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All Things Cannabis Conference in Portland (AUDIO)

It runs Friday and Saturday at the Red Lion Hotel, Convention Center, Portland.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - It's All Things Cannabis" in Portland this weekend, as criminal defense attorneys, health experts and government officials gather at a convention to talk about the state's medical marijuana program.

Drug Policy Alliance executive director Ethan Nadelmann is one of the speakers.

Medical Marijuana Gestapo: DEA & Police on Cerebral Orgasms

In a country where political operatives compare Obama to Hitler, meet America's real Stormtroopers.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Last month the California Senate approved a resolution calling for significant changes in the federal government's policy regarding medical marijuana.

The resolution urges federal lawmakers to halt federal interference in state laws about medical medical marijuana, while establishing a comprehensive national plan that will provide safe access for all patients.

Despite President Obama’s statement and those of his Attorney General Holder that there will be NO MORE DEA and police raids on legal state permitted grow sites, dispensaries and desperately sick legal patients, it still goes on.

The Marijuana `Eradication` Fiasco

“Eradication” campaigns appear to have literally driven the growers into the hills.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - As summer nears its end, marijuana “eradication” efforts are in high gear – and nowhere more so than in California, whose effort is called the “Campaign Against Marijuana Planting” – CAMP for short.

And as usual, the news is filled with stories of CAMP raids like this one, in which whopping numbers of marijuana plants are seized.

California Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Resolution

Lawmakers Urge New Federal Policy on Research and Enforcement.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The California Senate this month approved a resolution that calls for big changes in federal policy on medical marijuana.

The resolution, which is sponsored by ASA, urges federal lawmakers to both end federal interference in state medical cannabis laws and establish a comprehensive national plan to provide safe access for all patients.

Reefer Madness and Pathetically Ignorant Arrogant Drug Czar Kerlikowske

It has been strongly alleged that the Pharmaceutical Industry exerts powerful control of the FDA & the same appears true for the Drug Czars.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Salem-news.com had a story August 3, 2009, Gil Kerlikowske is a Damned Liar. I had vaguely heard of him as Drug Czar but I don’t have much truck with police about cannabis/marijuana.

Medical Insurance Multi-Millionaires in a Multi-Billion Dollar Boondoggle

Just remember all the multi-millionaires living high on the hog with your money!

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Everybody SHOULD know that the Medical Insurance business along with the Pharmaceutical business and the Nationwide Nursing Home businesses are the best money makers for the ultra-high paid senior officers.

I was astonished beyond comprehension when I read about the hundreds of millions of dollars these BANDITS are “bribing” congress with to obliterate President Obama’s hope to get medical care for some 50 million people who cannot see a doctor.

Marijuana/Cannabis for Pain & PTSD Part 2
Here Come the Weird Drugs

Marijuana/Cannabis can be/is the best replacement for drugs hundreds of thousands of Vets and non-vets are using.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I recently posted MJ/Cannabis for Pain & PTSD Part 1 on Salem-news.com Aug 11, 2009, indicating that Marijuana/Cannabis was much superior to both aspirin-like drugs and also most of the Morphine-like drugs.

Study: Marijuana May Protect Against Alcohol Brain Damage

The study suggests that not only is marijuana safer than alcohol, it may actually protect against some of the damage that booze causes.

( WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A study just published online by the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology suggests that marijuana may protect the brain from some of the damage caused by binge drinking.

PTSD Therapy: Are They Fakers and Charlatans?

What works: What doesn't work.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - PTSD Therapy has turned into a huge business with treatment centers all over the United States and also all over the world. The original stimulus seemed to be U.S. Veterans of the Vietnam war although PTSD has been an unfortunate historical sequel of wars since the Egyptian Pharaohs wars 4000 years ago.

It certainly happened in every U.S. war since the Revolutionary War. Back in those days the therapy was Opium and/or alcohol. We haven’t made much positive progress. In fact we may have gone backwards.

Portland Celebrates 500th Cannabis Common Sense Program

This weekly program was one of the very first of its kind, and has outlasted many.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Three events are taking place this weekend that give a glimpse into how far we have come in the fight for the freedom of Hemp and Cannabis.

First, this Friday, August 14th marks the 500th episode of the show Cannabis Common Sense (CCS), the show that tells the truth about marijuana and the politics behind its prohibition.