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The Past, Present, and Future of Medical Marijuana in the United States
On October 19, 2009, the Office of the Deputy US Attorney General issued a memorandum, “Investigations and Prosecutions in States Authorizing the Medical Use of Marijuana.”1 The memo announced a federal policy to abstain from investigating or prosecuting “individuals whose actions are in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana.” The memo made clear, however, that it did not “legalize marijuana or provide a legal defense to a violation of federal law.” Rather, it was “intended solely as a guide to the exercise of investigative and prosecutorial discretion.” This article seeks to place the attorney general’s action in historical, medical, and legal context.
The Union
A very well built documentary about cannabis and drug prohibition. Does the drug prohibition work? Have a look and think for yourself.
Pot Shrinks Tumors; Government Knew in 1974
The term medical marijuana took on dramatic new meaning in February, 2000 when researchers in Madrid announced they had destroyed incurable brain tumors in rats by injecting them with THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.
Vaporization with Jeff Jones
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Medical Cannabis News
- New Jersey Governor Christie: Rutgers leadership on pot 'disjointed'
- Colorado pot shops face closure under tough new rules
- Veteran Affairs right to OK pot use in states where it's legal
- Washington DC: District patients shouldn't expect legal sale of marijuana until early 2011
- Washington DC Medical marijuana now legal
- Dopey logic on Maine medical marijuana
- Santa Cruz City Council asked to lift smoking ban for WAMMFest
- Another Dance Around Oregon Marijuana
- Controversy flares over San Jose proposals to tax pot, tighten police and firefighter pay
- Medical marijuana for children: New trend in alternative medicine
NORML
- Congress: House Passes National Criminal Justice Commission Act
- Medical Cannabis Dispensaries Are Coming to The Nation’s Capitol
- Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) Sets Record Straight Regarding Prop. 19
- NORML Opposes President Obama’s Pick To Head The Drug Enforcement Administration
- L.A. Times: “Feinstein’s Misguided Opposition to Marijuana Legalization”
MPP
- Taxing and Regulating Marijuana “A Legitimate Idea,” Says Governor’s Office
- The Flower: An Animated Look at Regulation vs. Prohibition
- Most Americans Think Legalization ‘Somewhat Likely’ in Next 10 Years
- D.C. Medical Marijuana Law Clears Congressional Hurdle!
- In Historic Move, V.A. Eases Rules for Medical Marijuana Patients
Cannabis As Medicine
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A Primer on Medicinal Cannabis
Cannabis (marijuana) is among the most widely used of all psychoactive drugs. There has been renewed interest in the potential medical uses of cannabis (Cannabis sativa) in recent years. Opinion polls suggest similarly strong popular support for the reintroduction of medical cannabis in the USA, the UK, and many European countries. Expert reviews of medical and scientific evidence on this topic carried out on both sides of the Atlantic in the past few years have encouraged further clinical and scientific research.
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A Medicinal Cannabis Horticultural Library
Welcome to the Green Man's Marijuana Growing Guide & Free Library. The spirit is to help medical cannabis patients and horticulturalists grow the most potent marijuana plants legally possible. Growing marijuana indoors in your own space, greenhouse or outdoor garden is not difficult.
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Laguna Woods Seniors Step Towards Embracing Medical Marijuana And Wants To Open A Medical Cannabis Collective
Aug 14, 2009 Debra Baer
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