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 [...]
By Lauren Payne | January 9, 2013 What does “safe access” to medical marijuana mean, anyway? To patients as a whole, it means being provided access to convenient, reliable, affordable medicine. The specifics of safe access are where things get a little murkier. Some patients enjoy safe access through their local collective or dispensary; some [...]
Three experts explain everything you need to know about the battle to legalize marijuana By Paul Armentano, Neill Franklin, Mason Tvert | Published in AlterNet.org PBS recently ran a Need to Know segment on marijuana legalization in Washington and Colorado. The episode featured interviews with three prominent marijuana policy reform activists: Paul Armentano, Deputy Director of NORML;Major [...]
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 [...]
By Law Enforcement Against Prohibition In a historic night for drug law reformers on Tuesday, Colorado and Washington passed measures legalizing and regulating marijuana, Massachusetts became the 18th state to allow medical marijuana, and six localities voted to modernize policies on marijuana. “Because of the victories in all of these places, we awakened this morning [...]
New tool enables patients, advocates to make informed choices by reviewing voting record of elected officials By Kris Hermes | Published in Americans For Safe Access The medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) launched a new website today – VoteMedicalMarijuana.org – that provides patients and their supporters with the tools they need to make [...]
Medical Marijuana Community Decries Federal Threats Against Public Officials By Kris Hermes | July 1, 2011 Deputy U.S. Attorney General James Cole issued a controversial memorandum Wednesday in an apparent attempt to clarify federal policy with regard to medical marijuana. Calling marijuana “a dangerous drug,” Cole’s memo threatened enforcement actions against “Persons who are in [...]
By Kris Hermes | Published in Americans for Safe Access At a press conference earlier today in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was peppered with questions about medical marijuana. This is understandable, given that a month ago U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha sent a letter to Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee and other state officials threatening: [...]
By MATT VOLZ Associated Press | May 12, 2011 HELENA, Mont. – (WPVI) — Two medical marijuana providers have accused the U.S. government of civil rights violations in what may be the first lawsuit of its kind in response to a federal crackdown on pot operations across the nation. The owners of Montana Caregivers Association [...]
By Diane Goldstein | Mother and LEAP Speaker You might not expect a mom and former police officer to advocate legalizing marijuana but that’s just what I would like our elected officials to think about. On mother’s day each year I reflect back on my obligation as a mom and what it means to me, [...]
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