Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with marijuana www.salem-news.com 2013 The anti-marijuana folks will take great offense at this, but it is a fact. Although NSAIDS are relatively non-toxic as compared to morphine, etc., they do have toxic attributes. Even aspirin, the most common NSAIDS, kills about 1,000 patients per year. Other adverse side effects of NSAIDS include heart attacks, stroke, stomach and intestinal bleeding, damage to the liver and kidneys, and high blood pressure. http://salem-news.com/articles/june182013/cannabis-vs-nsaids-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june182013/cannabis-vs-nsaids-pl.php Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:08:00 PDT This month of June is the best part of the year for Prop. 215 patients here in California. Many have put in their garden and some are working hard to get their garden put in. The growing season is a exciting time for people, it's the chance to grow their own medicine and control the production of the healing cannabis plant. http://salem-news.com/articles/june172013/cannabis-victory-es.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june172013/cannabis-victory-es.php Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:20:00 PDT Because Oregon was first "founded" on Valentine's Day, February 14th, in 1859, it was being governed by what's known as "federal law". In the beginning, the plant had to be grown by all farmers period, and that their taxes had to be paid with it or else they were fined and thrown into jail. http://salem-news.com/articles/june132013/oregon-pot-jg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june132013/oregon-pot-jg.php Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:36:00 PDT When Oregon first legalized medical marijuana in 1998, medical conditions which made a patient eligible for a permit were cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer's, Cachexia/Anorexia, pain, nausea, seizures and spasms. These medical conditions were on the state application forms and the marijuana doctor was supposed to just check which of the medical conditions that the patients had to get the permit to grow, carry and use marijuana. http://salem-news.com/articles/june112013/doc-license-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june112013/doc-license-pl.php Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:43:00 PDT Please help express disdain to the Canadian government for their decision to persecute Mr. Rick Simpson for producing Cannabis Oil for treatment of cancer, and other disorders, providing it free of charge to those who came to him for help, when the medical system had told them there was nothing more they could do for them. Lend your voice to freedom of health treatment options, and cannabis activist, Rick Simpson. http://salem-news.com/articles/june102013/rick-simpson-el.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june102013/rick-simpson-el.php Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:27:00 PDT As one of only two Assemblymembers with a professional background in healthcare, I feel compelled to discuss my recent affirmative vote for A.6357. In a representative republic, such as ours, my voice and votes have been consistent with the values of my district. Voting on this bill last year was one of the most difficult decisions I have experienced as a legislator. http://salem-news.com/articles/june102013/katz-mmj-op-ed.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june102013/katz-mmj-op-ed.php Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:40:00 PDT News is spreading throughout the Big Apple state that a rather unpublicized medical cannabis (aka "Marihuana") bill went forward and was passed for the 4th time by an unofficial vote of 95-38 on Monday, June 3rd 2013. The bill will now go forward to the New York Senate for a final decision and be enacted into state law. http://salem-news.com/articles/june092013/new-york-mmj-jg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june092013/new-york-mmj-jg.php Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:09:00 PDT Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber showed his support of Veterans and others suffering from PTSD when he signed Senate Bill 281 on Thursday, allowing the legal medical use of Cannabis (marijuana). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was added to the list of "debilitating medical conditions" as defined by Oregon statute with the Governor's signature. http://salem-news.com/articles/june072013/oregon-ptsd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june072013/oregon-ptsd.php Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:32:00 PDT I can feel a bunch of psychotherapy-minded psychiatrists jumping up and down, causing a minor earthquake. That's OK, we pharmacologists have a totally different understanding about what goes on under patient's hats. Besides that, it was the biochemists who made the first discoveries about what made the wheels in the head go around or not go around. http://salem-news.com/articles/june062013/medical-marijuana-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june062013/medical-marijuana-pl.php Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:02:00 PDT Former Mexican President Vicente Fox has a heck of a proposition, he wants to see medical marijuana legalized worldwide and he's starting with a chain of dispensaries in Washington state. The former political leader is serious and believes it will bring peace and prosperity to his nation and beyond. http://salem-news.com/articles/june042013/worldwide-pot.