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Medical Marijuana for Headaches: Safer and Less Toxic than NSAIDS

A recent article in The New York Times, homing in on the pain reliever peril, systematically reviews the perils and lethality of the NSAIDS.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The anti-marijuana folks will take great offense at this, but it is a fact. Although NSAIDS are relatively non-toxic as compared to morphine, etc., they do have toxic attributes.

Even aspirin, the most common NSAIDS, kills about 1,000 patients per year. Other adverse side effects of NSAIDS include heart attacks, stroke, stomach and intestinal bleeding, damage to the liver and kidneys, and high blood pressure.

California Growers Win!!

These new rights would not be possible if individuals and collectives alike had not joined together and fought for their legal right to grow medicinal cannabis.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - This month of June is the best part of the year for Prop. 215 patients here in California.
Many have put in their garden and some are working hard to get their garden put in.

The growing season is a exciting time for people, it's the chance to grow their own medicine and control the production of the healing cannabis plant.

Oregon Prepares for More Medical Marijuana Ballot Measures

In 1937, a law titled "The Marihuana Tax Act" initiated the degree of confusion and inexcusable embarrassment for cannabis...

(EUGENE, OR) - Because Oregon was first "founded" on Valentine's Day, February 14th, in 1859, it was being governed by what's known as "federal law".

In the beginning, the plant had to be grown by all farmers period, and that their taxes had to be paid with it or else they were fined and thrown into jail.

Oregon Medical Board and Medical Marijuana Permits and Their Foolish, Illogical Requirements

Who do they think they are?

(PORTLAND, OR) - When Oregon first legalized medical marijuana in 1998, medical conditions which made a patient eligible for a permit were cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer's, Cachexia/Anorexia, pain, nausea, seizures and spasms.

These medical conditions were on the state application forms and the marijuana doctor was supposed to just check which of the medical conditions that the patients had to get the permit to grow, carry and use marijuana.

Canadian Government: Pardon Rick Simpson

Lend your voice to freedom of health treatment options, and cannabis activist, Rick Simpson.

(EUGENE, OR) - Please help express disdain to the Canadian government for their decision to persecute Mr. Rick Simpson for producing Cannabis Oil for treatment of cancer, and other disorders, providing it free of charge to those who came to him for help, when the medical system had told them there was nothing more they could do for them.

Lend your voice to freedom of health treatment options, and cannabis activist, Rick Simpson.

New York Assemblyman Steve Katz Sets Record Straight on New Medical Marijuana Law

Study after study clearly shows that cannabinoid botanical medicine aids the treatment of intractable visceral pain from cancers...

(NEW YORK CITY) - As one of only two Assemblymembers with a professional background in healthcare, I feel compelled to discuss my recent affirmative vote for A.6357.

In a representative republic, such as ours, my voice and votes have been consistent with the values of my district. Voting on this bill last year was one of the most difficult decisions I have experienced as a legislator.

Medical Cannabis Passed by the New York State Assembly

"Now it’s long past time for the State Senate to act. The science is clear. The moral and ethical needs are obvious." - Gabriel Sayegh, state director of the Drug Policy Alliance's New York Policy Office

(EUGENE, OR) - News is spreading throughout the Big Apple state that a rather unpublicized medical cannabis (aka "Marihuana") bill went forward and was passed for the 4th time by an unofficial vote of 95-38 on Monday, June 3rd 2013.

The bill will now go forward to the New York Senate for a final decision and be enacted into state law.

Oregon Governor Signs SB 281 Allowing PTSD Sufferers to use Cannabis

As of Jan 1, 2014, veterans and others with PTSD, will be able to get their OMMP cards.

(Salem) - Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber showed his support of Veterans and others suffering from PTSD when he signed Senate Bill 281 on Thursday, allowing the legal medical use of Cannabis (marijuana).

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was added to the list of "debilitating medical conditions" as defined by Oregon statute with the Governor's signature.

Marijuana: The Unique, Best Tranquilizer

Yes, it really is the best!

(PORTLAND, OR) - I can feel a bunch of psychotherapy-minded psychiatrists jumping up and down, causing a minor earthquake. That's OK, we pharmacologists have a totally different understanding about what goes on under patient's hats.

Besides that, it was the biochemists who made the first discoveries about what made the wheels in the head go around or not go around.

Former Mexican President Proposes Worldwide Decriminalization of Marijuana

Mexico's former President Vicente Fox believes legalizing cannabis will bring great prospects for peace and prosperity south of the U.S. border and beyond.

(SACRAMENTO / BOSTON) - Former Mexican President Vicente Fox has a heck of a proposition, he wants to see medical marijuana legalized worldwide and he's starting with a chain of dispensaries in Washington state.

The former political leader is serious and believes it will bring peace and prosperity to his nation and beyond.