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121 New Zealand: Mother's Overseas Quest to Get Cannabis forSun, 06 Jul 2014
Source:Sunday Star-Times (New Zealand) Author:Fagan, Josh Area:New Zealand Lines:128 Added:07/07/2014

An American Family Is Upending Their New Start in New Zealand to Chase Cannabis Treatment for Their Young Daughter Josh Fagan Reports.

A NORTHLAND family is being torn apart in their bid to give their six-year-old daughter cannabis.

Jessika and Brendan Guest moved from America to Whangarei last year but Jessika and their two children Jade, 6, and Ethan, 8, are heading back to Colorado where they can legally source cannabis oil to treat Jade's epilepsy.

Jessika said she believed medicinal marijuana was the best option for Jade, whose condition has worsened in recent months, leaving her suffering more than 30 seizures a day.

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122US GA: Trained Last Week, Holly Springs Cop Saved Woman From OverdoseThu, 12 Jun 2014
Source:Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA) Author:West, Taylor Area:Georgia Lines:Excerpt Added:06/15/2014

Trained last week, Holly Springs cop saved woman from overdose

In the nine months since her daughter's death, Holly Springs Lieutenant Tanya Smith has done more than grieve.

Smith was instrumental in the passage of legislation allowing drug overdose kits to be carried by non-medical personnel.

Last week her department became the first in the state to carry the naloxone kits and now it has paid off. Sergeant Nathan Ernst used it Wednesday morning to save a 24-year-old woman who was unconscious and experiencing seizures from an overdose.

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123 US FL: PUB LTE: Congresswoman Wrong On Medical MarijuanaFri, 13 Jun 2014
Source:Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) Author:Chase, John Area:Florida Lines:31 Added:06/15/2014

I could barely believe the explanation for why Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz voted against legislation that would restrain the federal government from enforcing laws against medical marijuana in states where it has been legalized.

Her communications director said the congresswoman voted against the legislation because "...it is not appropriate to limit the ability of the Executive Branch to enforce federal law at their discretion."

Has she not read how the late Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis praised the "laboratory of the states" in deciding social issues? Or of the Swiss use of referendums to decide social issues? Rep. Wasserman Schultz confuses social policy with criminal justice policy as exactly the kind of thinking that has made our anti-drug policy so destructive.

John Chase, Palm Harbor

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124US GA: Lawsuit: Swat Grenade Burned Clayton WomanFri, 06 Jun 2014
Source:Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA) Author:Visser, Steve Area:Georgia Lines:Excerpt Added:06/07/2014

Attorney: 2010 Raid Mirrors Botched One in Habersham County.

Injured Parties in Both Cases Were Not Targets.

Like the baby in Habersham County, a woman ended up in intensive care after Clayton County SWAT officers tossed a flash-bang grenade that she contends landed on her as she slept.

Treneshia Dukes, now 27, said in an ongoing federal lawsuit that police tossed the grenade through her bedroom window nearly four years ago when executing a "no-knock" search warrant. She spent three days in Grady Memorial Hospital's intensive care burn unit.

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125 CN MB: Woman Claims RCMP Left Her Naked In RaidTue, 27 May 2014
Source:Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB) Author:Turner, James Area:Manitoba Lines:92 Added:05/28/2014

A drug raid at a Winnipeg home has triggered an unusual lawsuit against RCMP officers after they allegedly removed a woman from a shower and briefly detained her, naked and wet, in her kitchen.

The woman, 58, alleges she's suffered major negative effects from the conduct of the six male officers, including post-traumatic stress disorder, emotional trauma and lasting fears of being home alone and showering.

She's now suing the RCMP for an undisclosed amount of money, including for lost wages at her job as a medical technician at St. Boniface Hospital.

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126 US WI: Wis. Girl Dies Before Marijuana Law She Inspired ComesThu, 15 May 2014
Source:Washington Post (DC)          Area:Wisconsin Lines:23 Added:05/16/2014

Lydia Schaeffer, the 7-year-old girl with a rare genetic disorder whose plight inspired lawmakers to legalize a marijuana extract to treat her condition despite their opposition to medical marijuana, has died. Lydia's mother, Sally Schaeffer, had been lobbying the state legislature to legalize the drug, an experimental extract from cannabis plants known as Charlotte's Web, for use on children with seizure disorders. The lawmakers moved to pass the law in record time and Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed the bill in April. But Lydia, who died in her sleep on Mother's Day, never got a chance to try the treatment because the law's implementation was still being worked out.

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127 New Zealand: Tokoroa Woman's Efforts Moved a NationThu, 01 May 2014
Source:Waikato Times (New Zealand) Author:Kerr, Florence Area:New Zealand Lines:94 Added:05/02/2014

Protests Bring Results but 'Still Work to Be Done', Reports Florence Kerr.

Legal highs may have been effectively banned by the Government but a Tokoroa woman who started a nationwide campaign against the drugs is not resting.

Julie King is short in stature - 1.52m tall - but this Kiwi battler has fought her demons and won.

Until May last year the mother of four held herself captive in her bedroom for two years, suffering from bipolar disorder - a condition that causes people to swing between being manic and being depressed.

