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OPNews - February 2006 edition
A Publication of Ohio Patient Network (OPN)
ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS
Columbiana County Man Faces Sentencing for Medical Marijuana
Advocates of medical marijuana were in Lisbon to monitor the criminal drug
trial of a Columbiana County man. While not presented as a direct defense, marijuana
as medicine was the backdrop in the trial of Randy Brush of Wellsville.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=289&Itemid=2
NATIONAL NEWS
Angel Raich's Hearing in Ninth Circuit is on March 27 in Pasadena
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/01/1796484.php
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=291&Itemid=2
Advocates Pass Out Pot In Front Of SF City Hall
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=3803268
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=287&Itemid=2
Former Telfair sheriff headed back to prison
MACON, Ga. - Former Telfair County Sheriff Ronnie Walker, who served time in
federal prison for protecting marijuana growers, must return to prison by Valentine's
Day after he admitted smoking marijuana while on supervised release.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=271&Itemid=2
The Emancipation of Frances James, Med MJ in Action
In October, my mother, a 74 year old elegant lady full of beauty, died due
to the effects of liver, lung and breast cancer. She first contracted breast
cancer in 1993. They wanted to take both boobs, put her on chemo and some god
awful drug I can't recall, but she did neither of the above. Using only natural
methods, she beat back the cancer for a dozen years, and back then the survival
rate was much lower than it is today.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=272&Itemid=2
Sativex® To Enter Directly Into Phase III Cancer Pain Trials in US
GW Pharmaceuticals (AiM:GWP) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) has accepted its Investigational New Drug (IND) Application for Sativex®,
a cannabis-derived, oro-mucosal spray composed primarily of tetrahydrocannabinol
(THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive cannabinoid, for the treatment
of pain in patients with advanced cancer that has not been adequately relieved
by opioid medications.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=273&Itemid=2
LAWMAKERS CONSIDER MEDICAL MARIJUANA
BOSTON -- Massachusetts could become the fourth New England state to legalize
medical marijuana under a plan before state lawmakers.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=274&Itemid=2
SUPERVISORS ARE WRONG ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors' decision to sue the state of California
in an attempt to overturn Proposition 215, the state's medical marijuana law,
is wrong in every possible sense: legally, morally and politically. The American
Civil Liberties Union intends to immediately intervene in federal court to protect
the many patients who legally use medical marijuana and to uphold the will of
California voters who approved Proposition 215.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=277&Itemid=2
LEGAL POT USE CAN MAKE JOBS GO UP IN SMOKE
Decision: The California State Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Limits for Workers
and Employers.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=278&Itemid=2
HOUSE OVERRIDES CARCIERI'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA VETO
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island on Tuesday became the 11th state to legalize
medical marijuana and the first since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that
patients who use the drug can still be prosecuted under federal law.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=279&Itemid=2
SUPPORTERS OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL CONCEDE PROBLEMS
The Law Doesn't Say Where the Marijuana Will Come From, but It's Understood
That It Will Be Obtained Illegally From Drug Dealers, or Grown From Seeds Obtained
Illegally.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=2
Editorial: R.I.'s MARIJUANA LAW
A more humane society would not turn its back on suffering -- and, in some
cases, terminally ill -- people who find that marijuana eases their agony. So
it is good news, on balance, that the Rhode Island Assembly overturned Governor
Carcieri's veto of a medical-marijuana bill, to become the 11th state to allow
such use. That should give welcome comfort to some Rhode Islanders suffering
from, for instance, the rigors of chemotherapy.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=281&Itemid=2
MORALITY PLAY
San Diego County Goes on the Warpath Against Popular Medical Marijuana
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=282&Itemid=2
IN THE DARK
Crowds Repelled a Raid on a Popular Cannabis Club, but the Feds Returned That
Night, Busted Down the Door, and Left the Place Open to Thieves
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=283&Itemid=2
Owners of pot club raided by DEA return to business in open air of Civic Center
http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/news_in_brief/med_mj_060112.shtml
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=284&Itemid=2
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
FATE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA USER RESTS IN HANDS OF FEDERAL COURT JUDGE...FOR
NOW
Long-Term Cancer Patient Has Struggled With Immigration Authorities for Four
Years
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=285&Itemid=2
DOCTORS WEIGH IN ON EFFECTIVENESS OF MEDIPOT
Medical marijuana activist Steve Kubby contends if he is returned to the United
States and not allowed to smoke marijuana daily he will die, but doctors differ
on whether all the pot Kubby smokes is really good for his health.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=286&Itemid=2
Preliminary Results for the Year Ended 30 September 2005
GW Pharmaceuticals plc, the company which develops and manufactures a range
of new medicines based on cannabis and other controlled drugs, announces its
preliminary results for the year ended 30 September 2005.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=275&Itemid=2
Marijuana-related videos starting to take off...
Virtually every few hours a new marijuana-related video is being added to Google's
new video search directory. If you've got a fast connection to the Internet,
check out some! http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=marijuana
Read more...:
http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=288&Itemid=2
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