By "Radical" Russ Belville on November 9, 2011
So remember: even though a slim majority of 300 million American People would like to see the end of marijuana prohibition, a slim majority of the 75 Biggest Corporate People probably would rather keep things the way they are.
Posted in ABNORML NEWS, ACTIVISM, ECONOMICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SOCIETY | Tagged Alcohol, AMA, american medical association, Big Pharma, Partnership for a Drug-Free America
By Jen Alexander on September 22, 2010
Does cannabis use during pregnancy reduce infant mortality rates? More study is definitely necessary, yet scientific data appears to suggest just that.
Posted in ABNORML NEWS, ACTIVISM, FAMILIES, SCIENCE, SOCIETY | Tagged AMA, American Academy of Pediatrics, babies, breastfeeding, cannabinoids, child, children, cocaine, endocannabinoids, infants, morphine, mothers, NSDUH, pediatrics, pregnancy, pregnant, SAMHSA
By Paul Armentano on May 11, 2010
Is anyone surprised? You shouldn’t be. After all, this is the same Gil Kerlikowske that has said repeatedly that legalization is not in his vocabulary, and publicly stated, “Marijuana is dangerous and has no medicinal benefit.” And this is the same administration that recently nominated Michele Leonhart to head the DEA — the same Michele Leonhart who overruled the DEA’s own administrative law judge in order to continue to block medical marijuana research, and publicly claimed that the rising death toll civilians attributable to the U.S./Mexican drug war “a signpost of the success” of U.S. prohibitionist policies.
Posted in ACTIVISM, GOVERNMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEGISLATION | Tagged AMA, California, CASA, Columbia, Drug Czar, gil kerlikowske, Mexican Drug War, Mexico, mexico border, Missouri, NORML, Obama Administration, Reason, The Netherlands, West Coast, World Health Organization
By "Radical" Russ Belville on November 18, 2009
Why, it was just yesterday that I was telling you… (DEA) Exposing the Myth of Smoked Medical Marijuana Q. Does marijuana have any medical value? …The American Medical Association recommends that marijuana remain a Schedule I controlled substance. And now today when you go to that same link… Q. Does marijuana have any medical value? [...]
Posted in ABNORML NEWS, ACTIVISM, GOVERNMENT, LEGISLATION, SCIENCE | Tagged AMA, american medical association, DEA, gateway drug
By "Radical" Russ Belville on November 17, 2009
OK, maybe it’s not an overt lie, just a failure to update their website in lieu of last week’s reversal by the American Medical Association of their position on medical marijuana: (DEA) Exposing the Myth of Smoked Medical Marijuana Q. Does marijuana have any medical value? …The American Medical Association recommends that marijuana remain a [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SCIENCE | Tagged AMA, DEA, drug schedule
By "Radical" Russ Belville on November 11, 2009
Download Link: Secret Stash – Register to access Hemp Headlines American Medical Association finally recognizes marijuana as medicine, urges rescheduling Police coercing non-drug using citizens into working as drug snitches Joss Stone: I’m a Stoner, Drugs Are ‘Fun’ Daily Toker Tunes Irie Wednesday: Prophet Benjamin – “Field of Weed” Cannabis Science with Dr. Mitch Earleywine [...]
Posted in NORML SHOW LIVE | Tagged AMA, american medical association, David Nutt, Dr. Mitch Earleywine, Irie Wednesday, Joss Stone, prophet benjamin
By "Radical" Russ Belville on November 10, 2009
Houston, TX (ASA)– The American Medical Association (AMA) voted today to reverse its long-held position that marijuana be retained as a Schedule I substance with no medical value. The AMA adopted a report drafted by its Council on Science and Public Health (CSAPH) entitled, “Use of Cannabis for Medicinal Purposes,” which affirmed the therapeutic benefits [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, GOVERNMENT, SCIENCE | Tagged AMA, american medical association, drug schedule, schedule iii, schedule iv
By "Radical" Russ Belville on February 2, 2009
Download the NORML Daily Audio Stash for 2009-02-02 Well, wasn’t THAT one hell of a Super Bowl? I was pulling for the Cards and thought my 23-21 Steelers-miss-last-second-FG prediction was going to be pretty darn close. But what do you know, a stoner goes and catches the game winning last minute touchdown and is voted [...]
Posted in NORML SHOW LIVE | Tagged Allen St. Pierre, AMA, arrest, Ass, Beijing, bhang, bong, camera, cat, George Obama, glass, HEA, Human, jail, Joplin, Kelly Maddy, MADD, Marijuana, medical marijuana, Michael Phelps, Missouri, Nairobi, NORML, obama, Olympia, possession, president, radio, Red, stoner, Super Bowl, UN
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 19, 2009
“You express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness to break laws. This is certainly a legitimate concern. Since we so diligently urge people to obey the Supreme Court’s decision of 1954 outlawing segregation in the public schools, at first glance it may seem rather paradoxical for us consciously to break laws. One may [...]
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