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	Ganja Bus Cannabis Growing Marijuana Seeds
		Cannabis was criminalized across most of the world in the early parts of the 20th century.
		However, the use of cannabis by the general public is broadly tolerated, and a vigorous campaign to legalize cannabis is underway nation-wide.
		Many cannabis proponents disagree vehemently, reasoning that as one must smoke less cannabis to achieve the same effect, it actually is safer and less potentially carcinogenic in the long run than that which was smoked in earlier times.
	www.ganjabus.com (4563 words)

	CannabisPedia - Learn more about hemp, cannabis and marijuana. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The genus Cannabis was formerly placed with nettles in the family Urticaceae or with mulberries in the family Moraceae, but is now considered along with hops (Humulus sp.) to belong to the family Cannabaceae.
		Cannabis was first classified by Carolus Linnaeus in 1753 as a genus comprising a single species, called Cannabis sativa, describing hemp, which was widely cultivated at the time.
		Cannabis was one of the first plant species to be karyotyped, however, this was in a period when karyotype preparation was primitive by modern standards (see History of Cytogenetics).
	www.cannabispedia.com (3975 words)

	More Info on marijuana - - marajuana - - marijauna
		Cannabis has been known as a medicinal and psychoactive compound from very early in history, and has been used continuously throughout the world, typically without stigma until the mid-20th century, when, mainly under the leadership of the United States, prohibition became increasingly global.
		Cannabis is also thought by some to be the ancient drug soma, mentioned in the Vedas as a sacred intoxicating hallucinogen, although a number of advocates for different psychoactive substances such as Amanita muscaria make this claim as well.
		When subjects using only cannabis were combined in the same sample with subjects using other drugs as well, researchers could not reach a conclusion as to whether their findings were caused by cannabis, other drugs or the interaction between them.
	www.usgovernetics.com /Mac-to-Mar/marijuana.php (4989 words)

	Cannabis rescheduling in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cannabis rescheduling in the United States is the proposed removal of marijuana from Schedule I, the most tightly restricted category of drugs, by the U.S. Congress or the Attorney General.
		In some ways, cannabis is indisputably safer than prescription narcotics such as oxycodone and morphine, since there are no records of anyone ever dying from a cannabis overdose.
		The Cannabis Corporation of America, a pharmaceutical firm established with the intention of extracting natural cannabinoids for therapeutic use when cannabis is placed in Schedule II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cannabis_rescheduling_in_the_United_States (4001 words)

	aids-write.org » Blog Archive » awo sister blogger rebecca saltzman: great mmj rescheduling news from asa ...
		rescheduling cannabis is the most efficient way to ensure that critically and chronically ill patients everywhere have safe and legal access to cannabis.
		rescheduling cannabis is the most efficient way to ensure that patients everywhere have safe and legal access to cannabis under the care and supervision of a licensed physician.
		in 2002, asa joined with the coalition to reschedule cannabis (crc) in a petition to the drug enforcement administration (dea) to request they reschedule cannabis in light of new medical and scientific data which supports the medical efficacy of cannabis.
	aids-write.org /?p=297 (663 words)

	Marijuana Research: Medical Cannabis and Rescheduling, Federal Medical Marijuana Policy
		Rescheduling is an administrative process in which the government reviews recent scientific research and decides if the regulatory status of a drug should be changed.
		The purpose of the rescheduling petition is to have the federal government acknowledge that cannabis has an accepted medical use in the United States and that its abuse potential is significantly lower than Schedule I drugs such as heroin.
		Rescheduling provides a way for the movement to succeed by providing a context that allows professionals and all interested stakeholders to innovate in a way that has a direct and profound impact on public policy.
	www.drugscience.org /lib/freq_qst.html (860 words)

