AG Yes On Denying Deschutes Carte Blanc Access To OMMP
Based on a request of OHA by Deschutes County Sheriff’s office and DA for a complete list of all OMMP grow sites in their county, the OHA recently asked the AG’s office for an opinion on the issue of disclosing carte blanche the addresses of OMMP grow sites. The...
We want to hear from YOU!
Time To Use Those Filming Skills Submit a video to us explaining why you use medical cannabis, how the rule/law changes have impacted you and your access to cannabis, or your ability to give away cannabis to patients. Please share this with your friends that have been impacted by...
Andrew Gwin is our New President
We would like to take a moment to let everyone know that after three years of service as President of Compassionate Oregon, Anthony Taylor has stepped away from his role as president to focus his attention on the legislature and as a member of Oregon’s Cannabis Commission. He will...
Two Studies Show Medical Cannabis Laws Associated with Significant Reductions in Opioid Prescribing in Medicare Part D Population.
Prescriptions for all opioids decreased by 3.742 million daily doses per year when medical cannabis dispensaries opened. Â Medical cannabis policies may be one mechanism that can encourage lower prescription opioid use and serve as a harm abatement tool in the opioid crisis. Â Association Between US State Medical Cannabis...
World Health Organization – Update of Cannabis and its medical use
The World Health Organization issues report on Cannabis and its medical use. Summary and Conclusions “It has been advanced that whole plant cannabis can be used for multiple therapeutic purposes. The evidence presented on potential medical uses and risks of cannabis in humans herein is focused on unprocessed,...
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And the Rules Keep on Changing
Oct 13, 2017 — On August 31, 2017, the Oregon Health Authority issued a letter notifying growers under the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) that they must tell the OHA whether they are going to continue to grow for patients and begin reporting into the same system OLCC licensees...
Trial of Cannabidiol for Drug-Resistant Seizures in the Dravet Syndrome
Orrin Devinsky, M.D., J. Helen Cross, Ph.D., F.R.C.P.C.H., Linda Laux, M.D., Eric Marsh, M.D., Ian Miller, M.D., Rima Nabbout, M.D., Ingrid E. Scheffer, M.B., B.S., Ph.D., Elizabeth A. Thiele, M.D., Ph.D., and Stephen Wright, M.D., for the Cannabidiol in Dravet Syndrome Study Group* The Dravet syndrome is a complex...
Legislature Forces OMMP into OLCC
[pdf-embedder url=”https://compassionateoregon.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Action.Alert_.1057.fb_.post_.2.pdf” title=”Action.Alert.1057.fb.post.2″] Click here for info about members of the, “Joint Committee On Marijuana Regulation.”...
Oregon Majority Leader Blames Medical Marijuana Growers for Leakage.
In a recent statement to the Oregonian, Sen. Ginny Burdick – (D) Dist. 18, and Co-chair of the Joint Committee on Marijuana Regulation, stated, “… medical marijuana growers are a chief source of black market cannabis leaving the state. She said she’s confident that tight regulation of the recreational marijuana...