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Topic: Medical cannabis

	Medical Cannabis Potency Testing Project - Autumn 1999
		Given the rapidly growing use of medical cannabis for a wide variety of indications and the manifold different underground sources currently supplying patients, there is a natural interest in investigating the potency, purity, and chemical content of the available supplies of medical cannabis.
		While the availability of medical cannabis has increased in the wake of the passage of California's Proposition 215 and other state medical marijuana initiatives, scientific research on its content remains frustrated by the continued federal ban on medical cannabis research.
		A total of 47 different samples of medical cannabis were submitted by over a half dozen different providers and patients' cooperatives ranging from California to the East Coast.
	www.maps.org /news-letters/v09n3/09320gie.html (1662 words)

	MedicalMJ.org - Medical Marijuana Facts and News Updates
		The Council considers that the number of individuals that have been the subject of relevant studies is too small for reliable conclusions to be drawn about extra risks in those aged 15 years old or less at their first use.
		Nevertheless, the use of cannabis in adolescents of all ages must be strongly discouraged." (p.
		Cannabis use rarely provokes acts of aggression and is less associated with acquisitive crime (1).
	www.medicalmj.org /uknoreclass.htm (720 words)

	Erowid Cannabis Vault : Medical - Cannabis is Safe Medicine
		In reaction to medical cannabis access referendums on the ballots in Arizona and California, former presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George Bush signed a letter stating that they ``categorically oppose'' access to cannabis for its many proven therapeutic uses such as the prevention of blindness and epileptic seizures [1].
		Cannabis is one of the most thoroughly researched drugs in history, and the evidence gathered over the centuries clearly proves that it is safe:
		The Jamaican study states that, even as cannabis use in Jamaica "is pervasive" and is used "in heavier quantities with greater THC potency than in the U.S.," its use is "without deleterious social or psychological consequences." [12]
	www.erowid.org /plants/cannabis/cannabis_medical_info2.shtml (1294 words)

	Medical Marijuana/Cannabis Task Force \| Community Services \|City of San Diego (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The purpose of the Verification Card Program is to provide a convenient means for medicinal cannabis users who have a physician's recommendation, and those who serve as caregivers to medicinal cannabis users, to demonstrate their legitimacy to law enforcement.
		The purpose of the Center is the scientific study of the safety and efficacy of cannabis and cannabis compounds for treating medical conditions.
		The Medical Cannabis Task Force completed a survey of approximately 1,600 San Diego medical providers in October 2001 to discover the opinions of local physicians on the important issues relating to medical cannabis.
	www.sandiego.gov /communityservices/medicalmarijuana (1577 words)

	The UK Cannabis Internet Activists Website: Website of the Legalise Cannabis UK Campaigns. Cannabis Information and UK ...
		The claims by medical users that cannabis reduces the symptoms of MS has been confirmed by UK government trials.
		THC4MS aims to supply medicinal cannabis chocolate to bona-fide MS sufferers' throughout the UK in emergency situations only i.e:- their normal supply is exhausted.
		Due to demand exceeding supply cannabis chocolate is limited to MS sufferers only.
	www.ukcia.org /medical (235 words)

	MAPS: Medical Marijuana Research
		The cannabis based medicine, Sativex, is effective in reducing central neuropathic pain and sleep disturbance in people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in a UK study published today in the medical journal, Neurology.
		Medical marijuana patient Angel McClary Raich and her caregivers and Diane Monson won in an historic Ninth Circuit decision in their injunction against Ashcroft, the DEA Chief, and the Federal Government.
		To show what an incredible accomplishment it was to obtain support from Senator Kerry for medical marijuana research, see the text of a letter he sent on October 21, 2003 to a constituent in which he expresses his reasons for supporting the current criminalization of the non-medical use of marijuana.
	www.maps.org /mmj (11779 words)

	Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
		The City ought to declare a "medical state of emergency" and regulate and protect the medical marijuana industry but the low life mercenaries in SF City Government refuse to do the right thing.
		Medical marijuana should be grown in California and sold all over the world in drug stores and pharmacies.
	www.marijuana.org (4705 words)

	Virginia Nurses Again Demand Medical Cannabis
		The combined membership of health care professionals that are publicly demanding therapeutic cannabis is in the several millions.
		Mary Lynn Mathre, RN, MSN, CARN, a central Virginia addictions specialist, author, educator and the individual that sponsored the original 1994 VNA resolution in support of a patients right to medical cannabis was very positive about the role of the professional nurse and others health care professionals in this demand action.
		Nurses, Medical Doctors, Social Workers and all other health care professionals have spoken with resolve through their professional organizations and they have said patients need cannabis now.
	www.medicalcannabis.com /press/pr_Aug_2005.htm (283 words)

	cannabis.com: Medical Cannabis Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cannabis (marijuana) is the drug of choice for millions of people throughout the World.
		The Association for Cannabis as Medicine (ACM) advocates the improvement of the basic conditions for the utilization of the cannabis plant and its pharmacologically most important active compounds, the cannabinoids, for therapeutic applications.
		Our cooperative is open to all patients with a verifiable letter of recommendation for medical cannabis, used to alleviate or teminate the effects of their illnesses.
	www.cannabis.com /medical (461 words)

