Jerry Garcia
Well-Known Member
good stuff big P! I'll do the same for my lazy friends when I get a few minutes!
NC House Bill 1380--The Medical Marijuana Act!
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Jerry Garcia
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Bumpin' for NC
Had some nice storms today for 420! Love me a good storm. One looked like it was really close to forming a tornado--lots of clearly circulating clouds, hail, the whole bit.
Had some nice storms today for 420! Love me a good storm. One looked like it was really close to forming a tornado--lots of clearly circulating clouds, hail, the whole bit.
LoudBlunts
Well-Known Member
didnt they vote today?
ironically on 4/20
ironically on 4/20
MetalSmelter
Well-Known Member
Any idea on outcome?
Jerry Garcia
Well-Known Member
No new info is up on the website. It was referred to the committee on health on the 13th and had 2 more committees to go through. Not sure what happens after that.
I'll keep the thread posted if/when I hear anything.
Please continue the bump train to help make more people aware of the fight!
I'll keep the thread posted if/when I hear anything.
Please continue the bump train to help make more people aware of the fight!
Brick Top
New Member
Brick Top
New Member
Everyone who writes the N.C. State General Assembly to ask for the Medical Marijuana Act to be passed should include the information below.
I have already emailed every member of the General Assembly but will contact them all again and send the information.
Medical Marijuana Endorsements and Statements of Support
Leading National and International Medical, Religious, and Legal Organizations Supporting Physician-Supervised Access to Medical Marijuana:
The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM)
American Anthropological Association
The American Bar Association (ABA)
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
The American Nurses Association (ANA)
The American Public Health Association (APHA)
The American Society of Addiction Medicine
Arthritis Research Campaign
British Medical Association
HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
The Lymphoma Foundation of America (LFA)
The National Association for Public Health Policy
National Black Police Association
The National Nurses Society on Addictions
The Episcopal Church
The Presbyterian Church USA
The United Church of Christ
The United Methodist Church's Board of Church and Society
The Union of Reform Judaism
The Unitarian Universalist Association
State/Local Medical Marijuana Endorsements and Statements of Support:
AIDS Care Ocean State
AIDS Foundation of Chicago
AIDS Project Rhode Island
Alaska Nurses Association
Associated Medical Schools of New York
California Academy of Family Physicians
California Legislative Council for Older Americans
California Medical Association
California Nurses Association
California Pharmacists Association
California Society of Addiction Medicine
Florida Medial Association
Hawaii Nurses Association
Iowa Democratic Party
King County Bar Association (Washington)
The Medical Society of the State of New York
Michigan Democratic Party
Minnesota Nurses Association
Minnesota Public Health Association
Minnesota AIDS Project
Minnesota Senior Federation
Mississippi Nurses Association
Multiple Sclerosis California Action Network
New Jersey State Nurses Association
New Mexico Medical Society
New York AIDS Advisory Council
New York AIDS Coalition
New York County Medical Society
New York State AIDS Advisory Council
New York State Association of County Health Officials
New York State Hospice and Palliative Care Association
New York State Nurses Association
New York Statewide Senior Action Council
North Carolina Nurses Association
Physicians for Social Responsibility (Oregon)
Rhode Island ACLU
Rhode Island Medical Society
Rhode Island State Nurses Association
San Francisco Medical Society
Senior Agenda Coalition (Rhode Island)
Texas Democratic Party
Texas Medical Association
Texas Nurses Association
United Nurses and Allied Professionals (Rhode Island)
Virginia Nurses Association
WhitmanWalker Clinic
Wisconsin Nurses Association
Wisconsin Public Health Association
Non-U.S. Organizations Supporting Access to Therapeutic Cannabis
Australian National Task Force on Cannabis 1994
Australian Medical Association (New South Wales) Limited - 1999
British Medical Association - 1997
Bundesverband Poliomyelitis (Federal Union for Polio), Germany 1998
