The Case for Retaining and Improving the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program
Introduction The Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) has become an integral part of health care for some 70,000 Oregonians. It provides a vital service to many who have exhausted all other sources for relief from chronic pain, cancer and other debilitating conditions, or who have found its benefits superior to pharmaceutical medications....
First Congressional Medical Marijuana Legislation of the Year Focuses on Access for U.S. Veterans
“Veterans Equal Access Act” would allow VA physicians to recommend medical marijuana without federal censure February 03, 2015 | Kris Hermes Washington, DC — U.S. House Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and eight bipartisan Congressional cosponsors introduced the “Veterans Equal Access Act” today, marking a concerted federal effort to allow...
American Academy Of Pediatrics: Reschedule Marijuana To Allow Research
Reprinted from The Weed Blog Marijuana opponents like Kevin Sabet want Americans to think that the only people that want to reform marijuana laws are addicted dopers and greedy business types. Marijuana opponents always want to talk about how marijuana reform is bad for children. That’s going to be much...
Cannabis extract can have dramatic effect on brain cancer, says new research
Experts have shown that when certain parts of cannabis are used to treat cancer tumours alongside radio therapy treatment the growths can virtually disappear. The new research by specialists at St George’s, University of London, studied the treatment of brain cancer tumours in the laboratory and discovered that the...
New Marijuana Policy Course Offered at Oregon State University
01/15/2015 CORVALLIS, Ore. – Students at Oregon State University will have a chance to help shape policies related to marijuana legalization in Oregon as part of a new public policy course taught this winter on the OSU campus in Corvallis. “Marijuana Policy in the 21st Century” is a...
Legal Marijuana Celebration & Fundraiser
Compassionate Oregon will present our Patient’s Rights Bill and update everyone on bills in the upcoming Legislative session. All contributions will go to support our efforts in Salem to pass this bill and improve and protect the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program. See you there! If you would like to...
Cannabinoids and Leukemia
New research from the University of London suggests chemicals in marijuana could be used to fight leukemia. Published online in Anticancer Research, researchers at the Department of Oncology at St. George’s, University of London studied six different cannabinoids and found each to have anti-cancer action on leukemia cells. Lead...
Tom Burns named OLCC’s director of marijuana programs
Tom Burns, the individual tasked with the implementation of Oregon’s HB 3460 to license and regulate medical marijuana facilities has been named OLCC’s Director of Marijuana Programs. “Tom has navigated these waters before on the medical side,” OLCC Executive Director Steven Marks said in a statement. “Tom will lead...
Oregon Legislature Approves Money To Start Implementing Marijuana Legalization
Oregon voters approved marijuana legalization on Election Day 2014. Measure 91 gave the task of implementing marijuana legalization and overseeing regulation to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC). In order to start laying the ground work for implementation, the OLCC went to the Oregon Legislature to get emergency funds....
Compassionate Oregon Receives Draft Legislative Concept
Compassionate Oregon has received a draft of its legislative concept to add conditions, create lifetime cards for lifetime conditions and emergency no-cost hospice cards, health care workers allowed to administer cannabis to outside licensed facilities for home health care patients, and last but not least, ending the practice of not...