L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, a cancer patient, says ‘life is now worth living’ thanks to his weed regimen. But his story also illustrates the pitfalls of a patchwork DIY system. By Gale Holland | Published in the Los Angeles Times Bill Rosendahl lifts his walker over the threshold and carries it into the grow [...]
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By Paul Armentano | Published by NORML Adults with a history of marijuana use have a lower prevalence of type 2 diabetes and possess a lower risk of contracting the disease than those with no history of cannabis consumption, according to clinical trial data published in the British Medical Journal. Investigators at the University of California, Los Angeles [...]
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Meanwhile, the DEA declares cannabis has no medical value. By David Downs | Published in East Bay Express Public health researchers say the federal government is slowing the search for cures to breast, colon, prostate, and brain cancer, as well as Huntington’s disease, Alzheimer’s, and HIV because the research involves pot. That’s the takeaway from [...]
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http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/389739/june-15-2011/senior-moment—pot-smoking-seniors? In a hilarious plug for Laguna Woods Village, a retirement community in California, Stephen Colbert worries that if too many seniors start smoking medical marijuana, many of Stephen’s older friends, literally, will call him with more random questions and statements than he already gets.
John Hopkins University began a campaign called ‘Meatless Mondays‘ to encourage people to get a bit healthier by reducing their amount of meat on their menu. How can this help medical marijuana? Easily. Through the reduction of meat in one’s diet, we have an opportunity to create a conversation about cannabis that is contrary to [...]
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Tough new bill, surprise political alliance boost chances By Todd Wilson, Tribune reporter | April 27, 2011 A stricter set of rules and a surprise political alliance are helping build momentum for a long-thwarted effort to legalize marijuana for medical purposes in Illinois. Some lawmakers are looking to make cannabis available for people seeking [...]
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By NORML | Published in Opposing Views Some people might cheat the medical marijuana system to smoke pot! They’ll pay the state fees and shop at taxed dispensaries! And we won’t be able to lock them up and pay their food, clothing, and shelter costs! Horrors! When you follow the reporting on marijuana reform issues every [...]
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By Kandice Hawes | OC NORML Chapter President Roughly ten thousand people are becoming Senior Citizens everyday for the next 19 years, according to USA Today magazine. In response to this growing population and the need for education about alternative medical solutions, the Apothecary Senior Citizens Project was started. The purpose of the project was [...]
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By Marla James My name is Marla James. By the time you read this, I might be dead. I am disabled, going blind and in a wheelchair. I live on SSDI , my husband’s early retirement and his part-time minimum wage job. We don’t live excessively, we try to get by as many do in [...]
Catina Coleman talks about her health prior to becoming a medical cannabis patient and how her diabetes is under control now that she has turned a new leaf. Catina lives in Southern California and now volunteers with The Human Solution and has become an advocate for medical cannabis.
