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...
THC Enhances Anticancer Effects of Radiation in Glioma
The Combination of Cannabidiol and Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol Enhances the Anticancer Effects of Radiation in an Orthotopic Murine Glioma Model Katherine A. Scott, Angus G. Dalgleish, and Wai M. Liu* Department of Oncology, Division of Clinical Sciences, St George’s, University of London, London, United Kingdom. ↵*Corresponding Author: Wai Liu, Department of...
Watch Call the Cops Rob Hustle
While advocating for medical marijuana patients is a primary focus of Compassionate Oregon, we are also greatly concerned about the compassionate treatment of our fellow citizens in many situations. Compassionate Oregon takes a position in opposition on such issues as the death penalty, minimum mandatory sentencing and the use of excessive force by, and...
Military Veterans Petition U.S. Attorney General to Reschedule Marijuana
November 08, 2014 – Washington, DC Military Veterans Petition U.S. Attorney General to Reschedule Marijuana Veterans from across the country have banded together and will be delivering a legal petition to the AG requesting that marijuana (cannabis) be rescheduled within the Controlled Substance Act. Current scheduling of “marihuana†is...
Measure 91 Passes
OREGONIANS APPROVE BALLOT MEASURE 91 REMOVING PENALTIES FROM SOME ASPECTS OF STATE MARIJUANA LAWS. While it will still be a felony for cultivation, possession, distribution, and sale of marijuana, those growing four plants or possessing less than eight ounces of marijuana will be free from prosecution. The law takes effect...
Marijuana Use Associated with Lower Death Rates in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injuries
LA BioMed researchers surveyed emergency patients tested for THC levels LOS ANGELES – (Oct. 2, 2014) – Surveying patients with traumatic brain injuries, a group of Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) researchers reported today that they found those who tested positive for THC, the active ingredient in...