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Written by Tim C
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Monday, 09 August 2004 00:30 |
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Organizations that have endorsed medical access to marijuana include: the AIDS Action Council, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Public Health Association, American Academy of HIV Medicine, American Nurses Association, Lymphoma Foundation of America, National Association of People With AIDS, the New England Journal of Medicine, the state medical associations of New York, California, Florida and Rhode Island, and many others. |
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Two steps to help registered members get a recommendation to lawfully use medical marijuana to relieve symptoms of certain serious medical conditions.
Step 1: Pre-Qualify Online (Register and login first)
Medicinal Cannabis Recommendation Prequalification Certification System (MCR PCS)
The MCR PCS is an online software application that evaluates a patient’s answers to a series of questions related to their medical condition to determine if they qualify for a medical marijuana recommendation. Answers are stored in a database and a printable certificate is generated.
Step 2: Locate cannabis professionals...
Medical Cannabis Service Providers Directory
The Directory is a listing of professionals, providers, patient groups, co-ops, dispensaries, attorneys and others related to the medical cannabis community. Use the Medical Cannabis Directory Search tool and locate people and professionals by zip code or keyword.
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Written by Chris Conrad
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Tuesday, 08 May 2007 15:14 |
 Introduction to the process of medical marijuana guidelines
Since the 1996 passage of California's medical marijuana law, Proposition 215, counties have grappled with the key issue left unresolved in the measure: How much is a reasonable amount.
The federal government has decades of experience in producing and providing medical marijuana and has studied garden yields. Its IND medical marijuana program has shown that more than six pounds of marijuana per year is a safe and effective dosage. California patients more typically use up to half that amount, or three pounds of cannabis bud per year.
What size garden is therefore appropriate? The answer must consider several variables.
- Every garden is different.
- Grown outdoors, plants can get large. An exceptional garden can yield many pounds of cannabis bud with just a few huge plants.
- The common "Sea of Green" indoor garden uses scores or hundreds of very small plants to yield a few pounds.
- Different growers get different yields using the same techniques.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 17 August 2008 03:49 |
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Written by Tim C
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Saturday, 30 June 2007 09:04 |
For early detection within days of the summer solstice, female cannabis plants will have pairs of white hairs emerging at the main stalk joints while males will have round looking pre-flowers in the same area but spread a bit further apart. Click to enlarge image in a pop-up window. Females will usually be shorter and more bushy while males will be tall and have fewer branches with more space in between. |
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Written by Fred Gardner
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Friday, 06 March 2009 08:08 |
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by Fred Gardner, editor of O'Shaughnessy's Journal of the California Cannabis Research Medical Group
Most drug-policy-reform advocates know the name of Judge Francis Young and many can quote a line from his 1988 recommendation that the DEA remove marijuana from Schedule One: "Marijuana is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man."
Few if any activists know the name of Judge James A. Washington. And whereas Judge Young's recommendation was rejected by the DEA, Judge Washington's decision in United States v. Robert Randall had an actual and significant impact.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 August 2009 05:27 |
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Written by Tim C
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Sunday, 19 April 2009 02:23 |
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Written by Tim C
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Monday, 18 May 2009 06:08 |
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High court refuses to hear state lawsuit brought by San Diego County
Washington, D.C. -- Medical marijuana advocates celebrated today as the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a landmark case brought by San Diego County. Advocates assert that the High Court's decision removes one of the final obstacles to full implementation of California's medical marijuana laws. The lawsuit filed by San Diego in 2006 challenged the state-mandate to implement an identification card program for patients based on the argument that state law is preempted by federal law. However, both the San Diego Superior Court and the Fourth District Court of Appeals rejected that argument, which was followed by the California Supreme Court's refusal to review the case in 2008. Despite this failure in the state courts, the San Diego Board of Supervisors voted to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
"No longer will local officials be able to hide behind federal law and resist upholding California's medical marijuana law," said Joe Elford, Chief Counsel with Americans for Safe Access (ASA), a national medical marijuana advocacy group, which represented patients in the county's lawsuit against the state. "The courts have made clear that federal law does not preempt California's medical marijuana law and that local officials must comply with that law."
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