Medical Marijuana: News & Viewpoints
- Projects for Grassroots Activists on Medical Marijuana (Regularly Updated)
From Marijuana Policy Project
- Shift on Marijuana Policy Delays Sentencing (March 23, 2009)
In The New York Times
- Despite Legalization in Michigan, Medical Marijuana Still Faces Opposition (March 20, 2009)
In The Chicago Tribune
- Dispensers of Marijuana Find Relief in Policy Shift (March 19, 2009)
In The New York Times
- Federal Raids on Medical Marijuana Providers May End in California, Other U.S. States (March 18, 2009)
In The New York Times
- Pot for Pain: Is It Legal or Not? (February 3, 2009)
U.S. President Barack Obama said during his campaign that the use of medical marijuana can be "appropriate" and that he would not use Justice Department resources to interfere with state laws allowing its use (contrary to the approach of the Bush administration). So why, asks Los Angeles Times columnist Patt Morrison, did the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) raid two medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles last week?
In Los Angeles Times
- Medical Marijuana Users Denied Organ Transplants (May 19, 2008)
In The Wall Street Journal
- California Medical Marijuana Employment Rights Bill Advances (May 2008)
From Americans for Safe Access
- Medical Marijuana Users Can Be Fired for Toking Their Meds, Calif. Court Rules (January 24, 2008)
From Reuters
- HIV-Positive Man Sues for Right to Use Marijuana to Treat Nausea (June 23, 2007)
In Rocky Mountain News
- California Judge Upholds State Medical Marijuana Law (December 21, 2006)
In Bay Area Reporter
- FDA Says It Does Not Support Use of Medical Marijuana (April 22, 2006)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issues a statement.
In Seattle Times
- FDA's Report Illuminates Wide Divide on Marijuana (April 22, 2006)
A detailed analysis of the FDA's decision to not support the use of medical marijuana.
In The New York Times
- Inter-Agency Advisory Regarding Claims That Smoked Marijuana Is a Medicine (April 20, 2006)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Medical Marijuana, the Bush Administration and the Denial of Science (November/December 2005)
"It's not like the science [supporting medical marijuana] doesn't exist," David Salyer writes; "our government has nothing but contempt for it.".
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In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Dutch Pharmacies to Sell Government-Tested Marijuana for Medical Use (September 3, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Sorry ... The Club Is Closed (December 2001/January 2002)
Outrage erupts in the HIV community after the DEA raids the L.A. Cannabis Resource Center.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- Medicine March: The Millennium Medical Marijuana March (February 2000)
Demonstration in Washington, D.C., to raise awareness of medicinal marijuana.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- Vaporizers for Medical Marijuana (September 17, 1999)
From AIDS Treatment News
- Book Review: Marijuana and Medicine (September 9, 1999)
In New England Journal of Medicine
- Cannabis and Cannabidiol (October 16, 1998)
An interview with Robert Gorter, M.D.
From AIDS Treatment News
- Medical Marijuana: Strong Support in Oakland (August 21, 1998)
From AIDS Treatment News
- Medical Marijuana: Healing Alternatives Begins Distribution (August 7, 1998)
From AIDS Treatment News
- Medical Marijuana Distribution Summit, Sacramento: Video Available (June 5, 1998)
From AIDS Treatment News
- Medical Marijuana: Largest Provider Closed, Some Alternatives Available (June 5, 1998)
From AIDS Treatment News
- Just What the Doctor Ordered (May 1998)
An interview with Scott Imler.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- Medical Marijuana (Fall/Winter 1997)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
- Medical Marijuana: Questions Raised on San Francisco Raid (May 1, 1997)
From AIDS Treatment News
- Medical Marijuana: New Nationwide Poll Shows 2-1 Public Support (February 21, 1997)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- Medical Marijuana: Research Priority, Hoax or Civil Right? (January 1997)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Medical Marijuana Wins in California and Arizona (November 15, 1996)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- History of Marijuana Use: Medical and Intoxicant (1972)
From Marijuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding, the report of the U.S. National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse.
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