	SIMM
		SIMM (Stichting Institute of Medical Marijuana) was launched in The Netherlands in 1993.
		Our purpose...To produce and supply patients with high quality medical cannabis, at the lowest possible price; organically grown in soil in a clean environment, and properly handled throughout the growing/curing process.
		SIMM was proud to receive the first license issued by a government agency for production of medical cannabis starting material for delivery to pharmacies.
	www.medicalcannabis.org (145 words)

	Drug Policy Alliance: Vaporizers and Medical Cannabis
		Although studies show few respiratory troubles in cannabis users, perhaps the medicine could harm the lungs in the long term.
		This instrument heats cannabis to a temperature that boils the effective ingredients into a fine mist but leaves the dangerous parts behind.
		The National Institute of Health has quite the budget, but medical cannabis is not one of their priorities.
	www.drugpolicy.org /library/mitch3.cfm (579 words)

	Patients Out of Time, medical marijuana advocacy, cannabis medicine, clinical conferences
		An event of "The Fourth National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics" the evening dinner presentation met with the sincere resolve on the part of attendees to further the work of the last five federally supplied cannabis patients, which is to see medical marijuana returned to the treatment options of medical professionals.
		The agendas and faculty of the First, Second, and Third National Conferences on Cannabis Therapeutics are provided in an historical context.
		This section is a key source of information designed to assist patients in educating themselves and their caregivers about therapeutic cannabis.
	www.medicalcannabis.com (326 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| US can bar medical cannabis use
		Advocates say cannabis is more effective than conventional forms of pain relief and without side-effects.
		The 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court is a victory for President George W Bush's administration, which was appealing against a ruling it lost in December 2003.
		Angel Raich, who has an inoperable brain tumour and other medical problems, and Diane Monson, who suffers from severe back pain, were recommended marijuana by their doctors.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/4614635.stm (245 words)

	Erowid Cannabis Vault : Medical Use
		Medical Marijuana Activist Peter McWilliams Dies - Jun 14, 2000
		Cannabis in Medical Practice : A Legal, Historical and Pharmacological Overview, by Mary Lynn Mathre
		Cannabis spray for MS patients refused license, June, 2005
	www.erowid.org /plants/cannabis/cannabis_medical.shtml (580 words)

	Canada Medical Marihuana
		Under Health Canada's MMAR regulations, we supply B.C. grown certified organic cannabis to licenced patients as authorized designated growers.
		Register here if you are now applying for medical marijuana in the Health Canada cannabis access program.
		If you are now a Health Canada Office of Cannabis Medical Access (OCMA) licencee, you can register here for your medical marijuana supply.
	www.medicalmarihuana.ca (410 words)

	Medical cannabis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The federal department Health Canada now provides detailed advice (for its own citizens), including not only the medical information needed to make an informed choice, but the law enforcement aspects, and how to apply for authorization to possess marihuana for medical purposes.
		In 1999, a House of Lords inquiry recommended that cannabis be made available with a doctor's prescription.
		Though it is illegal to possess more than 5 grams of cannabis and dealing is considered a crime, it is de facto legalized because it is not prosecuted.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Medical_cannabis (5130 words)

	MarijuanaNews.Com, Freedom has nothing to fear from the truth
		Medical Marijuana Endgame: "‘So go ahead and die.’ That would be all right?" "Congress has made that value judgment." Not Really, But The Bush Administration Has.
		The British Medical Journal Continues Its Mediocre Coverage of the Cannabis Issues and The Media Continue Their Wretched Journalism.
		Major Victory For Medical Marijuana: 9th Circuit Ruling Allows Patients To Argue Before U.S. District Judge That Their Medical Marijuana Use Is A Fundamental Right.
	www.marijuananews.com /medical_cannabis.htm (6420 words)

	cannabisnews.com: medical related topics
		22245 10/06/2006 Medical Marijuana and the Ninth & Tenth Amendment
		21456 1/07/2006 Medical Marijuana is Victory for Patients
		21160 10/03/2005 Medical Marijuana To Be Proposed in Assembly
	www.cannabisnews.com /news/list/medical.shtml (5638 words)

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