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Bi-Coastal Governors Petition Federal Government to Reclassify Marijuana for Medical Use

Sam Sabzehzar — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:47:32 +0000

Advocates applaud involvement of elected officials in urging sensible federal public health policy By Kris Hermes | Published in Americans for Safe Access Governors Christine Gregoire (D-WA) and Lincoln Chafee (I-RI) announced at a press conference today that they were jointly filing a federal petition to reclassify marijuana for medical use. Under the Controlled Substances [...]

Medical Marijuana For Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Daily Dose — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:13:30 +0000

By Tammy Worth | Published in Huffington Post Steve is a horticulturist of sorts. He raises orchids, Japanese maples, and other plants at his southern Rhode Island home. Tending the plants helps ease his rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pain, he says. But the garden offers more than Zen; he grows one plant — marijuana — specifically [...]

Medical Marijuana and Civil Obediance

Daily Dose — Thu, 05 May 2011 23:43:37 +0000

“When the law is unjust, the law should be broken” Ernesto “Che” Guevara By Sam Sabzehzar When the laws of the land (including a lack of law that would otherwise protect individuals or minority groups) would infringe on the rights that would ultimately be granted to a group of people, be it the right to [...]

Drug-bashing RI Republican charged with drug use

Daily Dose — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:52:26 +0000

By Kase Wickman | Published in The Raw Story Robert Watson, a high-ranking Republican state legislator in Rhode Island, is in hot water after being charged with driving under the influence of marijuana and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Drug charges alone would be bad enough for a public official, but Watson, Rhode Island’s House [...]

Finding marijuana prescribing doctor now the hard part

Medical Marijuana 411 — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:44:09 +0000

PROVIDENCE — Last month, the Department of Health gave the go-ahead for the opening of three medical marijuana dispensaries that were authorized in large part to give patients a safer and more accessible way to obtain what the federal government still classifies as an illegal substance.But the opening of the dispensaries may not necessarily make it easier for patients to get marijuana. Thanks to a law enacted by the General Assembly in the waning days of last year’s session, most information about the medical-marijuana program, including the names of doctors who certify patients for marijuana-use cards, is now secret. As a result, patients who want to obtain medical-marijuana are depending on word of mouth to find a doctor in Rhode Island who’s willing to certify their need. “They’re not going to be able to find them in the Yellow Pages, that’s for sure,” says Steven R. DeToy, spokesman for the Rhode Island Medical Society.

Regulations Covering Medical Marijuana Vary in 15 States

Medical Marijuana 411 — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:29:46 +0000

By Tracy Breton | Published in The Providence Journal Fifteen states plus the District of Columbia have legalized medicinal marijuana: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. But the laws allowing it in three of those locations Arizona, New Jersey and the District of [...]

Is New England The New Hotbed For Marijuana Law Reform?

Medical Marijuana 411 — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:34:13 +0000

By: Paul Armentano | Published in NORML The northeast has historically been a hotbed for marijuana use — with five of the six New England states self-reporting some of the highest percentages of marijuana consumption in the nation. But recently New England has also become a regional leader in marijuana law reform. Lawmakers in every New [...]

Long Beach Denies Medical Cannabis Convention with $100,000 Budget

Medical Marijuana 411 — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:14:46 +0000

The City of Long Beach would rather say no to $100,000 than host a medical cannabis conference that was to feature doctors, researchers, and patients having a candid conversation about cannabis as medicine. City Council, law enforcement, and city attorneys were also invited but the Long Beach Police Department applied pressure to venues that were [...]

Medical Marijuana & Flying: If Paperwork Checks Out, Denver Police and the TSA Say, "Get High"

Daily Dose — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:03:03 +0000

If the TSA asked Denver Police to verify someone as a patient, they would "take every measure to make sure they are a valid cardholder," but added, "If they are in legal possession, we are in no position to tell that person they can not fly."

Medical Marijuana Raises Tough Questions for Nursing Homes

Daily Dose — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:04:55 +0000

RHODE ISLAND -- Every night before bed, Norma Winkler, 82, opens a small jar of cannabis oil and measures out a quarter-teaspoon to mix with homemade applesauce. Soon after she eats it, she drifts off to sleep. Ms. Winkler, who lives in Rhode Island, where medical marijuana is legal, has endured chronic back pain since a car accident fractured her skull and spine at age 15. Operations haven’t helped, and other medicines don’t touch the pain that can keep her up through the night. “It’s really been a lifesaver for me,” Ms. Winkler said of her cannabis oil. “I used to walk into the walls sometimes. I was so tired because I didn’t sleep.”