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On 30 Nov 1997 04:30:00 -0700, rl…@mapinc.org (Richard Lake) wis sayin: ]>Below are just a few of the news stories carried in the Drugnews ]>Digests of the last week. Information on obtaining the Digest appears ]>at the end of the message.  The complete articles are at the website ]>listed after URL: ]> ]>—————————– ]> ]>Subj: US OR: Medical Marijuana Outlet Walks Fine Line From: ]>aliveATpacifier.com (Arthur Livermore) Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 20:16:37 ]>-0500 Size: 107 lines 4855 bytes File: v97.n356.a05 URL: ]>http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v97.n356.a05.html ]> ]>Source: The Oregonian Contact: lettersATnews.oregonian.com Pubdate: ]>Thursday, November 20, 1997 Page: C2 Note: The rare posting of the ]>website in the article: http://www.hemp.net/greencross/ ]> ]>MEDICAL MARIJUANA OUTLET WALKS FINE LINE ]> ]>For the most part, law enforcement officials don’t bother with the ]>Green Cross Patient Co-op in Seattle ]> ]>By Hunter T. George The Associated Press ]> ]>Seattle–It’s not advertised on billboards, and it’s not on any list ]>of health plan services, but people with AIDS, cancer and other ]>diseases know where to find marijuana: Green Cross Patient Co-op. ]> ]>"They’re not doing it for profit," said a partially paralyzed man ]>picking up marijuana he said he uses to control muscle spasms. "This ]>is a service." ]> ]>[continues: 84 lines] ]> ]> —————————— ]> ]>Subj: LTE: Marijuana’s Medicinal Miracles From: "Kendra E. Wright" ]><kewrightATerols.com> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 20:23:35 -0500 Size: 33 ]>lines 1244 bytes File: v97.n356.a06 URL: ]>http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v97.n356.a06.html ]> ]>Source: The Washington Post Page: A22 Pubdate: 17 Nov 1997 Contact: ]>The Post has a webpage letter form at: ]>http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/edit/letters/letterform.htm Mail: ]>Letters to the Editor, The Washington Post, 1150 15th Street, NW, ]>Washington, DC 20071 ]> ]>MARIJUANA’S MEDICINAL MIRACLES ]> ]>Strange as it may seem, here is one right-wing Republican who agrees ]>with Wayne Turner and Steve Michael in their column about marijuana ]>["Marijuana for Medicine, Not Abuse," op-ed, Nov. 5]. ]> ]>When our grown daughter was undergoing chemotherapy for lymph cancer, ]>she was sick and vomiting constantly as a result of her treatments. No ]>legal drugs, including Marinol, helped her. ]> ]>We finally turned to marijuana. With it, she kept her food down, was ]>comfortable and even gained weight. ]> ]>Those who say Marinol and other drugs are satisfactory substitutes for ]>marijuana may be right in some cases but certainly not in all cases. ]> ]>If doctors can prescribe morphine and other addictive medicines, it ]>makes no sense to deny marijuana to sick and dying patients when it ]>can be provided on a carefully controlled, prescription basis. ]> ]>LYN NOFZIGER Falls Church ]> ]>? Copyright 1997 The Washington Post Company ]> ]>[end] ]> ]>—————————— ]> ]>Subj: Canada: OPED: Don’t Bogart that law From: Kelly T. Conlon Date: ]>Sat, 22 Nov 1997 19:03:51 -0500 Size: 29 lines 1296 bytes File: ]>v97.n356.a04 URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v97.n356.a04.html ]> ]>Source: The Ottawa Citizen Pubdate: 21 Nov. 1997 Section: Editorial ]>Contact: lettersATthecitizen.southam.com Homepage: ]>http://www.ottawacitizen.com/ ]> ]>DON’T BOGART THAT LAW ]> ]>Good for Anne McLellan. As the Citizen’s Stephen Bindman reports in ]>today’s paper, Canada’s Justice Minister says Canadians should begin a ]>debate on whether to make marijuana available for medicinal purposes ]>and, were this eventually permitted, should not try to regulate the ]>interaction between doctors and their patients. ]> ]>The Citizen favours decriminalization of marijuana, but it also ]>favours a legal system that operates in a straightforward, transparent ]>manner. As the minister points out, although there may be an emerging ]>consensus on letting doctors prescribe marijuana to chronically ill ]>patients to ease pain, there is not yet a consensus on legalization, ]>plain and simple. ]> ]>Permitting medicinal use may prove to be a way station on the road to ]>full decriminalization. Politicians may eventually be tempted to make ]>it the final destination, the loophole by means