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128US TN: What's Best For Babies Born To Drug-Addicted Mothers?Sun, 27 Apr 2014
Source:Tennessean, The (Nashville, TN) Author:Gonzalez, Tony Area:Tennessee Lines:Excerpt Added:04/29/2014

Simple Answer: Amid controversy, sometimes the basic facts of drug addiction get lost.

The nation is watching Tennessee for new legislation that would allow women to be criminally charged if they use drugs during pregnancy that harm their newborns.

State and national groups have asked Gov. Bill Haslam to veto the bill before Tuesday, saying criminalization isn't the right approach to stem the state's growing numbers of babies born dependent on drugs.

This complicated epidemic raises many questions, yielding few simple answers. Here are a few:

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129CN PI: Grieving Mother to Protest for More Services to HelpTue, 15 Apr 2014
Source:Guardian, The (CN PI) Author:Wright, Teresa Area:Prince Edward Island Lines:Excerpt Added:04/16/2014

The mother of a man believed to have taken his own life as a result of drug addiction will stage a protest Tuesday in the hopes of getting government to provide more services for addicted Islanders.

Dianne Young's son Lennon Waterman would have turned 30 on Monday. He has been missing since early November.

Young believes he took his own life by leaping into the cold North River. RCMP found his clothes on the North River causeway after receiving reports of a man on the causeway the night of Nov. 8, 2013.

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130 US NC: In Durham, One Woman's Struggle With Heroin AddictionSun, 06 Apr 2014
Source:News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Author:McDonald, Thomasi Area:North Carolina Lines:84 Added:04/06/2014

DURHAM - Heroin may be a new drug for some who are switching from prescription painkillers. It is not new to April Elizabeth.

Elizabeth, 32, is a heroin addict. She grew up in East Durham in a family ravaged by drugs a father she described as a raging alcoholic, a mother hooked on prescription pills and an older brother whose addiction to crack keeps him in and out of prison. At her request, The News & Observer agreed not to use her full name.

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131 CN BC: Woman Gets $500 After Police SearchFri, 04 Apr 2014
Source:Nelson Star (CN BC) Author:Nesteroff, Greg Area:British Columbia Lines:97 Added:04/06/2014

Woman Gets $500 After Police Search

Although he rejected most of her arguments, a judge has ordered the City of Nelson to pay a woman $500 in damages over a police search conducted almost five years ago.

Charity Mason sued the city, Cst. Drew Turner, and then-chief Dan Maluta after the pick-up truck she and partner Vaughn Blais were in was pulled over on the south end of the orange bridge on the morning of June 26, 2009 for a possible traffic violation.

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132 CN ON: Girl With Epilepsy Needs Marijuana Extract, Mom SaysWed, 02 Apr 2014
Source:Metro (Ottawa, CN ON) Author:Greenway, Trevor Area:Ontario Lines:56 Added:04/03/2014

'Charlotte's Web'. Non-THC Strain Of Marijuana Only Available In The U.S.

Kim Martelle just wants her daughter to grow up like other kids: playing, swimming and getting into a little bit of trouble.

But for eight-year-old Cadence Hope, many of her days have been spent in a wheelchair with a hockey helmet strapped to her head to prevent brain damage from the multiple "aggressive seizures" she has daily.

"While parents are busy buying hockey helmets for their kids to play hockey, we were busy buying a hockey helmet so that our daughter could go out in the 40 C heat of summer to play with her brother," said Martelle, beginning to cry.

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133US CA: Ariz. Sheriff Must Return Encinitas Woman's PotWed, 02 Apr 2014
Source:San Diego Union Tribune (CA) Author:Davis, Kristina Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:04/03/2014

ENCINITAS - Encinitas resident Valerie Okun just wanted her medical marijuana back. Now, at the end of a three-year legal battle, it looks as though the Yuma County sheriff is going to have to hand it over.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Sheriff Leon Wilmot's appeal in the case, meaning the Arizona State Supreme Court's ruling on the matter stands, and Okun should get her marijuana back.

Okun and her husband were driving to a gem show in Arizona when they were stopped at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Yuma on Jan. 28, 2011. She declared the three-quarters of an ounce of medical marijuana in her possession, which was in two labeled prescrip-tion bottles, said Okun's Yuma attorney, Michael Donovan.

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134 CN AB: Marijuana Gives Girl Second ChanceWed, 02 Apr 2014
Source:Airdrie Echo (CN AB) Author:Smith, Dawn Area:Alberta Lines:111 Added:04/02/2014

Like many eight year olds, Airdrie's Mia Wilkinson likes chocolate, Lady Gaga and the cartoon Phineas and Ferb.

But Mia is anything but average.

The little girl has never walked, never attended school and just recently started saying "mom."

According to her mother, Sarah, Mia had her first seizure when she was just 29 minutes old and was diagnosed with atypical Odahara syndrome.

Also known as Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy with Burst-Suppression (EIEE), Odahara is a progressive epileptic encephalopathy seen outwardly with tonic spasms and partial seizures.

