Doctor Suggested Cannabis for Pain Relief
The News Review:
- Doctor Suggested Cannabis for Pain Relief
- More television characters are going to pot
- Loss Of Canadian Sovereignty OP-Ed
- Wayne District Court news
- Racine County Police Report
Doctor Suggested Cannabis for Pain Relief
eMaxHealth.com – Jul 31, 2005
Nine hundred forty-seven people in the UK reported using cannabis for medical purposes, with more than a third (35 per cent) saying that they used it six or seven days a week. The majority (68 per cent) said that it made their symptoms much better. "The results of our UK survey, including the extent of use and reported effects, lend support to the further development of safe and effective medicines based on cannabis," says lead author Dr Mark Ware, principal investigator and pain physician at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Pain Centre. People with chronic pain were most likely to use cannabis for medicinal purposes (25 per cent), followed by patients with multiple sclerosis (22 per cent), depression (22 per cent), arthritis (21 per cent) and neuropathy (19 per cent)…
Nine hundred forty-seven people in the UK reported using cannabis for medical purposes, with more than a third (35 per cent) saying that they used it six or seven days a week. The majority (68 per cent) said that it made their symptoms much better. "The results of our UK survey, including the extent of use and reported effects, lend support to the further development of safe and effective medicines based on cannabis," says lead author Dr Mark Ware, principal investigator and pain physician at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Pain Centre. People with chronic pain were most likely to use cannabis for medicinal purposes (25 per cent), followed by patients with multiple sclerosis (22 per cent), depression (22 per cent), arthritis (21 per cent) and neuropathy (19 per cent). Younger people, males and those who had used cannabis recreationally were also more likely to use it for medicinal reasons.
More television characters are going to pot
USA Today – Jul 31, 2005
Sunday’s episode features two teens getting high at a bat mitzvah. In Sunday’s special preview, a teen sells pot to grade-schoolers until Parker’s character blackmails him to stop. Recurring or episodic pot themes also have fueled HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, FX’s Rescue Me and Fox’s That’ 70s Show. Hollywood’s embellishment of marijuana use is “irresponsible,” says Tom Riley of the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy. Shows that tacitly approve of pot-smoking, particularly comedies, may exacerbate its use, says Steve Dnistrian of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
Loss Of Canadian Sovereignty OP-Ed
Vive Le Canada – Jul 31, 2005
” Afghanistan had almost put an end to the production and trade of poppy seed for the drug trade of opium. Since the US invasion and attack on Afghanistan and interference in their sovereignty, the opium trade in Afghanistan is flourishing. Back to Marc Emery and marijuana and the long arm of the USA. Emery is charged in absentia in the USA with drug related charges including conspiring to distribute marihuana seeds for which the penalty is a life sentence in a US jail if convicted. Emery has been a marijuana activist in Canada for years, and occasionally charged and convicted where he has violated existing Canadian law. However, it is not an uncommon practice for Canadian police to go easy on matters that are affected by social policy and change in process. That is our Canadian way…
Back to Marc Emery and marijuana and the long arm of the USA. Emery is charged in absentia in the USA with drug related charges including conspiring to distribute marihuana seeds for which the penalty is a life sentence in a US jail if convicted. Emery has been a marijuana activist in Canada for years, and occasionally charged and convicted where he has violated existing Canadian law. However, it is not an uncommon practice for Canadian police to go easy on matters that are affected by social policy and change in process. That is our Canadian way. The whole issue of legal uses of marijuana for medicinal purposes as a painkiller in chronic disease is already implemented. The gradual changes in Canadian law over possession vs trafficking has been going on for years.
Wayne District Court news
Goldsboro News Argus – Jul 31, 2005
*Joshua Earl Gurley, 17, Muriel Hooks Road, unauthorized use of a vehicle, 25 days. *Victor Morales Velaquez, 21, Sanderson Road, Seven Springs, driving while impaired, 23 days. *Ronyell Rowe, 23, Poplar Street, possession of marijuana, 16 days. *Hank Austin Sebourn, 33, Timothy Street, Dudley, driving while license revoked, eight days active, 120 days suspended, 18 months supervised probation, 24 hours community service, $150 fine and costs; driving while license revoked, three days active, 120 days suspended, 18 months supervised probation, $150 fine and costs. *Ida Tucker Edwards, 51, Mark Edwards Road, LaGrange, while impaired, eight days active, 12 months suspended, 18 months supervised probation, 24 hours community service, $130 lawyer’s fee, $250 fine and costs. *Robert Leon Harrington, 42, Olivia Lane, larceny, three days. *Patrick McNeil Foster, 34, Clarkton, driving while impaired, two days active, 120 days suspended, 18 months unsupervised probation, $125 fine and costs…
*Marcus Antwan Darden, 18, West Seymour Drive, assault on a female, 45 days suspended, 12 months supervised probation, $50 fine and costs; possession of marijuana, 10 days suspended, 12 months supervised probation, $50 fine and costs. *Garry Deans, 23, Slaughter Street, resisting arrest, 30 days suspended, 12 months unsupervised probation, $50 fine and costs (appealed). *Tyndall Edward, 40, Vail Road, Pikeville, possession of marijuana, 10 days suspended, nine months unsupervised probation, $35 fine and costs. *William Roberson Noe Jr. , 18, Langley Daniel Road, Kenly, larceny, 30 days suspended, nine months unsupervised probation, 24 hours community service, $25 fine and costs (appealed). *Joshua Sullivan, 18, Vail Road, Pikeville, larceny, 45 days suspended, 12 months unsupervised probation, $50 restitution, $75 fine and costs. *Carol Fay Bennett, 63, Dobbersville Road, Mount Olive, driving while license revoked, 45 days suspended, 12 months unsupervised probation, $100 fine and costs (appealed).
Racine County Police Report
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription… – Jul 31, 2005
The man told officers he knew his license was suspended but had to drive because he was the designated driver and his passengers were “very intoxicated. ” The man admitted the drugs were his but said he thought the marijuana was old because he has not purchased any since a May arrest for possession. SuspiciousA witness reported around 4 a. July 16 that he saw a woman through a window lying on the floor behind the bar at Coaches, 488 Milwaukee Ave. Police saw that the woman was breathing and pounded on the window.