Archive for the ‘Medical’ Category
Washington State Democratic Party Endorses Marijuana Legalization
June 29th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
At yesterday’s Washington State Democratic Convention, party delegates overwhelmingly voted to endorse I-1068, a potential ballot measure to legalize cannabis in the state. From Publicola.net:
Bucking the recommendation of their executive board, delegates to the Washington State Democratic Convention endorsed I-1068 (the marijuana legalization initiative) with 62 percent “yes” vote (314 to 185). The executive board had given no recommendation on the initiative because “the committee was even more split than the delegates,” according to State Vice Chair Sharon Smith.
The endorsement of the State Democratic Party may be too late to ensure marijuana legalization is on the ballot this November. A petition with signatures from at least 241,153 registered voters must be submitted by July 2nd, just five days from now in order to put I-1068 on the ballot. Read the rest of this entry »
Oregon Board of Pharmacy vote a marijuana milestone
June 25th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
reposted from www.katu.com
SALEM, Ore. – The State of Oregon has re-classified how it views marijuana.
The State Board of Pharmacy voted Wednesday to recognize pot as a drug that has medical use.
The move came because of a law passed last year that ordered marijuana to be removed from a list of drugs that have “high abuse potential and no acceptable medical use.”
Marijuana will now be what is known as a “Schedule II controlled substance.” That’s a drug that has medical use but still has “high abuse potential.”
Oregon becomes the first state in the nation to make marijuana anything less serious than a Schedule I drug.
Oregon and Detroit Both to have Marijuana on the Ballot in Fall
June 17th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
A campaign for a system of medical marijuana supply systems in Oregon turned in enough signatures to put the measure on the November ballot – if the signatures are valid. According to an early turn-in, the initiative for a medical marijuana supply system has gathered 115,404 signatures. It needs 82,769 verified names of registered voters to make the ballot.
The preliminary total only reflects the signatures gathered by paid petitioners through May. The campaign will continue to gather signatures up to the July 2 deadline to give them a cushion for names that have to be thrown out.
Also, a Detroit City Council committee passed today on amending a city ordinance to allow adults in the city to legally possess a small amount of marijuana. Instead voters will get to decide in November. Read the rest of this entry »
Marijuana: No More Possession Prosecutions in Seattle, New City Attorney Says
April 29th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
Seattle’s new city attorney has better things to do than prosecute pot smokers, he said January 14. City Attorney Pete Holmes announced he was dismissing all marijuana possession cases, starting with those filed by his predecessor, Tom Carr, whom Holmes defeated in November. He said he dismissed two cases his first day on the job, and several others are about to be dismissed.
“We’re not going to prosecute marijuana possession cases anymore,” said Holmes. “I meant it when I said it” during the campaign.
Holmes’ criminal division chief, Craig Sims, added that he is reviewing an additional 50 cases. Barring “out of the ordinary” circumstances, Sims said, the prosecutor’s office does not intend to file charges for marijuana possession.
Read the rest of the article at stopthedrugwar.org
Why I Give My 9-Year-Old Pot
April 21st, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
We hit a snag and made a big discovery about how medical marijuana works for him.
This is the third DoubleX essay from Marie Myung-Ok Lee about treating her autistic son with marijuana. Read her first essay here
and her second essay here.
Last summer, we reached the six-month mark in our cannabis experiment. We’d been using medical marijuana to help quell our autistic son’s gut pain and anxiety, and we were seeing some huge changes in his behavior and, presumably, his happiness. J was smiling, interacting (one of home-based therapists said she’d never encountered such an affectionate autistic child), even putting his dirty dishes in the dishwasher—rinsing and everything!—not only without being told, but without ever having been asked to do such a thing.
Public Meeting with Dakta Green and the NZ Law Commission
April 9th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
NORML NZ (National Organisation for Reform of Marijuana Laws New Zealand Inc.) is hosting the only AUCKLAND PUBLIC MEETING to discuss the current review of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 by the New Zealand Law Commission.
Date: Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Time: 19:00 – 21:00
Location: Western Springs Garden Hall
Street: 956 Great North Road, Western Springs
Town/City: Auckland, New Zealand
Hosted by Dakta Green, Auckland Norml Rep, this meeting will provide the Public with the only opportunity in Auckland to meet personally with Dr Warren Young Deputy President NZ Law Commission on this issue before written submissions to the Law Commission close later this month. Read the rest of this entry »
San Francisco pot-farm case goes up in smoke
April 6th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
San Francisco’s effort to snuff out the budding indoor pot-growing trade took a bit of a hit, shall we say, when a father-and-son team of marijuana growers beat the rap.
It seemed like a pretty good haul for police and a good case for prosecutors: About 70 marijuana plants in various stages of development inside a 32nd Avenue home near Pacheco Street in the Sunset, two guns, scales, baggies and an illegal power-sapping hookup — all the characteristics of the pot farms sprouting up in the avenues.
The three-room pot farm’s father-and-son proprietors were charged with marijuana cultivation for sale. They could have been sentenced to as much as three years in state prison apiece if convicted.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/crime/detail?entry_id=59261#ixzz0kHKQR3sz
Image: San Francisco police
Noam Chomsky On Pot
March 29th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
State Dems want to legalize medical marijuana to help plug budget gap
March 24th, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
ALBANY – Senate Democrats are counting on a pot of gold!
They want to legalize medical marijuana as a way to generate nearly $15 million in licensing fees to help plug the state’s $9 billion budget gap.
“It is the right thing to do and there is revenue attached to it,” said state Sen. Thomas Duane (D-Manhattan). Duane and Assemblyman Richard Gottfried (D-Manhattan) are behind the plan to make it legal for folks with serious medical woes to score limited amounts of weed from state-certified distributors – or grow it themselves.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
Image: Sullivan/Getty/Getty Images
Legalizing Marijuana Is America’s Top Political Issue — Again
March 23rd, 2010
Dakta Bourbon
To the surprise of virtually no one who has been following public opinion polls for the past 18 months, the call to “legalize the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana” placed #1 in the 2010 Change.org online vote for the “Top 10 Ideas for Change in America.”
Open voting at the Change.org website took place for six weeks — during which time citizens voted nearly 210,000 times on over 2,500 different ideas. This morning the website released the top 10 results here.