Federal Government takes “baby step” about medical marijuana

Posted on October 20, 2009 by kwilder

Media commentary has suggested that the federal government’s recent decision about medical marijuana (in states where it is legal) could open the doorway for other states, like New York, to create laws that would allow cancer patients and other patients to use marijuana legally. – (excerpt from) Huffington Post Holder’s Baby Step On Medical Marijuana […]

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Daniel Hauser is home: Thoughts on the government and health choices

Posted on May 27, 2009 by kwilder

(excerpt from) Reason Radley Balko on Minnesota Cancer Patient Daniel Hauser, Medical Marijuana, and the Politicization of Medicine / May 26, 2009, 3:00pm Policies governing how and when we give sick people access to the medication that could mitigate their pain, ameliorate the side effects of their treatment, or even save their lives, aren’t based […]

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President Barack Obama’s on-line forum: text, etc.

Posted on March 26, 2009 by kwilder

KW: I cringe to say Obama’s name here. Because if I am not angry enough, I get told that I am kissing up to our duopolist President. So, I guess I will say up front: I would never vote for Obama. He is escalating the War in Afghanistan, and I cannot tolerate that. That said. […]

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Michael Phelps: Swimming success; ADHD; and marijuana no surprise

Posted on February 2, 2009 by iwilder

KW: I do not think it is a great idea to smoke marijuana. The fact that it is illegal, means that there is a shady, black market for the substance, which using marijuana will support. And, I have known people that smoked marijuana a long time, and you can tell. Still, as  a green and […]

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Issues and new laws around the country: Ballot measure results

Posted on November 6, 2008 by iwilder

There is a good list of ballot measures, with the actual wording, and the results at: www.news.aol.com/elections/2008/ballot Some issues: Unfortunately, in California, Proposition 8 passed, which says that the state constitution will define marriage as between a man and a woman. An article about that is: here. I believe that proponents of same-sex marriage believe […]

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A side effect of Election 2008: Marijuana in Massachussetts

Posted on November 6, 2008 by iwilder

Thanks to WBAI producer and Cynthia McKinney supporter Don Debar, of Ossining NY, for bringing our attention to the story below. The Green Party supports the legalization of marijuana. With the 2006 Governor’s race, the Green Party of New York State‘s Governor Candidate, Malachy McCourt, had as a campaign issue, the legalization of marijuana for […]

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NYC: Home to the Most Marijuana Arrests in the World (but don’t worry, white people, it won’t be you)

Posted on October 8, 2007 by iwilder

by Ezekiel Edwards DMIBlog With the NYPD facing difficult challenges such as combating terrorism and stopping the flow of illegal handguns into the city, what are the police arresting people for at a rate ten times greater than before 1997? Marijuana. But they aren’t arresting everyone who possesses marijuana; only poor people of color. When […]

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