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Topic: Medical marijuana

	Drug Policy Alliance: Medical Marijuana
		Medical marijuana made national headlines this year when the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government can prosecute medical marijuana patients, even in states that have compassionate use laws.
		Marijuana is classified as a Schedule I substance, defined as having a high potential for abuse and no medicinal value.
		Medical marijuana is one of the most widely supported issues in drug policy reform.
	www.drugpolicy.org /marijuana/medical (932 words)

	Medical Marijuana
		In 1998, five state medical marijuana initiatives were passed with an average of 60% support in the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Arizona.
		In California today, patients are growing marijuana for their relief, clubs continue to operate to provide medicine, and hardline police and prosecutors continue to arrest and file charges against patients, leaving it up to the juries to act in the interest of justice and acquit.
		There is already a medical marijuana initiative slated for the state ballot in Nevada in the year 2000.
	www.hr95.org /MedicalMJ.html (1236 words)

	Project Inform's Medical Marijuana [ HIV / AIDS Treatment Information ]
		Marijuana is an illegal substance, yet ‘buyers clubs’ have been established in some areas to provide the drug for people using marijuana for medical purposes.
		Marijuana, therefore, may be a realistic alternative for people who don’t benefit from standard anti-nausea medication.
		Marijuana has been shown to be an effective treatment for general pain associated with illness or serious injury.
	www.projinf.org /fs/marijuana.html (2274 words)

	Exposing the Myth of Smoked Medical Marijuana
		A Columbia University study found that a control group smoking a single marijuana cigarette every other day for a year had a white-blood-cell count that was 39 percent lower than normal, thus damaging the immune system and making the user far more susceptible to infection and sickness.
		Adolescent admissions to substance abuse facilities for marijuana grew from 43 percent of all adolescent admissions in 1994 to 60 percent in 1999.
		According to data from the Potency Monitoring Project at the University of Mississippi, the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content of commercial-grade marijuana rose from an average of 3.71 percent in 1985 to an average of 5.57 percent in 1998.
	www.usdoj.gov /dea/ongoing/marijuana.html (1370 words)

	Dennis Kucinich on Medical Marijuana
		Unfortunately, the current administration has chosen to ignore the vast potential of medical marijuana in favor of intensifying the destructive "war on drugs." Most medical marijuana clinics are non-profit collectives treating terminally ill patients.
		Instead, doctors should be free to prescribe marijuana and marijuana-based medicines to their patients as needed to treat illness and manage pain.
		Despite marijuana's recognized therapeutic value, including a National Academy of Science Institute of Medicine report, recommending its use in certain circumstances, federal law refuses to recognize the importance and safety of medicinal marijuana.
	www.kucinich.us /issues/medicalmarijuana.php (690 words)

	Medical Marijuana in California
		Whether or not to permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes is both a public policy issue and a contentious legal issue, especially in California.
		In January 2003 Ed Rosenthal, a medical marijuana advocate who grows the drug for use by the sick, was brought to trial in district court and found guilty on federal drug charges.
		Examines the politics of medical marijuana and the larger issue of marijuana legalization, with a focus on a Nov. 2002 medical marijuna initiative in Nevada.
	www.igs.berkeley.edu /library/htMedicalMarijuana2003.html (1279 words)

	Factbook: Medical Marijuana
		The Institute of Medicine's 1999 report on medical marijuana examined the question whether the medical use of marijuana would lead to an increase of marijuana use in the general population and concluded that, "At this point there are no convincing data to support this concern.
		In the Institute of Medicine's report on medical marijuana, the researchers examined the physiological risks of using marijuana and cautioned, "Marijuana is not a completely benign substance.
		Marijuana was placed in Schedule I, which defines the substance as having a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use in the United States, and a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision.
	www.drugwarfacts.org /medicalm.htm (1385 words)

	MedicalMJ.org - Medical Marijuana News and Facts
		Medical marijuana is on the move in states across the US in 2005.
		As federal prosecutions against medical marijuana patients and providers escalate, a coalition of patients, care givers, doctors and public officials united behind the 8-year-old daughter of a now-free federal prisoner to call for an end to these injustices.
		Cannabis, or marijuana as it is often called when referring to the drug form of the plant, is an effective medicine that is relatively safer than many commonly-used pharmaceutical products.
	www.medicalmj.org (3370 words)

	Medical Marijuana Briefing Paper - 2005
		Marijuana is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known.
		Marijuana was placed in Schedule I, defining it as having a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision.
		Though some small studies of marijuana are now underway, the National Institute on Drug Abuse—the only legal source of marijuana for clinical research in the U.S.—has consistently made it difficult (and often nearly impossible) for researchers to obtain marijuana for their studies.
	www.mpp.org /medicine.html (1512 words)

	The Science of Medical Marijuana
		In short, the report verifies that marijuana does have medical benefit, and argues that it should be made available to patients who could benefit from its use now.
		Political opponents of allowing the use of marijuana as a medicine routinely say that there is no scientific basis for claims that the drug is useful.
		Large, historic reports on marijuana as medicine - governmental and quasi-governmental; readable/accessible by section.
	www.medmjscience.org (217 words)

	Justices wary on laws over medical marijuana - U.S. News - MSNBC.com
		Marijuana may have some negative side effects, he said, but seriously sick people are willing to take the chance because the drug helps them more than traditional medicines.
		The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled against the government in a divided opinion that found federal prosecution of medical marijuana users is unconstitutional if the marijuana is not sold, transported across state lines or used for non-medicinal purposes.
		Medical marijuana was an issue in the November elections.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6585161 (1257 words)