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police - 2001
Canadian Medical Association 2001
Canadian Medical Journal - 2001
Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe (German AIDS Support Organization)-1998
Deutsche Epilepsievereinigung (German Association for Epilepsy) -1998
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Algesiologie (German Society for Algesiology) -1998
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Drogen-und Suchtmedizin (German Society for Drug and Addiction Medicine) -1998
Deutsche Gesellschaft niedergelassener Ärzte zur Versorgung HIV Infizierter (German Working Group for Therapists of the HIV infected) - 1998
French Ministry of Health - 1997
German Bundestag (German Federal Parliament) - 2000
Health Canada - 1997
House of Lords (UK) Select Committee on Science and Technology - 1999
Legalise Cannabis Alliance - 2000
New South Wales (Australia) Parliamentary Working Party on the Use of Cannabis for Medical Purposes - 2000
Lancet (UK) 1995, 1998
Medical Cannabis Research Foundation (UK) - 2000
Preventive Medical Center, Netherlands - 1993
Schmerztherapeutisches Kolloquium (Society for Pain Therapists) Germany - 1998
Stichting Institute of Medical Marijuana, Netherlands - 1993
United Church of Jamaica and Cayman Islands 2000
"A federal policy that prohibits physicians from alleviating suffering by prescribing marijuana for seriously ill patients is misguided, heavy-handed, and inhumane." Dr. Jerome Kassirer, "Federal Foolishness and Marijuana," editorial, New England Journal of Medicine, January 30, 1997
"The AAFP accepts the use of medical marijuana under medical supervision and control for specific medical indications." American Academy of Family Physicians, 1989, reaffirmed in 2001
"Based on much evidence, from patients and doctors alike, on the superior effectiveness and safety of whole cannabis (marijuana) compared to other medicines for many patients suffering from the nausea associated with chemotherapy, the wasting syndrome of AIDS, and the symptoms of other illnesses we hereby petition the Executive Branch and the Congress to facilitate and expedite the research necessary to determine whether this substance should be licensed for medical use by seriously ill persons." American Academy of Family Physicians, 1995
"Approved medical uses for marijuana or [THC] for treatment of glaucoma, illnesses associated with wasting such as AIDS, the emesis associated with chemotherapy, or other uses should be administered only under the supervision of a knowledgeable physician." American Society of Addiction Medicine, April 16, 1997
"We recommend allow[ing] [marijuana] prescription where medically appropriate." National Association for Public Health Policy, November 15, 1998
"Therefore be it resolved that the American Nurses Association will: Support the right of patients to have safe access to therapeutic marijuana/cannabis under appropriate prescriber supervision." American Nurses Association, resolution, 2003
"The National Nurses Society on Addictions urges the federal government to remove marijuana from the Schedule I category immediately, and make it available for physicians to prescribe. NNSA urges the American Nurses' Association and other health care professional organizations to support patient access to this medicine." National Nurses Society on Addictions, May 1, 1995
"Marijuana has an extremely wide acute margin of safety for use under medical supervision and cannot cause lethal reactions [G]reater harm is caused by the legal consequences of its prohibition than possible risks of medicinal use." American Public Health Association, Resolution #9513, "Access to Therapeutic Marijuana/Cannabis," 1995
"When appropriately prescribed and monitored, marijuana/cannabis can provide immeasurable benefits for the health and well-being of our patients We support state and federal legislation not only to remove criminal penalties associated with medical marijuana, but further to exclude marijuana/cannabis from classification as a Schedule I drug." American Academy of HIV Medicine, letter to New York Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, November 11, 2003
"The LFA urges Congress and the President to enact legislation to reschedule marijuana to allow doctors to prescribe smokable marijuana to patients in need [and] urges the US Public Health Service to allow limited access to medicinal marijuana by promptly reopening the Investigational New Drug compassionate access program to new applicants." Lymphoma Foundation of America, January 20, 1997
