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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.

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.

Marijuana: Hidden Dangers of the Best Medicine

Treatment can cost $50,000 or more...

(PORTLAND, OR) - The US government anti-marijuana shills, the police, the sheriff's deputies, the district attorneys, the judges, the anti-marijuana psychologists, the anti-marijuana psychiatrists, and about half of the voting public, who have seen the movie "Reefer Madness."

They seem to believe that marijuana is dangerous with barely a shred of evidence...

Medical Marijuana Patients Become New Targets with DUI Bill

Santa Ana senator wants to bring federal law to bear on California patients through an anti-citizen loophole.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Senator Lou Correa's DUII bill undermines the will of California voters who have clearly, overwhelmingly voted in favor of legalizing pot for sick people.

Marijuana stays in the system for a month, but even if a patient hasn't used it in a week, they will still test positive. Correa wants them in our state's overcrowded jails.

SB 281: Oregon Senator Betsy Close - Prohibitionist Against Helping Soldiers with PTSD

A lack of factual information takes one Senator pretty far down the wrong road.

(SALEM) - Two combat veterans told state senators on Wednesday how marijuana has helped them cope with post-traumatic stress disorder and at times helped calmed one soldier's violent urges.

State Senator Betsy Close testified that she is against expanding the medical marijuana program.

Insomnia Therapy: Marijuana Vs Sedatives

Marijuana wins hands down.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Insomnia, or inability to sleep well or long, affects almost all of us at least some of the time.

Pain is probably the most common cause, but anxiety, nervousness, depression, or fear or any combination must be included. About 70% of my marijuana patients had pain to some degree. Most of them smoked or inhaled before going to bed to ensure sleep.

Nausea of Pregnancy: Marijuana Vs. Antiemetics: It Affects Ten Million Patients

Marijuana wins hands down.

(PORTLAND, OR) - First we must agree on what we're talking about. Nausea and vomiting are caused by maybe a thousand or more diseases and/or conditions.

The most prominent cause is nausea and vomiting from pregnancy. About 90 percent of women are victims of this, experiencing minor to severe problems.

Arthritis Therapy: Marijuana Vs. NSAIDS

Marijuana wins again!

(PORTLAND, OR) - Osteoarthritis, along with rheumatoid arthritis are almost the constant companions of nearly everybody over 70 years and many by the time they are 50.

This totals about 50 million in the U.S. and about one percent of the population in the whole world.

PTSD/Depression and Anguish: Marijuana Vs. Many Fake Dangerous Drugs

Marijuana wins hands down!

(PORTLAND, OR) - The VA medical system would like you to think that PTSD is depression, it isn't! It is a combination of extreme fear and extreme anguish.

Vietnam Vets learned marijuana was good and effective for "battle terrors," and therefore, why not PTSD? According to them, it was better than a whole list of very dangerous, zombifying and lethal drugs.