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Momentum is building - Oregon reschedules marijuana
http://www.pharmacy.state.or.us/Pharmacy/Marijuana-Rescheduling.shtml
Oregon: Marijuana - Controlled Substance Information
Oregon: Marijuana - Press Release
Oregon: 2009 - Senate Bill 728
Here's an interesting video from the Oregon Board of Pharmacy saying they just got back from speaking with the DEA in Washington, D.C.
Oregon Board of Pharmacy Set to Reschedule Marijuana from Art Witkowski on Vimeo.
I received an email from Americans for Safe Access a moment ago. I've been meaning to write this post, but this email got me moving on it:
ASA will build the federal framework that will bring safe and legal access to all Americans by 2013.
For too long the medical marijuana movement has been forced into a reactionary and defensive position, constantly having to push back against outrageously unjust legislation our movement has been so busy fighting for what we don't want, we lost sight of how to fight for what we need. That ends today.
I don't know why, and ASA doesn't...
Both the national and state drug czars came out this past week in favor of science over politics in the Iowa debate on the legalization of marijuana for medical use. The national drug czar was in Iowa to attend the release of Iowa's Drug Control Strategy 2010
National drug czar, Gil Kerlikowski, said last week that Iowa medical marijuana policy should be decided by science, not votes. He said the medical marijuana program in his home state of Washington was not a significant problem for law enforcement authorities.
On November 1, 2009, Iowa drug Czar, Gary Kendell, released Iowa's Drug Control Strategy...
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090820/NEWS10/908200365/1007/NEWS05
Board hears stances on medical marijuanaBoard hears stances on medical marijuana (scan)
This looks like a useful site:
Peer-Reviewed Studies on Marijuana
The public hearing on June 1 was not announced. I’m the petitioner, and they didn’t even bother to notify me. I just happened to look at their web site on Friday, May 29 and noticed it by accident.
I don’t know why they are holding a public hearing. The judge's order told them to rule on my petition. It’s a legal question, so I’m not sure what public opinion has to do with it.
I called and they said it was okay for me to attend the public hearing on my petition, so I’ll be there. Several patients will be there. I...
The Iowa Board of Pharmacy will be holding an open (public) meeting on the medical marijuana ruling from the Iowa District Court on Monday, June 1, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. The Board denied my petition because I did not submit scientific evidence that marijuana has no high potential for abuse. The Iowa District Court ruled that scientic evidence was not relevant to my claim that marijuana has accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. The Iowa Board of Pharmacy must decide whether marijuana has accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. The Iowa District Court ruled...
McMahon v. Board of Pharmacy, No. CV 7415, Iowa District Court in and for Polk County.
Polk County, Iowa, District Court Judge Joel D. Novak issued his ruling on April 21, 2009. I'm still thinking about the ruling, but it appears the judge is saying the Board of Pharmacy did not rebut any of the evidence I submitted and dismissed my case by relying on an unlawful interpretation of the Iowa Controlled Substance Act.
The judge ordered the Board of Pharmacy to give me another hearing and to address the evidence I submitted this time.
McMahon v. Board of Pharmacy, No. CV 7415, Iowa District Court in and for Polk County.
The ACLU, the Board of Phamacy, and me, had our hearing this morning at 10:00 a.m. in Polk County, Iowa, District Court in front of Judge Joel D. Novak. The Board of Pharmacy had no objection to any of my motions, so all three of my motions were granted: (1) my Motion to Intervene; (2) my Motion to supplement the record with a copy of DEA Judge Young's 1988 ruling in the federal medical marijuana rescheduling case; and (3) my Motion to supplement the record...
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