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Karen Brooks at the Dallas Morning News blog badly misses the point in regards to Barack Obama's support for medical marijuana: Just got a notice from the happy folks over at the Marijuana Policy Project that Sen. Barack Obama "stands with us" on access to medical marijuana. I'm not sure this...
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Obama to Stop Raids on Marijuana Clinics
Hillary Clinton and John McCain has taken an unequivocal stance regarding the policy of federal raids on clinics in states that have legalized marijuana for medical purposes. (Wed May 14 09:39:17 2008 PDT)[$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%),...
How Pot Became Demonized: the Fine Line Between Good Medicine and 'Dangerous Drugs'
A history of the battle between politics and science over the use of marijuana as a medicine. ... by Wendy Chapkis and Richard J. Webb (NYU Press, 2008). For many modern critics, the concept of "medical marijuana" is a contradiction in terms. Medicine is standardized,...
How Pot Became Demonized: The Fine Line Between Good Medicine and 'Dangerous Drugs'
A history of the battle between politics and science over the use of marijuana as a medicine. ... by Wendy Chapkis and Richard J. Webb (NYU Press, 2008). For many modern critics, the concept of "medical marijuana" is a contradiction in terms. Medicine is standardized,...
Canadian Majority Would Legalize Marijuana
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Adults in Canada believe the consumption of cannabis should be allowed in their country, according to a poll by Angus Reid Strategies. 53 per cent of respondents support the legalization of marijuana. ... Adults in Canada believe the...
Medical Marijuana Users, Obama Might Set You Free (And Let's Hope To God He Does)
For years now a number of states have tried to legalize medial marijuana, but the federal government has been a vicious opponent of these efforts, prosecuting chronic pain or cancer patients who were complying with the law of the state in which they lived.
Hazy Thinking on Medical Marijuana
To those with family members who rely on medical marijuana to relieve chronic pain, the federal government's crusade against the use of the drug is an outrage. According to a 2005 Gallup poll, 78 percent of Americans support allowing doctors to prescribe medical marijuana. Yet only one of the...
Debra J. Saunders: Hazy Thinking on Medical Marijuana
Will Hillary Clinton fight for the nomination past June 1st? Yet only one of the three major presidential candidates, Sen. Barack Obama, is calling for needed change in federal policy by stopping federal raids in the 12 states that have passed laws legalizing medicinal use of marijuana. Bill...
Hazy Thinking on Medical Marijuana
To those with family members who rely on medical marijuana to relieve chronic pain, the federal government's crusade against the use of the drug is an outrage. According to a 2005 Gallup poll, 78 percent of Americans... ... In my 20s, I had expected my generation to...
Obama speaks out on medical marijuana
[Courtesy of Marijuana Policy Project] Dear friends: On the verge of becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) has renewed his commitment to protecting medical marijuana patients from arrest and jail. Here is a quote from Obama campaign spokesman Ben...
Medical marijuana may be okayed under Obama
Good article by Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle: Ever since California voters became the first in the nation to legalize medical marijuana in 1996, the state has faced unyielding opposition from the federal government, which insists it has the power to prohibit a drug it considers...
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