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Month: July 2012
Medical Marijuana: Clearing Away the Smoke
Recent advances in understanding of the mode of action of tetrahydrocannabinol and related cannabinoid in-gredients of marijuana, plus the accumulating anecdotal reports on potential medical benefits have spurred increasing re-search into possible medicinal uses of cannabis. Recent clinical trials with smoked and vaporized marijuana, as well as other botanical extracts indicate the likelihood that the cannabinoids can be useful in the management of neuropathic pain, spasticity due to multiple sclerosis, and possibly other indications. As with all medications, benefits and risks need to be weighed in recommending cannabis to patients. We present an algorithm that may be useful to physicians in determining whether cannabis might be recommended as a treatment in jurisdictions where such use is permitted.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358713/
Hopkinsville Could Become Home of Hemp Museum
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A private collection of equipment and memorabilia devoted to industrial hemp could someday be housed in a museum in Hopkinsville.
The president of the Kentucky Hemp Museum tells WKMS in Murray (http://bit.ly/Ndvys7 ) that she hopes to bring the collection to the Jackson Purchase from its current home in Lexington.
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http://www.wbko.com/news/headlines/Hopkinsville_Could_Become_Home_of_Hemp_Museum_161061905.html
Most Canadians firmly in favour of decriminalizing marijuana: poll
BY MARK KENNEDY, POSTMEDIA NEWS
Most Canadians are at odds with the Harper government’s firm stance against marijuana decriminalization, a new poll finds. Photograph by: Ben Nelms , REUTERS
OTTAWA — Two-thirds of Canadians think the law should be changed so that people caught with small amounts of marijuana no longer face criminal penalties or fines, a new poll has found.
The nationwide survey for Postmedia News and Global TV, which examined the state of Canadian values, revealed that the public is distinctly offside with the Harper government on the issue.
Earlier this spring, Prime Minister Stephen Harper attended a summit of leaders from the Americas, where some called for a major review of the so-called “war on drugs,” and perhaps even the decriminalization of some drug use. Also this year, Liberals at a policy conference passed a resolution endorsing the legalization of marijuana.
That came after similar calls last year from a Global Commission on Drug Policy, which numbers former presidents of Colombia and Mexico, former United States secretary of state George Schultz and former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan among its members. That group also urged nations to consider “experimentation” with “legal regulation of drugs” such as marijuana “to undermine the power of organized crime and safeguard the health and security of their citizens.”
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http://www.canada.com/news/Most+Canadians+firmly+favour+decriminalizing+marijuana+poll/6869861/story.html#ixzz1zo0UYwEd
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Sebastopol City Council candidate Jacob looks to make history
By BOB NORBERG
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Robert Jacob, founder and executive director of Peace In Medicine, is running for Sebastopol City Council. Christopher Chung / Press Democrat
Robert Jacob, founder and executive director of two medical marijuana dispensaries, is running for the City Council in Sebastopol, where a pot business hardly raises an eyebrow.
Running the dispensaries might even be a positive, Jacob said.
“It will be a great plus,” said Jacob. “It is a testament to my ability to be a community builder and take a leadership role.”
And if Jacob, who runs Peace In Medicine, is elected, it may be a first in California for someone making a living in medical marijuana.
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http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120701/ARTICLES/120709997?p=1&tc=pg
“It will be a great plus,” said Jacob. “It is a testament to my ability to be a community builder and take a leadership role.”
And if Jacob, who runs Peace In Medicine, is elected, it may be a first in California for someone making a living in medical marijuana.
Read complete article here:
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120701/ARTICLES/120709997?p=1&tc=pg
It’s a Safe Health-Food Wonder, Agricultural Dream and Economic Jackpot: It’s Time to End our Government’s Insane Hemp Prohibition
AlterNet / By Jill Richardson
David Bronner was recently arrested for attempting to eat a healthy breakfast. Does that sound stupid? Even once you know the details, it should sound stupid: Bronner’s food of choice was bread spread with hemp seed oil he pressed himself from industrial hemp plants, which he did in front of the White House under a banner reading: “Dear Mr. President Let U.S. Farmers Grow Hemp.”
Bronner’s company, Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, spends over $100,000 to buy over 20 tons of hemp seed oil from Canada each year to use in its soaps. Bronner wants to give that money to American farmers instead.
If it’s legal to use in soaps – and even to eat – then why is it illegal to grow here? Because according to the government, hemp is a drug. Specifically, it’s considered identical to its close cousin, marijuana. But Bronner says it is no more a drug than a poppyseed bagel. The plants he gathered seed from to press his oil in front of the White House had been tested to confirm they contained less than 0.3 percent THC, which means it would be “impossible to get a high of any kind” even from smoking extremely large quantities of it. A more likely result from smoking that much industrial hemp would be a bad headache or perhaps a sore throat.
Read complete article here:
http://www.alternet.org/economy/156072/it’s_a_safe_health-food_wonder,_agricultural_dream_and_economic_jackpot:_it’s_time_to_end_our_government’s_insane_hemp_prohibition?page=entire
Bronner’s company, Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, spends over $100,000 to buy over 20 tons of hemp seed oil from Canada each year to use in its soaps. Bronner wants to give that money to American farmers instead.
If it’s legal to use in soaps – and even to eat – then why is it illegal to grow here? Because according to the government, hemp is a drug. Specifically, it’s considered identical to its close cousin, marijuana. But Bronner says it is no more a drug than a poppyseed bagel. The plants he gathered seed from to press his oil in front of the White House had been tested to confirm they contained less than 0.3 percent THC, which means it would be “impossible to get a high of any kind” even from smoking extremely large quantities of it. A more likely result from smoking that much industrial hemp would be a bad headache or perhaps a sore throat.
Read complete article here:
http://www.alternet.org/economy/156072/it’s_a_safe_health-food_wonder,_agricultural_dream_and_economic_jackpot:_it’s_time_to_end_our_government’s_insane_hemp_prohibition?page=entire