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OPNews - October 2006 edition
A Publication of Ohio Patient Network (OPN)
ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS
DANIEL GENE ASBURY, 1956-2006
Activist Battled to Pass Medical Marijuana Laws -- Daniel Gene Asbury, 50,
a Toledo-area activist who spent more than 20 years lobbying state legislators
to introduce the legal use of marijuana for medical purposes, died Wednesday
in Flower Hospital from complications of a massive heart attack.
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In Memory of Daniel "Dan" Asbury 1956-2006
POW of the WOD
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OPN Annual Meeting and Election
The Ohio Patient Network (OPN) will hold its Annual Meeting on Sunday, October
22nd, from 1:00-5:00 pm at the Westerville Public Library in Westerville, Ohio.
Westerville is a Northeast suburb of Columbus.
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STATE NEWS
REEFER MADNESS - Examining a Silly Law
Last Friday night, I met up with a buddy downtown, went to a bar and had a
few drinks. Well, let's say my friend had a few. The vodka and tonics were tasting
pretty good, and maybe I overdid it a bit too.
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NATIONAL NEWS
MARIJUANA BALLOT CHANGES ORDERED
PIERRE -- A circuit judge told South Dakota officials Friday to make substantial
changes in the language that will appear on the November ballot to explain a
proposal that would legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
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FIRM HELPS GET MARIJUANA-BASED DRUG INTO TRIALS
A cannabis-derived painkiller will undergo Phase III clinical trials in the
United States beginning later this year, partly because of help from Kalamazoo
life-sciences consulting firm Apjohn Group LLC.
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MEDICAL POT DISPENSARIES PROMOTED
Some of California's leading medical marijuana activists released a new report
yesterday touting dispensaries as a benefit to both patients and the communities
in which they operate.
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MARIJUANA AIDS THERAPY
Marijuana can improve the effectiveness of drug therapy for hepatitis C, a
potentially deadly viral infection that affects more than 3 million Americans,
a study has found. The work adds to a growing literature supporting the notion
that in some circumstances pot can offer medical benefits.
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What Would Jesus Do? Religious Communities as Drug Reform Allies
7/21/06 -- By any measure, the United States is a highly religious country.
More Americans claim to believe in God and attend church regularly than in any
other Western industrial democracy, and religiously-based claims carry great
weight in American politics. But the drug reform movement, much of it secular
and unattached to traditional religious practices, has only begun to make serious
inroads with these powerful groups.
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NORML's New Major Health Report
The NORML Foundation today released a major new report: "Emerging Clinical
Applications For Cannabis & Cannabinoids: A Review of the Recent Scientific
Literature, 2000 - 2006". http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7002
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Depression
Using data of the ongoing National Longitudinal Survey of Youth of 1979 researchers
of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore investigated the influence of cannabis
use on the development of depression. A total of 8,759 adults (age range 29-37
years) interviewed in 1994 had complete data on past- year cannabis use and
current depression. The risk for depression was significantly increased by 1.4
in cannabis users in comparison to the non-using group. However, after adjustment
for possible influencing factors the risk was no longer increased in the cannabis
group. (Source: Harder VS, et al. Addiction 2006;101(10):1463-72.)
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WAITING TO INHALE
YVONNE Westbrook of Oakland uses medical marijuana to control the spasms of
multiple sclerosis. Valium left her with a heavy, drugged feeling. "A few
tokes and the spasticity calms right down," she noted in the documentary
"Waiting to Inhale," which will be shown at the Oakland International
Film Festival on Thursday.
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GIVE MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT THE LATITUDE PATIENTS DESERVE
New Jersey lawmakers will soon consider whether to pass into law the New Jersey
Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (S-88 and A-933). The act would remove
the statewide criminal penalties for the use, possession and cultivation of
a small amount of marijuana for qualified patients under a program administered
by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS). The Coalition
for Medical Marijuana--New Jersey (CMM-NJ) urges lawmakers to support the bill
as it is written. Some lawmakers have said that the bill is too broad--that
too many patients will qualify for medical marijuana when it passes. CMM-NJ
opposes any attempt to restrict the diseases or conditions that would qualify
a New Jersey patient for medical marijuana. This is a question that is properly
left only to the treating physician. There are, moreover, a number of rare conditions
that respond well to medical marijuana.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Renee Boje Finally Free
Renee Boje is finally free. In 1998, Boje faced a potential 10-year federal
sentence for her minor involvement in the cultivation of medical cannabis in
California. Boje fled from the US to Canada on the advice of her lawyer. She
failed to receive refugee status in Canada. Under the terms of an agreement
between Boje and federal prosecutors, Boje pled guilty to minor cannabis possession.
On 14 August she was sentenced by a Californian judge to one-year probation.
More information: http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4803.html. (Source:
Cannabis Culture of 22 August 2006)
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CANNABIS DRUG FILED FOR APPROVAL
The first cannabis-based medication for MS has been filed for approval by British
regulators.
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Italy: Health minister authorizes the import of medicines that contain THC
The Italian Health Minister Livia Turco has officially ordered that the import
of medicines containing THC can still be authorized by the Central Narcotics
Commission of the Ministry, for patients who need these medicines and have no
alternatives available. The Minister's ordinance is valid until 30 November
2006.
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