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Stop Bill 258 by Mieko-Hester Perez
By Mieko Hester-Perez "Joey's Mom" (California)
06/04/13
The Senate is awaiting a vote on a bill that would double penalties for any edible products combined with medical marijuana in California and other states that provide relief for patients. S. 258, the Saving Kids from Dangerous Drugs Act, was introduced by Sen. Diane Feinstein and is using a media scare about "candy flavored methamphetamine" to attack medical marijuana patients and providers.
Cannabis world timeline
By Blog (California)
03/25/13
After 1937, with the passage of the Marihuana Tax Act and subsequent federal and state legislation, it became virtually impossible for physicians to obtain or prescribe marihuana preparations for their patients. Thus, the medical profession was denied access to a versatile pharmaceutical tool with a history of therapeutic utility going back thousands of years".
Round Table Meeting with Judge James P. Gray, Judy K. Thompson & Ron Niehouse (MCJ)
By Medical Cannabis Journal (California)
01/03/12
If you’re gonna use any, well no, not my drug cause it’s a legal drug, that’s alcohol, that’s okay. I can be a social drinker. But if you’re marijuana, you’re the devil weed. They don’t draw those distinctions intentionally. And they will accuse me of being a drug legalizer. Well, what does that mean? Anytime you’re a drug legalizer it has the intended connotation that I don’t care if your 12 year old daughter buys some cocaine in a vending machine across from her junior high school. That’s the connotation that they want. Because it will freeze peoples minds. It will stop the discussion in its tracks & that’s exactly the intended outcome.
Did You Realize?
By Ron S. Niehouse, Executive Director (Medical Cannabis Journal) (California)
09/28/11
Every newborn who breast feeds will receive cannabinoids thru breast milk, this helps to stimulate the baby’s appetite?
An Interview with the former Governor of New Mexico, Gary Johnson
By Mark Pedersen (Missouri)
10/07/10
Mark Pedersen interviews the former Governor of New Mexico and 2012 Presidential hopeful, Gary Johnson.
Lessons from the Road
By Barbara Mackenzie (Colorado)
06/28/10
In 2005, after the 3 year San Diego Federal medical marijuana court case that ended with the death of my partner, Steve McWilliams, I began the long arduous journey to restore my health once again with cannabis, having severely regressed in those 3 years of not being allowed to use it.
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Dr. Robert Melamede and Medical Cannabis Journal
By Ron Niehouse (MCJ) (California)
05/25/13
Nobody knows what the future brings. From where you are at, it is going to bring change. It isn’t to say that it isn’t going to carry with you things from the now and the past. You have more change in the future than no change in the past.
Rick Simpson Interview
By Ron Niehouse (MCJ) (California)
05/25/13
I help people and they don’t believe a word I’m saying. Simply grown, I can take 1 ounce of that bud and make the oil from it, and go put it on a diabetic ulcer or skin cancer and see what happens. Anybody can prove it.
Time4Hemp with Irv Rosenfeld
By Casper Leitch "Time4Hemp" (California)
03/28/13
Casper has a chat with Irv Rosenfeld, 1 or 4 remaining IND (Federal cannabis Patients) alive in the U.S. today. The U.S. Government supplies him and three others hundreds of "joints" per month. This interview talks of Irv's new book among many other things.
Paul Armentano: Proposition 19 and the Medical Patient
By Mark Pedersen (California)
10/13/10
The Deputy Director of NORML, Paul Armentano, clears the air regarding concerns from the medical cannabis community regarding California's Proposition 19.
Speaking Out for Medical Marijuana
By Bradley Doucet (Ontario)
09/10/10
Eleanor Podmore is a 56-year-old mother of two. She and her husband live in a nice, split-level home in a nice, professional neighborhood in Ajax, a suburb of Toronto. He has a good job working in the insurance industry. She used to work for a major energy company as a manager for corporate locations and franchises for the province of Ontario.
The U.S. War on Marijuana
By Steve Van Wormer (California)
06/28/10
The United States is well known for being the "land of the free", but not when it comes to Marijuana. The federal government, guided by special interest groups, has conducted a rigorous and systematic campaign of disinformation and criminalization against marijuana that has lasted through the majority of the twentieth century and continues today.