"The American Medical Student Association strongly urges the United States Government to reschedule marijuana to Schedule II of the Controlled Substance Act, and end the medical prohibition against marijuana." American Medical Students Association, March 1993
"The use of marijuana may be appropriate when prescribed by a licensed physician solely for use in alleviating pain and nausea in patients who have been diagnosed as chronically ill with life threatening disease, when all other treatments have failed; " The Medical Society of the State of New York, May 4, 2004
"There is sufficient evidence for us to support any physician-patient relationship that believes the use of marijuana will be beneficial to the patient." Rhode Island Medical Society, 2004
" The CMA continue to support scientifically rigorous research, including all FDA-approved Phase II and Phase III clinical trials and examine the current science concerning the therapeutic role of cannabinoid-based pharmaceuticals" California Medical Association, October 30, 2006
"The CMA continues to support the ability of physicians to discuss and make recommendations concerning the potential benefits or harm to the patient of smoked herbal cannabis consistent with state and federal law and oppose criminal prosecution of patients who possess or use smoked herbal cannabis for medical reasons upon the recommendation of a physician" California Medical Association, October 30, 2006
"Marijuana has proven to be effective in the treatment of people with HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, cancer, and those suffering from severe pain or nausea The legalization of medical marijuana would be a step forward for the health of all New Yorkers." New York State Association of County Health Officials, resolution, 2003
"The SFMS takes a support position on the California Medical Marijuana Initiative legalizing medical marijuana." San Francisco Medical Society, August 1996
"Present evidence indicates that cannabinoids are remarkably safe drugs, with a side-effects profile superior to many drugs used for the same indications " British Medical Association, November 1997
"We support pharmacy participation in the legal distribution of medical marijuana." California Pharmacists Association, May 26, 1997
"We think people who use cannabis to relieve the pain of arthritis should be able to do so." Arthritis Research Campaign, October 23, 2001
"The evidence is overwhelming that marijuana can relieve certain types of pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms caused by illnesses like multiple sclerosis, cancer and AIDS or by the harsh drugs sometimes used to treat them. And it can do so with remarkable safety. Indeed, marijuana is less toxic than many of the drugs that physicians prescribe every day." Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, M.D., "Myths About Medical Marijuana," Providence Journal, March 26, 2004
"We must make sure that the casualties of the war on drugs are not suffering patients who legitimately deserve relief." Scott Fishman, president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, February 2006
"It medical marijuana should be an option for patients who have it recommended by knowledgeable physicians." Dr. Jesse L. Steinfeld, former U.S. Surgeon General, July 2003
"Whitman-Walker Clinic supports the valid use of marijuana, under a physician's supervision, to help alleviate AIDS wasting syndrome and nausea associated with treatment regimes." Whitman-Walker Clinic, April 1998
"It cannot seriously be contested that there exists a small but significant class of individuals who suffer from painful chronic, degenerative, and terminal conditions, for whom marijuana provides uniquely effective relief." HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America; American Medical Students Association; Lymphoma Foundation of America; Dr. Barbara Roberts; and Irvin Rosenfeld, Amicus Curiae brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court (in the case of Gonzales v. Raich), October 2004
"Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known The evidence in this record clearly shows that marijuana has been accepted as capable of relieving the distress of great numbers of very ill people, and doing so with safety under medical supervision. It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance." Francis L. Young, DEA Chief Administrative Law Judge, 1988