	MAPS: Medical Marijuana Research
		A NY Times article about medical marijuana discusses the implications for US drug policy of the impending approval of a medical marijuana extract in England, with quotes from and illustrated by photos of Lester Grinspoon and Rick Doblin.
		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 (9492 words)

	American Medical Marijuana Association
		The American Medical Marijuana Association recently received official recognition by the United States government as one of the top organization websites promoting medical marijuana law reform.
		Washington, D.C. -- People who smoke marijuana because their doctors recommend it to ease pain can be prosecuted for violating federal drug laws, the Supreme Court ruled June 6th, overriding medical marijuana statutes in 11 states.
		Justice John Paul Stevens, an 85-year-old cancer survivor, said the court was not passing judgment on the potential medical benefits of marijuana, and he noted "the troubling facts" in the case.
	www.americanmarijuana.org (1023 words)

	Common Sense for Drug Policy: Medical Marijuana Facts & News
		A report by the Marijuana Policy Project released in early September 2005 finds that teen marijuana use appears to have declined in those states which have enacted laws allowing medical marijuana.
		The authorities said in a court document that Dr. Fry wrote a recommendation for medical marijuana to an undercover agent from the Drug Enforcement Administration even though there was a 'lack of a medical record,' and that her husband provided the agent with marijuana.
		Now, she and Diane Monson, a Butte County woman who also smokes marijuana at the recommendation of her doctor, are the latest legal warriors in the seemingly irreconcilable conflict between the federal government and states such as California that endorse the use of cannabis for the sick and dying.
	www.csdp.org /news/news/medmar.htm (15175 words)

	Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Medical marijuana should be grown in California and sold all over the world in drug stores and pharmacies.
		A 27-year-old Australian beauty student is facing a firing-squad sentence in Indonesia for smuggling marijuana she claims was planted in her luggage.
		District Judge Charles Breyer issued his ruling on the issue of a permanent injunction against the buying and selling of marijuana for medical purposes which targets the cannabis buyers clubs doing that specific thing for sick and dying people.
	www.marijuana.org (4580 words)

	Marijuana medical use
		This is a story of government betrayal -- a betrayal that continues today.
		Afterall, none of us are immune from the illnesses that marijuana can treat -- glaucoma, cancer, multiple sclerosis and more.
		Some day you might need medical access to marijuana.
	www.marijuana-as-medicine.org (90 words)

	Erowid Cannabis Vault : Medical Use
		Marijuana's healing nature for these two illnesses is a result of its ability to increase a person's appetite as well as relieving nausea, allowing a patient to regain weight.
		Marijuana reportedly helps glaucoma patients by reducing intraocular pressure that can cause damage to the eye.
		Medical Marijuana Activist Peter McWilliams Dies - Jun 14, 2000
	www.erowid.org /plants/cannabis/cannabis_medical.shtml (627 words)

	WAMM - Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana Homepage
		WAMM works closely with local law enforcement and the legal community, leading the movement to uphold the Democratic process by bringing the issue of medical marijuana use before the people of California through proposition 215.
		Nine states have a law that allow for marijuana to be used for medicinal purposes.
		The department has a marijuana enforcement team targeting illegal trafficking, Allen said, but meets regularly with the Corrals and had deemed WAMM in compliance with -- and protected by -- state law.
	www.wamm.org (1016 words)

	Prescription Drug Index: Medical Marijuana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Marijuana Can Be A Perfectly Safe Medication If You Vaporize It Or Take It Orally Instead Of Smoking It.
		Marijuana Is The Only Thing That Has Helped Me Conquer The Depression I Have Had Since Childhood.
		Medical Marijuana Is The Only Thing That Has Eased The Pain From My Bone Spurs.
	www.nutritionalsupplements.com /prescription/indexmarijuana.html (435 words)

	Canada Medical Marihuana
		If you need Health Canada medical marijuana use and/or growing application forms mailed directly to you, phone toll-free: 1-866-337-7705.
		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 (444 words)

	Medical Information on Hemp / Marijuana
		Tod Mikuriya, MD, is a psychiatrist and Former Director of Marijuana Research for the National Institute of Mental Health
		Prenatal Marijuana Exposure and Neonatal Outcomes in Jamaica
		This resolution was vetoed by Governor Pete Wilson because he says that allowing sick people to have medicine "sends the wrong message".
	www.druglibrary.org /schaffer/hemp/medical/medical.htm (1043 words)

	Medical marijuana (cannabis) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		We at AAMC are dedicated to bringing patients, caregivers and volunteers the facts they need to make informed decisions about whether Cannabis is the right medicine for them, the laws surrounding Medicinal Marijuana in your area, political activism and even handy recipes and guides to growing your own nontoxic medicine.
		Montel Williams interviews patients who use medical marijuana.
		Montel Williams has Multiple Sclerosis and uses medical marijuana to treat his disease.
	www.letfreedomgrow.com (437 words)

	Marijuana Law Reform - NORML
		Marijuana Arrests For Year 2004: 771,608, Record High
		CN BC: Marijuana Activist Sentenced To One Day In Jail After
		California Medical Marijuana Refugee Seized By Canadian Officials,Turned Over To US Authorities While Hospitalized
	www.norml.org (108 words)

	MARIJUANA WORLD.COM Best Marijuana Site on the Net! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		MARIJUANA WORLD.COM Best Marijuana Site on the Net!
		This Site contains material which should only be viewed by Adults.
		If you are Under 18 years of age.
	marijuanaworld.com (27 words)

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