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World Leading Health Journal Opines For Patients To Receive Federal Exemptions To Use Medical Marijuana July 30, 2003 - Brisbane, Australia Brisbane, Queensland: Governments should grant federal exemptions to qualified patients who find therapeutic benefits from the medicinal use of marijuana, conclude a pair of researchers writing in the current issue of the journal CNS Drugs. "The best prospects for the medical use of cannabinoids lie in finding ways to deliver THC that do not involve smoking and in developing synthetic cannabinoids that produce therapeutic effects with a minimum of psychoactive effects," write Professors Wayne Hall and Louisa Degenhardt of the Of…

A COMMERCIAL cannabis operation worth a staggering $6.3 million was uncovered by firefighters on Friday night during a house fire in Pennant Hills. It is believed the fire started as a result of an electrical fault relating to the sophisticated lighting and hydroponic system used to cultivate the crop. Police described the haul, which included more than 1300 plants and a large quantity of loose plant leaves, as one of the biggest ever found in western Sydney. "This would be one of the biggest we've found so far; we've only recently started to increase our investigations in regards to hydroponics," Drug Squad Det Sgt Steve Nealon said. "People don't think there's m…

Pubdate: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 Source: Associated Press (Wire)

http://www.ccguide.org.uk/chronol.html A Chronology of Cannabis 2737 BC: Cannabis referred to as a "superior" herb in the world's first medical text, or pharmacopoeia, Shen Nung's Pen Ts'ao, in China 1500 BC : Cannabis-smoking Scythians sweep through Europe and Asia, settling and inventing the scythe. 1400 BC : Cultural and religious use of ganga or cannabis, and charas or hashish (resin) recorded used by Hindus in India. c600 BC : Zend-Avesta, Indian scripture, speaks of hemp's intoxicating resin. c500 BC : Gautama Buddha said to have survived by eating hempseed. Cannabis used in Germany (Hochdorf Hallstatt D wagon burial site). First botanical drawings of cannabis in …

found this article written bu Dr. Shulgin, "the father of ecstasy". Interesting mainly because I wasn't aware that a government research found out that mj was safe in the early 70s, but Nixon suppressed it anyway; On the Question of Marijuana's Safety Dear Dr. Shulgin: Based on the drug research that you have done, I would love to have your opinions concerning the use of marijuana. Does it cause learning problems? Does it damage the ability to store long-term memory? Does it make something go wrong in the brain? With all the anti-marijuana zealots out there, it is hard to get to the truth. -- M.J. Dear M.J.: I am afraid I cannot be much of a source of truth h…

Source: The Herald, Glasgow Author: Stephen Stewart and Keith Sinclair Date: 02 Jul 2003 --- A terminally ill cannabis campaigner said yesterday she will commit suicide despite hearing that the criminal case against her will be dropped. Biz Ivol, who suffers from MS, was arrested two years ago following allegations that she was supplying cannabis to other people with the debilitating disease across the UK. It is believed Ms Ivol's agents notified her that the case, due to call at Kirkwall Sheriff Court in Orkney today, would not proceed further because of the deterioration of her health. Ms Ivol said that she would continue with plans to end her life after her s…

Iselin, NJ: The Pharmos pharmaceutical company announced on Tuesday the commencement of the first ever Phase III US study on the effectiveness of the synthetic marijuana derivative Dexanabinol for the treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). An estimated 270 US patients in some 15 trauma centers will take part in the double blind, randomized, placebo controlled trail. US patient recruitment is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Worldwide, Pharmos has already enrolled some 630 patients throughout Europe, Australia and Israel to participate in the trial. Results from the trial are expected to be available late next year. "Positive data from the [Phase II…

Alaskans could get to vote on everything from legalizing marijuana to taxing cruise ships if the sponsors of several proposed 2004 ballot initiatives get their way. Lt. Gov. Loran Leman announced Thursday that a ballot measure to ban bear-baiting had been certified by the Division of Elections, which means that the sponsors can begin the process of collecting more than 23,000 signatures in order to put it on the ballot in November 2004. The measure is the first to be certified for that election, but applications for certification for four other ballot measures have also been received by the Division of Elections. Leman announced Friday that a fifth application, which …

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n922/a01.html Newshawk: http://DrugPolicyCentral.com/bot/canada Pubdate: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 Source: Prague Post (Czech Republic) Contact: editor@praguepost.cz Website: http://www.praguepost.cz/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/346 Author: Kevin Livingston, Staff Writer, The Prague Post, MARIJUANA PROPOSAL SPARKS DEBATE Deputy Prime Minister Wants State To Reduce Penalties For Possession A marijuana smoker rolls a cigarette at Letna park, an act that could be punished with time in prison. Sitting on an open patch of grass in Letna park, the 21-year-old salesman casually rolled a marijuana cigarette. He lit it and took three d…

Thursday?s idiotic marijuana-smoking party outside Toronto police headquarters demonstrated more than the foolishness of some individuals ? it pointed clearly to the need for government to do more than just decriminalize. As with many other substances, marijuana is going to have to be regulated and controlled. If legislators are particularly smart, they?ll go one better ? sell and tax pot, and use the proceeds to fund increased costs of regulation. Police did nothing about the dozens of people who openly smoked the drug on police property, perhaps using the occasion for a passive-aggressive demonstration of their own. Maybe the frustrated officers were saying to propo…

One of B.C.'s most senior appeal court judges says she no longer believes marijuana offences are serious crimes. "While at one time I accepted the received wisdom that marijuana offences were serious crimes, I now am of a different opinion," B.C. Court of Appeal Justice Mary Southin said in a written judgment released Friday. "In my years on the bench I have sat on over 40 cases which had something to do with this substance, which appears to be of no greater danger to society than alcohol," she said. Her comments were contained in a unanimous written ruling by a three-judge panel that overturned a lower court decision to convict a Vancouver couple of operating a marij…