"[The American Bar Association] recognizes that persons who suffer from serious illnesses for which marijuana has a medically recognized therapeutic value have a right to be treated with marijuana under the supervision of a physician." American Bar Association, May 4, 1998
"I consider the most important recommendation made by the IOM (Institute of Medicine) panel to be that physicians be able to prescribe marijuana to individual patients with debilitating or terminal conditions I believe such compassionate use is justified." Andrew Weil, M.D., July 1999
"Cannabinoids and THC also have strong pain-killing powers, which is one reason medical marijuana should be readily available to people with cancer and other debilitating diseases." Dean Edell, M.D., March 2, 2000
"I'm an oncologist as well as an AIDS doctor, and I don't think that a drug that creates euphoria in patients with terminal diseases is having an adverse effect." Dr. Donald Abrams, 2005
"Cannabis will one day be seen as a wonder drug, as was penicillin in the 1940s. Like penicillin, herbal marijuana is remarkably nontoxic, has a wide range of therapeutic applications and would be quite inexpensive if it were legal." Dr. Lester Grinspoon, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Los Angeles Times, May 5, 2006
"In states where patients are permitted to use marijuana medicinally for serious and/or chronic illnesses and a patient's physician has recommended its use in accordance with that state law and that state's medical practice standards, the patient should not be subject to federal criminal penalties for such medical use." HIV Medicine Association, October 30, 2006
"Well-designed and scientifically rigorous research, including all FDA-approved Phase II and Phase III clinical trials that lead to investigation into the potential therapeutic role and commercial licensure of prescription marijuana should be encouraged, and that production facilities that meet all regulatory requirements should be licensed by the DEA to produce pharmaceutical-grade marijuana for use exclusively in federally approved research." HIV Medicine Association, October 30, 2006
"Not everybody needs marijuana for medical illness. But for those who really do, it's very helpful. As more and more states are taking medical marijuana New Mexico just did it the other day eventually it will just be overwhelming. And it will happen. But I'm shocked that it's taken this long." Dr. Thomas Ungerleider, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at UCLA and member of President Nixon's National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse, "3rd Degree," interview, LA City Beat, March 29, 2007
The United Methodist Church's Board of Church and Society has said, "Licensed medical doctors should not be punished for recommending the medical use of marijuana to seriously ill people, and seriously ill people should not be subject to sanctions for using marijuana if the patient's physician has told the patient that such use is likely to be beneficial."
The Presbyterian Church supports "the use of cannabis sativa or marijuana for legitimate medical purposes as recommended by a physician."
The Episcopal Church urges "the adoption by Congress and all states of statutes providing that the use of marijuana be permitted when deemed medically appropriate by duly licensed medical practitioners."
The United Church of Christ has stated, "We believe that seriously ill people should not be subject to arrest and imprisonment for using medical marijuana with their doctors' approval."
The Unitarian Universalist Association issued a resolution in support of ending "the practice of punishing an individual for obtaining, possessing, or using an otherwise illegal substance to treat a medical condition."
The Union of Reform Judiasm passed a resolution to "advocate for the necessary changes in local, state and federal law to permit the medicinal use of marijuana and ensure its accessibility for that purpose."
The American Bar Association (ABA) "recognizes that persons who suffer from serious illnesses for which marijuana has a medically recognized therapeutic value have a right to be treated with marijuana under the supervision of a physician."
I have already emailed every member of the General Assembly but will contact them all again and send the information.
