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56% Favor Legalizing, Regulating Marijuana

The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters nationwide was conducted on May 12, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports.

(WASHINGTON DC) - A solid majority of voters nationwide favor legalizing and regulating marijuana similar to the way alcohol and tobacco cigarettes are currently regulated.

Most also don’t believe it should be a crime for people to smoke marijuana in the privacy of their own homes.

Post Traumatic Psychic Injuries or PTSD?

As always, at the end of the discussion, cannabis therapy works best.

(MOLALLA, OR) - I just heard from somewhere that somebody wants to change PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, to Post Traumatic Stress Injury or PTSI.

I don’t get it! We already have (Post) Traumatic Brain Injury or TBI.

National Cannabis Coalition Statement on Ellen Rosenblum`s Win

Judge Rosenblum recognizes that limited tax dollars are best spent protecting consumers and prosecuting dangerous criminals.

(PORTLAND, OR) - On behalf of the National Cannabis Coalition, we congratulate Judge Ellen Rosenblum on winning the primary race for Attorney General of Oregon.

As the voters affirmed, Judge Rosenblum is the right choice for Oregon.

Marijuana Users: The Great Unwashed Bottom Dwellers!
- So Says the Oregonian.

"Drug warriors" should get their facts straight!

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - The Oregonian newspaper is back at its obnoxious vilification of medical marijuana users with a title of an op-ed article “America Can’t Afford to Legalize Marijuana”.

Pot Foe Dwight Leans Right but he`s Not Right

Our medical expert, Dr. Phil Leveque, says Dwight Holton's position on marijuana is a disservice to PTSD Veterans.

(SALEM) - A new article in US News & World Report explores the Oregon Gubernatorial race and Dwight Holton's hardline position over medical marijuana.

Mr. Holton has stated that he supports the state's voter-endorsed program, but I think that might be a wee stretch of the truth from Dwight.

Oregon: Global Cannabis March Unites Three Legalization Initiatives

By Michael Bachara, OCTA 2012, Sensible Oregon and OMPI Supporter

(PORTLAND, OR) - This weekend, Portland experienced solidarity from multiple cannabis legalization groups as hundreds assembled from across the region to have their voices heard in the 13th Annual Global Cannabis March through the streets of downtown.

Complete with a police escort, marchers began and ended in Portland's living room, Pioneer Courthouse Square.

Cardiac Arrhythmias and Marijuana: Reprise
Cannabis Inhibits Arrhythmias Who is this Dr. Pot?

This is for the Perspicacious Stephen A!

(PORTLAND, OR) - Every once in a while, I get a very perspicacious email response to one of my articles. This one I had to respond to.

Pelosi Steps in the Ring for Medical Marijuana Users

As an Oregon AG candidate declares he will enforce federal law in the state of Oregon, top federal lawmaker calls for an end to medical persecution.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement Wednesday in response to recent federal government actions threatening safe access to medicinal marijuana.

She voices strong concerns about the recent actions by the federal government that threaten the safe access of medicinal marijuana to alleviate the suffering of patients in California.

Infant Opiate Addiction: Preventable with Cannabis

Queen Victoria of England Says So!

(MOLALLA, OR) - The Oregonian May 1 2012 featured an article Addicted Babies Rise threefold in a Decade, with the emphasis on opiate painkillers for pregnant mothers and the extremely serious withdrawal effects on the newborn infants.

Attorney General Holder Admits Obama Misled On Medical Marijuana

The Huffington Post reported a comment by Attorney General Holder that everyone who supports medical marijuana needs to hear...

(WASHINGTON DC WeedBlog) - As many of you have heard by now, Jimmy Kimmel called Obama out on marijuana at the 2012 White House Correspondents’ Dinner last night.

Kimmel asked, “What is with the marijuana crackdown? Seriously, what is the concern?