of which, de facto, ]>marijuana becomes widely available. ]> ]>That would be unfortunate. The law of the land should recognize the ]>facts of the land. If Canadians tolerate widespread marijuana use, its ]>use should be legal. ]> ]>[end] ]> ]>—————————— ]> ]>Subj: Canada: Medical Marijuana To Get Serious Look From: Kelly T. ]>Conlon Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 22:46:28 -0500 Size: 73 lines 3278 bytes ]>File: v97.n359.a08 URL: ]>http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v97.n359.a08.html ]> ]>Source: Ottawa Citizen Contact: lettersATthecitizen.southam.ca ]>Pubdate: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 Author: Mark Kennedy Webpage: ]>http://www.ottawacitizen.com ]> ]>MEDICAL MARIJUANA TO GET ‘SERIOUS LOOK’ ]> ]>Health Minister Allan Rock says the federal government has an "open ]>mind" on whether to decriminalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. ]> ]>"More and more we find people suggesting that marijuana, when smoked, ]>has a medicinal value," Mr. Rock said in an interview. "I think my ]>responsibility is to look seriously and with an open mind at the ]>evidence in deciding on whether the government should get out of the ]>way and permit the use of a substance for medical purposes. And I ]>encourage people to bring that evidence to us." ]> ]>Mr. Rock’s comments echoed those last week by Justice Minister Anne ]>McLellan, who called for a public debate on the issue. Indeed, Mr. ]>Rock said, he and Ms. McLellan have already "encouraged" officials in ]>their departments to examine the matter. ]> ]>[continues: 54 lines] ]> ]> —————————— ]> ]>Subj: Canada: Editorial: Legalizing Pot For Those In Pain From: ]>adbryanATonramp.net Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 17:29:38 -0500 Size: 72 ]>lines 3724 bytes File: v97.n359.a03 URL: ]>http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v97.n359.a03.html ]> ]>Source: Montreal Gazette Section: Editorial Contact: ]>lettersATthegazette.southam.ca Pubdate: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 Website: ]>http://www.montrealgazette.com/ ]> ]>LEGALIZING POT FOR THOSE IN PAIN ]> ]>If there is any case to be made for the legalization of marijuana, it ]>is a medical one. Clearly, pot can help those suffering from serious, ]>painful illness. The evidence by now is strong. Marijuana can cut the ]>incidence of epileptic seizures, relieve nausea and ease the pain of ]>AIDS and cancer patients. It has been a Godsend for glaucoma ]>sufferers, helping to ease the painful pressure that builds up behind ]>the eyeball. Even those suffering from multiple sclerosis report that ]>marijuana can provide welcome relief from the spasms that afflict ]>them. ]> ]>Doctors already can legally prescribe the active ingredient in ]>marijuana, THC, in pill form. Many cancer specialists believe that ]>legalizing the medical use of marijuana would help their patients, and ]>Canadians clearly think so, too. ]> ]>[continues: 54 lines] ]> ]> —————————— ]> ]>Subj: US DC: LTE: Marijuana Therapy In Context From: Richard Lake ]>Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 23:36:42 -0500 Size: 53 lines 2647 bytes File: ]>v97.n366.a12 URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v97.n366.a12.html ]> ]>Source: The Washington Post Page: 28A Pubdate: Thursday, November 27, ]>1997 Website: http://www.washingtonpost.com Contact: letters to editor ]>form: http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/edit/letters/letterform.htm ]> ]>MARIJUANA THERAPY IN CONTEXT ]> ]>It’s great that The Post is finally giving some balanced and factually ]>accurate coverage of the medical marijuana issue and the campaign to ]>get Initiative 57 on the D.C. ballot ["Marijuana for Medicine, Not ]>Abuse" op-ed, Nov. 5; "Pushing to Legalize `Miracle Herb,’ " Metro, ]>Nov. 11]. ]> ]>This is a welcome relief from the nonsense being preached by Barry ]>McCaffrey, Steve Forbes and others claiming that the legalization of ]>medically prescribed marijuana for the seriously ill, which is all ]>that Initiative 57’s tightly worded language would allow, will somehow ]>lead to a renewed drug epidemic in the District. ]> ]>But one criticism I have of the Metro article is the way in which ]>Mayor Barry’s endorsement of Initiative 57 was immediately followed by ]>a reminder to the reader that the mayor is a convicted cocaine