Web Submissions
Imperial Beach refuses to implement recommendations of the Grand Jury
By Eugene Davidovich (California)
06/04/13
In 1996 California voters passed proposition 215 which legalized marijuana for medical use in the state. Back then, our county officials vowed to fight against medical marijuana, and fourteen years later, in the County of San Diego this fight is still in full swing.
Council Passes ‘Liberal’ Medical Pot Ordinance
By Ian Stewart (California)
06/04/13
By the slimmest of margins, Richmond’s City Council voted Tuesday night to pass a significantly more liberal version of an ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries than originally planned.
Onward to Full Legalization
By Rick Simpson (Nova Scotia)
06/04/13
It seems due to the wishes of Jack Herer that I am to become the new leader of the hemp movement. I really did not expect this and would have been perfectly happy to continue with my work on the medicinal front of the movement. But it seems that Jack apparently thought I was capable of much more so if there are no objections, let us go onward to complete legalization.
Prop .19 analysis
By Lanny Swerdlow (California)
06/04/13
For my support of Prop. 19, I have been subject to the scorn, approbation and the most demoralizing denunciations imaginable by a group of medical marijuana patients exhibiting what can only be termed “medical reefer madness.”
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14-Nov-11 13:18
MCJ Interviews Mary Lynn Mathre
I have been a registered Nurse for over 35 years. I began in medical/surgical adult care - nursing and the hospital system. Along the way, I learned about patients using cannabis. I have a Masters prepared background in medical/surgical nursing. In the early 80’s, I was a supervising nurse in a small hospital in Washington State. Our Director of Nursing was quite concerned because an elderly patient was coming in with what she called a “marijuana pill.
MCJ Interviews Mary Lynn Mathre
I have been a registered Nurse for over 35 years. I began in medical/surgical adult care - nursing and the hospital system. Along the way, I learned about patients using cannabis. I have a Masters prepared background in medical/surgical nursing. In the early 80’s, I was a supervising nurse in a small hospital in Washington State. Our Director of Nursing was quite concerned because an elderly patient was coming in with what she called a “marijuana pill.
IRS Ruling Against Harborside No Surprise by: Mark Pedersen
What has happened to Harborside, though regrettable and terribly tragic for those patients that rely on it, is far from being a surprise. The fact is, the only thing that has kept the state and Federal Governments from locking down ALL of the dispensaries in Cali and the other states with cannabis programs has been the sheer number of participants in their medical cannabis programs.
Cannabis world timeline
After 1937, with the passage of the Marihuana Tax Act and subsequent federal and state legislation, it became virtually impossible for physicians to obtain or prescribe marihuana preparations for their patients. Thus, the medical profession was denied access to a versatile pharmaceutical tool with a history of therapeutic utility going back thousands of years".
Round Table Meeting with Judge James P. Gray, Judy K. Thompson & Ron Niehouse (MCJ)
If you’re gonna use any, well no, not my drug cause it’s a legal drug, that’s alcohol, that’s okay. I can be a social drinker. But if you’re marijuana, you’re the devil weed. They don’t draw those distinctions intentionally. And they will accuse me of being a drug legalizer. Well, what does that mean? Anytime you’re a drug legalizer it has the intended connotation that I don’t care if your 12 year old daughter buys some cocaine in a vending machine across from her junior high school. That’s the connotation that they want. Because it will freeze peoples minds. It will stop the discussion in its tracks & that’s exactly the intended outcome.
Blog
California's Medical Cannabis Guidelines
In August of 2008 California's Attorney General: Jerry Brown released the updated-version of what is referred to as, "The Guidelines for the Security and Non-Diversion of Marijuana Grown for Medical Use". These guidelines were released in August of2008.
Activism
MCJ Interviews Mary Lynn Mathre
I have been a registered Nurse for over 35 years. I began in medical/surgical adult care - nursing and the hospital system. Along the way, I learned about patients using cannabis. I have a Masters prepared background in medical/surgical nursing. In the early 80’s, I was a supervising nurse in a small hospital in Washington State. Our Director of Nursing was quite concerned because an elderly patient was coming in with what she called a “marijuana pill.
IRS Ruling Against Harborside No Surprise by: Mark Pedersen
What has happened to Harborside, though regrettable and terribly tragic for those patients that rely on it, is far from being a surprise. The fact is, the only thing that has kept the state and Federal Governments from locking down ALL of the dispensaries in Cali and the other states with cannabis programs has been the sheer number of participants in their medical cannabis programs.
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