PA NAACP Endorses Marijuana Legalization Legislation

[Source: NORML]

The Pennsylvania Chapter of the NAACP endorsed Senate Bill 528, legislation that would regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol, yesterday during a press conference in Harrisburg. SB 528 was introduced earlier this year by State Senator Daylin Leach*.

Speaking at the press conference the current chair of the Legal Redress Committee for the Cheltenham Area Branch of the NAACP, David Scott, stated, “The war on drugs is a catastrophic failure.”

Sponsor Daylin Leach welcomed the group’s support. “This is decimating the minority community. This is a problem that is particularly acute,” said Senator Leach.

More coverage of this endorsement can be found here, here, and here.

Sponsors of Senate Bill 528 hope to bring it up for a committee hearing in the fall.

A recent report released by the ACLU, The War on Marijuana: In Black and White, revealed that Pennsylvania was one of the worst states when it came to racial disparities in marijuana arrests. According to their data, an African American in Pennsylvania is over five times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white Pennsylvanians, despite using at similar rates.

*Senator Leach is also running for the US House of Representatives and has received support from NORML PAC. You can learn more about Senator Leach’s campaign here or the NORML PAC here. You can learn more about the ACLU report here.

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Obama Hates Medical Marijuana And He Doesn't Care What The States Think

 [Source: Huffington Post]

Lawmakers across the country are fed up with the Obama administration's disrespect for local marijuana laws.

On Monday, the United States Conference of Mayors unanimously passed a resolution asking the federal government to allow states to implement their own marijuana policies and to stop draining limited resources by targeting marijuana in states where it is legal for medical and recreational uses. A bipartisan group in Congress has also introduced a bill that would prohibit the federal government from interfering with state marijuana laws.

President Obama has already spent more taxpayer money fighting medical marijuana than George W. Bush did during his two terms, according to a report released by the pro-medical marijuana group Americans For Safe Access. Most Americans think he should stop.

Researchers Discovered That Smoking Cannabis Reduces Symptoms of Parkinson’s

[Source: TheJointBlog]

Researchers have discovered that smoking cannabis can reduce symptoms of Parkinson’s disease including tremors and pain. 20 patients, at an average of 66 years old, took part in a study, and scored an average of 33 on the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale prior to consuming cannabis. The score dropped to 24 just 30 minutes after smoking. Ruth Djaldetti, MD, of Tel Aviv University Israel, who recently presented the discovery at the International Congress on Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, explained; “We not only saw improvement in tremor in these patients, but also in rigidity and in brady kinesia [slowness of movement cause by the disease]“.

The patients participating in the study started with an average tremor score of 7.5 on the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, which was reduced to 3.5 after smoking cannabis. The average rigitity score started at 7.4, and dropped to 6.4, and the bradykinesia score began at 13.2 and was reduced to an average of 8.6.

The study also found smoking cannabis to be effective for pain relief, resulting in better sleep. All of the patients in the study were already taking medications for pain, but were not getting the relief needed. “We saw a dramatic reduction in pain in our patients and in their ability to sleep”, said Dr. Djaldetti. “When their pain was reduced, they slept better.

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The endocannabinoid system in normal and pathological brain ageing

 

[Andras Bilkei-Gorzo*: Institute of Molecular Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn 53127, Germany]

The role of endocannabinoids as inhibitory retrograde transmitters is now widely known and intensively studied. However, endocannabinoids also influence neuronal activity by exerting neuroprotective effects and regulating glial responses. This review centres around this less-studied area, focusing on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the protective effect of the cannabinoid system in brain ageing. The progression of ageing is largely determined by the balance between detrimental, pro-ageing, largely stochastic processes, and the activity of the homeostatic defence system. Experimental evidence suggests that the cannabinoid system is part of the latter system. Cannabinoids as regulators of mitochondrial activity, as anti-oxidants and as modulators of clearance processes protect neurons on the molecular level. On the cellular level, the cannabinoid system regulates the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurogenesis. Neuroinflammatory processes contributing to the progression of normal brain ageing and to the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases are suppressed by cannabinoids, suggesting that they may also influence the ageing process on the system level. In good agreement with the hypothesized beneficial role of cannabinoid system activity against brain ageing, it was shown that animals lacking CB1 receptors show early onset of learning deficits associated with age-related histological and molecular changes. In preclinical models of neurodegenerative disorders, cannabinoids show beneficial effects, but the clinical evidence regarding their efficacy as therapeutic tools is either inconclusive or still missing. 

