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- Gonzales Puts Focus On Child Pornography
- Feds Say NO to Medical Weed
- Study may explain chronic fatigue
- Troubled rocker Doherty escapes jail
- Student requesting trial on new charges
Cal State-Fullerton: Marijuana licenses prove easy to come by in Cal…
Free with registration – America's Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Apr 21, 2006
Cal State-Fullerton: Marijuana licenses prove easy to come by in Cal State-Fullerton area. | The America’s Intelligence Wire (April, 2006). However, there are a growing number of people who, with a prescrip… , resident and California State University at Fullerton graduate, has been smoking marijuana for over half his life. “I’ve been smoking since I was 12, and I used to sell weed,” Cleveland said. He’s had a medical marijuana prescription for a few months and said the process was fairly simple. After receiving from a friend the phone number of a doctor who prescribes the drug, all it took was one visit for Cleveland to obtain his medical marijuana prescription. Cleveland simply called.
Gonzales Puts Focus On Child Pornography
Washington Post – Apr 21, 2006
The agency said it was posting the statement in response to requests from lawmakers and others, but advocates for legalizing marijuana said the FDA was making an unusual and inappropriate foray into politics. “In response to inquiries, including from Congress, we are clarifying our position on the science,” said FDA spokeswoman Susan Bro in an interview. But Bruce Mirken of the Marijuana Policy Project said he was puzzled by the FDA’s decision. “It’s fascinating that they are making what strikes me as essentially a political move here,” Mirken said. The issue of the medical use of marijuana has been long contested on the state and federal level. Some patients with diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and glaucoma say only the herb provides relief, and sometimes their doctors agree. But the federal government maintains that FDA-approved drugs, including a synthetic form of the active ingredient in marijuana, are adequate for these patients… But Bruce Mirken of the Marijuana Policy Project said he was puzzled by the FDA’s decision. “It’s fascinating that they are making what strikes me as essentially a political move here,” Mirken said. The issue of the medical use of marijuana has been long contested on the state and federal level. Some patients with diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and glaucoma say only the herb provides relief, and sometimes their doctors agree. But the federal government maintains that FDA-approved drugs, including a synthetic form of the active ingredient in marijuana, are adequate for these patients. New Study of Evidence In 2003 Terrorism TrialA new FBI analysis of evidence in a bungled Detroit terrorism trial undercuts the recent indictment of the former prosecutor in the case, creating fresh conflict in a legal drama that has embarrassed the Bush administration. The 13-page report by FBI agent Paul George concludes that satellite photos of a Jordanian hospital closely match hand-drawn sketches found in 2001 inside the apartment of four Detroit men who the government claimed had surveyed the site as part of a terrorist plot.
Feds Say NO to Medical Weed
6abc.com – Apr 21, 2006
But the statement contradicts a 1999 finding from the Institute of Medicine that found that marijuana’s active ingredients are “potentially effective” in treating pain, nausea, the anorexia of AIDS wasting and other symptoms. The Institute, a division of the National Academy of Sciences, called for clinical trials. Story continues below Advertisement digGetAd(“Rectangle”); A spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project, an advocacy group, called the F-D-A statement political. FDA CONCLUSION: The F-D-A says “no sound scientific studies supported medical use of marijuana for treatment in the United States, and no animal or human data supported the safety or efficacy of marijuana for general medical use. ” CONTRADICTION: 1999, Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences reported that “marijuana’s active components are potentially effective in treating pain, nausea, the anorexia of AIDS wasting and other symptoms, and should be tested rigorously in clinical trials. ” REACTION: Bruce Mirken, director of communications for the Marijuana Policy Project says “If anybody needed proof that the F-D-A has become totally politicized, this is it. This isn’t a scientific statement; it’s a political statement… This isn’t a scientific statement; it’s a political statement. ” Indiana Republican Congressman Mark Souder, chairman of the House Government Reform subcommittee on drug policy, has said promotion of medical marijuana “is simply a red herring for the legalization of marijuana for recreational use. Studies have continually rejected the notion that marijuana is suitable for medical use because it adversely impacts concentration and memory, the lungs, motor coordination and the immune system. ” (Copyright ©2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
Study may explain chronic fatigue
St. Petersburg Times – Apr 21, 2006
” She said that the FDA was issuing the statement because of numerous inquiries from Capitol Hill but would likely do nothing to enforce it. “Any enforcement based on this finding would need to be by DEA, since this falls outside of FDA’s regulatory authority,” she said. Eleven states have legalized medicinal uses of marijuana, but the Drug Enforcement Administration and the nation’s drug czar, John Walters, have opposed those efforts. The FDA statement contradicts a 1999 review by the Institute of Medicine, a part of the National Academy of Sciences, the nation’s most prestigious scientific evaluative agency. That review found marijuana to be “moderately well suited for particular conditions, such as chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting and AIDS wasting. ”
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Troubled rocker Doherty escapes jail
dailymail.co.uk – Apr 21, 2006
The singer, who gave his address today as Laburnum Street, alsoin east London, was searched and police found, among other things,”a small white rock in his right sock”. Doherty was tested for drugs and proved positive for bothcocaine and opiates. He was charged with possession of 0. 406g) of heroin, 0. 636g) of crack cocaine, 0.
Student requesting trial on new charges
Online Athens – Online Athens (subscription) – Apr 21, 2006
Three of the arrested students lived at 555 Riverhill Drive, the alleged disorderly house where Fish made one of several stops prior to his death. Attorneys have filed motions to suppress evidence and statements UGA investigators collected from the house. Gene Whitner Milner III, whose family owns the house on Riverhill Drive, was arrested, but prosecutors dropped marijuana charges when they learned Milner had lived in Colorado since December. Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on 042106 Don’t Miss.