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Sativex (pharmaceutical marijuana) approved in ten more European countries
If your strategy to legalize the use of plant cannabis by all people for any reason is to preach “All use is medical/wellness”, cannabinoid pharmaceuticals is where you’ll end up. There exists a paradigm for the medical / wellness use of substances, and it lies in the realm of doctors and pharmacists and prescriptions and manufactured drugs. However, there also exists a paradigm for the recreational use of substances, and it lies in the realm of taverns and bartenders and DUI laws and ID checks and home brewing.
New Jersey Supreme Court Will Not Hear MS Patient Conviction Case
Some sad news out of New Jersey today. We have been following the case of multiple sclerosis sufferer John Ray Wilson, who was arrested for a few plants in his back yard in 2008. Wilson said he did not have insurance and could not afford the MS medication to treat his symptoms. Conventional prescription medication [...]
Stash for Thu, Dec 30, 2010
NORML’s Top Ten Marijuana Events #10-#6; Top Three Rants #2 – Russ vs. Gil Kerlikowske and Bill Bennett; music by Asher Roth & DJ Wreckineyez
ACLU files suit against Michigan towns that ban medical marijuana
The cities of Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills and Livonia are being sued by the ACLU of Michigan for violating the rights of a 61-year-old woman battling multiple sclerosis. Linda Lott, a resident of Birmingham, uses medical marijuana to battle the progression of her disease, which causes severe pain and back spasms.
Oregon multiple sclerosis patient abused by police over legal medical marijuana
In so much pain from my ankles to the top of my head I had leaned against the wall, unable to move without shouting in pain. One senior officer came in and asked what was wrong with me, another replied “He has MS.” Then senior officer approached me, took hold of my right arm as I was handcuffed and pulled it behind my back even further. This slammed me into the wall face first, which was the only thing I could catch myself with at the moment. He then asked “How’s that? A little better?” Pulling my arm even further into the air, in between my moans of pain I laughed out of resentment and said “yeah, this is great!”
Stash for Fri, Mar 19, 2010
Steve Bloom from CelebStoner.com on Wall St. Journal article and Texas Rangers’ Ron Washington; Clips from Cheech Marin beating Anderson Cooper on Celebrity Jeopardy; music by 3 Kisses.
Medical marijuana’s not getting any better – the time for RE-legalization is NOW!
If one of the West Coast states doesn’t pull off legalization soon, the pendulum is going to swing back the other way on marijuana. The economic incentives may fade if the economy recovers and then the tax & regulate argument fizzles. And if we are going to continue working on medical marijuana, the bills and initiatives need to get better, not worse. The way it’s looking now is that the Northeast and upper Midwest are going to institute chronic conditions-only, 2 oz limit, strict registry, only personal doctor, no home grow, state-run dispensary medical marijuana for $15/gram in the next six years.
FDA-approved MS drug requires new label due to deadly side effect
In the latest blow to the controversial multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it was slapping a new warning on the drug’s label. In an advisory sent to health-care professionals and patients, the FDA warned that the risk of developing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a rare but deadly brain infection, increases as more infusions are received.
First US clinical trials on medical marijuana in 20 years confirm efficacy in humans
The first U.S. clinical trials in more than two decades on the medical benefits of marijuana confirm pot is effective in reducing muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis and pain caused by certain neurological injuries or illnesses, according to a report issued Wednesday. A laboratory study supported by the center examined if pot could be helpful in treating migraine headaches and facial pain. In that study, rats given a cannabis-like drug exhibited reduced activity of nerve cells that transmit pain.
NJ MS patient John Ray Wilson acquitted of most serious felony drug charge
(NBC New York) A somerset County man who tried to use a medical defense for several marijuana charges received a split verdict from a jury in Somerville. John Wilson suffers from MS and was caught growing 17 pot plants at his rental home in the summer of 2008. Despite his attorney’s effort to use Wilson’s [...]