Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with medical_marijuana www.salem-news.com 2013 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 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 Two combat veterans told state senators on Wednesday how marijuana has helped them cope with post-traumatic stress disorder and at times helped calmed one soldier's violent urges. State Senator Betsy Close testified that she is against expanding the medical marijuana program. http://salem-news.com/articles/april052013/close-ptsd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april052013/close-ptsd.php Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:12:00 PDT Insomnia, or inability to sleep well or long, affects almost all of us at least some of the time. Pain is probably the most common cause, but anxiety, nervousness, depression, or fear or any combination must be included. About 70% of my marijuana patients had pain to some degree. Most of them smoked or inhaled before going to bed to ensure sleep. http://salem-news.com/articles/april022013/insomnia-marijuana-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april022013/insomnia-marijuana-pl.php Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:46:00 PDT First we must agree on what we're talking about. Nausea and vomiting are caused by maybe a thousand or more diseases and/or conditions. The most prominent cause is nausea and vomiting from pregnancy. About 90 percent of women are victims of this, experiencing minor to severe problems. http://salem-news.com/articles/march312013/marijuana-nausea-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march312013/marijuana-nausea-pl.php Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:14:00 PDT Osteoarthritis, along with rheumatoid arthritis are almost the constant companions of nearly everybody over 70 years and many by the time they are 50. This totals about 50 million in the U.S. and about one percent of the population in the whole world. http://salem-news.com/articles/march272013/arthritis-marijuana-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march272013/arthritis-marijuana-pl.php Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:52:00 PDT The VA medical system would like you to think that PTSD is depression, it isn't! It is a combination of extreme fear and extreme anguish. Vietnam Vets learned marijuana was good and effective for "battle terrors," and therefore, why not PTSD? According to them, it was better than a whole list of very dangerous, zombifying and lethal drugs. http://salem-news.com/articles/march252013/ptsd-anguish-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march252013/ptsd-anguish-pl.php Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:54:00 PDT It is estimated that there are about 16 million cases of COPD etc., and 100,000 deaths in the US per year. Before somebody has a cow about the above title, I can assure all that I found this trio in the Merc Manual and it is OK to combine them and they are treated and they are all treated similarly. http://salem-news.com/articles/march232013/copd-asthma-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march232013/copd-asthma-pl.php Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:52:00 PDT I thought I was hallucinating when I read the latest Oregonian story March 17, 2013, boldly advertising marijuana as medicine under the risqué title: 'Rocky Mountain High'. Of course they were writing about marijuana in Colorado, but as the saying goes, "Say anything but spell the name right". http://salem-news.com/articles/march202013/oregonian-pot-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march202013/oregonian-pot-pl.php Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:19:00 PDT I hope the title gets most readers' attention. Marijuana works best for migraines, glaucoma, obstetrics and reasonably well for trigemprogeminal neuralgia. http://salem-news.com/articles/march162013/marijuana-painkiller.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march162013/marijuana-painkiller.php Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:51:00 PDT The subject of asthma has been a huge controversy almost since it was first defined by Hippocrates about 450 b.c. It was recognized as a disease in ancient Egyptian medical texts. In the U.S., the first medical article published, was in 1872. http://salem-news.com/articles/march092013/asthma-marijuana-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march092013/asthma-marijuana-pl.php Sat, 09 Mar 2013 11:48:00 PST I posted my first article on this subject Marijuana Vs. Migraines: Modern Medical Miracle June 30 2008 in Salem-News.com. http://salem-news.com/articles/march052013/marijuana_migraines-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march052013/marijuana_migraines-pl.php Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:51:00 PST Fibromyalgia is not only a very mysterious disease, but the therapy is even far more confusing. Nobody seems to know exactly what causes it and if one does not know what is the mechanism, how can one treat it? Severe generalized pain is the principle symptom but strong painkillers are not the answer and many physicians have been severely punished by medical boards for giving patients good pain relief. http://salem-news.com/articles/march012013/fibromyalgia-marijuana-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march012013/fibromyalgia-marijuana-pl.php Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:01:00 PST Smiling Leaves Clinic is an OMMP clinic serving the Salem and surrounding areas since November 2012. SLC holds monthly clinic dates for those needing an Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) card or needing their card renewed. http://salem-news.com/articles/february272013/smiling-leaves.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february272013/smiling-leaves.php Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:42:00 PST “Oh, my God! My baby! My baby! My baby!,” howled Daisy Bram, 30, as her children were removed by Butte County child welfare officials in a September 29, 2011 raid on the rural Concow, CA home Daisy Bram shared with her partner, medical marijuana cultivator Jayme Walsh. In California, consumption, possession, and cultivation of marijuana are legal with the medical documentation that Bram and Walsh possess... http://salem-news.com/articles/february192013/daisy-bram-court.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february192013/daisy-bram-court.php Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:51:00 PST Dr. David Allen is a cardiovascular surgeon who had spent his entire career saving lives. http://salem-news.com/articles/february122013/doctor-allen-es.