With the passage of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, physicians first became severely constrained in their ability to prescribe cannabis as a medicine and, as a consequence, over the next three or four decades became increasingly ignorant of both its remarkable therapeutic utility and limited toxicity. Pari passu with …
To give you some idea of what we have discovered and what we are looking for, we are posting several excerpts from the revised and expanded edition of Marihuana, the Forbidden Medicine. Here are several accounts of medical marijuana use from our book, in the words of people who have …
Posted by CN Staff By Froma Harrop Source: Spokesman-Review USA — A plague of heroin addiction is upon us. Another plague. Heroin was the crisis that prompted Richard Nixon to launch the war on drugs in 1971. Time marched on. Cocaine and then crack cocaine and then methamphetamine overtook heroin …
Please download PDFs of the front and back of this card to pass it out in your community. JURORS HAVE THE POWER The trial jury created by our Constitution is a judicial body with more power than Congress, the President, or even the Supreme Court. Judges frequently say the “issue of law” is for …
Take Action Online Now Action Alerts Support SB 1193 in California – Americans for Safe Access May 02, 2014 12:52 PM Don Duncan SB 1193 is a bill by California Senator Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) that would require that law enforcement return wrongfully-confiscated medical cannabis or plants or pay the …
Pain Clinics Test Patients for Marijuana Use By Dale Gieringer, California NORML From O’Shaughnessy’s, Reprint Summer 2009 Like many medical marijuana users, Kristin Redeen needed additional prescription medications for her severe chronic pain. For seven years she had been treated at a private pain clinic in the Central Valley, where …
Petition: Vote to Prevent the DEA from Arresting Patients in Medical Marijuana States By Barry Bard Despite saying they’d leave Washington and Colorado alone, the Obama administration really hasn’t. And the DEA’s policies and invasion of patient rights in all medical marijuana state remains a serious issue and an affront …
The Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative Association is a member-owned corporation providing assistance, information, and resources to partner-members endeavoring to produce or sell industrial hemp. Incorporated in 1994, the Cooperative seeks to uphold a tradition of legal and profitable hemp production in Kentucky. The original Kentucky hemp cooperative association, organized during …
The Bronner family is committed to helping transition our major industries away from polluting, unsustainable materials and methods to cleaner, more sustainable ones. Hemp’s excellent fiber can replace virgin timber pulp in paper, glass fibers in construction and automotive composites, and pesticide-intensive cotton in textiles. Because of its huge market …
The DEA Seized 250 Pounds of Hemp Seed, Now Holding it Hostage Italy sent Kentucky 250 pounds of hemp seeds to help the Bluegrass state–once America’s largest hemp producer–launch its government approved hemp pilot programs. But federal customs agents (aka the DEA) at the Louisville International Airport clearly didn’t get this memo–nor …