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161 US: Rep. Cohen a Hit at Marijuana Policy Project Gala DinnerThu, 14 Jan 2010
Source:Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Author:Evans, Ben Area:United States Lines:64 Added:01/15/2010

WASHINGTON -- Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen acknowledged feeling a little lonely as he addressed a crowd of self-described pot smokers just off Capitol Hill.

After all, sharing a stage with Cheech and Chong and calling for loosening drug laws isn't usually in the campaign playbook of a sitting congressman.

Cohen, a two-term Democrat from Memphis, didn't seem to care Wednesday night as he headlined the pro-legalization Marijuana Policy Project's 15th annual gala, where the famed stoner comedy duo of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong won a lifetime "trailblazer" award for helping push marijuana use into the mainstream.

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162US TN: Column: Is Tennessee Ready for Medical Marijuana and the Problems CaliforTue, 12 Jan 2010
Source:Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN) Author:Magee, David Area:Tennessee Lines:Excerpt Added:01/13/2010

He's got political backbone. That's one thing you can say about U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Memphis.

He's also wading into complicated territory on the topic of legalized medicinal marijuana.

A report this week indicates Rep. Cohen will be a featured speaker on Wednesday at the Marijuana Policy Project's 15th anniversary gala, taking the stage with advocates of legalized cannabis including Cheech and Chong, a comedy duo known for joking about marijuana usage.

In a 2007 speech before the U.S. House of Representatives, the lawmaker from Memphis talked about a Maryland man who suffered from pancreatic cancer and found relief by using medical marijuana.

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163 US: Rep. Cohen to Speak at Marijuana Policy Project EventTue, 12 Jan 2010
Source:Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Author:Sullivan, Bartholomew Area:United States Lines:51 Added:01/12/2010

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., will address the Marijuana Policy Project on Wednesday evening, his office confirmed this morning.

An advocate of the legal use of marijuana for medical purposes, Cohen is expected to address the policy group's annual gala dinner on Capitol Hill if it doesn't conflict with a Democratic members' caucus meeting.

"I think that he is one of the strongest members of Congress in general on these issues," said Marijuana Policy Project spokesman Aaron Houston.

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164 US PA: Column: Event's Buzz Not Buchanan's KindSun, 10 Jan 2010
Source:Tribune Review (Pittsburgh, PA)          Area:Pennsylvania Lines:41 Added:01/10/2010

Mary Beth Buchanan and her friends probably are all abuzz over the news.

Perhaps the former local U.S. attorney's most well-known prosecution was that of stoner comedian Tommy Chong. Buchanan put Chong in prison for nine months in 2003 for selling glass water pipes in which -- gasp! -- marijuana could be smoked.

Buchanan now is on the occupational sidelines, mulling a possible congressional bid. Chong, meanwhile, is getting the last laugh as a celebrity guest at the Marijuana Policy Project's 15th anniversary gala on Wednesday.

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165 US MO: Cottleville Mayor Makes Medical Marijuana His MissionSat, 09 Jan 2010
Source:St. Charles Journal (MO) Author:Castile, Raymond Area:Missouri Lines:202 Added:01/09/2010

Cottleville Mayor Don Yarber is on a mission to put medical marijuana on the state ballot.

"This has to be done almost undercover, but the support is there," said 70-year-old Yarber. "I think politicians would be surprised at the number of people that would approve medical marijuana use."

The Cottleville Board of Aldermen in July unanimously adopted a resolution Yarber drafted supporting legalizing marijuana use for medicinal purposes.

"The feedback was all positive," Yarber said. "I tried to take what I consider a daring step by bringing the topic up and getting people talking about it."

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166 US: Today, Medical Marijuana. Tomorrow, Legalize It!Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Source:Orange County Weekly (CA) Author:Ferrell, Dave Area:United States Lines:486 Added:01/08/2010

Think the medical-marijuana movement in California and beyond is the vanguard of a broader effort to completely legalize the devil weed? You're right!

These are not your run-of-the-mill potheads jammed into the long, narrow classroom at Oaksterdam University, a tiny campus with no sign to betray its location on busy San Vicente Boulevard, south of the Beverly Center. A serious vibe fills the loftlike space, where rows of desks are arranged like church pews under exposed ducts. No one clowns around or even smiles much. Instead, eyes are fixed intently on a screen at the front of the darkened room.

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167 US CA: PUB LTE: Guest Editorial On Cannabis Was WrongFri, 08 Jan 2010
Source:Visalia Times-Delta, The (CA) Author:Smith, F. Aaron Area:California Lines:53 Added:01/08/2010

It's hard to know where to even begin with my reaction to Chet Phillipe's guest commentary seeking to scare readers about the dangers of marijuana ("Your Editorial: Marijuana is not a harmless drug," Dec. 16). Just about every sentence in Phillipe's piece contains a fallacy. He makes wildly inaccurate claims about the health effects of marijuana, but he fails to cite a source for any of these so-called facts.

