Gil Kerlikowske, the new Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, recently stated publicly to the Fresno Bee that marijuana has no medical benefit.
We reviewed this article by ASA, and posted a comment to the Opposing Views website. Additionally, we sent an e-mail (below) to Director Kerlikowske requesting that he review the studies available on the benefits of medical marijuana.
I know that I have mentioned this in a previous blog...but it seems worth going back over it. It is becoming more and more clear to me that society's perception of medical marijuana patients has to change before we are going to get the traction to change the law. The subject of this article, published by CBS this morning, is the legalization of marijuana in California - and not just for medical purposes. According to the article, 56 percent of California voters polled said marijuana sh
Representative Mark Cohen (Pennsylvania) has announced the introduction of legislation that would allow for the medical use of marijuana in Pennsylvania. There are two good audio clips and one video clip on this page - I am sharing them here because Representative Cohen exhibits a level of sensitivity and initiative in his announcement that the community should be receiving from the rest of society.
The Farmacy does an excellent job in this CNN Interview sharing their dispensary with the public. This is exactly the type of press that the medical marijuana movement needs - professional interviews by news channels with a wide reach. My only concern is that CNN titled the interview "Pot store tour". Although I understand this was done to increase viewing, would have been more appropriate and respectful to title it "Tour of Medical Marijuana Dispensary". But - all in all, a well done vid
Welcome to the first blog entry for the Association of Medical Marijuana Caregivers! As you probably know by now, we are a caring and compassionate organization devoted to bringing patients in need of medical marijuana together with physicians and caregivers in their area.