What Have California Doctors Learned About Cannabis?
The News Review:
- What Have California Doctors Learned About Cannabis?
- More pot, please: Demand booming for Prairie Plant’s marijuana
- Brain damage warning in cannabis TV ad
- Brownville camp owner charged in marijuana trafficking case
- 2 Men Accuse Deputies Of Forcing Them To Eat Marijuana
What Have California Doctors Learned About Cannabis?
CounterPunch – Oct 23, 2006
What follows are excerpts from the response of Jeffrey Hergenrather, MD, a former family practitioner who has been conducting cannabis consultations in Sebastopol since 1999. How many patients will have received your approval to use cannabis through October 2006? A. What percentage had been self-medicating with cannabis prior to consulting you? A. With what medical conditions have they presented? List top five and approximate percentage (total can exceed 100%)… How many patients will have received your approval to use cannabis through October 2006? A. What percentage had been self-medicating with cannabis prior to consulting you? A. With what medical conditions have they presented? List top five and approximate percentage (total can exceed 100%). Chronic pain (62%), Depression and other mental disorders (30%), Intestinal disorders (12%), Harmful dependence (10%), Migraine (9%) are the most common conditions being treated.
More pot, please: Demand booming for Prairie Plant’s marijuana
cbc.ca – Oct 23, 2006
“It just means that it’s going to have to become more mainstream. Which is not a bad thing. A group of medical marijuana users, researchers and advocates have recently called on Ottawa to conduct performance audits of the federal medical cannabis program in light of Health Canada’s contract renewal with Prairie Plant Systems. As well, some critics have alleged that Prairie Plant’s marijuana is not of good quality — an allegation that has long dogged the firm and the federal medical cannabis program since 2001. But Zettl defended his product, saying the return rate is less than one per cent. “That means that 99. 5 per cent or thereabouts or better have accepted the product and are continuing to buy it on a monthly basis,” he said.
Brain damage warning in cannabis TV ad
InTheNews.co.uk – Oct 23, 2006
The advert from government helpline Talk to Frank portrays a vision of the near future where teenagers browse for replacement brains in the ‘brain warehouse’. Talk to Frank says that cannabis can cause unpredictable mood swings, lethargy, paranoia and vomiting. In the advert a young shopper weighs up a potential purchase, while an eerie shop assistant points him towards the latest brains, even offering to install them for him. "With stronger strains than ever before, the more you mess with cannabis, the more it could mess with your mind," the Frank ad says, which is being accompanied by a poster campaign and radio and internet anti-cannabis messages. Martin Barnes, chief executive of charity DrugScope, today welcomed the government’s decision to highlight the potential hazards of cannabis use… Talk to Frank says that cannabis can cause unpredictable mood swings, lethargy, paranoia and vomiting. In the advert a young shopper weighs up a potential purchase, while an eerie shop assistant points him towards the latest brains, even offering to install them for him. "With stronger strains than ever before, the more you mess with cannabis, the more it could mess with your mind," the Frank ad says, which is being accompanied by a poster campaign and radio and internet anti-cannabis messages. Martin Barnes, chief executive of charity DrugScope, today welcomed the government’s decision to highlight the potential hazards of cannabis use. "Although cannabis use has fallen in the last few years, particularly among young people, there is no room for complacency and we hope that this will be the start of a comprehensive campaign highlighting the range of different harms," he said. Talk to Frank was founded in 2003 in a joint initiative between the Department for Education and Skills, the Home Office and the Department of Health, aimed at providing down to earth, confidential advice concerning drugs for young people aged between 11 to 24 and parents of 11 to 14-year-olds.
Brownville camp owner charged in marijuana trafficking case
Bangor Daily News – Oct 23, 2006
His initial court appearance is set for Nov. 30, at the West Bath District Court. In May, a local game warden found a patch of marijuana growing off a woods road in Township B, Range 10 WELS, north of Brownville, and reported his find to the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department. Through an investigation and surveillance, the department reportedly connected the marijuana patch to a Brownville camp owned by Dickey, according to Investigator Guy Dow of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department. Dow said marijuana plants were discovered outside Dickey’s camp. A search warrant was executed at the camp on Oct. 15, where small amounts of dried marijuana were found, he said… In May, a local game warden found a patch of marijuana growing off a woods road in Township B, Range 10 WELS, north of Brownville, and reported his find to the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department. Through an investigation and surveillance, the department reportedly connected the marijuana patch to a Brownville camp owned by Dickey, according to Investigator Guy Dow of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department. Dow said marijuana plants were discovered outside Dickey’s camp. A search warrant was executed at the camp on Oct. 15, where small amounts of dried marijuana were found, he said. Another search was conducted on Oct. 18 at Dickey’s Bowdoin home, where Piscataquis County and Sagadahoc County deputies found more than 20 pounds of dried marijuana, according to Joseph Manhardt, chief deputy of Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department.
2 Men Accuse Deputies Of Forcing Them To Eat Marijuana
ClickonSA.com – Oct 23, 2006
“Martinez said the main deputy ordered them to wash the marijuana down with water. “I just ate it because I feared that they were going to beat me up and take me to jail,” Martinez said. Sandoval said his 12-year-old son was in the apartment at the time, but he wasn’t forced to eat any marijuana. Sheriff’s officials said the deputies could face administrative and criminal charges if they are found to have abused their powers.