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OPNews - July 2006 edition
A Publication of Ohio Patient Network (OPN)
ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS
New Website for Ohio Patient Action Network
The Ohio Patient Action Network (OPAN), lobbying sister to the Ohio Patient
Network, is proud to announce their new website http://ohiopatientaction.org.
The website will feature information about current legislation, lobbying efforts,
and how to contact your legislators regarding medical marijuana issues. For
the upcoming election, there will be information about candidates who support
medical marijuana. There will also be updates on SB 74, the Ohio Medical Marijuana
Act. Please check out the new website!
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=404&Itemid=2
NATIONAL NEWS
IN REMEMBRANCE: CHERYL LEE MILLER MAY 21, 1946 - JUNE 7, 2003
The link below is a jpeg of a remembrance of Cheryl Miller that Jim Miller
had published on June 7, the 3rd anniversary of the day of her passing. He also
participated at a press conference on June 7, 2006 in Trenton, New Jersey at
the Statehouse in support of New Jersey medical marijuana legislation. http://www.mapinc.org/images/InRemembrance.jpg
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STUDY FINDS NO CANCER, MARIJUANA CONNECTION
The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana,
even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer.
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DR. TASHKIN MAKES THE NEWS
"Marijuana Does Not Raise Lung Cancer Risk," proclaimed the headlines
on May 23, over stories about Donald Tashkin's talk at the American Thoracic
Society conference in San Diego. Dr. Tashkin led a team of UCLA investigators
who conducted a large, population-based, case-controlled study looking for links
between marijuana use and the risk of lung cancer in middle-aged adults living
in Los Angeles County. They concluded, "We did not observe a positive association
of marijuana use, even heavy long-term use, with lung cancer, controlling for
tobacco smoking and other potential confounders" (age, sex, race, educational
level).
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=391&Itemid=2
WEED CONTROL
Research on the Medicinal Benefits of Marijuana May Depend on Good Gardening--and
Some Say Uncle Sam, the Country's Only Legal Grower of the Cannabis Plant, Isn't
Much of a Green Thumb
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Anti-tumor activity of plant cannabinoids
"The aim of this study was to identify natural cannabinoids with anti-tumor
activities at least similar to those of THC, and devoid of the potential central
effects of this compound. Given that the efficacy of cannabinoids as antitumoral
agents appears to be strictly correlated to the cell type under investigation,
we screened a panel of plant-cannabinoids in a wide range of tumoral cell lines
distinct in origin and typology. We found that, surprisingly, cannabidiol acted
as a more potent inhibitor of cancer cell growth than THC, and that cannabigerol
and cannabichromene usually followed cannabidiol in the rank of potency. ...
These results suggest the use in cancer therapy for cannabidiol, a compound
lacking the psychotropic effects typical of THC."
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=388&Itemid=2
MARIJUANA PROHIBITION MAKES WAR ON MIRACULOUS GIFT
If a miracle suddenly appeared, would we try to learn from it or try to destroy
it?
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=389&Itemid=2
ACLU Sues Alaska Over State's New Marijuana Law
By Matt Volz, The Associated Press (Juneau, Alaska) -- The American Civil Liberties
Union sued the state of Alaska today over a new law penalizing marijuana possession
for personal use in the home.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=392&Itemid=2
Montel to urge N.J. on medical marijuana
ANGELA DELLI SANTI, Associated Press (TRENTON, NJ) - Television personality
Montel Williams plans to tell a New Jersey senate panel on Thursday how marijuana
relieves his chronic pain caused by multiple sclerosis, and urge New Jersey
lawmakers to enact medical marijuana laws, as 11 other states already have.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=393&Itemid=2
White House official opposes NJ's proposed medical marijuana law
By ANGELA DELLI SANTI, The Associated Press - 06/09/06 (TRENTON, NJ) - A White
House drug enforcement official on Thursday dismissed efforts to pass a medical
marijuana law in New Jersey, saying "anecdotal evidence should not drive
our nation's approval process for prescription drugs."
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=395&Itemid=2
MARIJUANA HEARING PITS TALK SHOW HOST, DRUG OFFICIALS
A tearful TV talk show host and a federal deputy drug czar squared off Thursday
over a proposal to legalize marijuana for medical uses. The bill, the New Jersey
Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, would allow patients suffering from
cancer or some other chronic medical condition to use marijuana to ease pain,
nausea, seizures and severe, persistent muscle spasms and other debilitating
symptoms.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=397&Itemid=2
California Pot Shop Gets the OK
The Santa Cruz Sentinel - 6/15/06 -- In a 6-1 vote Tuesday night, the Santa
Cruz City Council denied two appeals aiming to halt opening the city's second
medical marijuana dispensary.
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NOTHING CAN EASE HIS PAIN QUITE LIKE MARIJUANA
I'd planned to visit Ray Lakers in the Polk County Jail. But when it was time
to make arrangements, he was already gone.
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National MS Society funds study on marijuana and MS spasticity
Many people with MS-as many as 15%, according to one study-use marijuana for
relief of symptoms, including spasticity. But the results of clinical trials
of smoked marijuana and of one of its major active ingredients, THC, in oral
spray form, have been inconclusive. Part of the problem is that these trials
have measured spasticity on the Ashworth Scale, which relies on the subjective
judgment of the examiner.
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West Hollywood to consider easing enforcement of marijuana laws
By: North County Times wire services - 06/16/06 -- WEST HOLLYWOOD -- Pot smokers
wouldn't have to worry about possessing small amounts of marijuana in West Hollywood
-- or smoking it in private -- if the community's City Council adopts a proposed
resolution on Monday.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=401&Itemid=2
COURT: TRACE OF POT IS ENOUGH - Motorists Can Be Charged Even If Not Intoxicated
TRAVERSE CITY, MI -- Any trace of marijuana in a driver's blood could mean
stiff penalties after a crash if someone is injured and killed, even if the
driver was not impaired, a sharply divided state Supreme Court ruled.
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COURT'S MARIJUANA RULING A VICTORY FOR AUTHORITIES
Marijuana users can be arrested for drugged driving weeks after they toast
a joint, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a Jackson County appeal.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
REEFER SADNESS
Man With Prescription for Pot Denied Permission by Bahamian Government to Take
His Stash on a Trip to the Islands Sponsored by His Company
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=394&Itemid=2
CANNABIS 'REDUCES SURGERY PAIN'
A cannabis plant extract provides pain relief for patients after major surgery,
research has shown.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=390&Itemid=2
POT PLANTS ARE 'SPECIAL, THEY'RE MEDICINE'
Jayne Ball doesn't have much to be merry about these days. Neither does her
husband Bert.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=385&Itemid=2
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