By Lauren Rozyla, Reporter
A coalition aimed at legalizing all marijuana use in Nevada launched a petition drive Tuesday in hopes of collecting more than 100,000 signatures.
State Senator Tick Segerblom and Joe Brezny, the former Republican Senate Caucus executive director, kicked off the drive by being the first to sign the petition. Their goal is to get enough signatures that support ending marijuana prohibition in Nevada. Both men are part of the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol.
Advocates say they’re confident public perception has changed enough to get marijuana legalized.
“These people aren’t potheads. These people are trying to heal themselves,” said Adam Sternberg with Compassion Nevada.
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http://www.8newsnow.com/story/25623913/petition-drive-launches-to-legalize-all-marijuana-use
Category: Cannabis News Corner
Today – Noon – Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Rally – State Capitol – 2300 N Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Democratic State Senator Connie Johnson is expected to speak at Wednesday’s rally, as well as two pro-marijuana candidates for governor.
The rally is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. on 5/28/2014.
Organizers ask supporters to come 15 minutes early to pick up their shirts.
Visit oklahomansforhealth.com for more information or to sign the petition.
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http://www.okcfox.com/story/25628225/a-new-push-for-medical-marijuana-in-oklahoma
Harrop: This method of fighting heroin may surprise you
By Froma Harrop
A reversal kit containing Naloxone Hydrochloride and syringes is seen at the Addiction Recovery Center in Boulder last January. Naloxone Hydrochloride is used to treat overdoses of narcotics such as Heroin. (Matthew Jonas, Times-Call)
“If I had to write a prescription for the heroin problem,” retired Cincinnati police Capt. Howard Rahtz told me, “the first thing I’d do is legalize marijuana.”
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http://www.denverpost.com/Opinion/ci_25824833/Harrop:-This-method-of-fighting-heroin
ALERT: House to Vote on Medical Marijuana Amendment This Week!
by David Borden
Call Congress Today!
As soon as this Thursday, the US House of Representatives will vote on an amendment that would prohibit the federal government from spending taxpayer money to interfere with state medical marijuana laws. Though similar amendments have been offered in the past, this year it is being offered by 10 sponsors — five Republicans and five Democrats — and several weeks ago a different medical marijuana amendment that would have allowed VA doctors to discuss it with their patients got 195 yes votes. There is a better chance than ever that this could pass, and we can certainly get closer and advance the issue — if you take action.
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http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2014/may/27/alert_house_vote_medical_marijua
New Jersey Medical Marijuana Program: Don’t Leave Wounded Vets Behind
A Marine Corps veteran called me up just before the Memorial Day weekend. He told me he was from South Jersey and he asked how he could get into New Jersey’s Medicinal Marijuana Program (MMP). He said he had chronic pain from a broken back as a result of a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
I told him that New Jersey’s MMP was extremely restrictive and that chronic pain was not a qualifying condition here unless it was associated with cancer or HIV/AIDS. No traumatic injury, no matter how serious, qualifies for marijuana therapy in this state.
“But I was on opiates for eleven years,” he said. “It was horrible. I was addicted. Then nine months ago, I found marijuana. I’ve been off all opiates entirely for nine months now. Marijuana’s given me my life back. I just want to use it legally.”
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Pony Boy & Estragos – New Video
Hemp: Long Demonized, Plant Poised for Comback
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Kentucky won a lawsuit on Friday against the federal government for the right to plant a shipment of hemp seeds that had been impounded. The case underscores what appears to be a comeback for the controversial plant that, despite having much lower THC levels than marijuana, has been classified by the Drug Enforcement Agency as a Schedule 1 drug on par with heroin.
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http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/24/hemp-history-kentucky.html
Worldwide Campaign: Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes is a Human Right
An international consortium of medical cannabis organisations are demanding that humans, regardless of state or allegiance and without qualification, be able to use cannabis therapeutically. In a joint declaration, the organisations from Europe and North America refer to Article 3 of the Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations in 1948. The declaration is the beginning of a worldwide campaign on the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes.
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http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/health-and-fitness/53168-worldwide-campaign-cannabis-for-therapeutic-purposes-is-a-human-right-an-international-consortium-of-medical-cannabis-organisations-are-demanding-that-humans-regardless-of-state-or-allegiance-and-without-qualification-be-able-to-use-cannabis-therapeutical.html
Symphony hosts first cannabis concert
KUSA
The Colorado Symphony Orchestra’s hosted its first bring-your-own-cannabis fundraising concert Friday night.
About 300 people attended the concert at the Space Gallery in the Art District on Santa Fe. Guests were allowed to smoke pot inside the venue, but the event was invitation only after the city objected to the public sale of tickets.
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http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/05/23/denver-symphonys-pot-fundraiser-opens/9520695/
Scholars Scramble for the Archives of Marijuana Legalization
The Anti-Prohibition Movement, once a lonely struggle in the wilderness, the butt of jokes and the object of ridicule, is now attaining a new respectability.
This surprising turnabout flows from its accelerating successes in recent years. Old records are suddenly in great demand.
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