	Cannabis Is Medicine
		Cannabis was also an important ingredient in patent medicines which enjoyed their heyday from 1875 to 1925.
		He stated that cannabis -- or marijuana, as he called it -- was only used by "Negroes, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, jazz musicians, and other social undesirables." William Randolph Hearst, in his newspapers, popularized the term "marijuana" starting in the second decade of this century.
		Had he used the more familiar term cannabis, he would not have been nearly so effective in his propaganda, because the average American was familiar with cannabis and knew it to be harmless and found in numerous patent medicines, easily obtainable at the local grocery store or pharmacy.
	www.mapinc.org /drugnews/v00/n990/a03.html (997 words)

	Cannabis (drug) Summary
		The drug cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant.
		Cannabis has been consumed by humans for thousands of years; in the 20th century there was an upswing in the use of cannabis for recreational and religious purposes.
		Cannabis was also known to the Scythians, as well as to the Thracians/Dacians, whose shamans (the kapnobatai - "those who walk on smoke/clouds") burned cannabis flowers in order to induce trances.
	www.bookrags.com /Cannabis_(drug) (5603 words)

	Sativex: change of thinking?
		That's why a coalition of grassroots medical cannabis patients and advocacy organizations have used medical cannabinoid value and efficacy as a major premise of their landmark cannabis petition that is winding its way through the halls of the US federal government.
		Cannabis is right now considered "Schedule One," which means that the government decided- not just as a matter of law but as a matter of medical/social policy- that marijuana is a drug with no medical value and a high potential for abuse.
		POT is the type of professional cannabis organization interested in the detailed nuts and bolts of cannabis policy as it pertains to medical issues.
	www.cannabisculture.com /articles/4314.html (1877 words)

	Decriminalization Comes to Britain
		Cannabis users may be pushed into the hands of heroin dealers.
		Junior Minister Flint replied that the rescheduling was necessary because of "postal code enforcement," or the differential enforcement of cannabis laws by police in different jurisdictions.
		Labor MP Martin Salter said the cannabis reclassification was "a grave disservice" to young people because it would confuse them, while Tory MP Graham Brady claimed the cannabis of today is not your father's weed and it would be "perverse" to downgrade the herb.
	www.mapinc.org /drugnews/v03/n1702/a03.html?134 (1114 words)

	Cannabis Health / Articles - P.O.T.
		On October 9th, 2002 Patients Out of Time, in conjunction with The Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis, filed a rescheduling petition with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of the United States.
		The Coalition argues that cannabis does not meet criteria for either schedule l or ll drugs, and that the scientific record supports the rescheduling of cannabis
		The Coalition challenges the DEA determination that cannabis has no medical value in the U.S.; that cannabis is addictive; that cannabis is a toxic substance.
	www.cannabishealth.com /issue_02/pot.htm (311 words)

	CCRMG
		In my practice, cannabis is most frequently employed for symptom management (Larson, 1992) as well as for the reduction of what has been termed "symptom distress" -the physical or mental anguish or suffering that results from the symptoms the patient is experiencing (Rhodes and Watson, 1987).
		The medical cannabis evaluation is conducted in a face-to-face office visit, which includes the collection of relevant history, problem-specific physical exam, and review of the completed questionnaire and outside medical records.
		The Society of Cannabis Clinicians (SCC) was formed in the Autumn of 2004 by the member physicians of CCRMG to aid in the promulgation of voluntary standards for clinicians engaged in the recommendation and approval of cannabis under California law (HSC §11362.5).
	www.ccrmg.org /journal/04spr/medicalpractice.html (3788 words)

	AlterNet: DrugReporter: One Step Forward, One Step Sideways, One Step Back
		Caught between a clamor for an end to cannabis prohibition and the grumblings of reactionaries on the other, David Blunkett is making a mess of what was supposed to be a straightforward move to decriminalize marijuana possession in Great Britain.
		Caught between a rising clamor for an end to cannabis prohibition on one hand and the grumblings of the forces of reaction on the other, Blunkett is busily making a fine muddle of what was supposed to be a straightforward move to effectively decriminalize marijuana possession in Great Britain.
		With the chorus for cannabis legalization or decrim growing larger by the day, what was being touted as Britain's most important drug reform in decades is in danger of being left in the dust before it is even implemented.
	www.alternet.org /drugreporter/13585 (976 words)

