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OPNews - August 2006 edition
A Publication of Ohio Patient Network (OPN)
ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS
OPN Needs Your Help
With midterm elections nearly upon us, the Ohio Patient Network (OPN) and its
sister Ohio Patient Action Network (OPAN) could really use some help. There
are many ways to get involved with OPN/OPAN. Perhaps you are tired of governmental
interference in your private medical decisions. Maybe you think cannabis has
been unfairly treated in the media. Or you have ideas and want to bring about
real change. We need enthusiastic, dependable people to volunteer! By committing
just a few hours a month to volunteering, your generous gift of time can help
us achieve the goal of relegalizing medical marijuana in Ohio. Whether you want
to get out and meet new people or you can only help from the comfort of your
own home, there are many opportunities to be active in the cause.
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STATE NEWS
Stuck in the '70s
A Letter to the Editor by OPN's Mary Jane Borden (reprinted with the author's
permission) and the article that sparked it, both published in The Columbus
Dispatch
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NATIONAL NEWS
Obituary: Lynn Zimmer, Co-author "Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts"
Lynn Zimmer, Ph.D died July 2nd at the age of 59.
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Presbyterian Church (USA) Votes to Support Legal Access to Medical Marijuana
Church Joins Other Major Religious Denominations Urging Congress to Stop the
White House's Persecution of Medical Marijuana Patients (Birmingham, AL) June
22, 2006 - Yesterday, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
became the latest religious body to endorse legal access to medical marijuana
for seriously ill patients. By consensus, the denomination passed a resolution
"urging Federal legislation that allows for its use and that provides for
the production and distribution of the plant for those purposes."
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Federal court could allow city to create medical marijuana shop
By SHANNA McCORD, Sentinel staff writer (SANTA CRUZ) June 24, 2006 -- A federal
judge will decide if medical marijuana patients and a proposed city-owned dispensary
should be protected from federal prosecution.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=411&Itemid=2
CAGW Report Calls Drug Policies a Waste
Washington, D.C. -- Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released
a report critical of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Wasted
in the War on Drugs: Office of National Drug Control Policy's Wasted Efforts
takes the ONDCP to task for functioning inefficiently and failing to achieve
its core objectives.
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HOUSE VOTES TO CONTINUE ALLOWING FEDERAL PROSECUTION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA USERS
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Wednesday voted to continue to allow federal
prosecution of those who smoke marijuana for medical purposes in states with
laws that permit it.
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DRUG POLICY REFORMERS TAKE HITS FROM LAWMAKERS
Amendment to Stop Federal Raids in States With Medical Pot Laws Is Nixed --
Drug-reform advocates took a one-two punch as state lawmakers changed the treatment-not-jail
sentencing law for drug users and the House nixed an amendment to halt federal
pot raids in states with medical marijuana laws.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=414&Itemid=2
MARIJUANA FIGHT ENVELOPS FISHERMAN'S WHARF
SAN FRANCISCO - The newest attraction planned for Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco's
most popular tourist destination, has no sign, no advertisements and not even
a scrap of sourdough. Yet everyone seems to think that the new business, the
Green Cross, will be a hit, drawing customers from all over the region to sample
its aromatic wares.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=416&Itemid=2
U.S. NEEDS TO LEGALIZE MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Two weeks ago, my congressman, U.S. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, wrote to tell
me he thinks I should have been jailed for using the treatment that helped me
survive cancer. Of course, he didn't put it that way, but it's the truth.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=419&Itemid=2
DOCTORS FACE DEARTH OF DATA ON EFFECTS
San Francisco's new pot club regulations underscore the broader issues surrounding
the medical marijuana industry, including the complications doctors face in
recommending a drug they often don't know a lot about.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=421&Itemid=2
Judge Rejects Pot Recriminalization Measure
Juneau, AK: An Alaska Superior Court judge this week struck down provisions
of a new state law seeking to criminalize the possession of small amounts of
cannabis in the privacy of one's home. The law, enacted in June, redefined minor
marijuana possession as a criminal offense punishable by jail time, and defined
the possession of more than four ounces of cannabis as a felony offense.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=424&Itemid=2
What Happens When Marijuana Users Take Diet Drug Acomplia?
Well, here's the question-and-answer about the new diet pill Acomplia (rimonabant)
that thousands of you probably have been waiting for.
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Sham pot sales - No way to keep marijuana 'medicinal'
San Diego Union-Tribune EDITORIAL (July 16, 2006) - 'Free doobie Monday"?
Frequent buyer discounts? Reese's Peanut Butter and Pot Cups? Friends waiting
outside a medical marijuana dispensary for a patient to buy and split the pot?
A Web site ad offering "doctor's recommendations" to patients for
"$50 off/Just bring your prior doctor's cannabis letter/'215' card to your
initial visit"? Is such clear commercialization of the Compassionate Use
Act really what Californians intended when they passed it 10 years ago?
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MEDICAL MARIJUANA IS HERE TO STAY
San Diego County has adopted an official head-in-the-sand policy on medical
marijuana: Sit back and hope the courts outlaw it.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=2
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Cannabinoids Curb Brain Tumor Growth, First-Ever Patient Trial Shows
Madrid, Spain: THC administration decreases recurrent glioblastoma multiforme
(GBM) tumor growth in humans, according to the findings of the first-ever clinical
trial assessing cannabinoids' anti-tumor action.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=423&Itemid=2
Marijuana may block Alzheimer's
The compound may protect the brain -- The active ingredient in marijuana may
stall decline from Alzheimer's disease, research suggests.
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Cannabinoids Halt Pancreatic Cancer, Breast Cancer Growth, Studies Say
Madrid, Spain: Compounds in cannabis inhibit cancer cell growth in human breast
cancer cell lines and in pancreatic tumor cell lines, according to a pair of
preclinical trials published in the July issue of the journal of the American
Association for Cancer Research.
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COULD CANNABIS SLOW THE PROGRESS OF MS?
MILLIONS of people could benefit if the world's first trial to investigate
the effects of cannabinoids on progression of multiple sclerosis is a success,
it has been claimed.
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http://www.ohiopatient.net/v2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=415&Itemid=2
COOKIN' WITH CANNABIS
Couple Serves Up Medicinal Recipes -- Even Russell Barth cringes at the thought
of sipping a homemade tea that's been steeping in a cannabis solution for 10
minutes. "It tastes gross," the 37-year-old pot activist says as the
concoction cools in a refrigerator at the Jack Purcell Community Centre. "I'm
not drinking it for fun. I'm taking it to alleviate symptoms." Barth and
his wife, Christine Lowe, put on a cooking clinic during the Ravenswing Craft
and Zine Fair at the community centre yesterday.
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