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Court Upholds Monopoly on Medical Marijuana, Continues to Block Research

Sam Sabzehzar — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:07:51 +0000

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 [...]

FDA Final Order: No Marijuana Growing for Research

Daily Dose — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:12:21 +0000

By Paul Armentano | Published in Opposing Views The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued its final order rejecting a ruling from the agency’s own Administrative Law Judge finding that it would be ‘in the public interest’ to grant the University of Massachusetts a license to grow marijuana for federally regulated research. The rejection preserves the monopoly [...]

Medical Marijuana: Smells Like a Revolution

Daily Dose — Thu, 26 May 2011 22:08:44 +0000

As the United States celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Riders this month, the Civil Rights struggle carries on… By Sam Sabzehzar As DemocracyNow! reports “It was 50 years ago today, on May 4, 1961, when mixed groups of black and white students took two public buses from Washington, D.C., and intended to arrive [...]

ACLU: Mississippi’s drug enforcement tactics amount to a ‘reign of terror’

Daily Dose — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:12:59 +0000

By Eric W. Dolan | Published in The Raw Story Harsh sentencing policies and the use of confidential informants has created a racially discriminatory criminal justice system in Mississippi that harms innocent individuals and erodes the rule of law, according to a report released Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi. [...]

High Times in Mississippi

Daily Dose — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:14:04 +0000

The Marijuana Project's government contract from NIDA allows the school to grow marijuana to be distributed for research across the country. Marijuana is distributed to researchers after they've gone through the proper channels with the Food and Drug Administration and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). For example, the National Eye Institute has procured marijuana from Ole Miss to study the effects of cannabinoids (the chemical components in marijuana) on intraocular pressure.

Why Nurses Approve of Medical Marijuana

Medical Marijuana 411 — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:10:15 +0000

There’s white, there’s black, and then there are varying shades of gray. But it is human nature to see the black first and longest because it is the most striking of the lot. So it is with medical marijuana — people fail to see its potential as a therapeutic drug that helps relieve pain and other symptoms of diseases and instead perceive it as a drug that is and could be abused for personal pleasure. This is why there are laws against using this drug even for therapeutic reasons. But those in the medical community, especially nurses, approve of medical marijuana