	Medical marijuana in Congress, again
		The "rescheduling" of cannabis is being pursued by the Coalition to Reschedule Cannabis.
		The lack of Republican support for medical cannabis proposals indicates a clear Congressional divide, one of few real differences between Democrats and Republicans in a country that is increasingly realizing that it only has one political party- the Republicrats- consisting of Democrats and Republicans who agree on most issues, presenting voters with no real alternatives.
		In the case of medical marijuana growers like Cannabis Culture cultivation guru Ed Rosenthal, who was arrested by DEA two years ago for growing medical cannabis, not being able to mention medpot in federal court meant he was unable to fight the charges against him.
	www.cannabisculture.com /articles/4334.html (3253 words)

	Marijuana Research: Science, Law, Medical Marijuana, Rescheduling Petition
		The Cannabis Rescheduling Petition provides the detailed scientific and legal argument why US law requires the federal government to provide regulated access to marijuana for medical purposes.
		Both the Rescheduling Petition and the Bulletin are part of the DrugScience.org effort to increase informed participation in the public policy process by advocates of marijuana law reform.
		The Coalition was formed for the purpose of filing the Cannabis Rescheduling Petition and representing the interests of medical cannabis patients in related federal administrative and judicial proceedings.
	www.drugscience.org (706 words)

	Road to Vienna: British Government Chides International Narcotics Control Board on Cannabis Rescheduling Critique
		While Ainsworth was careful to restate the British government's commitment to "tackling the scourge of drugs," he strongly defended the move to reschedule cannabis from a Class B to a Class C drug.
		As you will see the Advisory Council concluded that cannabis is unquestionably harmful, but that its current classification is disproportionate both in relation to its inherent toxicity, and to that of other substances (such as the amphetamines) that are currently within Class B of the Misuse of Drugs Act of 1971.
		In its report on cannabis, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs concluded on the basis of all the available evidence that, although cannabis use can unquestionably worsen existing mental illness, no clear causal link has been demonstrated between cannabis and the onset of mental illness.
	stopthedrugwar.org /chronicle/280/roadtovienna.shtml (1197 words)

	Health & Cannabis
		The Missoula Chronic Use Study, as it is widely known, came to the conclusion that the subjects, after having used cannabis therapeutically for 11 to 27 years, depending on each case, were all in fine condition, considering their original illness and the effects of age.
		Overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the DEA still insists that cannabis is not therapeutic, but POT has been instrumental in getting 13 Nurses Associations, including the prestigious American Nurses Association, to call for rescheduling of medical marijuana.
		They will discuss medicinal cannabis in the UK, Canada, the Netherlands, and Spain, therapeutic cannabis use in pregnancy, cannabis and mental health; there will be patients talking about their experiences with medical marijuana.
	healthandcannabis.blogspot.com (8473 words)

	DPFT 10/7/02 News Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The DEA currently classifies marijuana as a Schedule I substance, which prohibits medical access to cannabis and places both costly and severe restrictions on further medical research.
		The Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis has provided detailed evidence challenging DEA's determination that cannabis has no accepted medical use in the United States.
		Cannabis, the Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center, the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws, the Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative, Patients Out of Time and other interested individuals.
	www.dpft.org /021007.html (350 words)

	House of Lords Report - Chap. 7
		They argue that "we know now that cannabis can be effective and is safe enough to be prescribed by a doctor...and there are people who need treatment now".
		Sir William Asscher considers that immediate rescheduling would actually threaten proper trials, such as those proposed by his working party (see Chapter 5), by encouraging patients to use cannabis in an uncontrolled way rather than enrolling for the trial and risking receiving a placebo (Q 808).
		Among our witnesses, cannabis research licences are or have been held by Dr Pertwee, Dr Schon (see p 303 and Q 664), Dr Holdcroft (see paragraph 5.29), and Dr Guy (see paragraph 5.44); and Jo Barnes has a licence "in principle" for the Exeter pilot study (see paragraph 5.47).
	www.medmjscience.org /Pages/reports/ukhol/15109.html (3450 words)

