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Congressman Boehner talks about Pot

It was interesting to hear Congressman John Boehner saying that he says he supports states like Ohio to take control about issues such as drugs and marijuana.
Bellow is an excerpt from From Bret Thompson's Progressive Ohio blog

At 3:30 in this video, Mark Preston from CNN asks Ohio Rep. John Boehner the following question, submitted by a Digg user, “Why is it that drugs (alcohol, tobacco) that kill thousands of people each year are legal, yet other drugs (marijuana) which are used for medical purposes and do far less harm and don't cause death, are illegal? “

Boehner starts his reply:

    “Whether it is the American Medical Association, the American Cancer Society, all of those people, by and large, don’t believe there is any [emphasis his] medicinal value in marijuana.”

Both the AMA and the American Cancer Society support further research into medical marijuana. The AMA states that "preclinical, anecdotal, or controlled evidence suggests possible efficacy." Many other mainstream medical organizations, like the 2.9 million member American Nurses Association and the American College of Physicians, support legal access to medical marijuana.

See video and the rest of Bret Thompson's Blog at
http://www.progressohio.org/page/community/post/bretprogressohio/C2g8

 

New Mexico MMJ program started

Thursday, 22 January 2009 12:01 Rob Ryan
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State Finalizes Rules for Medical Cannabis Distribution System, ID Card Program

(Santa Fe) – The New Mexico Department of Health has finalized regulations for the registry identification cards and a production/distribution system for its medical cannabis program. The Department will accept applications from nonprofit businesses interested in producing and distributing medical cannabis for patients in New Mexico. Qualified patients can also apply to produce medical cannabis for themselves.

for the rest of the Press release see
http://www.health.state.nm.us/documents/medicalmarijuanafinalrules1-09-09.pdf
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For a look at the details off the regulations see
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmregister/xix/xix23/7.34.4new.htm
Last Updated on Thursday, 22 January 2009 12:07
 

Ohio Patient Network History

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A statewide organization of patients had been a long-term dream of many medicinal cannabis activists in Ohio. The Ohio Patient Network began to officially solidify after the Ohio Medical Marijuana Educational Conference was held at Ohio State University in January 2001. This conference was sponsored by Drug Policy Education of Ohio and funded by the Drug Policy Foundation.

Shortly after that conference, a group of patients, caregivers, and activists from all over Ohio got together on the Internet to discuss strategies to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio. From this meeting, the Ohio Patient Network (OPN) was officially born.  We incorporated and applied for non profit status.  We were awarded 501-C3 non profit status by the IRS, where donations are tax deductible.

Several years later we recognized that our ability to influence legislation was limited by our 501-C3 designation so we formed the Ohio Patient Action Network a 501-C4 organization that would be able to lobby and be more political active than OPN. 

Donations to the 501-C4 are not not tax deductible, but are for the 501-C3.

Note there are two seperate boards for C3 & C4 both are helping medical marijuana patients network and working for changing the laws. 

 

Support for Medical Compassion is Growing

Rob Ryan Legislation - Event News
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Ohio Patient Network’s Patient Advocate, Tonya Davis, was invited to, and attended, a recent fundraiser for Governor Ted Strickland's kickoff re-election campaign.  Local Attorney Doug Mann, and his wife Beth, hosted the event.  Ms. Davis received very encouraging words about Medical Marijuana legislation for Ohio from the guests and Governor Strickland.

Davis was the principal force behind the introduction of Ohio’s SB343 Medical Compassionate Act in last year’s legislative session.  Dayton’s Senator Tom Roberts sponsored SB343 and plans to reintroduce the bill in Ohio’s 128th legislative session.  

The topic of medical marijuana was brought up and discussed; it received wide approval from the guests at the event. A common echo was "its about time" from the guests.  Even an attendee from the Sheriff's office said he could support it on a personal level.  The proposed bill gives law enforcement the right tools to verify if a patient is a real medical marijuana patient.  

Every time OPN representatives have spoken to law enforcement about this bill they have heard no opposition to the legislation.  Law enforcement's motto is “To Protect and Serve,” not to arrest individuals struggling with cancer or serious pain issues.
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A Brief History Of Cannabis

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The use of marijuana in some form has occurred for 10,000 years. Records show that the Chinese cultivated "Ma" (cannabis hemp) for fiber, medicine, and herbal use by the 27th century BC. From the 8th to the 18th centuries AD, Arab physicians and scientists utilized the medicinal properties of cannabis hemp to treat wide variety of conditions and illnesses including ear and skin diseases, epilepsy, and pain.

During the mid-1800s, cannabis became an accepted therapy by Western medicine. By the beginning of the 20th Century, more than 100 papers on it had been published by physicians in Western medical literature, and it was a recognized treatment for over 100 separate ailments. Marijuana was officially removed from in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia in 1942 after passage of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. This legislation severely limited the ability of physicians to prescribe the compound, and as a result, the American Medical Association became one of the most vocal opponents of the ban. In 1937, it foretold of today’s battle by saying,
"The obvious purpose of and effect of this bill [Marihuana Tax Act] is to impose so many restrictions on the medicinal use [of cannabis] as to prevent such use altogether. ... It may serve to deprive the public of the benefits of a drug that on further research may prove to be of substantial benefit."
Marijuana’s illegal position was solidified after Congress passed the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, which placed it on Schedule 1 in the same category with heroin and LSD, drugs deemed to have high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use.
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