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Washington State Panel To Discuss Marijuana Laws Tuesday Night

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on January 11, 2010 Legislation, News

www.marijuanaconversation.org

Replacing criminal sanctions for marijuana with a $100 civil fine is among the ideas up for discussion as the Washington Legislature begins its 60-day session Monday.

Travel show host Rick Steves and Washington lawmakers including Democratic State Rep. Brendan Williams of Olympia will take part in a panel discussion on the need to change state marijuana laws at 6:30 Tuesday evening in Olympia, reports Brad Shannon of The Olympian.

State Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles and State Rep. Mary Helen Roberts are also on the panel, which the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) organized at the Capitol Theater.

The 30-minute informational video, “Marijuana: It’s Time For A Conversation,” hosted by Steves, will also be shown, according to the ACLU.

N.J. Assembly Overwhelmingly Approves Medical Marijuana Bill

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on January 11, 2010 Legislation, Medical

Photo: Amanda Brown/The Star-Ledger

Sandy Faiola, of Asbury Park, and members of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana in New Jersey at a protest in August

The New Jersey State Assembly has just approved a bill which legalizes medical marijuana in the Garden State.

The bill now goes to the State Senate for its approval later today, before the end of this lame duck session, and Gov. Jon Corzine is expected to sign it into law, reports Brian Thompson of NBC New York.

Monday afternoon, a group of patients suffering from various debilitating diseases convened at the statehouse and urged legislators to make legal medical marijuana a reality in New Jersey. Nearly a dozen medical cannabis supporters sang songs and told stories at a pro-legalization news conference.

Cannabis Spray Helps Cancer Pain: BBC News

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on December 14, 2009 Global, Medical

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Sativex, which contains cannabinoids THC and CBD, is effective in reducing cancer pain.

Cancer patients who used a cannabis mouth spray had their level of pain reduced by 30 percent, a study has shown, according to BBC.

The cannabis based spray, administered like a breath freshener, was tried on 177 patients by researchers from Edinburgh University in Scotland.

Patients in the study had not been helped by morphine or other conventional medications.

The spray was developed so that it did not affect the mental state of the patients in the way that using cannabis would, BBC reports.

The researchers were quick to hedge on their findings, reported in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, saying that the study didn’t justify smoking marijuana “as this could increase the risk of cancer.”

They evidently had spent so much time conducting their own study, they didn’t read the available literature. Multiple studies have shown that cannabis in fact contains anti-cancer agents.

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