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Go GrassROOTS Patients Educating Legislature in North Carolina June 7th!

Shona Banda — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:32:33 +0000

A very compassionate group of folks are coming together to help change legislature! The people of North Carolina are trying very hard to have access to Medical Cannabis within their state. Many Activists have come together to join to help educate those who are making the laws. Please Show your support! If your in the [...]

Lawmaker Introduces North Carolina Medical Cannabis Act

Daily Dose — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:04:59 +0000

By Nanci Bompey | Published in Citizen Times RALEIGH — A local state lawmaker introduced a bill this week that would make it legal to grow and use marijuana for medical purposes. Rep. Patsy Keever, D-Buncombe, is one of three primary sponsors of the North Carolina Medical Cannabis Act filed on Thursday. The legislation would [...]

Legalizing medical marijuana being considered in NC House

Medical Marijuana 411 — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:58:01 +0000

RALEIGH, N.C. –Legislation will formally be introduced Monday night to legalize medical marijuana in North Carolina. H577 is sponsored by Rep. Kelly Alexander, D-Mecklenburg; Rep. Patsy Keever, D-Buncombe and Rep. Pricey Harrison, D-Guilford. The bill was filed last week to allow and tax the use of medical marijuana. Supporters of the bill say medical marijuana [...]

AP – Older Patients Turn to Marijuana for Relief

Medical Marijuana 411 — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:07:52 +0000

More and more older people are turning to marijuana for medicinal purposes and urging legislators to legalize pot use for patients. In North Carolina, a bill to do just that is working its way through the General Assembly. (Feb. 22)

Medical Marijuana: The Pros and Cons of Legal Cannabis

Daily Dose — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:19:30 +0000

With eight states looking to legalize medical marijuana through legislative initiatives or ballot measures this November (Arizona, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Dakota)(1), I wanted to review some of the pros and cons, as I see them, of marijuana use and abuse. I've considered myself particularly qualified to weigh in on the subject ever since my philosophy professor pointed out to me as a college freshman that the Italian derivation of my name, Mal-erb-a, can be interpreted to mean "bad weed." I'd like to think that my medical degree and some experience in the field of psychiatry help a little bit, too. To sum up my argument I'll need to borrow a line from Eric Clapton, "It's in the way that you use it."

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