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Germany launch for cannabis drug Sativex
Category: Medical Marijuana | Posted on Mon, July, 4th 2011 by THCFinder
GW Pharmaceuticals will today launch its cannabis-derived multiple sclerosis (MS) drug in Germany, which has the highest prevalence of MS in Europe.
 
Sativex contains active ingredients called 'cannabinoids' that are extracted from cannabis plants. It took GW around 10 years to develop the medicine, using genetically unique cannabis plants that are grown at a top-secret farm.
 
The Aim-listed business already sells Sativex, which treats muscle stiffness associated with MS, in Britain and Spain. GW said in May that in the nine months since launching in the UK, sales had reached around £2m.
 
Sativex contains active ingredients called 'cannabinoids' that are extracted from cannabis plants. It took GW around 10 years to develop the medicine, using genetically unique cannabis plants that are grown at a top-secret farm.
 
GW, with its marketing partner Almirall, is planning further European launches of Sativex and GW is also trialling the drug as a potential treatment in cancer pain. Last week, the company began a second Phase III trial of Sativex in cancer, in conjunction with Japan's Otsuka Pharmaceutical.
 
The company said today that muscle stiffness is a common symptom affecting around 80pc of the 130,000 MS patients in Germany.
 
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Winning?
Category: Fun | Posted on Fri, July, 1st 2011 by THCFinder

Not sure what to say about this one haha...

 

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Ariz. officials reviewing medical marijuana memo
Category: Medical Marijuana | Posted on Fri, July, 1st 2011 by THCFinder

Potential delays for medical marijuana in AZ continues as Arizona reviews the recently released federal memo concenrning medical marijuana dispensaries and growers.

PHOENIX (AP) — As Arizona officials review a new federal memo on medical marijuana, a lawyer for would-be dispensary operators say the memo doesn't really change anything.

The Department of Justice memo warns that commercial dispensaries and growers would still be violating federal drug laws regardless of state law.

Attorney Ryan Hurley says that stance is consistent both with a 2009 department memo and recent letters from U.S. attorneys.
 
Hurley says it means his clients — prospective dispensary operators — remain at risk of federal prosecution. But he says patients and individual caregivers apparently still won't be prosecution targets.
 
Arizona has filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge to rule on whether Arizona can implement its medical marijuana law despite the apparent conflict with federal law.
 
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News Montana Judge Blocks Medical Marijuana Restrictions
Category: Medical Marijuana | Posted on Fri, July, 1st 2011 by THCFinder
In a preliminary injunction issued on Thursday, state District Judge James Reynolds in Helena ruled those limits would effectively deny access to pot for many patients entitled to use it under the state's 7-year-old medical marijuana statute.
 
Reynolds said in his 15-page ruling that he was refraining from making a judgment about whether marijuana has medical benefits, noting that issue already had been decided by Montana voters and the state Legislature.
 
Instead, he said provisions of the law passed earlier this year to overhaul the original voter-approved 2004 ballot measure legalizing pot for medicinal purposes went too far.
 
Reynolds specifically blocked provisions outlawing any profits in the supply of medical marijuana, including a ban on growers charging customers to recoup the cost of cultivation and a ban on advertising and promotion of medicinal pot.
 
He also barred enforcement of sections of the new law limiting cultivation to no more than three patients per supplier.
 
"The court is unaware of and has not been shown where any person in any other licensed and lawful industry in Montana -- be he a barber, an accountant, a lawyer or a doctor -- who, providing a legal product or service, is denied the right to charge for that service or is limited in the number of people he or she can serve," Reynolds wrote.
 
He added that such restrictions "will certainly limit the number of willing providers and will thereby deny the access of Montanans otherwise eligible for medical marijuana to this legal product and thereby deny these persons this fundamental right of seeking their health in a lawful manner."
 
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Pot Decriminalized in Connecticut: What You Need to Know
Category: Legalization | Posted on Fri, July, 1st 2011 by THCFinder
Connecticut: Marijuana Decriminalized on July 1
 
July 1, 2011 marks the first day that marijuana is decriminalized in the state of Connecticut. Note that this does not mean that pot is legal in CT. 
 
Here's what you need to know:
 
If you're caught by police with .49 ounce or less of marijuana, the cops will confiscate your pot and give you a $150 ticket. If you're under 18, your parents get notified. Ouch.
If you're busted again, the fine goes up. By a lot.
Three times busted, you hae to go to a drug treatment program.
If you have 1/2 ounce or more of pot, or any other type of drug (including synthetics like K2), you face jail time and a fine of $1000.
DUI is still illegal, no matter what substance you're on.
If you're under 21, you can lose your driver's license for up to 150 days
If you're busted with weed near a school, you're in deep sh&t.
Connecticut Decriminalizes Marijuana on July 1, 2011
 
 
Note that Connecticut police will be carrying precision scales in their cruisers. Be wary of this scenario, though: "You can pretty much eyeball it," said Vernon police Capt. Stephen Clark. "Most experienced officers can tell what's under half an ounce." 
 
It is very easily disputable that a police officer can tell the difference between .49 ounce and .5 ounce just by eyeballing it.
 
Several other US states have passed some degree of cannabis decriminalization, though the amounts involved, restrictions, and penalties vary widely.
 
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Justice Department and Obama reverse stance on medical marijuana raids
Category: Politics | Posted on Fri, July, 1st 2011 by THCFinder
The Justice Department and the Obama administration appear to have backtracked on early promises to respect state medical marijuana laws, opening the door for more federal raids on medical marijuana growers and dispensaries.
 
In a memo sent June 29 to U.S. attorneys, Deputy Attorney General James Cole said cultivators and sellers of medical marijuana were in clear violation of the Controlled Substances Act and open for prosecution. That’s a marked departure from the Obama administration’s early rhetoric, which was that those in compliance with state medical marijuana laws wouldn’t be a priority for federal law enforcement. (As DOJ reviews legality of merger, it’s AT&T versus Sprint)
 
On the campaign trail in 2008, Obama said, “I’m not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue.”
 
In an October 2009 memo, previous Deputy Attorney General David Ogden said U.S. attorneys “should not focus federal resources” on prosecuting those who are in “clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana.”
 
Attorney General Eric Holder, an Obama appointee, also signaled that the administration would respect state medical marijuana laws.
 
“For those organizations that are doing so sanctioned by state law, and doing it in a way that is consistent with state law, and given the limited resources that we have, that will not be an emphasis for this administration,” Holder said in 2009.
 
In Cole’s memo, which was written in response to inquiries from U.S. attorneys regarding the 2009 directive, Cole struck quite a different tone.
 
“The Ogden Memorandum was never intended to shield such activities from federal enforcement action and prosecution, even where those activities purport to comply with state law,” Cole wrote. “Persons who are in the business of cultivating, selling or distributing marijuana, and those who knowingly facilitate such activities, are in violation of the Controlled Substances Act, regardless of state law. Consistent with resource constraints and the discretion you may exercise in your district, such persons are subject to federal enforcement action, including potential prosecution. State laws or local ordinances are not a defense to civil or criminal enforcement of federal law with respect to such conduct, including enforcement of the CSA.”
 
The increase in raids and the new memo leave state-approved marijuana dispensaries on shaky ground, especially in places where such statutes are still new or in development, such as in Washington, D.C. A lawsuit was filed in May against the federal government seeking to stop enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act in D.C. until a judicial review of D.C.’s medical marijuana laws.
 
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