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Worth Repeating: You Can’t Censor Cannabis Cancer Treatment

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 31, 2011 Medical, News

Graphic: NORML Stash Blog

“NCI apparently got a talking to from someone” ~ Radical Russ Belville, NORML

Welcome to Room 420, where your instructor is Mr. Ron Marczyk and your subjects are wellness, disease prevention, self actualization, and chillin’.

Worth Repeating

By Ron Marczyk, R.N.

Health Education Teacher (Retired)

You are witnessing cannabis history in the making.

You can clearly see what happened, in the illustration above. The government has changed the verbiage regarding cannabis on the National Cancer Institute’s cancer.gov website, only 11 days after it was added.

We demand that the original statement be re-posted as it was, and for the National Cancer Institute to stand by its original research statement.

This was a naked political move. Please call the NCI public inquiry phone line at 301-435-3848 or email them at http://www.cancer.gov/global/contact/email-us.

Federal Agents Raid San Fernando Valley Marijuana Grow Ops

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 31, 2011 Growing, News

Photo: LA Weekly

More than 5,000 plants were reportedly seized from hydroponic grow operations in the San Fernando Valley on Wednesday.

Federal agents reportedly raided several medical marijuana operations in the San Fernando Valley on Wednesday. Agents from multiple federal agencies including the Drug Enforcement Administration, assisted by the Los Angeles Police Department, uncovered pot growing warehouses, according to spokesperson Laura Eimiller.

“Multiple search warrants were executed,” Eimiller said. “It involved multiple agencies including the FBI, DEA, LAPD and the ATF and ICE.”

One law enforcement source told Dennis Romero at LA Weekly that more than 5,000 plants were seized, along with “luxury cars” and at least $200,000 in cash. The raided locations were said to all be indoor hydroponic growing operations.

Harris Poll: Most Americans Want To Legalize Medical Marijuana

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 31, 2011 Legislation, Medical, News

Graphic: Telling It Like It Is!

The marijuana legalization debate has caught fire. When asked if they would support legalizing cannabis in their state, three out of four Americans — 74 percent — say they support legalization of medical marijuana, with almost half (48 percent) saying they strongly support it, according to a new Harris Poll. Fewer than one in five Americans (18 percent) say they oppose legalizing medical marijuana in their state.

Americans are less supportive of legalizing marijuana for recreational use. Two in five (42 percent) support legalizing recreational use in in their state, and half (49 percent) oppose it.

Surprisingly to some, adults in the East are most supportive of legalizing marijuana for medical use (80 percent) and recreational use (50 percent). The West is the next most supportive region, with 76 percent supporting medical marijuana and 50 percent favoring the legalizing of recreational marijuana.

Cannabis Industry, Congressman Promote $1.7 Billion Business

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 30, 2011 Legislation, News

Graphic: NCIA

The National Cannabis Industry Association, the first national trade organization advancing the interests of marijuana-related businesses, on Wednesday discussed the federal legislative needs of the industry at an event at the National Press Club.

Leaders of the industry joined Congressman Jared Polis (D-Colorado), as well as the manager of See Change Strategy, an independent firm that last week released the first-ever financial analysis of the legal medical marijuana industry in the United States.

The See Change report, based on interviews with more than 300 people in the industry, estimated the total legal medical cannabis market at $1.7 billion in 2011.

Medical Cannabis Pioneers Mark 10 Years On Telegraph Avenue

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 30, 2011 Dispensaries, News

Graphic: Patients Care Collective

Berkeley’s Patients Care Collective will mark 10 years in business on Monday, April 4.

The Patients Care Collective (PCC) first opened its doors in Berkeley, California on April 4, 2001. There were only a handful of dispensaries in Northern California back in the dark days of the second Bush Administration, and none in the rest of the United States. At the time, public perception and the political climate weren’t nearly as compassionate as they are today, and each month brought new reports of DEA harassment. Still, the PCC persevered, and helped to found Americans for Safe Access (ASA) in 2002.