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february122013/doctor-allen-es.php Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:32:00 PST In my last article your read about a young family that was trying to maneuver the justice system against false charges of child abuse and marijuana for sale. http://salem-news.com/articles/january312013/tragedy-worsened-es.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january312013/tragedy-worsened-es.php Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:10:00 PST The Oregonian has been extremely critical about marijuana as medicine since it was legalized in 1999. It always has super snide remarks about POT, POTHEADS, POT DOCTORS, etc. http://salem-news.com/articles/january302013/blumenauer-pot-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january302013/blumenauer-pot-pl.php Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:15:00 PST Doctor Oz and Doctor Gupta, both come from countries in which marijuana has been used as medicine for at least one thousand years. As such, it is surprising, at least to me, why they do not know more about its medical uses and its alleged dangerous misuses. http://salem-news.com/articles/january162013/oz-gupta-pot-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january162013/oz-gupta-pot-pl.php Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:59:00 PST For whatever reason which is certainly not clear, The New York Times Jan 8 2013 continues to print ridiculous stories implying that marijuana use is somehow dangerous. http://salem-news.com/articles/january112013/pot-media-mayhem-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january112013/pot-media-mayhem-pl.php Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:53:00 PST This review is based upon The Oregonian article, 'A Seven-Year Old Uses Medical Marijuana', which reports that a child was using very strong, high dose marijuana extract. The child is doing well. http://salem-news.com/articles/january052013/mykayla-update-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january052013/mykayla-update-pl.php Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:09:00 PST I had hoped that Oregonian reporter Noelle Crombie had run out of 'bad' incorrect things to say about Oregon's very successful medical marijuana program, but she continues with more vehemence than helpful information. http://salem-news.com/articles/december302012/oregonian-marijuana-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december302012/oregonian-marijuana-pl.php Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:04:00 PST In my last article I spoke about unity in our community. Then I was asked, what about people who take from our community, and cause damage? http://salem-news.com/articles/december282012/patient-rights-es.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december282012/patient-rights-es.php Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:40:00 PST Here in California we have more than a few marijuana legalization organizations and groups scrambling for the top of the hill. Some are involved in statewide initiatives, while others are more localized and are concentrating on city and county regulations. http://salem-news.com/articles/december222012/advocacy-for-who-es.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december222012/advocacy-for-who-es.php Sat, 22 Dec 2012 12:57:00 PST Since 1996 medical marijuana patients, otherwise known as Proposition 215 patients have been fighting a battle for the rights to attain and procure their medicine. The Compassionate Use Act of 1996, is a California Proposition that was enacted by 55.6% of votes in favor of qualified patients having the right to use marijuana as medicine. http://salem-news.com/articles/december172012/cal-215-history-es.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december172012/cal-215-history-es.php Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:23:00 PST The recent elections with Washington and Colorado legalizing marijuana has caused a tremendous kafuffle. THe police and district attorneys are hustling about like a chicken with no head. (Very appropriate, they are not acting!) Meanwhile, TV stations and newspapers are flapping their wings. ---- What are we going to do? http://salem-news.com/articles/december112012/mj-felony-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december112012/mj-felony-pl.php Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:39:00 PST Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is one of several prominent people who discuss the failure of the war on drugs in the new web documentary Breaking the Taboo. Many news outlets have covered the fact that the former president is shown on screen saying the war on drugs "hasn't worked." http://salem-news.com/articles/december102012/clinton-pot-ta.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december102012/clinton-pot-ta.php Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:04:00 PST The upcoming legalization of marijuana for "recreational purposes" and the frantic, "The sky is falling" response by the newspapers and TV have prompted this article by me, about the meaning of all of the terms associated with this quasi-legislation. First of all, the state issues permits not licenses. http://salem-news.com/articles/december062012/marijuana-permits-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december062012/marijuana-permits-pl.php Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:37:00 PST I don't know whether to be astonished any more about The Oregonian's pathetically inane remarks about the hazards of medical marijuana. They were doing reasonably well printing about the seven-year old girl with leukemia whose life was being preserved by the use of medical marijuana. http://salem-news.com/articles/december032012/pot-child-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december032012/pot-child-pl.php Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:40:00 PST The Oregonian headlines the article, 'A Seven-Year Old Uses Medical Marijuana' November 25, 2012. Whether they did this for sensationalistic headlines is not clear but probably so. This story was picked up by the Washington Post, CNN and MSNBC. http://salem-news.com/articles/november272012/child-pot-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november272012/child-pot-pl.php Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:36:00 PST