The tirade begins by claiming, "Marijuana is addicting and more dangerous than nicotine. ..." Every year, there are over 400,000 tobacco-related deaths in this country but no recorded deaths from marijuana ingestion. That's right, zero. As for addiction, the National Institute of Medicine concluded in 1999 that marijuana was far less addictive than other drugs -- including alcohol and nicotine.

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168 US: Weed Takes RootThu, 07 Jan 2010
Source:LA Weekly (CA) Author:Ferrell, David Area:United States Lines:594 Added:01/07/2010

Marijuana's Steady March Toward Legalization Nationwide

These are not your run-of-the-mill potheads jammed into the long, narrow classroom at Oaksterdam University, a tiny campus with no sign to betray its location on busy San Vicente Boulevard south of the Beverly Center. A serious vibe fills the loftlike space, where rows of desks are arranged like church pews under exposed ducts. No one clowns around or even smiles much. Instead, eyes fix intently on a screen at the front of the darkened room.

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169 US: Weed Takes RootThu, 07 Jan 2010
Source:Houston Press (TX) Author:Ferrell, David Area:United States Lines:642 Added:01/07/2010

Marijuana's Steady Creep Toward Legalization Nationwide.

These are not your run-of-the-mill potheads jammed into the long, narrow classroom at Oaksterdam University, a tiny campus in downtown Oakland, California, with no sign to betray its location on busy San Vicente Boulevard south of the Beverly Center. A serious vibe fills the loftlike space, where rows of desks are arranged like church pews under exposed ducts. No one clowns around or even smiles much. Instead, eyes fix intently on a screen at the front of the darkened room.

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170 US: High Time for ChangeThu, 07 Jan 2010
Source:Dallas Observer (TX) Author:Ferrell, Dave Area:United States Lines:638 Added:01/06/2010

With Shifting Attitudes and a Burgeoning Medical Marijuana Movement, the Future Looks Rosy for Legalized Weed

These are not your run-of-the-mill potheads jammed into the long, narrow classroom at Oaksterdam University, a tiny campus with no sign to betray its location on busy San Vicente Boulevard south of the Beverly Center in Los Angeles. A serious vibe fills the loft-like space, where rows of desks are arranged like church pews under exposed ducts. No one clowns around or even smiles much. Instead, eyes fix intently on a screen at the front of the darkened room.

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171 US: Weed Takes RootWed, 06 Jan 2010
Source:Seattle Weekly (WA) Author:Ferrell, Dave Area:United States Lines:528 Added:01/06/2010

Marijuana's Steady Creep Toward Legalization Nationwide.

These are not your run-of-the-mill potheads jammed into the long, narrow classroom at Oaksterdam University, a tiny campus with no sign to betray its location on busy San Vicente Boulevard in Los Angeles. A serious vibe fills the loftlike space, where rows of desks are arranged like church pews under exposed ducts. No one clowns around or even smiles much. Instead, eyes fix intently on a screen at the front of the darkened room. Projected there is a photograph of a healthy marijuana plant under an array of lights. Tonight's subject, Cannabis 101: growing the weed in indoor gardens. It's delicate alchemy, as most of these students, who range in age from their early 20s to nearly 60, already know. During the 13-week semester, many tend--and keep notes on--their own clandestine nurseries in bedrooms and garages scattered around Los Angeles.

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172 US: Marijuana's Steady Creep Toward Legalization NationwideWed, 06 Jan 2010
Source:SF Weekly (CA) Author:Ferrell, Dave Area:United States Lines:552 Added:01/06/2010

These are not your run-of-the-mill potheads jammed into the long, narrow classroom at Oaksterdam University, a tiny campus with no sign to betray its location on busy San Vicente Boulevard south of the Beverly Center in Los Angeles. A serious vibe fills the loftlike space, where rows of desks are arranged like church pews under exposed ducts. No one clowns around or even smiles much. Instead, eyes fix intently on a screen at the front of the darkened room.

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173US CA: Bid to Legalize Pot Is Counter to U.S. TrendTue, 05 Jan 2010
Source:San Francisco Chronicle (CA) Author:Garofoli, Joe Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:01/05/2010

With Californians likely to vote in November on whether to legalize marijuana, some key swing voters - Democratic and independent women - are expressing a surprising reason why they would support the initiative.

The suburban "soccer moms" who are likely voters have told pollsters that the measure, which would give local governments the authority to tax and regulate the sale of cannabis to adults 21 or older, would provide a safer way for their adult children to buy pot.

"One of the scary things to some people is that their kids may be buying it from someone dangerous," said Ruth Bernstein, a pollster with EMC Research, an Oakland firm that has been doing polling and focus groups on behalf of the measure's proponents.