“I want to congratulate the PCC on their 10-year anniversary,” said Steph Sherer, executive director of ASA in Washington, D.C. “Not only have they spent a decade providing safe and affordable access to medical cannabis, but they are true pioneers.”

Drug Warrior-In-Chief Obama Named Nanny of the Month

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 30, 2011 Culture, News

Reason.tv’s Nanny of the Month for March is Drug Warrior-In-Chief Barack Obama, whose Drug Enforcement Administration banned faked pot, thwarted a scientist’s decade-long attempt to study marijuana, and raided dispensaries in Montana and California — all in one month!
“Seems like only yesterday when Obama promised he wouldn’t waste Justice Department resources raiding medical marijuana dispensaries,” Reason.tv‘s Katie Hooks said.

Feds Remove Anti-Tumor Cannabis Info After Just Days Online

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 29, 2011 Medical, News

Graphic: Garden State Alternative

Just 11 days after adding a section on medical marijuana to its treatment database, the National Cancer Institute has altered the new page, removing any mention of the evidence that marijuana can diminish and even reverse tumor growth.

In an edit appearing Monday afternoon, NCI replaced a sentence about marijuana’s direct anti-tumor effect with one saying that it is prescribed mainly to control nausea, pain and insomnia for cancer patients, reports Kyle Daly at The Colorado Independent.

The original language, published to the Web on March 17, had read:

The potential benefits of medicinal Cannabis for people living with cancer include antiemetic effects, appetite stimulation, pain relief, and improved sleep. In the practice of integrative oncology, the health care provider may recommend medicinal Cannabis not only for symptom management but also for its possible direct antitumor effect.

After being changed Monday, it now reads:

The potential benefits of medicinal Cannabis for people living with cancer include antiemetic effects, appetite stimulation, pain relief, and improved sleep. Though no relevant surveys of practice patterns exist, it appears that physicians caring for cancer patients who prescribe medicinal Cannabis predominantly do so for symptom management.

AG Files Briefs Supporting Prosecutors In Medical Pot Cases

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 29, 2011 Medical, News

Photo: The Detroit News

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is no friend to medical marijuana patients.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette filed court papers on Monday in support of prosecutors in Oakland and Isabella counties, in separate court cases regarding the state’s Medical Marihuana Act.

In the Oakland County case of State of Michigan v. Redden, Schuette filed a brief with the Michigan Supreme Court arguing that unregistered users of marijuana are not entitled to assert a defense under the Medical Marihuana Act against drug possession charges, reports Charles Crumm at the Oakland County Daily Tribune.

Marijuana Billboard Raising Eyebrows In Sacramento

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 29, 2011 Culture, News

Photo: KCRA

This billboard greets drivers coming into Sacramento on Highway 160. Plans call for it to stay up for a year.

A billboard which advertises medical marijuana evaluations has been raising a few eyebrows as it captures the attention of drivers heading into Sacramento, California.

The sign is on Highway 160, a main highway heading into the downtown area of California’s capitol city, reports KCRA.

Steve Maki, owner of 420 Relief, the company advertising on the billboard, said business has increased since the sign went on display. Maki said his business is a legal operation.

Worth Repeating: Gov’t Adds New Cannabis Section To Cancer Site

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 28, 2011 Medical, News

Photo: Cancer Cure

A new medical cannabis section has been added to the government’s National Cancer Institute website.

Welcome to Room 420, where your instructor is Mr. Ron Marczyk and your subjects are wellness, disease prevention, self actualization, and chillin’.

Worth Repeating

By Ron Marczyk, R.N.

Health Education Teacher (Retired)

What happened? A new medical cannabis section was added to the official National Cancer Institute website at www.cancer.gov on March 17.

Could this new development be used as a defense in any pending medical marijuana arrest cases, or for the defense of any medical cannabis care center threatened with closure?

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