abuser. ]>Since Initiative 57 is written strictly for doctor-prescribed ]>marijuana, to be used for medical purposes only, the mayor’s abuse of ]>an entirely different class of drug for recreational purposes is ]>irrelevant. ]> ]>[continues: 25 lines] ]> ]>—————————— ]> ]>Subj: PUB LTE: Pot Can Save Lives From: carey.kerATutoronto.ca Date: ]>Thu, 27 Nov 1997 16:34:35 -0500 Size: 20 lines 834 bytes File: ]>v97.n366.a07 URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v97.n366.a07.html ]> ]>Source: Eye Magazine Pubdate: November 27, 1997 Contact: eyeATeye.net ]> ]>POT CAN SAVE LIVES ]> ]>Dear eye, ]> ]>Re: Alan McDonald’s "Stoner Walled," Not the Editorial Page, Nov. 20. ]> ]>Alan McDonald says that if diabetics didn’t get insulin, they would ]>all be dead and says, therefore, that the comparison between insulin ]>and marijuana as medicines is not appropriate. McDonald should be ]>aware that, for many people, the situation is precisely the same with ]>marijuana. Many of the people who use marijuana medicinally credit it ]>with saving their lives. One example is its use with AIDS wasting ]>syndrome which kills people through lack of nutrition. Marijuana ]>enables many of the people with AIDS wasting syndrome to eat — which, ]>quite literally, saves their lives. ]> ]>Clifford A. Schaffer, Canyon Country, Calif. ]> ]>—————————— ]> ]>Subj: Canada: MDs, Lawyers Plan Strategy For Legal Marijuana From: ]>Chris Clay http://www.hempnation.com/ Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 07:22:35 ]>-0500 Size: 48 lines … read more »

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Below are just a few of the news stories carried in the Drugnews Digests of the last week. Information on obtaining the Digest appears at the end of the message.  The complete articles are at the website listed after URL: —————————– Subj: US OR: Medical Marijuana Outlet Walks Fine Line From: aliveATpacifier.com (Arthur Livermore) Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 20:16:37 -0500 Size: 107 lines 4855 bytes File: v97.n356.a05 URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v97.n356.a05.html Source: The Oregonian Contact: lettersATnews.oregonian.com Pubdate: Thursday, November 20, 1997 Page: C2 Note: The rare posting of the website in the article: http://www.hemp.net/greencross/ MEDICAL MARIJUANA OUTLET WALKS FINE LINE For the most part, law enforcement officials don’t bother with the Green Cross Patient Co-op in Seattle By Hunter T. George The Associated Press Seattle–It’s not advertised on billboards, and it’s not on any list of health plan services, but people with AIDS, cancer and other diseases know where to find marijuana: Green Cross Patient Co-op. "They’re not doing it for profit," said a partially paralyzed man picking up marijuana he said he uses to control muscle spasms.  "This is a service." [continues: 84 lines]  —————————— Subj: LTE: Marijuana’s Medicinal Miracles From: "Kendra E. Wright" <kewrightATerols.com> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 20:23:35 -0500 Size: 33 lines 1244 bytes File: v97.n356.a06 URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v97.n356.a06.html Source: The Washington Post Page: A22 Pubdate: 17 Nov 1997 Contact: The Post has a webpage letter form at: http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/edit/letters/letterform.htm Mail: Letters to the Editor, The Washington Post, 1150 15th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20071 MARIJUANA’S MEDICINAL MIRACLES Strange as it may seem, here is one right-wing Republican who agrees with Wayne Turner and Steve Michael in their column about marijuana ["Marijuana for Medicine, Not Abuse," op-ed, Nov. 5]. When our grown daughter was undergoing chemotherapy for lymph cancer, she was sick and vomiting constantly as a result of her treatments. No legal drugs, including Marinol, helped her. We finally turned to marijuana. With it, she kept her food down, was comfortable and even gained weight. Those who say Marinol and other drugs are satisfactory substitutes for marijuana may be right in some cases but certainly not in all cases. If doctors can prescribe morphine and other addictive medicines, it makes no sense to deny marijuana to sick and dying patients when it can be provided on a carefully controlled, prescription basis. LYN NOFZIGER Falls Church

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