The Students for Sensible Drug Police (SSDP) have started an online petition to hold President Obama to his recent campaign promise that he would end the federal DEA raids on medical marijuana patients. This after a  recent raid on  a dispensary in South Lake Tahoe, California happened after Obama took office.

Click to sign the SSDP petition to Obama. Make your voice heard

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Professor David Nutt speaks out against the UK governments recent upgrade of cannabis to a class B drug. Professor Nutt who is a member of the advisory council on the misuse of drugs (ACMD).

The recent upgrade is tied closely to claims that men who take cannabis regularly have a one in 5000 chance of developing a disease like schizophrenia, according to one of the top drug specialists in the UK.

Professor Nutt has a different opinion on the matter stating that “risk to mental health from smoking cannabis is no greater than getting drunk”.

From the article

“We’ve written three reports and read every paper published for the last 30 years. We do not believe the risks are going up,” he said.

“When we look at the evidence, we have seen a huge increase in the use of cannabis but a fall in schizophrenia.”

“Alcohol is probably more likely to cause dependence than cannabis.

“It causes brain damage through vitamin deficiency and withdrawal can lead to psychosis. Overall the mental health risks of alcohol and cannabis are not dissimilar.”

Schizophrenia is a mental health disease. Symptoms have been know to include hallucinations both auditory and visual, scattered thought patterns, unusual behavior, and delusional thinking.

Continue reading Professor Nutt’s interview with NewsBeat here

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Keep up to date with the status of HR5843 here.

Below is the full text of HR5843.

110th CONGRESS2d Session H. R. 5843

To eliminate most Federal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 17, 2008

Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts (for himself and Mr. PAUL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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A BILL

To eliminate most Federal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Act to Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults’.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN MARIJUANA-RELATED PENALTIES.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no penalty may be imposed under an Act of Congress for the possession of marijuana for personal use, or for the not-for-profit transfer between adults of marijuana for personal use. For the purposes of this section, possession of 100 grams or less of marijuana shall be presumed to be for personal use, as shall the not-for-profit transfer of one ounce or less of marijuana, except that the civil penalty provided in section 405 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 844a) may be imposed for the public use of marijuana if the amount of the penalty does not exceed $100.

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I ran across this excellent free ebook regarding the cultivation and growing of medical marijuana. It’s written by Todd McCormick

Todd Patrick McCormick is a Cancer Patient, Researcher and Expert Grower of Medical Marijuana, and also the first person arrested for medical marijuana related charges after the passage of California Proposition 215 (1996).

It is kind of a long read so feel free to save it and read it later. Of course all the material in here is for educational purposes only.

How to Grow Medicinal Marijuana

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