With the success of the first annual Joey’s Hope event last year, where we welcomed special guest Council member Steven Neal from the 9th District and CA State Assembly member Isadore Hall, this year the Unconventional Foundation for Autism expects an even bigger turnout. UF4A plans to continue building on their mission of restoring hope, [...]
D.C. Circuit to hear oral arguments this October in lawsuit challenging marijuana’s federal classification By Kris Hermes | Published in Americans for Safe Access Late last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit agreed to hear oral arguments in Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration, a lawsuit challenging the federal [...]
Director of cannabis research center says classification and political controversy are “obstacles to medical progress” By Kris Hermes | Published in Americans for Safe Access Dr. Igor Grant, director of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR), and two other investigators published a study in the most recent issue of The Open Neurology Journal, which concluded [...]
Hardly the harmful intoxicant that many once thought it was, cannabis is a nourishing plant that actually improves and prolongs life. The following is an excerpt from MARIJUANA: GATEWAY TO HEALTH—How Cannabis Protects Us from Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease. By Clint Werner | July 25, 2012 For thousands of years cannabis has been used as [...]
This summer, victims of the Drug War in Mexico will travel across the United States. Their goal is to promote peace with justice and dignity on both sides of the border. Please Join Them! By Javier Sicilia | July 24, 2012 Dear Neighbor, The Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity, MPJD sends greetings to you and [...]
As President Obama’s visit to Oakland follows aggressive DOJ actions aimed at shutting down city-permitted dispensaries, activists are waking up and joining Camp Wake Up Obama! By Americans For Safe Access Hundreds of medical marijuana patients and advocates Staged a rally Monday in downtown Oakland at a fundraiser for President Obama’s re-election campaign. The president’s [...]
Libertarian Presidential candidate Gary Johnson speaks about how the Libertarian principles are popular and how he would change our drug laws.
By Ryan Jaslow | Published in CBSNews.com Israeli scientists have reportedly created a new strain of marijuana with a catch: You won’t get high from smoking it. Reuters reports that Galilee-based company Tikun Olam has developed a marijuana strain called Avidekel that can be used medicinally to alleviate nausea, pain and other symptoms doctors may prescribe [...]
Nation’s leading medical cannabis facility facing closure for being too large Before discovering California’s premier medical cannabis dispensary, Harborside Health Center, Jason David was losing hope for his young son Jayden suffers from Dravet Syndrome, a rare and severe form of epilepsy. In his first five years, Jayden had a seizure every day, rode in [...]
Softer drug laws don’t lead to more users By Tom Edwards | Published in The Sun The study – which looks at countries that have already softened drug laws – comes in the same week Justice Secretary Ken Clarke warned Britain is “plainly losing” the war on narcotic use. In it, places like Portugal and the [...]
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