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NEW NORML REPORT SUMMARIZES THE ROLE OF CANNABIS IN MODERATING DISEASE PROGRESSION - Review Of 120+ Recent Scientific Trials Reveals That In US, Politics Trumps Science
NEW NORML REPORT SUMMARIZES THE ROLE OF CANNABIS IN MODERATING DISEASE PROGRESSION - Review Of 120+ Recent Scientific Trials Reveals That In US, Politics Trumps Science
September 13, 2006 - Washington, DC, USA
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Making Sense of the DEA's New Proposed Policy Statement on Pain Prescribing
There are definitely mixed feelings in the pain medicine community when it comes to the DEA's new proposed policy statement on prescribing pain medications. While everyone is pleased that the agency has loosened up its prescribing rulesâallowing doctors to write three one-month pain med prescriptions at a timeâthere is some dispute over whether the DEA's latest policy statement represents anything other than the agency doing business as usual.
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Taste of Justice
Press Release, September 10, 2006
Contact: Dennis Sobin 202-393-1511 [email protected]
FIRST ANNUAL TASTE OF JUSTICE FAIR FEATURES EX-PRISONER AUTHOR, PAINTER AND ACTIVIST ANTHONY PAPA, MUSIC AND PRISON ART
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Callout: Please Submit Blog Posts, News and Events on New DRCNet Web Site!
Our new web site has many new interactive features...
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Announcement: New Format for the Reformer's Calendar
Visit our new web site each day to see a running countdown to the events coming up the soonest, and more.
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ONDCP: Senate Panel Recommends Cutting Salaries at Drug Czar's Office
In a heads-up to drug czar John Walters, a Senate panel has voted to slash funding for salaries and expenses at his office by more than half.
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Latin America: In Break With Campaign Promises, Peru's New Government Will Accelerate Coca Eradication
Peruvian President Alain Garcia campaigned on a promise to stop coca eradication. Now, he's changing his tune -- and his policies.
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Marijuana: Texas Gubernatorial Candidate Kinky Friedman Says Legalize It
One Texas gubernatorial candidate wants to legalize marijuana. Is anyone surprised that candidate is Kinky Friedman?
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Vermont politics and drug news
I created and chaired the Vt. Grassroots Party(VGP) from '92 to 2000 and was a Gubernatorial candidate against Howard Dean in '94 & '96 as well as being 1 of 14 Americans to be on the Presidential ballot in the 2000 election. The VGP received enough votes in just our 2nd election w/o benefit of any money to become the only other major political party in Vt. besides the Republicrats and Demopublicans. I've been an active anti-prohibitionist since '67. I've sponsored and organized annual cannabis awareness rallies in Burlington, Vt. since '89. I
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Latin America: In Southern Colombia, It's Aid Out, Soldiers In
US AID is pulling out of southern Colombia and the Colombian army is rolling in, as Washington and Bogota give up on the province of Caqueta.
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Europe: Portugal Approves Safe Injection Sites, Moves to Start Prison Needle Exchange Programs
Portugal continues down a progressive path toward harm reduction with moves to open a safe injection site and establish a needle exchange program in the prisons.
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Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
The rotten odor of drug war-related police corruption wafts across Tennessee from the banks of the Mississippi to the hazy hills of the Great Smoky Mountains, and that's just half of our corrupt cops this week.
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Updates in Correctional Health Care
May 5-8, 2007 ⢠Orlando, Florida
Call for Proposals Deadline: September 25 With 1,000 correctional health professionals from the United States and abroad attending Updates 2006, this vibrant and growing meeting is recognized as a forum in which to receive cutting-edge information and instruction from leaders in the correctional health care specialty.Event
Forum with Judge Jim Gray of LEAP
Who: Judge Jim Gray
What: LEAP Presentation to the San Diego Association for Rational Inquiry
http://www.sdari.org
When: Sunday September 24, 2006 6:00pm PST
Where: Joyce Beers Uptown Community Center, Vermont St., two blocks north of University Ave. in the Hillcrest section of San Diego, CA
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Luncheon Reception with Anthony Papa
The Open Society Institute - Washington Office hosts a Luncheon Reception and Discussion featuring Anthony Papa, the author of 15 to Life: How I Painted My Way to Freedom
Friday, September 29, 2006
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Job Opportunities: Three Positions at Drug Policy Alliance
DPA's Washington, DC office is hiring a Deputy Director of National Affairs, a Legislative Assistant, and a part-time Office Manager/Receptionist.
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REPORT: Emerging Clinical Applications For Cannabis & Cannabinoids
Please take a moment today to check out NORML's new report: "Emerging Clinical Applications For Cannabis & Cannabinoids: A Review of the Recent Scientific Literature, 2000-2006."
This report reviews over 120+ recently published studies on the medical use of cannabis and cannabinoids for 15 specific disease indications, and argues that cannabinoids may moderate the progression of various life-threatening diseases, rather than simply provide symptomatic relief.