time Monday ‹ supportive testimony from practicing physicians.
Federal appeals court says the federal government cannot punish California doctors who recommend marijuana to their patients - October 30, 2002
SAFE ACCESS NOW!!! More California medical marijuana dispensaries have been shut down by the Drug Enforcement Agency, despite the voters' overwhelming support of pot as a safe and effective medicine.
Please visit this page, The Science of Medical Marijuana
California high court approves medical marijuana - July 20, 2002 - San Francisco
Coalition for Compassionate Access places full page ad in NY Times
March 7 2002 - CBS news program "48 Hours" story about an 8-year-old medical marijuana patient and his brave mom's struggle
For many people, marijuana is medicine. Marijuana is usually smoked, but it can also be used as food, to make potent baked goods like pot brownies -- or tinctures that can be applied topically for the relief of pain. It would be extremely easy for existing companies to create these items if marijuana was legal or decriminalized. It's possible that as laws are relaxed, the smoking of pot could become obsolete for pain relief as people figure out how to use it most effectively. Hemp seed is delicious, has none of the "buzz" of marijuana, and has many health benefits. Hemp oil is light and tastes good, and it is used to make mild soap and creams.
Whatever you think about marijuana,
the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Agency
and the pharmaceutical interests of this country are clearly
out of control. Ritalin and methadone are highly toxic but
are given to millions of people every day and are classified
as "Schedule II," or controlled substances.
Marijuana is called a "dangerous drug" and is now
considered "worthless." One reason is that pot, or
the cannabis plant, and hemp plants cannot be patented.
Some people say pot helped them stop smoking tobacco or stop
drinking alcohol. Marijuana is a muscle relaxer and a sleep
aid. It stimulates appetite. It's been used as a medicine for
as long as humans have been around. It could easily replace
many pills on the market that have extremely dangerous side
effects.
In some form or another, pot has been medicine for centuries.
In India, US and in England, people ate candy made with
cannabis and hashish. Peddlers with pushcarts legally sold
"reefer" through the streets of Harlem.
Grandmothers bought it to make tea. The tea helped the old
women with their arthritis and it was given to the young
women in their families to relieve menstrual pain.
For many people, marijuana helps the spirit. A small amount can make the user feels peaceful and joyful, relaxed. When they smoke, some people enjoy speaking, singing, creating artwork and writing, some like cooking and eating when they smoke, some like to express their happiness with their bodies through sports, exercise, dance or sexuality. Marijuana is a part of some people's religion. Marijuana has been made to seem like a monster, but pharmaceutical drugs kill more people than we will ever know about. All the old information about pot throughout history has been suppressed. Why is that? If you would like to know more, find a copy of Jack Herer's book, "The Emperor Wears no Clothes," with most of the book online here. There's also information about hemp. Here's a movie about him.
Pot Club Crackdown
The DEA is busting medical marijuana clubs.
See this latest news about pot
club raids -
Pot raids stir S.F. protests
Oakland activist arrested; plants seized; co-op raided
If you believe that marijuana is medicine, or if you disagree with the closure of these establishments, call someone, get active and help the people who use buyers' clubs. A club was recently closed in West Hollywood, the L.A. Cannabis Resource Center in California, leaving nearly 1000 people without marijuana. Another club apparently was shut down in Sacramento, California. If these closures anger you, let somebody know about it. Write a letter to a congressman or a newspaper, write or email the president. The newest bills signed to stop terrorism is now being used to bust growers, clubs and people who use medical marijuana.
England and the Netherlands, meanwhile, are working on relaxing pot laws. The Canadian government is growing medical marijuana in Saskatchewan and there was a story about it in the Wall Street Journal.
Here's an article from September 6, 2000, the San Francisco Chronicle: Feds' Myths About Medical Marijuana -- Studies dispel arguments that passage of Prop. 215 led to increased teen drug use -- by Marsha Rosenbaum
Here's an article by Michelle Malkin, Seattle Times - from September 22, 1998
Here is Richard Cowan's website, MarijuanaNews . It's a daily internet newspaper that has many links and great stories.