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135 US ME: PUB LTE: It Takes Whole Marijuana Plant to Save GirlSat, 29 Mar 2014
Source:Morning Sentinel (Waterville, ME) Author:Meehan, Susan W. Area:Maine Lines:46 Added:04/02/2014

L.D. 1739, "An Act To Amend the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act," was returned to the Legislature's Committee on Health and Human Services on Feb. 11, after parents and patients expressed concern with the language about "kief" as well as other concerns.

I know our legislators in Maine's House and Senate have no ill intent toward our children, but they are being misled. This committee has completed its review. Committee members report that the proposal now references Maine's Criminal Code in regard to "hashish," and now directly prohibits the use of hashish. By the referenced Maine Criminal Law Code, hashish is defined to include marijuana extracts. With the change of words from "kief" to "hashish," and this reference to Maine's Criminal Code, the law effectively bans my daughter's medication.

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136 US MN: Benefit Set For Hibbing Girl With Dravet SyndromeThu, 27 Mar 2014
Source:Duluth News-Tribune (MN)          Area:Minnesota Lines:38 Added:03/29/2014

A Hibbing child who has become a centerpiece in the discussion about whether to legalize medical marijuana in Minnesota will be the subject of a benefit dinner next month.

The "Amelia Bedelia Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction" will take place for Amelia Weaver beginning at 6 p.m. April 25 at the Hibbing Park Hotel, organizers said.

Amelia, 7, has been diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome, a form of epilepsy that causes her to experience more than 30 seizures a day and has severely hampered her development. Her parents, Josh and Angie Weaver, have said they will move to Colorado if medical marijuana doesn't become legal in Minnesota this year. They cite reports of children with Dravet Syndrome who have been helped by a form of medical marijuana in Colorado.

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137US GA: Failure Of Medical Marijuana Bill Leaves Hall MotherSun, 23 Mar 2014
Source:Times, The (Gainesville, GA) Author:Witman, Emma Area:Georgia Lines:Excerpt Added:03/25/2014

Failure of medical marijuana bill leaves Hall mother sad, determined

Amendment derails cannabis oil plan despite both houses' backing

In the expiring moments of the 2014 legislative session Thursday, Georgia lawmakers gleefully threw shredded paper in the air, a tradition signifying the end of business.

In the upper gallery of the House, however, there was a much different show of raw emotion.

Oakwood mother Sarah Caruso was one of several Georgia parents distraught after a law that would have allowed access to medical marijuana failed to be brought for a House vote.

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138 CN ON: Grandmother Waits In Angst For Police Pot RaidWed, 19 Mar 2014
Source:Metro (Ottawa, CN ON) Author:Greenway, Trevor Area:Ontario Lines:60 Added:03/23/2014

Laurie MacEachern Uses Medical Marijuana to Treat Several Ailments

A 54-year-old "grandmother with no criminal record" is waiting for the day RCMP officers show up to raid her Cornwall home. She expects it to be any day now.

Laurie MacEachern uses medical marijuana to treat her idiopathic neuropathy, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome and spinal injury. She grows her own pot in a home garden, but when April 1 rolls around, she will be considered a criminal.

"We are all pretty stressed out," said MacEachern, breaking down into sobs.

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139 US MI: Woman Sues Sheriff's Office After Raid At Son's HomeThu, 13 Mar 2014
Source:Oakland Press, The (MI) Author:Phillips, Dave Area:Michigan Lines:79 Added:03/15/2014

PONTIAC - A 69-year-old woman has filed a lawsuit against Oakland County and its Sheriff's Office, accusing Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) members of "violently handl(ing) and treat(ing)" her one year ago.

Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe called the lawsuit "frivolous" and said Haney's attorney "tried to blackmail us" before filing the suit.

Mary Ann Haney filed the suit - which also names the Birmingham Police Department, City of Birmingham and seven deputies and officers as defendants - last week in Oakland County Circuit Court. Her attorney is Michael Zavier. Haney went to visit her son, Bryant Wesley Haney, at his home in the 900 block of Smith Street in Birmingham on March 7, 2013. There, she encountered NET officers who were conducting a search warrant on the home after Haney "sold marijuana to a cooperating individual on two separate occasions," according to the Sheriff's Office.

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140 US CA: Column: When Girl Scouts And Medical Weed Went ViralWed, 26 Feb 2014
Source:East Bay Express (CA) Author:Downs, David Area:California Lines:116 Added:02/27/2014

A Bay Area Mom's Decision to Allow Her Daughter to Sell Cookies in Front of Medical Pot Dispensaries Made International Headlines.

A progressive Bay Area mom who boosted her daughter's sales of Girl Scout Cookies by targeting medical pot clubs made international news this month, after the Express first published a report about it on its blog on February 19 and the story was picked up by everyone from Mashable and NPR to KTLA and the Huffington Post.

The idea, by San Francisco mom Carol Lei, was genius: Set up a table in front of a cannabis storefront to sell boxes of cookies to marijuana users. (Cannabis is, of course, a powerful appetite stimulant that works directly on nerves in the stomach as well as the brain.)

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