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The Boston Globe just ran a profile on three people who are planning on applying for the first medical marijuana licenses in the state of Massachusetts. The article takes pains to emphasize how Jonathan Napoli, Eric Germaine, and Catherine Cametti are normal, upstanding entrepreneurs. It seems silly to applau...
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[caption id="attachment_5702" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Rick Thompson, Emily Aryn and Irvin Rosenfeld at RCR Grassroots Dinner, Lansing[/caption]
Federal medical marijuana patient Irvin Rosenfeld and the president of the US Marijuana Party William A. Chengelis were involved in separate i...
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PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Michigan Charity Receives Google Grant for Medical Cannabis Advocacy, Moves Offices
June 19, 2013
Royal Oak, MI – Michigan Compassion is pleased to announce it has received a $240,000 Google Grant from Google Corporation. The grant is an in-...
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Interesting Oddities #7
This is a compilation of news stories from around the Web. Compassion Chronicles is not responsible for the content contained within these stories.
The Oregonian and and The New York Times both had headlines, May 3, 2013, 'Suicides Surge in United States and Oregon'.
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The agency responsible for administering Michigan's medical marijuana program silently changes the program to the disadvantage of the sick and injured- again!
[caption id="attachment_5667" align="alignnone" width="300"] LARA Director Steve Arwood[/caption]
LANSING- In an unannounced policy change, the L...
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FLINT- The memory of dirty narcotics detective Marc Ferguson in Oakland County is still fresh in my mind as I read about three cops in Bay City who are suspended with pay pending an investigation by the Sheriff's Association. Why didn't Oakland County Sheriffs follow the same procedure that Bay County h...
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ROCHESTER, MICHIGAN- The Executive Director of the national office of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) has announced a special presentation in southeast Michigan.
[caption id="attachment_5649" align="alignnone" width="237"] LEAPs Captain Howard Rahtz[/caption]
Retired Captain Howard Rahtz will...
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[caption id="attachment_5642" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Howard Lutz/Iron Labs and Rick Thompson during Political Twist-Up Show broadcast, THC Expo 2013, Detroit[/caption]
LYON TOWNSHIP- The Political Twist-Up Show, Michigan's only syndicated radio show featuring news and information about ...
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LANSING- The Michigan State Police have issued another update for their agents and Deputies regarding the legal use of medical marijuana in Michigan. Update #103, dated June 5, brings officers in line with rules that took effect April 1st and with court decisions from earlier this year.
Some of the polici...
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Michigan Public Radio (MPR) reporter Jake Neher broadcast a report on a House bill requiring suspicion-based testing for drug use among welfare recipients.
[caption id="attachment_594" align="alignright" width="300"] Jamie Lowell at Hash Bash 2012[/caption]
Jamie Lowell of the Third Coast Compassion Cen...
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A new survey places a case study before physicians and asks: recommend medical marijuana or deny it to the patient?
A new and remarkable survey was recently published in the prestigious scientific periodical the New England Journal of Medicine (the Journal) indicating 76% of physicians surveyed would recom...
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"In my last column on medical marijuana, I posed questions about what in marijuana gives you the munchies, what relieves spasm and what causes memory loss — not to mention numerous other effects such as pain reduction and nausea relief. I can't give you definitive answers to all of that, but here is an expl...
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ASA June Activist Newsletter
Americans for Safe Access (ASA) publishes a monthly newsletter detailing the national noteworthy happenings from the previous 30 days. In this issue:
New Hampshire and Illinois both saw their legislatures pass medical marijuana bills
DOJ is intent on closing Cal...
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By Bryan W. Brickner
“The Present Now” is part two of three with Danielle on “Cannabising Politics.”
Danielle Schumacher co-founded University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign (UIUC) chapters of NORML & SSDP in 2001 (with Shaleen Aghi Title) and received an Anthropology degree in 2004. S...
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Sagan began writing about pot's productivity and usefulness as early as 1969 under the pen name 'Mr. X'
From the Huffington Post: Carl Sagan, a titan of scientific study and communication, died in 1996, leaving behind an expansive legacy of research and education. He assumed a diverse set of roles ...
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[caption id="attachment_5473" align="alignright" width="196"] Former Mexican President Vincente Fox[/caption]
(Reuters) - A former Microsoft executive plans to create the first U.S. national marijuana brand, with cannabis he hopes to eventually import legally from Mexico, and said he was kicking off his bu...