Original Abstract: The endocannabinoid system in normal and pathological brain ageing

World's oldest marijuana stash totally busted

[By Jennifer Viegas ]

Nearly two pounds of still-green plant material found in a 2,700-year-old grave in the Gobi Desert has just been identified as the world's oldest marijuana stash, according to a paper in the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany.

A barrage of tests proves the marijuana possessed potent psychoactive properties and casts doubt on the theory that the ancients only grew the plant for hemp in order to make clothing, rope and other objects.

They apparently were getting high too.

Lead author Ethan Russo told Discovery News that the marijuana "is quite similar" to what's grown today.

"We know from both the chemical analysis and genetics that it could produce THC (tetrahydrocannabinolic acid synthase, the main psychoactive chemical in the plant)," he explained, adding that no one could feel its effects today, due to decomposition over the millennia.


Russo served as a visiting professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Botany while conducting the study. He and his international team analyzed the cannabis, which was excavated at the Yanghai Tombs near Turpan, China. It was found lightly pounded in a wooden bowl in a leather basket near the head of a blue-eyed Caucasian man who died when he was about 45.

Continue reading: Oldest Marijuana Stash

Join Dozens Of Student Drug Policy Reform Advocates On Capitol Hill

 
[Source: Johnny Green, The Weed Blog]

SUPPORT AND AWARENESS

Marshaling strong bi-partisan support has never been more critical for moving legislation through Congress. That’s why Students for Sensible Drug Policy is proud to bring together national leaders from all across the political spectrum who agree on one thing: the government’s prohibition of marijuana has failed.

Please consider joining dozens of student drug policy reform advocates on Capitol Hill at the conclusion of SSDP’s Federal Marijuana Lobby Day for a reception featuring special guest speakers Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) and conservative stalwart Grover Norquist. We will be celebrating the successes of the lobby day, sharing stories, and comparing notes.

• Capitol Hill Reception Following SSDP’s Federal Marijuana Lobby Day – featuring Grover Norquist and Congressman Jared Polis
• 4-6pm, Monday June 17, 2013
• Room B369, Rayburn House Office Building
• Find this event on Facebook.

More information: http://ssdp.org/events/federal-marijuana-lobby-day/

Medical Marijuana to Treat Fibromyalgia

[Source: Marijuanadoctors411.com]
 
There are many diseases and conditions that can be treated with medical marijuana, some much more severe than others.  Those that are suffering from more minor conditions can often be provided some sort of relief from other types of medicinal treatments, in addition to marijuana.  But for some that are suffering from certain more serious conditions, medical marijuana offers a very special kind of relief that can be found from no pharmaceutical treatment that is currently on the market.  These more serious conditions are often accompanied by certain symptoms that can be very difficult to deal with on a daily basis.  The fact that those suffering from such conditions should be denied medicine that can make a significant difference in their lives, due to the bogus theories of a very select few people, is preposterous.  But still we see people suffer every day, and one of the conditions that many people suffer from that they should not have to is Fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a musculoskeletal disorder that is often accompanied by significant chronic pain.  Not only is the pain often very persistent, but it also tends to be very widespread as well.  The pain is most often felt in the joints, deep in the muscles, in the back, and in the neck.  There are very few treatments that can deal sufficiently enough with the pain, but medical marijuana may offer relief that can’t be found anywhere else.

Using Medical Marijuana to Treat Fibromyalgia
Medical marijuana has long been known to treat chronic pain, so it only makes sense to use it in treating fibromyalgia.  The best part about marijuana as a pain treatment is that it is a natural pain reliever, unlike most of the other treatments offered for pain.  When it comes to treating fibromyalgia pain with marijuana it is important to understand that certain strains will treat the pain better than others, due to the cannabinoids present.  This list includes but is not limited to, Silver Pearl, Blue Dream, Chem 4, and Permafrost.  It is also important to consider the fact that fibromyalgia sufferers may get longer relief from treating it with marijuana in a pill form, and the “highness” generally associated with marijuana will not be so intense.

Whatever form of medical marijuana you decide to treat your fibromyalgia with, you will get relief that you may not be able to get from anywhere else, and that is what is important.

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