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june042013/worldwide-pot.php Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:00:00 PDT The marvelous news that Oregon's legislature finally passed a bill which will allow PTSD victims - whether military or civilian, to use legalized marijuana, is truly a blessing to possibly as many as one million Oregonians. Cannabis/marijuana has been used by Oregonians as medicine for about 100 years or more. For starters, it was used as canvas on the covered wagons, and even before that, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Ben Franklin had it in their gardens and used it medically. http://salem-news.com/articles/june012013/cannabis-ptsd-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june012013/cannabis-ptsd-pl.php Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:53:00 PDT Nevada voters approved medical cannabis in their 1998 & 2000 elections. The state constitution directs the Legislature to make cannabis available to medical patients in Nevada period. The problem however, is the fact that the now Nevada constitutional law doesn’t address any safe access points for patients to obtain their medicine which is becoming the problem for residents whom use cannabis medicinally. http://salem-news.com/articles/may312013/nevada-cannabis-jg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may312013/nevada-cannabis-jg.php Fri, 31 May 2013 10:25:00 PDT The Oregon Legislature voted to add Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a qualifying condition under the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act (OMMA) just a few days after Memorial Day. While any patient diagnosed with PTSD may get qualified under the state’s medical law, the plight of veterans dominated hearings and discussions surrounding the bill. Now, onto Governor Kitzhaber’s desk. http://salem-news.com/articles/may302013/ptsd-marijuana.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may302013/ptsd-marijuana.php Thu, 30 May 2013 18:25:00 PDT Proposition 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act, was the first of it's kind passed into an American state law in 1996 by the majority of Californian voters. What 215 did was exempted medical cannabis patients and their doctors from punishment, for those who prefer medicinal cannabis use over pharmaceutical drugs for the state's ill patients suffering from diseases like cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, wasting syndrome, PTSD, pain & etc. http://salem-news.com/articles/may292013/cal-pot-laws-jg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may292013/cal-pot-laws-jg.php Wed, 29 May 2013 19:20:00 PDT They called the piece, "Rancho Tehama's Growing Pot Problem." Right from the start, in their weak effort to get a quirky title in, they irresponsibly create a negative image of the legal cannabis farmers that are actually the majority of this now growing community. http://salem-news.com/articles/may272013/land-santa-rosa-pn.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may272013/land-santa-rosa-pn.php Mon, 27 May 2013 12:12:00 PDT Investigators from the University of California, Los Angeles provided the latest data reaffirming that cannabis consumption is not associated with an elevated risk of lung cancer. The study included data from six case-control studies conducted from 1999 to 2012 in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand... http://salem-news.com/articles/may202013/pot-cancer.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may202013/pot-cancer.php Mon, 20 May 2013 09:40:00 PDT In the midst of a raging national debate on how Americans use marijuana, a team of student researchers from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs is collecting data that could help separate marijuana fact from fiction. While the work is academic, the issue has real-world implications. http://salem-news.com/articles/may202013/la-cannabis.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may202013/la-cannabis.php Mon, 20 May 2013 08:50:00 PDT On May 6th 2013 the California Supreme Court accepted the arguments that Cities and Counties could ban medical marijuana dispensaries within their localities. This decision came about after an appeal to the higher courts in the Riverside case. http://salem-news.com/articles/may102013/cal-mmj-defeat.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may102013/cal-mmj-defeat.php Fri, 10 May 2013 23:39:00 PDT A proposed law that would force the federal government to respect state marijuana laws is gaining bipartisan support, but U.S. representatives from Washington state aren’t so stoked. It would be a lot cooler if they were, advocates say. http://salem-news.com/articles/may092013/federal-pot-ss.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may092013/federal-pot-ss.php Thu, 09 May 2013 17:13:00 PDT Nearly three hundred cities worldwide, including Portland, will participate in the fourteenth annual Global Cannabis March. Portland participants will gather in Pioneer Courthouse Square to march at high noon through downtown Portland, accompanied by a police escort. http://salem-news.com/articles/may032013/cannabis-march.