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Here at The Compassion Chronicles we have the deepest respect for those who find themselves federally incarcerated for following state law. In Michigan we have at least ten people convicted of federal marijuana crimes while following state law. This page is dedicated to providing resources and information on...
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State-legal marijuana patients and caregivers locked in federal prisons; We are the standard-bearers of the new revolution
[caption id="attachment_5438" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Federal convict Jerry Duval and wife being interviewed by MLive after the Detroit press conference for Michigan A...
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Interesting Oddities #6
This is a compilation of news stories from around the Web. Compassion Chronicles is not responsible for the content contained within these stories.
Medical marijuana helps seniors contend with other ailments
Before Cherie Scott goes to sleep every night, the 86-year-old has a swee...
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Interesting Oddities #5
This is a compilation of news stories from around the Web. Compassion Chronicles is not responsible for the content contained within these stories.
OAS Study Calls for Debate on Marijuana Legalization | TIME.com
It’s time to seriously discuss legalizing marijuana as one means of...
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BLUEGRASS NATRUAL REMEDIES IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE EXCITING NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DIXIE BOTANICALS BRAND
GRAND RAPIDS , May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ www.bluegrassnaturalremedies.com a leading cannabis company, announced that it is now the wholesale representative of Dixie Botanicals in both Michigan ...
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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HAVE NEW OPTION TO SUPPORT MARIJUANA LAW REFORM CHARITY
May 28, 2013
SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN-...
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The last of Anaheim's medical marijuana dispensaries closed it's doors at 1pm on Friday- or did they?
Under a recent ruling by the California Supreme Court local communities can shutter the distribution centers operating within their city limits by declaring them public nuisances. Anaheim, and nearby Gar...
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Study will base operations in Denver; $240,000 in funding already secured
DENVER- Medical professionals and interested parties have announced the start of Stage 1 of a new and highly ambitious study involving Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and cannabis use designed to answer a singe question: "Do Vete...
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[caption id="attachment_4562" align="alignright" width="300"] Michigan ASA Board of Directors[/caption]
MEDIA ADVISORY
Americans for Safe Access
For Immediate Release: May 27, 2013
Contact: ASA Media Spokesperson Kris Hermes 510-681-6361 or ASA Michigan Chapter Chair Brandy Zink 313 515-9465
Several...
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Princeton, NJ: More than nine out of 10 US adults say that people who possess or consume small quantities of cannabis should not face jail time, according to a May 2013 nationwide Reason Magazine-Rupe poll of 1,003 adults, conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International.
According to the po...
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by Anthony Johnson • May 24, 2013http://www.nationalcannabiscoalition.com/
More than 70 law enforcement officers participated in raids against Lori Duckworth and other medical marijuana providers, but no officer could assist a woman who called 911 begging for help.
While many of us are gearing ...
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BAY CITY, MI — Two brothers charged with illegally selling medical marijuana from their Bay City compassion club have to wait a while longer to see if a judge will dismiss the cases against them.
Defense attorney Edward M. Czuprynski on Friday, May 17, was to argue that Bay County Circuit Judge Joseph K....
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There have been many efforts to get out the vote, write letters to your Congressman, attend City Council meetings. A new effort targets the top man in the city department: The Mayor.
A new letter-writing campaign has been spun around the www.marijuanamajority.com website. The goal is to influenc...
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Will a computer deny patients their access to medication?
The medical marijuana industry is unique, to be sure, but in many ways it is just another industry. Technologies that exist elsewhere have been, are being and will be adapted to fit the eccentricities of the cannabis marketplace. One example...
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The Boston Globe just ran a profile on three people who are planning on applying for the first medical marijuana licenses in the state of Massachusetts. The article takes pains to emphasize how Jonathan Napoli, Eric Germaine, and Catherine Cametti are normal, upstanding entrepreneurs. It seems silly to applaud such…
Federal medical marijuana patient Irvin Rosenfeld and the president of the US Marijuana Party William A. Chengelis were involved in separate incidents with Washington, D.C. federal police on Monday that resulted in one arrest.
Greg Pawlowski of Detroit, reporting on behalf of the American Cultivator and Partie T…
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