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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…
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UK - State shamed into U-turn
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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ONLY IN CANADA, EH!
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GUDAY 420 AUSSERS LOUDWAYNE HERE FROM ONTARIO CANADA,I FOLLOWED ALISON DOWN UNDER LAST WEEK. I NEED TO SAY THAT SHE IS THE BUSIEST SICK PERSON IN THE WORLD AND NOW SHE HAS ASKED FOR A HAND IN EXPOSING THE ATROCITIES THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT CALLS MEDICAL ACCESSS!! IT IS A BLOODY JOKE!! I HAVE BEEN A BANDIT SMOKER/GROWER FOR 30YRS WITHOUT A DROUGHT. NOW, THAT IT IS LEGAL FOR ME TO GROW/POSSESS I AM DRY 2/3 OF THE TIME!! MY GOVERNMENT IS SO ADEPT AT HANDLING WORLD ISSUES,S.A.R.S.,WEST NILE, MADCOW & of course, BIN LADEN, EH!! HE IS WORKING AT K-MART IN EDMONTON LEND THE GAL A HAND, MATE, SHE IS FIGHJTING THE WORLDS FIGHT FROM A SICKBED WITHOUT, FROM A WHEELCHAIR WITHOUT,…
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A cannabis-based drug which relieves the symptoms of multiple sclerosis should be available on prescription by the end of the year, it was announced today. GW Pharmaceuticals said Sativex, which contains extracts from whole cannabis plants, is on track for release subject to approval by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Because it contains the class C drug, Sativex would also require a change in the law, but Home Secretary David Blunkett has indicated he would be willing to make an amendment if the drug was approved. GW, based in Salisbury, grows 40,000 cannabis plants a year at a secret site. The drug is administered as a spray in th…
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Sorry to make my first posting here one of bad news, it's not my usual style, I promise! Some of you know me, but you don't KNOW that you know me yet. Should be fun seeing who twigs first! This is 'as is' from the UK members mailing about an hour ago. > It doesn't really make any difference, but for what it's worth: > > Derek ------------- Forwarded message follows ------------- Legalise cannabis Alliance Information bullitin: Information from the Drug Legislation and Enforcement office says that changes to the Criminal Justice Bill planned to give police the power of arrest for simple possession of a class C drug will not be brought before Parliament…
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Source: New York Times medical San Francisco -- A convicted marijuana grower was sentenced to one day in prison and fined $1,000 by a federal judge today, the most lenient sentence allowed under law. The defendant, Ed Rosenthal, had faced a possible sentence of 100 years in prison and a potential fine of $4.5 million for his conviction in January on felony charges of marijuana cultivation and conspiracy. "We are all delighted with what we view as as fair and just a sentence that could be imposed under the circumstances of Ed having suffered a conviction," one of Mr. Rosenthal's lawyers, Dennis P. Riordan, said. Federal authorities arrested Mr. Rosenthal last yea…
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Source: KR Washington Bureau cannabis Blaine, Wash. - For decades the drug smuggling war has raged to the south in dusty Mexican border towns or along the sparkling waters of the Caribbean. But in the cool evergreen forests of the Pacific Northwest, a new front has opened up thanks to a potent breed of pricey Canadian marijuana. B.C. Bud is so sought after in the United States that it has been known to trade on the street dollar for dollar with cocaine, federal law enforcement officials say. Named for its birthplace in British Columbia, the high-grade pot is wreaking havoc on the once sleepy northern border. Enterprising smugglers are using kayaks, horse trailers, …
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Source: Associated Press Amsterdam, Netherlands - The latest news from the mecca of marijuana users is a real mind-blower. Under a new ban on smoking in public places, Dutch coffee shops will be allowed to sell joints, but their customers will have to go outside to smoke them. To the chagrin of the owners of the country's popular smoking establishments, national health guidelines due to take effect next January seem to be inadvertently striking the heart of the liberal Dutch drugs policy. The law targeted tobacco, not marijuana. The ban on smoking in public places met fierce resistance from eating and drinking establishments, which argued the prohibition would r…
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For eons, cannabis has been ingested for the treatment of common and chronic ailments, but now, the march of technology is propelling wacky tobaccy into a brave new century of pharmaceutical development. Scientists around the world are studying not only whole, smoked marijuana, but also pure extracts that would make Louis Armstrong blush. The fruits of their labors could hit European pharmacies as soon as next year. The leading-edge cannabis pharmaceutical company is the publicly-owned British firm, GW Pharmaceuticals. Their Cannabis Based Medical Extracts (CBME) have proven extraordinarily safe and effective in relieving medical conditions such as neuropathic pain an…
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Hanging on the precipice of states' rights in the nation's drug war is a 58-year-old San Francisco author known as the "Ganja Guru." And there lying at the bottom is a shattered Lady Justice, with no middle ground in sight. Ed Rosenthal is no stranger to controversy. Over the years, he's authored several books about the benefits of marijuana use and has even testified before Congress about the need to re-evaluate federal laws that make growing or smoking marijuana a criminal offense. Now Rosenthal, who grew marijuana for medicinal purposes, could spend the rest of his life in prison. Yet he had the city of Oakland's blessing to grow the cannabis. He had the voters o…
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