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Dr. Carl Hart, Dr. Wendy Chapkis, Philippe Lucas, and Paul Armentano (among others) discussing medical marijuana’s future at the DPA Reform Conference in Albuquerque.
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Cannabis Conversations
Ethan Nadelmann: Highlights of Opening Remarks at DPA Reform Conference in Albuquerque, NM.
Aaron Houston, MPP Federal Lobbyist, on Mexican drug cartel influence in small town America
Lorenzo Jones, A Better Way Foundation, on the progress of reform in Connecticut
Whitney Taylor, former campaign director, on new civil fines for “public consumption” following passage of her Massachusetts’ Question 2 decrim measure
Karen O’Keefe, MPP State Programs Director, on new medical marijuana bills that take away right to home grow or restrict qualifying conditions
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 at 11:20 am | By: Radical Russ
I usually reserve Politicians on Pot for state and federal politicians, but every now and then I get a response received by an activist Stasher that warrants inclusion on the blog.
Stasher Max writes: “Jeremy Toulouse is running for District 5 City Council of Albuquerque, NM. I sent him a facebook message regarding the legalization of a certain illegitimately labeled schedule one substance. Here is his reply;”
Nice to hear from you max. If you go to my plan and see the governments I will collaborate, you will see that Mexico is there, which is for this reason. I agree though that legalization/decriminalization of current controlled substances is the absolute key to destroying the trafficking and crime involved with it.
To be honest though, this has to be a joint state and federal initiative, since as long as it is illegal outside of Nuevo Mexico, they will still traffic through us to other places. I do support this strongly as I believe that alcohol is the “gateway” drug and that it is the most dangerous substance!
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 at 3:37 pm | By: Radical Russ
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Post traumatic stress disorder, nerve pain and Hepatitis C could soon be added to the list of ailments treated by medical marijuana in New Mexico.
On Thursday, petitioners asked a medical group to recommend the use of medical marijuana for several other ailments.
So far four of the 17 ailments petitioned Thursday will be placed on a recommendation list that will go to the secretary of health for approval.
The panel has tabled some ailments including chronic pain. They said some of the tabled ailments need to be further researched.
The use of medical marijuana to treat depression was denied by the panel.
New Mexico has the most restrictive list of conditions for which medical marijuana is approved:
Under current state law, the only qualifying conditions for the medical cannabis program are:
Cancer
Glaucoma
Multiple Sclerosis
Epilepsy
Spinal Cord Damage with Intractable Spasticity
HIV/AIDS
Also, any patient in hospice care could qualify.
The lack of chronic pain and chronic nausea on this list is a huge problem. Most patients in the other twelve medical marijuana states qualify for those conditions and cannabis gives them a huge measure of relief. Addition of nerve pain and Hep C are good, and adding PTSD would be a move most of the medical states haven’t recognized. I would have also liked to have seen depression make the list as well.
Sometimes I wonder if the medical marijuana programs in these states are deciding on qualifying conditions not on the basis of medical science, but rather to insure that there aren’t too many patients in the program.
(We here in Oregon often hear that medical marijuana is “out of control” because we have over 22,000 registered patients, as if there is some magic number at which there are “too many” medical marijuana patients. Oregon’s OSCaR database registers cancer patients in Oregon and there are 17,000 of them per year. If everyone in Oregon who could qualify got a card did get a card, we’d probably have 100,000 patients!)
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 at 7:30 am | By: Radical Russ
I’m talking with the Morning Show in Albuquerque on 94Rock right now, if you’re reading this at 8:30am Mountain Time. You can listen online, or just wait for my post of it on the Stash.
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 at 10:47 am | By: Radical Russ
I am so thrilled! I just got a call from a morning show DJ for KZRR 94Rock – New Mexico’s Real Rock, because Keith Stroup said they should talk to me for their show tomorrow morning regarding the World’s Oldest Marijuana Stash. I’ll be on tomorrow morning at 8:30am Mountain (7:30 here, 10:30 East Coast). I believe you can stream the show live online as well.
RevRayGreen: I'll post a pic of me and my son....gimme a minute
Missippi Hippy: Guess what... I'm gonna be a new... ummmmm well, my pet piggie Ganja is in labor and they ain't mine in the same sense. See what your wife [...]
RevRayGreen: days they didn't talk back..or act disrespectful..
RevRayGreen: feel so lucky my son is 18 going 19 and my daughter 16 going on 17..relish the days that can't talk back
Urb Age: Congrats Spof thats awesome. My little Clara is about to hit 20 months. Im not the activist I used to be, but its made me a better man.
Urb Age: Heck I was gonna go up there, but just not feeling well this weekend..Dang it, I hate it when that happens..
RevRayGreen: wishing I was hanging at NORML cafe...
JohnH: Just a quick comment about tokin' and sperm motility....been tokin since age 14 and have 8 kids ranging in age from 30 to 9...(what can I say, I found 2 [...]
slash5city: really ..oprah 35 yr or more in the closet toker ...outed ....o my god !!
SneakerPimp: that would be huge news just imagen the headline
RevRayGreen: maybe Oprah smokes and keeps it on the DL...
SneakerPimp: and good afternoon
mr reuben: I could do without seeing Rob K. on tv. But Bruce and Eithan get a big thumbs up from me.
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