OPNews - October 2007 edition
A Publication of Ohio Patient Network (OPN)
ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS
From the President of OPN
The Fence Sitter
Let's overview what we have learned about bigotry and its relevance to medical
marijuana.
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Dennis Kucinich entered a speech into the Congressional Record memorializing
Joe Zoretic
[Congressional Record: September 17, 2007 (Extensions)]
[Page E1885]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:cr17se07-29]
IN REMEMBRANCE OF JOSEPH STEPHEN ZORETIC
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OPN's First Ever Lunch at Vics a Success!
On Thursday, September 20, OPN held its first ever Lunch at Vics, Vics being
Victorians’ Midnight Café near the corner of Neil and 5th Avenues
in Columbus. We had around 20 attendees consisting of old friends and a few
new faces. Six students from Thomas Worthington High School also joined us after
reading about the event on the Internet and receiving permission from their
teacher to attend and observe. The students had the privilege of quizzing one
of THE gurus of cannabis, Athens attorney Don Wirtshafter. The rapport was lively
and informative and the food was excellent as always. Many thanks to staff at
Vics -- especially Connie Harris -- for providing great service in an eclectic
atmosphere. Look for many similar get-togethers in the future!
Upcoming Meetings
Online meetings represent one of the primary ways OPN and OPAN conduct business.
It's a great feeling to speak with like-minded people from all over Ohio in
real time and, in the process, plan how we're going to make a big difference
in this state.
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STATE NEWS
October is Packed with Local Events!
October will be a big month for cannabis in Ohio. Near each major city in Ohio
- Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati - there will be at least one marijuana-focused
event. Attend one in your area!
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PUB LTE: VOTERS SHOULD BACK CANNABIS AS MEDICINE
The Aug. 18 Dispatch article "Medical marijuana may go on Ohio ballot"
mentions that Michigan voters soon may vote on allowing medicinal use of marijuana.
A dozen states already allow this, for one fundamental reason: Cannabis is medicine.
Documented medicinal use of the plant goes back more than 6,000 years and the
plant was a widely recognized remedy until politics took control of it in the
1930s and led to bans on research and patient use.
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NATIONAL NEWS
MEDICAL MARIJUANA: DRUG BUST SPARKS QUESTIONS OVER LAW
Man in Wheelchair Faces Possible Federal Drug Charges After Raid
MALAGA, N.M. -- Agents with a regional drug task force raided Leonard French's
home in southeastern New Mexico on Tuesday and seized several marijuana plants.
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CA: DRUG AGENTS SHUTTER MEDICAL POT DISPENSARIES
San Mateo County DA Calls in Feds After Group Contests Desist Order
REDWOOD CITY -- Soon after the Patients Choice Resource Cooperative moved into
its new digs in downtown San Mateo, the group received a cease-and-desist letter
from the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office.
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U.S. COURT HANDS SETBACK TO WAMM'S FIGHT FOR LEGAL MEDICAL POT
A federal court ruling Thursday dashed hopes of local medical marijuana advocates
seeking to keep the government out of their pot gardens.
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RULING PROTECTS POT PATIENTS PRIVACY
A Federal Judge Denies a Grand Jury Access to Oregon Medical Marijuana Treatment
Records
A federal judge has thrown out sweeping subpoenas for patient records kept
by Oregon's medical marijuana program and a private clinic, saying privacy concerns
overruled a grand jury's demand for information.
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SEN. DURBIN SUPPORTS MEDICAL MARIJUANA
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Dick Durbin said Thursday federal law should change
to allow for the use of medical marijuana when prescribed by a physician.
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FOR MORE THAN 300 RHODE ISLANDERS, MARIJUANA PROVIDES LEGAL RELIEF
The old life of Kelly Powers began to slip away two years ago.
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Retirement Living TV covers Seniors & Medical Marijuana
Viewpoint investigates the relationship between seniors living with
chronic pain and their choice to use medical marijuana to alleviate their constant
discomfort.
http://www.rl.tv/viewpoint/?gclid=CN-M9Lfiso4CFSCTWAodt090wg
CO: BAD MEDICINE?
Local Man Tangles With American Cancer Society, Police in His Campaign to Promote
Medical Marijuana
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Their view: Cannabis could replace harmful meds
By Chris Goldstein and Paul Armentano, September 8, 2007-- Millions of Americans
are living in pain; so many, in fact, that doctors now prescribe enough painkillers
in a single year to medicate every person in the nation. According to a disturbing
new study by the Associated Press, Americans in 2005 consumed over 90,000 kilograms
of powerful narcotic painkillers, not only codeine, hydrocodone and morphine,
but also meperidine (Demerol) and oxycodone. In many cases, these drugs can
be habit-forming. In some cases, their use can be deadly.
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CA: SAME TERM FOR POT GROWER
Man Again Gets 10 Years in Medical Marijuana Case.
For the second time in five years, Bryan James Epis, the first person associated
with a California cannabis buyers' club to be tried in a federal court for growing
marijuana, was sentenced Friday in Sacramento to 10 years in prison.
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WI: MEDICAL CANNABIS SUPPORTERS UNITE
Is your medicine legal?
Jacki Rickert's isn't. The Wisconsin mother suffers from several incurable
medical conditions and says the only effective treatment is marijuana.
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Latest Pot Discovery Could Yield Major Health Benefits -- And Not Just
for Hawaii's Ill
By Paul Armentano, 9/21/2007 11:20:38 AM -- Hawaii's ranchers may have a new
and unlikely ally in their battle against the spread mad cow disease: Pot.
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CA: Ridge woman to lose home over pot cultivation charge
Chico Enterprise Record (September 21st, 2007), OROVILLE -- A Paradise woman
admitted in court Thursday to growing more than 200 marijuana plants at her
Lunar Lane residence.
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The Debate On California's Pot Shops
by Morley Safer, 60 Minutes - CBS News September 20th, 2007 -- The idea was
a noble one: pass a law to make marijuana legal for cancer and AIDS sufferers
whose pain and nausea the drug is known to relieve. But the law the Rev. Scott
Imler thought would one day put the drug in pharmacies has instead created "pot
dealers in storefronts" who sell to anyone with doctors' notes that are
fairly easy to obtain.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
On the future of medical cannabis
Arno Hazekamp of Leiden University, The Netherlands, entered into the discussion
by Dr. Lester Grinspoon and Dr. Ethan Russo on the future of medical cannabis
with a letter to the journal CANNABINOIDS entitled "The herbal way - a
response to Ethan Russo", available now online at the journal's website:
http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/home.htm.
Arno Hazekamp has finished his doctoral thesis with the title "Cannabis,
extracting the medicine" with ten chapters on medicinal cannabis. It is
available from the author free of charge by sending an e-mail to ahazekamp@rocketmail.com.
Nova Scotia medical marijuana case now in hands of jury
by Tom McCoag (tmccoag@herald.ca), Halifax Chronicle Herald (Canada) September
18th, 2007 -- AMHERST — The fate of a Maccan-area man who says he has
the cure for cancer is now in the hands of a Nova Scotia Supreme Court jury.
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REGULAR FEATURES
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