Do Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Addictions and Deaths Related to Pain Killers?
Reprinted without permission David Powell, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Mireille Jacobson NBER Working Paper No. 21345 Issued in July 2015 NBER Program(s):Â Â Â HCÂ Â Â HE Many medical marijuana patients report using marijuana to alleviate chronic pain from musculoskeletal problems and other sources. If marijuana is used as a substitute for powerful and addictive...
Oregon Senate Bill 844 Adds New Condition to OMMP
Compassionate Oregon was disappointed this session because so much of the legislation and debate around Cannabis was business-centric and many of the ideas we proposed for patients in Compassionate Oregon’s House Bill 2821 were left on the cutting room floor. Â This was due in part to many legislators and...
New Laws & Effective Dates & Opt-out
A lot of Oregonians have questions about what happens when with the new laws. Â We have listed five dates below that will affect patients. Â We have also listed the local city and county opt-out provisions Stay tuned for a detailed analysis coming soon! Effective dates: With effective and operative...
Training Opportunity for Health Care Organizations
Compassionate Oregon is now offering training for health care professionals on Medical Marijuana in Oregon. Health care professionals serving patients who use medical marijuana need to know about the Oregon program in order to protect patients, educate family members, avoid and identify side effects and be aware of drug...
Marijuana Now Legal for All Oregonians
Oregon’s Ballot Measure 91 legalizing personal use of marijuana by adult Oregonians takes effect today. July 1st, the “freedom” day set forth in Measure 91, is finally here! Â Many thanks to all those that worked on the campaign and for those that have laid the groundwork for this day...
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...