The endocannabinoid revolution

By Rick Holmes 
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AP Photo | Don RyanVials containing extracted medical marijuana are ready for testing at an Oregon laboratory.
 
Marijuana’s illegality under federal law, with marijuana for research tightly controlled by law enforcement has led to haphazard, improvised discovery process. AIDS and cancer patients had to figure out on their own that smoking pot could ease their pain and restore their appetites, for instance.
 
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http://www.tauntongazette.com/article/20140428/OPINION/140426782/2011/OPINION

Pennsylvania – Medical Marijuana Advocates Plan Sit-In at Governor’s Office

by Kara Seymour
Daylin Leach at Monday's press event. Credit: Daylin Leach's website
Daylin Leach at Monday’s press event. Credit: Daylin Leach’s website
 

A state senator who is running for Congress says he and families in favor of medical marijuana want to talk to Governor Tom Corbett.

And if he doesn’t want to talk to them, they’ll just wait in his reception room until he comes around.

Daylin Leach, a Democrat representing Montgomery and Delaware county in the state senate, joined with Pennsylvania residents in support of medical marijuana during a press event Monday to announce a “sit-in” at the governor’s reception room. The group says they will wait there until he agrees to meet with them.

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http://malvern.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/medical-marijuana-advocates-plan-sitin-at-governors-reception-room

Sheriff’s Deputies Charged With Planting Evidence at South L.A. Pot Shop

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A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department patrol car is seen in this file photo. (Credit: KTLA)
 
Two former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies have been charged after allegedly planting firearms at a South Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary to justify making an arrest, the DA’s office announced Wednesday.
 
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http://ktla.com/2014/04/23/sheriffs-deputies-charged-with-planting-evidence-at-l-a-pot-shop/#axzz30CuKMob0

Iowa’s Only Two Medical Marijuana Recipients May Lose Access

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Two of the last remaining federal marijuana patients are facing a bleak future as a result of their physician relocating to another state. Patients Out of Time is issuing an urgent request for a Midwestern physician to come forward and help these individuals.

Barbara Douglass and George McMahon are unique. They represent one-half of the remaining recipients of federal marijuana for medical purposes. Douglass and McMahon were approved under the now defunct Compassionate IND program. For nearly twenty years patients needing marijuana for medical purposes had the option to apply for federal access under a quasi-research program known as a Compassionate IND.

The program was closed by the Bush Administration in 1992 after hundreds of AIDS patients applied for access. All new applications were refused but approximately 15 patients who were receiving marijuana at that time were “grandfathered” and continued receiving federal marijuana. In the intervening 22 years since the program’s closure eleven patients have died. McMahon and Douglass represent 50% of the current patient population receiving federal marijuana.

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http://www.thedailychronic.net/2014/30844/iowas-only-two-medical-marijuana-recipients-may-lose-access/

The Next Big ‘Green’ Car Could Be Made from Hemp? [w/video]

 
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Hey man, hemp is, like, really useful and stuff. Ok, outside of the advocate at your local head shop, there have been many reports on the uses of hemp. They include rope, and it is even used as a powder for protein shakes, but this is one use we have not heard yet– a car made completely from hemp.
 
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http://news.boldride.com/2014/04/the-next-big-green-car-could-be-made-from-hemp-w-video/47886/

Cannabis on the Rez: When Will It Be Legal?

Ruth Hopkins

Indian Country Today Media Network.com
 
 
Cannabis legalization is a hot topic. After decades of collective societal distain for the plant alaReefer Madness, public opinion now seems to be swaying in favor of its use, especially where its medicinal properties are concerned. The medicinal benefits of marijuana are scientifically proven. It’s been shown to help those suffering from cancer, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, anorexia, Hepatitis C, Crohn’s disease, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, chronic pain, arthritis, and a host of other serious health conditions.
 
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http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/04/25/cannabis-rez-when-will-it-be-legal