	Online Action Center
		When the DEA knocked on the door, 53-year old Gary Silva tried to comply with their demands, but as he was unlocking the door, DEA agents proceeded to kick it in, dislocating Mr.
		The first petition, widely known as the Cannabis Rescheduling Petition, was forwarded to HHS in August 2004 for a scientific and medical evaluation.
		On behalf of thousands of patients in your state and across the nation, I am urging you to tell Secretary Michael Leavitt to answer the Cannabis Rescheduling and Data Quality petitions without further delay.
	www.democracyinaction.org /asa/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3041 (459 words)

	NORML New Zealand -
		Minor possession of cannabis in Western Australia is set to be decriminalised after legislation finally cleared state Parliament on 23 September.
		Labor's Cannabis Control Bill was passed on the Government's numbers, with amendments approved by the Legislative Council.
		And the guidelines offer no assistance with removing the cannabis industry from the dangers of the fl market, or educating and helping those people who choose to use it, recreationally or medically, use it in as safe a manner as possible.
	www.norml.org.nz /topic6-5.html (1271 words)

	Legalisation of Cannabis Bill
		Legalise and regulate the sale, supply and use of cannabis for recreational and therapeutic purposes; and for connected purposes.
		In paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 1 to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1985, the words “cannabis and cannabis resin” shall be omitted.
		This Act may be cited as the Legislation of Cannabis Act 2001.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200102/cmbills/016/02016--a.htm (792 words)

	cannabisnews.com: Regents Debate Pot
		MORE INFORMATION:Rescheduling cannabis is the most efficient way to ensure that patients everywhere have safe and legal access to cannabis under the care and supervision of a licensed physician.
		By law, HHS is required to conduct this evaluation "within a reasonable time." And, when asked during his Senate confirmation hearing about when petitioners could expect agency review to be completed, Mr.
		Leavitt indicated that “all efforts would be made to complete evaluation by August 2005.” Then, in July, HHS sent a letter to ASA on a separate but related issue estimating that the agency would be submitting the evaluation on the rescheduling petition to DEA in September.
	www.cannabisnews.com /news/thread22289.shtml (1231 words)

	Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		On January 9, 2005 San Francisco ends local cannabis ID card system and replaces it with the state registry system set up by SB 420.
		This is a major change from an anonymous local program that had all kinds of protections for patients built in to one set up by the state that includes all kinds of coercive limits which proposition 215 did not include.
		After federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents seized and destroyed all six of Monson's cannabis plants, respondents brought this action seeking injunctive and declaratory relief prohibiting the enforcement of the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to the extent it prevents them from possessing, obtaining, or manufacturing cannabis for their personal medical use.
	www.marijuana.org (4705 words)

	Drug Policy Alliance: Medical Marijuana
		Marijuana is classified as a Schedule I substance, defined as having a high potential for abuse and no medicinal value.
		Multiple petitions for rescheduling marijuana have been submitted by reform advocates over the last 30 years.
		The most recent, submitted in 2002 by the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis, calls for a full review of the scientific research and medical practice regarding marijuana.
	www.drugpolicy.org /marijuana/medical (978 words)

	OCBC's Links Page
		in Washington, DC sponsored a medical cannabis initiative before residents of the District of Columbia in November, 1998.
		The Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics defines cognitive liberty as "the right of each individual to think independently and autonomously, to use the full spectrum of his or her mind, and to engage in multiple modes of thought".
		The Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis filed a comprehensive rescheduling petition (including a descriptive bibliography) with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on October 9, 2002.
	www.rxcbc.org /links.html (1204 words)

	Cannabis rescheduling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Data is from multiple sources detailed on the full source list.
		Cannabis rescheduling, or cannabis reclassification, refers to efforts to transfer cannabis to (usually) a less strict category of substances which are legally prohibited or regulated, or to decriminalize or even legalize it altogether.
		Internationally, the drug is in Schedule IV of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, that treaty's most restrictive category.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cannabis_rescheduling (176 words)

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