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Why not use marijuana to ease pain?

Category: Medical Marijuana | Posted on Tue, March, 6th 2012 by THCFinder

State Sen. Deborah Dawkins’ proposal to permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes deserves to be debated by all of her colleagues.

Dawkins, D-Pass Christian, has been trying to convince the Legislature for several years to authorize the medical use of marijuana by seriously ill patients under a physician’s supervision.

Dawkins believes support for the legislation is growing. But it still attracts stiff opposition. Opponents are particularly concerned that permitting even this limited use of an otherwise illegal substance will make it more easily available and make its prohibition for nonmedical use harder to enforce.

That is small comfort for those whose suffering could be eased by the use of medical marijuana.

Marijuana has been found effective “in treating or alleviating the pain or other symptoms associated with certain debilitating medical conditions,” according to the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine.

We see fewer and fewer reasons to deny its use to Mississippians who are suffering.

As for the flaws some find in Dawkins’ proposal, those could and should be addressed in a debate of the legislation’s merits by the full Senate.

We urge both the Senate and the House to have that debate during this session and then to legalize the medical use of marijuana in Mississippi.

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

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Perspective

Category: Culture | Posted on Tue, March, 6th 2012 by THCFinder

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Court ruling could limit cities' power to prohibit marijuana dispensaries

Category: Dispensaries | Posted on Tue, March, 6th 2012 by THCFinder

The latest development in the fight over medical marijuana could sharply limit cities' power to prohibit marijuana dispensaries.

A recent opinion, from the division of the state's Fourth District Court of Appeals that meets in Santa Ana, holds that since California law provides for dispensaries, cities cannot ban them by declaring them to be a public nuisance.

A dispute between the Orange County city of Lake Forest and a dispensary called Evergreen Holistic Cooperative led to the new opinion.

The city asked for a court order to shut down the Evergreen Holistics because Lake Forest zoning laws did not allow dispensaries, but the appelate court ruled unanimously that Lake Forest's law went too far.

"We conclude local governments may not prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries altogether, with the caveat that the Legislature authorized dispensaries only at sites where medical marijuana is `collectively or cooperatively cultivated,"' the opinion reads.

The court published its opinion last Wednesday. As of Monday, it was not clear how the ruling may affect cities like Upland and San Bernardino which have their own anti-dispensary laws.

"Case law in California has been all over the place," said Jolena Grider, a senior deputy city attorney in San Bernardino. "That case and others will probably be heard by the state Supreme Court."

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

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Got Trees?

Category: Culture | Posted on Tue, March, 6th 2012 by THCFinder

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Judge calls it right on state medical marijuana law

Category: Medical Marijuana | Posted on Tue, March, 6th 2012 by THCFinder

Fed up with the bullshit, a Judge stated that Nevada's medical marijuana rules are "ridiculous" and "absurd referring to the penalties for growing or dispensing medical marijuana to patients who can legally posess it but not buy it...

On his last day on the bench, District Court Judge Donald Mosley -- who retired Friday at the age of 65 -- issued his most strongly worded condemnation yet of the absurd state of Nevada's medical marijuana law, calling it "ridiculous" and "absurd."

Judge Mosley dismissed a drug trafficking case against Nathan Hamilton and Leonard Schwingdorf, who said they supplied the herb to patients unable to grow it themselves.

"It is apparent to the Court that the statutory scheme set out for the lawful distribution of medical marijuana is either poorly contemplated or purposely constructed to frustrate the implementation of constitutionally mandated access to the substance," Mosley wrote in his decision.

In 2010, Nevada voters ratified an amendment to the state constitution, legalizing marijuana for medical use and instructing that "The Legislature shall provide by law for ... appropriate methods for supply of the plant to patients authorized to use it."

But defense attorney Bob Draskovich, whose firm represents both men, says the only way a patient can now legally possess marijuana is to first commit a crime to obtain it. Friday, Judge Mosley agreed.

As it stands, one Nevada law allows medical marijuana cardholders to possess, deliver or produce minute amounts of marijuana. But other state laws make it illegal to buy or sell marijuana, leaving no realistic way for patients to obtain it.

Prosecutors say local marijuana dispensary staff, including Messrs. Hamilton and Schwingdorf, suggested a specific cash donation for the marijuana, which under state law qualifies as "consideration" and is illegal. Also, the dispensaries were growing more than the seven plants allowed.

Mosley found those restrictions ridiculous.

"It is absurd to suppose that from an unspecified source 'free' marijuana will be provided to those who are lawfully empowered to receive it," Mosley wrote.

The Supreme Court is now expected to resolve the conflicting rulings on the law.

Judge Mosley -- principled and plain-spoken -- was long a credit to the bench. Again, as usual, he was right on Friday. The high court should instruct the Legislature to revamp the law in sensible accordance with the wish of the voters -- albeit 12 years late.

The actions of local law enforcement and prosecutors are also currently inappropriate, as their oath requires them to give precedence to "protecting and defending the constitution of the state of Nevada" -- which, as Judge Mosley points out, no longer envisions legitimate marijuana patients or their purveyors being hauled to court or jail.

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

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