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may032013/cannabis-march.php Fri, 03 May 2013 21:01:00 PDT The Oregonian and and The New York Times both had headlines, May 3, 2013, 'Suicides Surge in United States and Oregon'. I believe military PTSD victims have the highest rate but there are far more civilians in that same age group. http://salem-news.com/articles/may032013/ptsd-suicides-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may032013/ptsd-suicides-pl.php Fri, 03 May 2013 14:16:00 PDT The US government anti-marijuana shills, the police, the sheriff's deputies, the district attorneys, the judges, the anti-marijuana psychologists, the anti-marijuana psychiatrists, and about half of the voting public, who have seen the movie "Reefer Madness." They seem to believe that marijuana is dangerous with barely a shred of evidence... http://salem-news.com/articles/april302013/marijuana-punishment-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april302013/marijuana-punishment-pl.php Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:16:00 PDT Four young boys have been taken by the State of Idaho Child Protective Services from their families. Three prominent marijuana activists are now fighting for their children and their freedom. http://salem-news.com/articles/april252013/idaho-family-rb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april252013/idaho-family-rb.php Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:33:00 PDT Senator Lou Correa's DUII bill undermines the will of California voters who have clearly, overwhelmingly voted in favor of legalizing pot for sick people. Marijuana stays in the system for a month, but even if a patient hasn't used it in a week, they will still test positive. Correa wants them in our state's overcrowded jails. http://salem-news.com/articles/april232013/duii-bull-es.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april232013/duii-bull-es.php Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:19:00 PDT Despite what the naysayers at the VA Hospital system say, the recent events in B boston and Texas should allay any doubt of the reality of this horrific affliction of the mind, brain and soul. The Boston citizens were significantly traumatized by a few seconds of overwhelming terror. Everything after that can be classified hopefully, as recovery. http://salem-news.com/articles/april222013/ptsd-civilians-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april222013/ptsd-civilians-pl.php Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:10:00 PDT I have been conducting online research to see how many federal agencies have been protecting us from the "evil weed" marijuana, as compared to the regularly available "strong painkiller" heroin. The latter is actually prescribed in England as Brompton Cocktail, which contains heroin or other strong morphine-like drugs http://salem-news.com/articles/april182013/marijuana-heroin-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april182013/marijuana-heroin-pl.php Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:19:00 PDT Big news from Springfield, the Illinois House passed the Illinois Medical Cannabis bill in a 61-57 vote. NORML expresses their thanks to everyone's hard work over the last several years to get this bill passed through the House. http://salem-news.com/articles/april182013/illinois-marijuana.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april182013/illinois-marijuana.php Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:35:00 PDT We need your help to notify the public about the danger of SB 289: Zero-Tolerance Drugged-DUI Measure. Hearings on Senator Correa's SB 289: Zero-Tolerance Drugged-DUI Measure are set for April 23rd before the State Senate Public Safety Committee. http://salem-news.com/articles/april162013/drugged-driving-es.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april162013/drugged-driving-es.php Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:45:00 PDT Advocates will be gathering outside the California State Capitol for a Rally against Assembly Bill 289 that will be heard by the Senate Public Safety Committee on April 23rd. If passed, this law would establish that anyone testing positive for a schedule one narcotic is “Drugged Driving”. http://salem-news.com/articles/april162013/drugged-driving-bill.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april162013/drugged-driving-bill.php Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:40:00 PDT Sometimes I just can's believe what I am reading. The Oregon Legislature recently had hearings about including Combat PTSD for medical marijuana permits. Senator Betsy Close was quoted as saying, "(I) am against expanding the medical marijuana program," and, "Marijuana does damage the body and especially the brain," and, "All drugs have side effects. This drug has documented brain damage and sex damage." http://salem-news.com/articles/april112013/ptsd-close-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april112013/ptsd-close-pl.php Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:56:00 PDT