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Legislature passes ban on medical marijuana on college campuses

Category: Medical Marijuana | Posted on Thu, March, 29th 2012 by THCFinder

Seems pretty stupid that alcohol is no problem on campus but medical marijuana is...?

The ability of faculty and students to use medical marijuana on college and university campuses is now in the hands of Gov. Jan Brewer.

And it may end up in court.

With only two dissenting votes, the Senate on Wednesday approved legislation to ban possession and use of the drug, even by people who have a state-issued card entitling them to use it for medical purposes, on college campuses. The House already gave its blessing to HB 2349 on a 52-2 margin.

Brewer is no fan of medical marijuana, having urged voters to defeat the 2010 initiative that allows those with a doctor’s recommendation to obtain and use up to 2 1/2 ounces of marijuana every two weeks. But the governor also has allowed the state Health Department to implement the law.

As of the beginning of the month, the state had issued user cards to more than 22,000 Arizonans.

More recently, Brewer gave the go-ahead to start licensing dispensaries later this year to sell the drug legally. In the interim, cardholders have been allowed to grow their own.

The fight is over the fact that the initiative bans use in public areas and public schools. But it leaves the door open for possession and use on the campuses of colleges and universities.

Rep. Amanda Reeve, R-Phoenix, said she sponsored the legislation to expand the ban at the behest of the Arizona Board of Regents.

She said allowing the drugs on the campuses would put the schools in violation of federal regulations which require campuses to have policies against illegal drugs. And while the initiative legalized marijuana for medical uses under state law, it remains a felony under federal law to possess it.

The danger, Reeve said, is the schools could become ineligible for federal grants, and federal aid and loans for students could be put at risk.

But Sen. Linda Lopez, D-Tucson, said that argument does not wash.

“Medical marijuana is legal in a whole bunch of other states,” she said. “And they haven’t had any problems getting federal funding for their university and college campuses.”

(Source) http://www.eastvalleytribune.com

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Thursday happy tokes

Category: Tokers | Posted on Thu, March, 29th 2012 by THCFinder

What are you smoking on?

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Marijuana-Like Compounds Stop Spread of AIDS, Study Says

Category: Medical Marijuana | Posted on Thu, March, 29th 2012 by THCFinder

In many ways, without AIDS, there would be no medical marijuana. But there could be a twist, according to new research: With medical marijuana (or synthetic marijuana-like compounds), there could be fewer cases of AIDS.

Researchers believe there's a link between cannabis use -- or at least drugs that share an active ingredient with marijuana -- and the body's ability to withstand or fight off HIV infection. According to a study led by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, when cannabinoid receptors are activated in the body's immune cells, those cells are more likely to withstand infection from the HIV virus.

In other words, pot not only helps AIDS patients survive by allowing them to eat and sleep and otherwise counter the wasting effects of the disease, it might actually fight the disease itself, according to the study published in the Public Library of Science's online journal.

(Read more) http://blogs.sfweekly.com

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Wake n Bake

Category: Fun | Posted on Thu, March, 29th 2012 by THCFinder

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Medical marijuana dispensary opens in Portland

Category: Dispensaries | Posted on Thu, March, 29th 2012 by THCFinder

PORTLAND -- The city's first medical marijuana dispensary, in a nondescript brick building at the end of an alley off Congress Street, opened for business Wednesday.

The dispensary, behind the Local 188 restaurant, is a well-lit, modern facility with bright green walls, light wood floors, a coffee and tea bar and, behind a counter that will soon hold marijuana pipes and rolling papers, a "community area" for patients, and rooms for acupuncture and reiki treatments.

Plans to mount birch tree halves to a wall, similar to a decoration in Wellness Connection of Maine's dispensary in Hallowell, ran afoul of Portland's fire code and had to be abandoned, but a white outline of trees is painted on one wall, awaiting the artist's finishing touches.

Rebecca DeKeuster, executive director of the nonprofit company that runs the dispensary, said the idea of the design is to create a setting where patients and caregivers can get natural medication and the goal is patient-centered care.

The fact that the medication is marijuana, which is illegal under federal law but allowed under Maine's medical marijuana act, is intended to be relatively incidental.

DeKeuster said she expects the dispensary to eventually have about 100 patients a month coming in for marijuana, which can help cancer patients -- particularly those who have nausea and appetite problems from radiation or chemical treatments -- and people who have chronic pain.

A handful of patients showed up for the Portland dispensary's opening, which occurred with little fanfare Wednesday. DeKeuster said she asked the patients if they would be willing to be interviewed for this story, but they all declined.

DeKeuster said the dispensary has a range of marijuana strains to offer. Some offer a stimulating effect to a person's system, triggering a better appetite, for instance. Others are calming and designed to help ease pain.

The marijuana can either be smoked -- a vaporizer is the preferred method, DeKeuster said -- or delivered in liquid form. The liquid, she said, is easy to use if patients prefer to ingest the marijuana in food or drink, such as a cup of tea,

Patients who come in with a doctor's "recommendation" for marijuana -- prescriptions aren't allowed for drugs that are illegal under federal law -- walk up to a locked outer door, controlled by a receptionist just inside. The small waiting room leads to the large community room, with access controlled by a keypad.

(Source) http://www.kjonline.com

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