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OPNews - May 2006 edition
A Publication of Ohio Patient Network (OPN)
ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS
OPN Welcomes New Board Member, Hans Schmidt
Hans Schmidt was elected to the interim position of Director of Research and
Development (the position previously known as Director of Development) at the
April 12 OPN meeting. Hans is known for success in tackling problems of paper
and information. He has worked for attorneys in New York and Cleveland as a
paralegal, investigator, and process server. He is currently an investigator
for the Ohio Real Estate Appraiser Board.
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Ohio Patient Action Network Fills Board Positions
At the April 12 Special Meeting to hold a vote to fill vacant board positions,
the Ohio Patient Action Network (OPAN) elected the following interim officers:
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STATE NEWS
Ohio Primary Election May 2
Ohio's primary election is Tuesday, May 2. Don't forget to vote!
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THE INFORMANT, THE LIES, THE INJUSTICE - AND A LIFE LOST
CHARLES PLINTON was still struggling with the reality of his son's suicide
when he found the box of cartridges. Three were missing.
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NATIONAL NEWS
Rush Limbaugh Calls Medical Marijuana Patients "Maggot-Infested, Dope
Smoking Crowd"
April 21, 2006 -- Rush Limbaugh on the recent FDA "report" claiming
that there is no medicinal value in marijuana: "The FDA says there's no
-- zilch, zero, nada -- shred of medicinal value to the evil weed marijuana.
This is going to be a setback to the long-haired, maggot-infested, dope-smoking
crowd."
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Raich Still Fighting for Medi-Pot Rights
By Jordan Smith, Austin Chronicle (April 14th, 2006)-- Medical-marijuana patient,
and its fiercest advocate, Angel Raich, was back in federal court on March 27,
where her lawyers argued before a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals that the Constitution and the common-law doctrine of medical
necessity protect Raich's use of medi-pot and make unconstitutional the federal
government's attempts to enforce pot prohibition against sick and dying patients.
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Mocking Marijuana's Virtues Is Criminal
By Steve Young, American Politics Journal (April 11th, 2006)-- Nothing more
reveals the damage the broadcast Lords of Loud inflict than actually seeing
the faces of those their blather stings. Distancing themselves from the affect
of their words doesn't make their culpability any smaller. Same goes for legislators
who vote without first looking at the inhumanity their decisions will cause
-- or sometimes worse -- what good their decisions deny.
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APPLICATIONS FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Chronically ill patients who want to use medicinal marijuana began submitting
applications under a new state law. In January, Rhode Island became the first
state to sanction the use of medical marijuana since the Supreme Court ruled
that the authorities could prosecute marijuana users, even in states that allow
it to be used medicinally. Four people submitted applications, and 51 others
are being completed, said Maria Wah-Fitta, a spokeswoman for the Rhode Island
Department of Health. The state has 30 days to verify with a physician that
the patient is eligible for the program. A patient and a caretaker can possess
up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana or up to 12 plants. The patient and caretaker
must carry cards that identify them as part of the program at all times.
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STEVE KUBBY RELEASED FROM JAIL AFTER 20 DAYS
Medical marijuana advocate Steve Kubby was released from the Placer County
Jail Wednesday after serving one-third of a 60-day jail sentence for violating
probation. He was released early due to jail overcrowding.
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MEDICAL POT PROPONENT IN TROUBLE WITH LAW AGAIN
KALKASKA (MI) -- A Traverse City man who touted marijuana use as the lone remedy
that curbs his multiple sclerosis symptoms is in legal trouble again.
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GLOSSING OVER MISTREATMENT IN THE MAGBIE CASE
Jonathan Magbie was a 27-year-old man who was paralyzed from the neck down
as a result of a childhood accident. Although he had never been convicted of
a criminal offense and although he required private nursing care for as much
as 20 hours a day, Magbie was given a 10-day sentence in the D.C. jail in September
2004 by D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith E. Retchin for possession of a marijuana
cigarette. He died in city custody four days later. His story has been the subject
of several previous columns.
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FDA REJECTS MARIJUANA FOR MEDICAL USES
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it does
not support the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
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F.D.A. DISMISSES MEDICAL BENEFIT FROM MARIJUANA
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that "no
sound scientific studies" supported the medical use of marijuana, contradicting
a 1999 review by a panel of highly regarded scientists.
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THE POLITICS OF POT
The Bush administration's habit of politicizing its scientific agencies was
on display again this week when the Food and Drug Administration, for no compelling
reason, unexpectedly issued a brief, poorly documented statement disputing the
therapeutic value of marijuana. The statement was described as a response to
numerous inquiries from Capitol Hill, but its likely intent was to buttress
a crackdown on people who smoke marijuana for medical purposes and to counteract
state efforts to legalize the practice.
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IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, THE SPIN DOCTORS SPIT ON SCIENCE
Last Thursday, taking what was supposed to be a big hit at the subject, the
Food and Drug Administration declared that "no sound scientific studies"
had found a medical value for marijuana.
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Cartoon in Playboy
The doctor is saying to the patient "Good news. I've diagnosed an illness
that requires medical marijuana."
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
DREHER'S JAMAICAN PREGNANCY STUDY
More Suppression of Marijuana Research -- In the 1980s Melanie Dreher and colleagues
at UMass Amherst began a longitudinal study to assess the well-being of infants
and children whose mothers used cannabis during pregnancy. The researchers lived
in rural Jamaican communities among the women they were studying. Thirty cannabis-using
pregnant women were matched for age and socio-economic status with 30 non-users.
Dreher et al compared the course of their pregnancies and their neo-natal outcomes,
using various standard scales.
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Medical marijuana stock on Venture
The Toronto Star (April 6, 2006)-- It's not every company that heralds its
public debut with Moses Znaimer, the co-founder of CityTV, on one side and a
bag of marijuana from the Canadian government on the other. But that's exactly
how Cannasat Therapeutics Inc. did it yesterday.
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Cannabis Relieves MS-Associated Incontinence
Plymouth, United Kingdom (March 30, 2006): Cannabinoids and cannabis extracts
significantly reduce incontinence in patients with multiple sclerosis, according
to clinical trial data published this month in The International Urogynecology
Journal.
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