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Ohio Patient Network Membership

Thank you for your interest in becoming an Ohio Patient Network member.  It takes people like you who are interested in making medical marijuana a reality here in Ohio. Our membership dues are only $15 a year. You can use the PAYPAL link or send a check or money order to the address listed below. 

Ohio Patient Network
1620 E. Broad St, Suite 1603
Columbus, Ohio, 43203

If you need or want your membership to be tax deductible, please include a note if your are sending a check.  If you are using the PayPal, please send an email note to our treasurer and secretary at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Tax deductible funds are not allowed to be used for lobbying at the state house in Columbus.

We are a non-profit organization dedicated to the compassionate use of cannabis (AKA marijuana) for medicinal use.  Our mission is to disseminate information among patients, caregivers, medical professionals, attorneys, educate the public, and change the laws regarding the medical use of marijuana.

We encourage you to help change the current laws prohibiting the medicinal use of cannabis.   One of the most effective ways to reform our marihuana laws here in Ohio is by contacting your representatives. So the very first thing we ask you to do is call and write your Ohio State Senator and Representative and tell them you support medical marijuana.  If you email your representative, please CC your letter to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Please forward any responses you receive from your state representative.  This helps us focus our lobbying efforts in Columbus.  You can identify your state representative using the lookup tool we have under the RESOURCES menu on the left side of our website.
 
Here are some of the benefits for joining our organization

    * Periodic Newsletters to keep you up-to-date on current events. 
    * Ohio Patient Network activist tips.
    * Yahoo! egroup for members - one email address to share
        information with all members, email reminders of upcoming events, chat
        area, calendar, and electronic newsletter.
           http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OhioPatients
    * Get involved changing the laws here in Ohio, while enjoying the
       camaraderie with people who think like you!
    * We have on-line patient forum meetings the last Wednesday of
       the month on PalTalk at 8:00 p.m.  Ohio patients get together and
       share.  Please see www.paltalk.com <http://www.paltalk.com/> for the
       software.  Our new Paltalk link is
       http://chat.paltalk.com/g2/group/960087993/WebLoader.wmt. 
       Our PALTALK room is located in Social Issues & Politics->Human Rights->Ohio Patient Meeting Room
    * Become a registered user on the web site for behind the scenes working of our efforts

Thank you got joining and helping change the laws here in Ohio.

Robert
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Robert Ryan, President
Ohio Patient Network
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Last Updated on Monday, 27 July 2009 23:55  

Medical Marijuana News

Maternal Tobacco and Alcohol Use, But Not Marijuana, Associated With Psychotic Symptoms In Offspring, Study Says

Wales, United Kingdom: The maternal use of tobacco and alcohol during pregnancy is linked with increased incidences of psychotic symptoms in adolescents, according to the results of a longitudinal study published in the October issue of The British Journal of Psychiatry.

Investigators at the University of Bristol in Great Britain assessed whether maternal use of tobacco, alcohol, or cannabis during pregnancy increased the risk of psychotic symptoms in their offspring. Researchers examined the drug use habits of the mothers of over 6,300 adolescents – approximately 12 percent of which exhibited some symptoms of psychosis.

Authors concluded: "Frequency of maternal tobacco use during pregnancy was associated with increased risk of suspect or definite psychotic symptoms (in offspring.) Maternal alcohol use shows a non-linear association with psychotic symptoms, with this effect almost exclusively in the offspring of women drinking >21 units (approximately a half-pint of beer or a glass of wine) weekly. Maternal cannabis was not associated with psychotic symptoms."

For more information, please contact Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org. Full text of the study, "Maternal tobacco, cannabis and alcohol use during pregnancy and risk of adolescent psychotic symptoms in offspring," appears in the British Journal of Psychiatry.