Patient advocates respond with Sacramento press conference, during a lobby day for statewide regulations with a coalition of patient advocates, labor and industry, and other stakeholders By Kris Hermes | Published in Americans for Safe Access The California Supreme Court ruled today in the case City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center that local [...]
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“Federally-regulated Marijuana research must be implemented…” Senator Carolyn Allen (R-AZ) By Sam Sabzehzar | Americans for Scientific Freedom Watch Dr. Sisley discuss how medical marijuana may help symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Calling it a disorder is about as accurate as the scheduling of cannabis in the CSA, especially when it is war-related. [...]
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With public opinion favoring medical marijuana at an all-time high, will the CA Supreme Court’s expected ruling this Monday reflect the same? By Lauren Payne | May 4, 2013 The California Supreme Court issued a case notification on Friday stating that they’d be filing the final decision in City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients [...]
With Southern California cities closing down medical cannabis dispensaries, people like David are losing safe access to the medicine they need By Sam Sabzehzar | April 27, 2013 David has been a medical marijuana patient ever since his primary physician recommended he try it, and has experienced a much better quality of life. Currently, there [...]
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By Lauren Payne | April 25, 2013 Often, when I speak with operators of Medical Cannabis Dispensing Collectives (MCDs), I’m often struck by how many of them believe the rumors they hear about other collectives operating in their areas. They’ve heard that other collectives “aren’t in it for the patients; they sell other drugs; they [...]
With its decision, the Court has ensured that the debate over the medical use of marijuana will continue to take place through political battles rather than through scientific research. By Brad Burge | Published in MAPS.org The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit rejected University of Massachusetts-Amherst Prof. Lyle Craker’s lawsuit against [...]
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Over 1,600 attendees from 33 countries are gathering in downtown Oakland to demonstrate the successes, the strength, and the spirit of the new wave of psychedelic science and medicine. By Brad Burge | Communications Director, MAPS Psychedelic Science 2013 starts tomorrow. It is a genuinely historic moment. At Psychedelic Science 2013, over 100 of the [...]
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By Julia | Curator, PeterMcWilliams.org “As it turns out, even with the endless medical miracles available today, some people in this country, lacking in effective anti-nausea medication, must choose death by malnutrition or death by cancer. The words I had waited a whole lifetime to hear coming from a doctor, ‘Eat as much as you [...]
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Patients who are terminally ill, have impaired mobility or simply lack the space, deserve a safe, local and well-regulated facility By Eugene Davidovich | Published in UT San Diego Seventeen years after California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 215, many prohibitionists have distorted the law and voters’ intent, claiming “medical marijuana” was only supposed to be [...]
53-year-old transplant patient Jerry Duval recently received a federal surrender order to serve out 10-year sentence By Kris Hermes | April 15, 2013 Late last week, 53-year-old Michigan medical marijuana patient Jerry Duval received a Justice Department order to surrender to federal authorities on June 11th to begin serving a 10-year prison sentence at the [...]
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