Medical Marijuana Endorsements and Statements of Support
Leading National and International Medical, Religious, and Legal Organizations Supporting Physician-Supervised Access to Medical Marijuana:
The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM)
American Anthropological Association
The American Bar Association (ABA)
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
The American Nurses Association (ANA)
The American Public Health Association (APHA)
The American Society of Addiction Medicine
Arthritis Research Campaign
British Medical Association
HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
The Lymphoma Foundation of America (LFA)
The National Association for Public Health Policy
National Black Police Association
The National Nurses Society on Addictions
The Episcopal Church
The Presbyterian Church USA
The United Church of Christ
The United Methodist Church's Board of Church and Society
The Union of Reform Judaism
The Unitarian Universalist Association
State/Local Medical Marijuana Endorsements and Statements of Support:
AIDS Care Ocean State
AIDS Foundation of Chicago
AIDS Project Rhode Island
Alaska Nurses Association
Associated Medical Schools of New York
California Academy of Family Physicians
California Legislative Council for Older Americans
California Medical Association
California Nurses Association
California Pharmacists Association
California Society of Addiction Medicine
Florida Medial Association
Hawaii Nurses Association
Iowa Democratic Party
King County Bar Association (Washington)
The Medical Society of the State of New York
Michigan Democratic Party
Minnesota Nurses Association
Minnesota Public Health Association
Minnesota AIDS Project
Minnesota Senior Federation
Mississippi Nurses Association
Multiple Sclerosis California Action Network
New Jersey State Nurses Association
New Mexico Medical Society
New York AIDS Advisory Council
New York AIDS Coalition
New York County Medical Society
New York State AIDS Advisory Council
New York State Association of County Health Officials
New York State Hospice and Palliative Care Association
New York State Nurses Association
New York Statewide Senior Action Council
North Carolina Nurses Association
Physicians for Social Responsibility (Oregon)
Rhode Island ACLU
Rhode Island Medical Society
Rhode Island State Nurses Association
San Francisco Medical Society
Senior Agenda Coalition (Rhode Island)
Texas Democratic Party
Texas Medical Association
Texas Nurses Association
United Nurses and Allied Professionals (Rhode Island)
Virginia Nurses Association
WhitmanWalker Clinic
Wisconsin Nurses Association
Wisconsin Public Health Association
Non-U.S. Organizations Supporting Access to Therapeutic Cannabis
Australian National Task Force on Cannabis 1994
Australian Medical Association (New South Wales) Limited - 1999
British Medical Association - 1997
Bundesverband Poliomyelitis (Federal Union for Polio), Germany 1998
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police - 2001
Canadian Medical Association 2001
Canadian Medical Journal - 2001
Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe (German AIDS Support Organization)-1998
Deutsche Epilepsievereinigung (German Association for Epilepsy) -1998
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Algesiologie (German Society for Algesiology) -1998
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Drogen-und Suchtmedizin (German Society for Drug and Addiction Medicine) -1998
Deutsche Gesellschaft niedergelassener Ärzte zur Versorgung HIV Infizierter (German Working Group for Therapists of the HIV infected) - 1998
French Ministry of Health - 1997
German Bundestag (German Federal Parliament) - 2000
Health Canada - 1997
House of Lords (UK) Select Committee on Science and Technology - 1999
Legalise Cannabis Alliance - 2000
New South Wales (Australia) Parliamentary Working Party on the Use of Cannabis for Medical Purposes - 2000
Lancet (UK) 1995, 1998
Medical Cannabis Research Foundation (UK) - 2000
Preventive Medical Center, Netherlands - 1993
Schmerztherapeutisches Kolloquium (Society for Pain Therapists) Germany - 1998
Stichting Institute of Medical Marijuana, Netherlands - 1993
United Church of Jamaica and Cayman Islands 2000
"A federal policy that prohibits physicians from alleviating suffering by prescribing marijuana for seriously ill patients is misguided, heavy-handed, and inhumane." Dr. Jerome Kassirer, "Federal Foolishness and Marijuana," editorial, New England Journal of Medicine, January 30, 1997
"The AAFP accepts the use of medical marijuana under medical supervision and control for specific medical indications." American Academy of Family Physicians, 1989, reaffirmed in 2001
"Based on much evidence, from patients and doctors alike, on the superior effectiveness and safety of whole cannabis (marijuana) compared to other medicines for many patients suffering from the nausea associated with chemotherapy, the wasting syndrome of AIDS, and the symptoms of other illnesses we hereby petition the Executive Branch and the Congress to facilitate and expedite the research necessary to determine whether this substance should be licensed for medical use by seriously ill persons." American Academy of Family Physicians, 1995
