Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with prohibition www.salem-news.com 2013 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 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 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 OK, so you are asking yourself, what do they know? I didn't know all of the details myself. I originally posted an article in Salem-News.com, Nausea of Pregnancy, Marijuana Vs. Antiemitics, Marijuana Wins Hands Down! http://salem-news.com/articles/april102013/marijuana-sisterhood-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april102013/marijuana-sisterhood-pl.php Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:06:00 PDT I actually found out about this ten years ago when I was helping one of my 1,000 PTSD Veteran patients get a medical marijuana permit. He had been mistreated at the VA with morphine-like drugs, valium-like drugs and anti-depressants, all of which are strong brain depressants. They had destroyed his libido. http://salem-news.com/articles/april082013/marijuana-aphrodisiac-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april082013/marijuana-aphrodisiac-pl.php Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:43:00 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 The Pew Research Center announced today that, for the first time in its 40 years of polling on the issue, a majority of Americans (52%) support making marijuana legal. Just 45% said they think marijuana should remain illegal. http://salem-news.com/articles/april042013/mpp-pew-poll.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april042013/mpp-pew-poll.php Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:49:00 PDT A new national Pew poll just released shows majority support for legalizing marijuana (52% - 45%). The poll also shows that 72% of Americans think that federal efforts to enforce marijuana laws cost more than they are worth. http://salem-news.com/articles/april042013/pot-poll.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april042013/pot-poll.php Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:45:00 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 With this year's historical progress made by Colorado and Washington, many here in California are wondering when we see change? With California leading the way with the medical marijuana industry the hope would be the we are not too far behind. http://salem-news.com/articles/march262013/calif-legalization-es.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march262013/calif-legalization-es.php Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:21:00 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 Dave Bewley Taylor says over the years, there have been soft and hard defections on cannabis control. He says it is now time to discuss alternatives that are based on facts and evidence. http://salem-news.com/articles/march122013/united-nations-pot.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march122013/united-nations-pot.php Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:22:00 PDT Why we have to suffer epilepsy and/or seizures is not very acceptable to me but epilepsy has been with us a long time. The list of famous names includes Hercules, Socrates, Plato, Muhammed, Bud Abbot, of the comedian duo Abbot and Costello, Lenin, Neal Young, the Artist known as Prince, and President Grover Cleveland. There are a lot more, and most of you know somebody afflicted. http://salem-news.com/articles/march112013/epilepsy-marijuanapl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march112013/epilepsy-marijuanapl.php Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:32:00 PDT It was an interesting day Friday, covering a hearing in the case against Eric Salerno in Marysville, held in the courtroom of Yuba County Judge Julia Scrogin. http://salem-news.com/articles/march102013/eric-court-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march102013/eric-court-tk.php Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:59:00 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