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174 US IA: PUB LTE: Marijuana Has Proven Medical HistoryThu, 24 Dec 2009
Source:Des Moines Register (IA) Author:Meno, Mike Area:Iowa Lines:44 Added:12/25/2009

Lynn Erickson is horribly misinformed about medical marijuana.

Erickson claims the medical marijuana debate is a ruse to end the prohibition on marijuana. It is not. Marijuana has a 5,000-year recorded history as an effective medicine. Research has shown that marijuana can relieve such debilitating symptoms as nausea, appetite loss, muscle spasms and certain types of pain.

This evidence has been acknowledged by the American College of Physicians, American Nurses Association and many other health organizations. Even the American Medical Association recently urged the federal government to reconsider the classification that currently bars medical use.

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175 US MA: PUB LTE: Marijuana Is Legitimate, Effective MedicineThu, 17 Dec 2009
Source:Herald News, The (Fall River, MA) Author:Meno, Mike Area:Massachusetts Lines:57 Added:12/20/2009

If Arthur T. Dean agrees that "medical questions are best determined by science" ("Balanced media needed in medical marijuana debate," Dec. 16), he should take heed of the small mountain of peer-reviewed scientific research that has shown medical marijuana to be a safe and effective treatment for a wide range of conditions, including cancer, HIV/AIDS and multiple sclerosis.

Such research has resulted in scores of esteemed health organizations - -- including the American College of Physicians, American Public Health Association, American Nurses Association, American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society -- officially recognizing that marijuana has legitimate medical value.

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176 US: Charities Criticize Online Fund-Raising Contest by ChaseSat, 19 Dec 2009
Source:New York Times (NY) Author:Strom, Stephanie Area:United States Lines:117 Added:12/19/2009

JPMorgan Chase & Company is coming under fire for the way it conducted an online contest to award millions of dollars to 100 charities.

At least three nonprofit groups -- Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the Marijuana Policy Project and an anti-abortion group, Justice for All-- say they believe that Chase disqualified them over concerns about associating its name with their missions.

The groups say that until Chase made changes to the contest, they appeared to be among the top 100 vote-getters.

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177 US: Study: Decade Drop In Teen Pot Use StallsTue, 15 Dec 2009
Source:Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)          Area:United States Lines:86 Added:12/16/2009

DETROIT -- A decade-long decline in teens' use of pot has stalled and some teen attitudes on how harmful marijuana can be may be softening, according to a federal survey on teen drug use released Monday.

The findings were based on a survey of roughly 47,000 eighth, 10th and 12th-graders conducted by the University of Michigan for the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

The national debate over medical use of marijuana could be making the drugs seem safer to teenagers, researchers said. In addition to marijuana, fewer teens also view prescription drugs and Ecstasy as dangerous, which often means more could use them in the future, said White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske.

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178US: Study: Decade Drop In Teen Pot Use StallsTue, 15 Dec 2009
Source:Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA) Author:Goodman, David N. Area:United States Lines:Excerpt Added:12/16/2009

DETROIT -- A decade-long decline in teens' use of pot has stalled and some teen attitudes on how harmful marijuana can be may be softening, according to a federal survey on teen drug use released Monday.

The findings were based on a survey of roughly 47,000 eighth, 10th and 12th-graders conducted by the University of Michigan for the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

The national debate over medical use of marijuana could be making the drugs seem safer to teenagers, researchers said. In addition to marijuana, fewer teens also view prescription drugs and Ecstasy as dangerous, which often means more could use them in the future, said White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske.

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179 US DC: Swift Action Sought on Medical MarijuanaTue, 15 Dec 2009
Source:Washington Post (DC) Author:Craig, Tim Area:District of Columbia Lines:127 Added:12/15/2009

D.C. Council Chairman Ready to Begin Crafting Policy With Lifting of Ban

D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray (D) said Monday that he wants to move swiftly to establish regulations for distributing medical marijuana now that Congress has voted to lift restrictions on city drug policy.

Gray said the council will use Initiative 59, which voters overwhelmingly approved in 1998, to begin crafting a policy that allows doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients with serious illnesses.

"We've waited 10 years. . . . I think the opportunity to send it is now," Gray said. "There is no reason to sit on it."

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180 US DC: Vote Moves D.C. Closer to Medical MarijuanaMon, 14 Dec 2009
Source:Washington Post (DC) Author:Hohmann, James Area:District of Columbia Lines:95 Added:12/14/2009

The U.S. Senate passed a bill Sunday that clears the way for the District government to allow medical marijuana use and to spend local tax dollars to help low-income women pay for abortions.

More than a decade ago, D.C. voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure that would allow for the possession, use, cultivation and distribution of marijuana if recommended by a physician for serious illnesses.

Initiative 59 passed with 69 percent of the vote in 1998, but before it could take effect, Congress passed legislation banning the practice in the District.

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