"Approved medical uses for marijuana or [THC] for treatment of glaucoma, illnesses associated with wasting such as AIDS, the emesis associated with chemotherapy, or other uses should be administered only under the supervision of a knowledgeable physician." American Society of Addiction Medicine, April 16, 1997
"We recommend allow[ing] [marijuana] prescription where medically appropriate." National Association for Public Health Policy, November 15, 1998
"Therefore be it resolved that the American Nurses Association will: Support the right of patients to have safe access to therapeutic marijuana/cannabis under appropriate prescriber supervision." American Nurses Association, resolution, 2003
"The National Nurses Society on Addictions urges the federal government to remove marijuana from the Schedule I category immediately, and make it available for physicians to prescribe. NNSA urges the American Nurses' Association and other health care professional organizations to support patient access to this medicine." National Nurses Society on Addictions, May 1, 1995
"Marijuana has an extremely wide acute margin of safety for use under medical supervision and cannot cause lethal reactions [G]reater harm is caused by the legal consequences of its prohibition than possible risks of medicinal use." American Public Health Association, Resolution #9513, "Access to Therapeutic Marijuana/Cannabis," 1995
"When appropriately prescribed and monitored, marijuana/cannabis can provide immeasurable benefits for the health and well-being of our patients We support state and federal legislation not only to remove criminal penalties associated with medical marijuana, but further to exclude marijuana/cannabis from classification as a Schedule I drug." American Academy of HIV Medicine, letter to New York Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, November 11, 2003
"The LFA urges Congress and the President to enact legislation to reschedule marijuana to allow doctors to prescribe smokable marijuana to patients in need [and] urges the US Public Health Service to allow limited access to medicinal marijuana by promptly reopening the Investigational New Drug compassionate access program to new applicants." Lymphoma Foundation of America, January 20, 1997
"The American Medical Student Association strongly urges the United States Government to reschedule marijuana to Schedule II of the Controlled Substance Act, and end the medical prohibition against marijuana." American Medical Students Association, March 1993
"The use of marijuana may be appropriate when prescribed by a licensed physician solely for use in alleviating pain and nausea in patients who have been diagnosed as chronically ill with life threatening disease, when all other treatments have failed; " The Medical Society of the State of New York, May 4, 2004
"There is sufficient evidence for us to support any physician-patient relationship that believes the use of marijuana will be beneficial to the patient." Rhode Island Medical Society, 2004
" The CMA continue
"The CMA continues to support the ability of physicians to discuss and make recommendations concerning the potential benefits or harm to the patient of smoked herbal cannabis consistent with state and federal law and oppose criminal prosecution of patients who possess or use smoked herbal cannabis for medical reasons upon the recommendation of a physician" California Medical Association, October 30, 2006
"Marijuana has proven to be effective in the treatment of people with HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, cancer, and those suffering from severe pain or nausea The legalization of medical marijuana would be a step forward for the health of all New Yorkers." New York State Association of County Health Officials, resolution, 2003
"The SFMS takes a support position on the California Medical Marijuana Initiative legalizing medical marijuana." San Francisco Medical Society, August 1996
"Present evidence indicates that cannabinoids are remarkably safe drugs, with a side-effects profile superior to many drugs used for the same indications " British Medical Association, November 1997
"We support pharmacy participation in the legal distribution of medical marijuana." California Pharmacists Association, May 26, 1997
"We think people who use cannabis to relieve the pain of arthritis should be able to do so." Arthritis Research Campaign, October 23, 2001
"The evidence is overwhelming that marijuana can relieve certain types of pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms caused by illnesses like multiple sclerosis, cancer and AIDS or by the harsh drugs sometimes used to treat them. And it can do so with remarkable safety. Indeed, marijuana is less toxic than many of the drugs that physicians prescribe every day." Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, M.D., "Myths About Medical Marijuana," Providence Journal, March 26, 2004
"We must make sure that the casualties of the war on drugs are not suffering patients who legitimately deserve relief." Scott Fishman, president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, February 2006
"It medical marijuana should be an option for patients who have it recommended by knowledgeable physicians." Dr. Jesse L. Steinfeld, former U.S. Surgeon General, July 2003