Washington Hemp Education Network
NORML - National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
James Dawson's Freedom Pages - here's more about Canada's new pot laws.
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Marijuana should not be used recklessly. Although the toxicity of marijuana smoke is in debate, it is still not a good idea to take large amounts of any kind of smoke into one's lungs. Also the smoke from paper is probably somewhat toxic. Taking in the fumes of lighter fluid may be very dangerous, we don't know the facts. If you smoke, be careful and try to do it when you don't have a lot of demands on your attention. Don't drive if you are sleepy. Treat pot as a sacred substance and be glad that it exists. We can find a way to utilize this plant for medicine, I believe it.
For Immediate Release:
Saturday, 2/02/02
Contact:
Steve Kubby (604) 885-7651 (working media only, please)
David Jack (209) 736 0297
'CANNABIS VICTORY GARDENS' HELP FIGHT TERRORISM
CALIFORNIA -- The White House is so concerned about the connection between drugs and terrorism that it spent a record $3.4 million for two Super Bowl spots that will say buying illegal drugs could help terrorists like Osama Bin Laden.
Now the American Medical Marijuana Association (AMMA) is asking its California members to join the fight against international terrorism by growing 'Cannabis Victory Gardens.'
The Super Bowl ads are part of a campaign that President Bush launched himself last month, when he told an anti-drug group: "Terrorists use drug profits to fund their cells to commit acts of murder. If you quit drugs, you join the fight against terror in America."
"If illegal drug dealing supports terrorism, then growing our own
medical marijuana is clearly the best way to fight terrorism," asserted Steve Kubby, the founder and national spokesman for AMMA, the largest organization of its kind in the country.
"Most medical cannabis patients do not have the option of quitting the one medicine that works best for them, but they can still do their part in the War on Terrorism by planting Cannabis Victory Gardens."
"We are telling our California patients that like the Victory Gardens of WW II, patients and caregivers can contribute to the war effort by exercising their legal right to grow their own safe and affordable medicine and not supporting criminals or terrorists," said Kubby.
In 1996, California became the first and only state that allows patients and caregivers to legally cultivate unlimited amounts of cannabis, so long as none is "diverted to non-medical use." Other states all have strict limits and AMMA said it is not advocating Victory Gardens outside of California.
"My own right to grow a cannabis garden of 256 plants was upheld by a jury in one of the most conservative counties in California, so we think that is a good standard for how large these Victory Gardens should be," said Kubby.
Last May, the U.S. Supreme Court said the Oakland CBC, a non-profit patient coop, was distributing marijuana in violation of federal drug laws. The high court ruled that the so-called "medical necessity defense" was at odds with a 1970 federal law that marijuana, heroin and LSD have no medical benefits and cannot be dispensed or prescribed by doctors.
But Justice Clarence Thomas noted that important constitutional questions remained, such as Congress' ability to interfere with intrastate commerce, the right of states to experiment with their own laws and whether Americans have a fundamental right to marijuana as a way to be free of pain.
The Oakland CBC is currently back in federal district court, with new arguments based upon intrastate commerce and state's rights, asserting that Californians have every right to pass a medical marijuana law and patients have every right not to be harassed by the federal government.
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marijuana-as-medicine.org
CannabisMD.org
WAMM - Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana
Musicians for Medical Marijuana
Jack Herer's pages
Coalition for Compassionate Access
Medical Marijuana Research
MarijuanaNews
James Dawson's Freedom Pages
Campaign for the Restoration and Regulation of Hemp
Sumeria's Hemp page - see this page too about hemp facts.
Washington Hemp Education Network
Cannabis Culture Magazine
NORML
Americans for Safe Access
Erowid's Medical Marijuana VaultHemp ceremony in Gunma prefecture, Japan. - Not about medical marijuana but interesting to know that some cultures have always known about hemp... Nice photo of Shinto priests carrying cannabis plants.
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