Cannabis has ‘no effect’ on acute pain
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- Cannabis has ‘no effect’ on acute pain
- Marijuana Crop Found in Backyard
- Kansas Group Pushes To Ease Marijuana Restrictions
- We should regulate and tax marijuana, as with alcohol
Cannabis has ‘no effect’ on acute pain
NEWS.com.au – Aug 24, 2005
Although many experts believe cannabis may help relieve chronic (or long-term) pain, the guidelines launched in Sydney yesterday by federal Health Minister Tony Abbott say solid evidence now shows it has little efficacy with acute pain. Acute pain is defined as pain lasting up to two to three weeks after surgery, trauma or a medical condition such as kidney stones. The previous edition of the guidelines by the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and Faculty of Pain Medicine, published in 1999, had no position on the role of cannabis in acute pain. College president Michael Cousins said relief from pain was “a universal human right”, but doctors had “abysmal knowledge” of pain treatment and were taught “virtually nothing” about it in medical school. In the entire four-year postgraduate medical course run by Sydney University, just two lectures were devoted to pain management, he said.
Marijuana Crop Found in Backyard
KAKE – Aug 24, 2005
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Kansas Group Pushes To Ease Marijuana Restrictions
Kansas City Channel.com – Aug 24, 2005
Laura Green, the group’s executive director, said that is a problem, in part because students are disqualified from federal financial aid if they have a drug conviction in state or federal court. Green said those convicted in municipal court do not lose eligibility for financial aid. “Most college students don’t understand that if they’re busted for that joint and they’re convicted, that they’re going to lose their opportunities for financial aid,” said Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson. At Green’s request, the city commission is expected to discuss the issue at its Sept…
Part of what I’m asking them to do is to make possession of marijuana a low priority. Don’t go looking for it as if it’s the Holy Grail. “Mayor Boog Highberger said he was generally supportive of the proposal. “It wouldn’t bar a student from getting financial aid,” Highberger said.
We should regulate and tax marijuana, as with alcohol
fredericksburg.com – Aug 24, 2005
I’ve been buying beer and wine for more than 30 years. Yet I’ve never been offered a free sample of whiskey, gin, vodka, or any other type of hard liquor. However, when I was a marijuana user–more than 15 years ago–I was frequently offered free samples of much more dangerous drugs like cocaine and meth by my marijuana suppliers. (Back then, meth was called speed. )If we regulate, control, and tax the sale and production of marijuana and sell it in licensed business establishments like we do with tobacco products, we will close the gateway from marijuana to hard drugs and put a lot of money into our tax coffers in the process. Speaking of taxes, it seems to me that nonmarijuana users would be very much in favor of taxing a product they don’t use. Around these parts, taxing someone else’s vice is very popular…
However, when I was a marijuana user–more than 15 years ago–I was frequently offered free samples of much more dangerous drugs like cocaine and meth by my marijuana suppliers. (Back then, meth was called speed. )If we regulate, control, and tax the sale and production of marijuana and sell it in licensed business establishments like we do with tobacco products, we will close the gateway from marijuana to hard drugs and put a lot of money into our tax coffers in the process. Speaking of taxes, it seems to me that nonmarijuana users would be very much in favor of taxing a product they don’t use. Around these parts, taxing someone else’s vice is very popular. Kirk MuseMesa, Ariz.