"Whitman-Walker Clinic supports the valid use of marijuana, under a physician's supervision, to help alleviate AIDS wasting syndrome and nausea associated with treatment regimes." Whitman-Walker Clinic, April 1998
"It cannot seriously be contested that there exists a small but significant class of individuals who suffer from painful chronic, degenerative, and terminal conditions, for whom marijuana provides uniquely effective relief." HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America; American Medical Students Association; Lymphoma Foundation of America; Dr. Barbara Roberts; and Irvin Rosenfeld, Amicus Curiae brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court (in the case of Gonzales v. Raich), October 2004
"Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known The evidence in this record clearly shows that marijuana has been accepted as capable of relieving the distress of great numbers of very ill people, and doing so with safety under medical supervision. It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for DEA to continue to stand between those sufferers and the benefits of this substance." Francis L. Young, DEA Chief Administrative Law Judge, 1988
"[The American Bar Association] recognizes that persons who suffer from serious illnesses for which marijuana has a medically recognized therapeutic value have a right to be treated with marijuana under the supervision of a physician." American Bar Association, May 4, 1998
"I consider the most important recommendation made by the IOM (Institute of Medicine) panel to be that physicians be able to prescribe marijuana to individual patients with debilitating or terminal conditions I believe such compassionate use is justified." Andrew Weil, M.D., July 1999
"Cannabinoids and THC also have strong pain-killing powers, which is one reason medical marijuana should be readily available to people with cancer and other debilitating diseases." Dean Edell, M.D., March 2, 2000
"I'm an oncologist as well as an AIDS doctor, and I don't think that a drug that creates euphoria in patients with terminal diseases is having an adverse effect." Dr. Donald Abrams, 2005
"Cannabis will one day be seen as a wonder drug, as was penicillin in the 1940s. Like penicillin, herbal marijuana is remarkably nontoxic, has a wide range of therapeutic applications and would be quite inexpensive if it were legal." Dr. Lester Grinspoon, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Los Angeles Times, May 5, 2006
"In states where patients are permitted to use marijuana medicinally for serious and/or chronic illnesses and a patient's physician has recommended its use in accordance with that state law and that state's medical practice standards, the patient should not be subject to federal criminal penalties for such medical use." HIV Medicine Association, October 30, 2006
"Well-designed and scientifically rigorous research, including all FDA-approved Phase II and Phase III clinical trials that lead to investigation into the potential therapeutic role and commercial licensure of prescription marijuana should be encouraged, and that production facilities that meet all regulatory requirements should be licensed by the DEA to produce pharmaceutical-grade marijuana for use exclusively in federally approved research." HIV Medicine Association, October 30, 2006
"Not everybody needs marijuana for medical illness. But for those who really do, it's very helpful. As more and more states are taking medical marijuana New Mexico just did it the other day eventually it will just be overwhelming. And it will happen. But I'm shocked that it's taken this long." Dr. Thomas Ungerleider, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at UCLA and member of President Nixon's National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse, "3rd Degree," interview, LA City Beat, March 29, 2007
The United Methodist Church's Board of Church and Society has said, "Licensed medical doctors should not be punished for recommending the medical use of marijuana to seriously ill people, and seriously ill people should not be subject to sanctions for using marijuana if the patient's physician has told the patient that such use is likely to be beneficial."
The Presbyterian Church supports "the use of cannabis sativa or marijuana for legitimate medical purposes as recommended by a physician."
The Episcopal Church urges "the adoption by Congress and all states of statutes providing that the use of marijuana be permitted when deemed medically appropriate by duly licensed medical practitioners."
The United Church of Christ has stated, "We believe that seriously ill people should not be subject to arrest and imprisonment for using medical marijuana with their doctors' approval."
The Unitarian Universalist Association issued a resolution in support of ending "the practice of punishing an individual for obtaining, possessing, or using an otherwise illegal substance to treat a medical condition."
The Union of Reform Judiasm passed a resolution to "advocate for the necessary changes in local, state and federal law to permit the medicinal use of marijuana and ensure its accessibility for that purpose."
