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Medical Marijuana Expected to Qualify for Arizona Ballot

Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project will turn in more than 250,000 signatures today to place initiative on November ballot.

(PHOENIX, Az.) - Today, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project will submit more than 250,000 signatures to the Arizona Secretary of State’s office in order to place medical marijuana on the November ballot in Arizona.

The initiative requires 153,365 signatures to qualify for the ballot. Once the initiative qualifies, Arizona voters will be asked on November 2 to vote yes on the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act.

New York Times on Stress, Depression and Therapy: a Gentle Education

In addition to being a retired Osteopathic doctor, Phil Leveque is a Professor of Pharmacology and a Forensic Toxicologist.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I have accidentally become an expert on (military) stress (PTSD), depression and therapy.

The Veterans Administration considers PTSD to be almost synonymous with Clinical Depression and tries to treat it with anti-depressant drugs, which psychiatric experts in the field consider to be effective only about 20% of the time.

Maryland Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill

Measure to Provide Patients With Safe Access Now Moves to House.

(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) - With no discussion or objections, the Maryland Senate voted 35-12 to pass SB 627, a bill that would allow qualified patients to be recommended medical marijuana by their doctor and receive safe access to their medicine through state-licensed distribution centers.

The bill now moves to the House. The General Assembly’s session ends Monday night.

Marijuana and Heroin: Two Very Dangerous Drugs! Or Not!

Marijuana has never caused a death, but groups like NIDA keep lumping this herbal medicine in the same group as Heroin, which is deadly.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I was not surprised to read in The Oregonian Newspaper April, 5, 2010, that Oregon had 127 Heroin deaths last year and 119 in 2008.

Heroin deaths have averaged about 2000 per year in the U.S.

PTSD, PTSD, PTSD (continued): The VA Crime Against American Veterans

Young widow of a PTSD victim veteran, Penny Coleman, lists the top 10 Reasons Why The U.S. Military Should (Officially) Use Pot.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I believe I have had thousands of veterans and civilians who have read and/or responded to my articles on this subject.

I am possibly obsessive-compulsive about it because I have it myself, have been mistreated for it by the VA, and I have successfully treated about 1000 veterans and others for the problem with cannabis/marijuana.

Sarah Palin Offered $25,000 by Marijuana Policy Reform Advocates

Palin Addresses Alcohol Industry Gathering; MPP-Backed Campaign Offers Her $25,000 to Make Similar Speech to its Supporters

(LAS VEGAS, Nv.) - Tomorrow, at Caesar’s Palace, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin will deliver the keynote address at the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America’s national convention.

PTSD, PTSD, PTSD, the Costliest Problem for the USA

Flashbacks & nightmares are the worst symptom of this terrible problem.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - NIGHTMARES ARE THE WORST! Yes, I deliberately wrote PTSD three times.

This extreme problem has been ignored for about 100 years, maybe 140 years – the Civil War. PTSD, not by that name, has been known for thousands of years.

Dangerous Drugs for Combat Soldiers
Zombies on the Attack Part 2

Of the hundreds of Army suicides, 40% of those were taking these anti-depressant drugs.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I wrote and posted my first article by this title on March 26, 2010.

I write from a feeling and belief that my experience as a front-line Combat Infantryman, Battalion Scout, Pointman, and Forward Observer in addition to being a PTSD War Veteran, PTSD Patient and Physician who has successfully treaded about 1000 PTSD War Veterans has some validity.

Dangerous Drugs for Combat Soldiers
Zombies on the Attack

Anti-depressant drugs are doubly dangerous. Most of them cause a severe drug hangover which is far worse than alcohol. Their adverse side effects are possibly/probably causing or worsening PTSD.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I could NOT believe what I was seeing on ABC TV News March 24, 2010; that the Army Shrinkologists (Psychiatrists) were prescribing zombifying drugs to frontline combat troops.

I was a Combat Infantryman, Battalion Scout, Pointman and Forward Observer in WWII. I am not only lucky but astonished that I lived through it.

Historic Marijuana Reform Measure Qualifies for California`s November 2010 Ballot

Voters Will Decide If California Becomes First State in the Nation to End Marijuana Prohibition

( SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - A proposal to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol in the state of California has secured a place on the November 2010 ballot.