Medical marijuana requests climb sky high

The number of ailing people turning to medical marijuana to ease their symptoms has spiked this year, say dispensary owners in some of the 13 states where it's legal.

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Woman Lashed in Somalia Over Cannabis

Islamic leaders in Mogadishu on Thursday gave a woman 11 lashes for selling cannabis, the first female to receive such punishment since the fundamentalist rulers took over the capital in June.

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I ran into an interesting paragraph at Family Security Matters.

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Just before Christmas, the Government published two media releases on the subject of crime and sentencing. The first concerned making several 'legal highs' illegal; the second announced a review of the maximum sentences for dangerous driving.

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Medical marijuana may have a host of advantages over other treatments for traumatized vets, but the VA won't even study its efficacy.

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With this year just about over, what do we have to show for it? It's certainly been an interesting year for drug policy reform, and I'd say one possibly our best in terms of progress made in the most important area: building critical mass for reform.

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For anyone who missed the worldwide corporate media's hysterical anti-pot headlines last week, here's a sampling:

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Washington is one of four states where measures to legalize and regulate marijuana have been introduced, and about two dozen other states are considering bills ranging from medical marijuana to decriminalizing possession of small amounts of the herb.

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As Mason Tvert has told us, marijuana is safer. So if you want to have the best time possible this December 31 as you bring in a fresh 2010, maybe you should have a pot party instead of a beer bash.

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Fifteen members of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians -the doctors' group founded by Tod Mikuriya in 1999 and now led by Jeffrey Hergenrather- met in Oakland Dec. 11.

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A man broke down in tears when the High Court sentenced him to death this morning for possessing 622 grams of cannabis on Sept 25, 2003. Shahrul Izani Suparman was 19 when he was caught for committing the offence. He is now 25.

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A court in northern Vietnam has sentenced five Chinese men to death for trafficking nearly eight tonnes of hashish destined for Canada, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) said Saturday.

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Because of the numerous media reports and typical Hollywood hype many close observers would immediately place the city of Los Angeles as America's cannabis capital. Or maybe they'd guess that ever-cannabis tolerant San Francisco must be it. Possibly, 'Oaksterdam'?

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"Based on an analysis of survey data from 959 ninth-graders, we found that students who listen to music with the most references to marijuana are almost twice as likely to have used the drug than their peers whose musical tastes favour songs less focused on substance use, even af …

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A Superior Court in California has ordered the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to pay $69,400 in attorneys' fees to a medical marijuana advocacy organization. The Merced Superior Court on Thursday ruled the DMV must reimburse Americans for Safe Access (ASA).

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Chemicals found in cannabis could prove an effective treatment for the inflammatory bowel diseases Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease, say scientists.

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Any slacker living over his parents' garage can make pot brownies. Gourmet chefs are taking the art of cooking with marijuana to a higher level.

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Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. Roughly eight to 12 percent of marijuana users are considered "dependent" and, just like alcohol, the severity of symptoms increases with heavier use.

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Jamaican Senator Dennis Meadows has revived interest in the debate on the decriminalisation of marijuana (ganja) in Parliament.

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The potentially damaging effects of marijuana on young brains may be even worse than previously thought, according to new research conducted by scientists from McGill University.

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Fifty-three percent of Americans support legal marijuana in a new Angus Reid Public Opinion Poll, and 68% believe that the U.S. "War on Drugs" has been a failure.

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A new poll shows that most Americans are ready to legalize marijuana, but not drugs like cocaine or heroin. A 34-year police vet says it's time to legalize them all. Former Police Chief Norm Stamper:

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The partner of Napier cop killer Jan Molenaar was today sent to jail for her five-year involvement in his home-based cannabis operation.

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Marijuana use among American adolescents has increased gradually over the past two years (three years among 12th-graders) following years of declining use, according to the latest Monitoring the Future study, which has tracked drug use among U.S. teens since 1975.

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The Tax & Regulate Cannabis 2010 campaign has just achieved a major victory in its efforts to legalize marijuana for all adults in California -- they have gathered the 650,000 signatures necessary for inclusion on the state's November ballot.

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ARCATA – Stephen Gasparas was destined for this fog-chilled, redwood-shrouded coast – America's most renowned region for legal cultivation of marijuana.,,,

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It can readily be said that 2009 was one of the busiest and most productive years in cannabis law reform since NORML's founding in 1970.

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