The American Bar Association (ABA) "recognizes that persons who suffer from serious illnesses for which marijuana has a medically recognized therapeutic value have a right to be treated with marijuana under the supervision of a physician."
alexlock85
Active Member
Please Everyone sign this bill!! WE NEED THIS IN NC
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Big P
Well-Known Member
nice letter Brick top, those poor reps, I have to send them all a million letters again with the above paper you prepared
shame to put all this money in the hands of terrorists and cartels,
why not north carolia take it and use it to fight meth and the real scurge. lets get our priories straightStop embassasing our police & forcing them to jail thier fellow citizens with this unamerican law that digraces us as a people & nation & all our for-fathers ideals while their bones lay in thier graves we fight for the rights they had already won for us, which now have been lost to traitors acting in the eagles name.
United States Constitution
Amendment XVIII
Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
Section 2. The Congress and the several states shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the Congress.
United States Constitution
Amendment XXI
Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
Section 2. The transportation or importation into any state, territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the Congress.
blazinbudsforever
Well-Known Member
sweet cant wait to hear outcome, I like the part about starting a dispensary, that could be a cool legal business opportunity
the420 apprentice
Well-Known Member
this is great news for medical patients in nc support this bill tell all your friends.
Babs34
Well-Known Member
Dang Jerry, we should meet for coffee sometime.....not to mention the other. Ha, small world. Was that you I was trying to buy that used lamp off of? J/K......well, kind of.
Hey, much appreciation for keeping us all updated...seriously.
Jerry Garcia
Well-Known Member
Great info! I'm going to send out new letters today!
Not too bad here...I was a little worried about my car for a minute though
That's a pretty good point, and one that politicians could probably relate to, considering they already believe if you buy a bag off your buddy you're supporting terrorism...shame to put all this money in the hands of terrorists and cartels,
Unfortunately that was not me trying to sell you a used lamp...ha ha.
I'm always down for a cup of coffee and a spliff
Nice to see new people tuning in to the thread...welcome!
I was perusing through a copy of the Bill again yesterday, and came upon an interesting piece of information...the very last line, SECTION 2, states "This Act Becomes Effective December 1, 2009." So even if it passes all its hoops, it won't go into effect for another 7 months. Also, the bill is intended to fund a Cannabis Research Group at UNC designed to study the effects of Cannabis and isolate specific strains of marijuana and their individual medical benefits.
Every time I read more of the bill there is more interesting stuff I learn. If I had more time I would read the whole thing...but I'm already wasting time I should be spending writing yet another paper...
the420 apprentice
Well-Known Member
does anybody now more on getting the license for a dispensirey.
Babs34
Well-Known Member
No, I am.
J/kYou know Bone, you were the second person's thread I posted on after joining RIU. Do recall I said, "how I wish I was your neighbor."
Small world indeed, huh?
Now..question. I was reading through the act last night and recall it stating that a dispensary must pay a fee of 2 grand for a license...and a patient anually a fee of $1,000. I'll have to research further, but from what appears on the surface, that's bogus. Because my understanding is that these dispensaries are not to have any gainful profit. That being said, does that mean someone like myself must fork out 3 grand for my "right" to not be arrested?
Someone feel free to educate me here.
Babs34
Well-Known Member
I meant to attend a march recently in Raleigh. I'm a very reserved person (believe it or not.) I'm probably the most reserved person you'll ever meet, BUT when it comes to something like this, something I feel very strongly about, I have a way of making myself "noticed."
It's too bad I wasn't more versed on this coming act put forth to congress.
BTW Jerry, coffee is on me, but I refuse to contribute another dime to Starbucks....I'm sure they opened at least one new store off the money I've given them.
I'll be the one with the car that has dents all over my hood from that hail.
It's too bad I wasn't more versed on this coming act put forth to congress.
BTW Jerry, coffee is on me, but I refuse to contribute another dime to Starbucks....I'm sure they opened at least one new store off the money I've given them.
I'll be the one with the car that has dents all over my hood from that hail.