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	<title>Comments on: Marijuana is a &#8216;medicine like any other medicine&#8217;, DOH secretary says</title>
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		<title>By: xuejiao wen</title>
		<link>http://newmexicoindependent.com/41624/marijuana-is-a-medicine-like-any-other-medicine-doh-secretary-says#comment-43339</link>
		<dc:creator>xuejiao wen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 06:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: SLBTS</title>
		<link>http://newmexicoindependent.com/41624/marijuana-is-a-medicine-like-any-other-medicine-doh-secretary-says#comment-30456</link>
		<dc:creator>SLBTS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator>SLBTS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Bill527</title>
		<link>http://newmexicoindependent.com/41624/marijuana-is-a-medicine-like-any-other-medicine-doh-secretary-says#comment-20931</link>
		<dc:creator>Bill527</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In terms of supply there&#039;s no problem with developing &#039;a sustainable system&#039; since there&#039;s one that&#039;s already in place, which might suggest the NMDH&#039;s problem has more to do with bureaucratization then providing patients with access to medical  cannabis. There&#039;s always plenty of marijuana available in NM, even in those out of the way places Secretary Vigil makes reference to, so perhaps the real solution has to do with finding an acceptable way to get local growers and &#039;entrepreneurs&#039; to participate in this program. &lt;br&gt;Otherwise as a stop-gap measure the NMHD might consider using confiscated black market marijuana which otherwise will be destroyed. &lt;br&gt;For instance the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Department destroyed between 350 and 400 marijuana plants last October after a hiker discovered them growing in a well-concealed plantation north of Abiquiú. According to authorities some of the plants were as high as 8 feet tall and the harvest (which was estimated to be worth $500,000 to $700,000) filled a horse trailer. &lt;a href=&quot;http://riograndesun.com/articles/2009/11/21/briefs/doc4b06f436241ea442522832.txt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://riograndesun.com/articles/2009/11/21/bri...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In terms of supply there&#39;s no problem with developing &#39;a sustainable system&#39; since there&#39;s one that&#39;s already in place, which might suggest the NMDH&#39;s problem has more to do with bureaucratization then providing patients with access to medical  cannabis. There&#39;s always plenty of marijuana available in NM, even in those out of the way places Secretary Vigil makes reference to, so perhaps the real solution has to do with finding an acceptable way to get local growers and &#39;entrepreneurs&#39; to participate in this program. <br />Otherwise as a stop-gap measure the NMHD might consider using confiscated black market marijuana which otherwise will be destroyed. <br />For instance the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Department destroyed between 350 and 400 marijuana plants last October after a hiker discovered them growing in a well-concealed plantation north of Abiquiú. According to authorities some of the plants were as high as 8 feet tall and the harvest (which was estimated to be worth $500,000 to $700,000) filled a horse trailer. <a href="http://riograndesun.com/articles/2009/11/21/briefs/doc4b06f436241ea442522832.txt" rel="nofollow">http://riograndesun.com/articles/2009/11/21/bri&#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>By: Vince Ramos</title>
		<link>http://newmexicoindependent.com/41624/marijuana-is-a-medicine-like-any-other-medicine-doh-secretary-says#comment-20933</link>
		<dc:creator>Vince Ramos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Marijuana Chemical May Slow MS&quot; Temple University News Communications (5/13/09) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.unitedspinal.org/msscene/2009/05/13/marijuana-chemical-may-slow-ms/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.unitedspinal.org/msscene/2009/05/13/...&lt;/a&gt; &quot;Armed with a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant, Temple researchers are studying more effective ways to treat multiple sclerosis. And their research utilizes synthetic cannabinoids based on chemicals derived from the marijuana plant. &lt;br&gt;“A marijuana plant has about 96 different chemicals in it and you might immediately think about those that cause psychological effects,” says researcher Ron F. Tuma, Stewart professor of physiology and associate professor of neurosurgery. “Instead, we’re focusing on a chemical that doesn’t cause psychoactive effects but does affect the immune system.”&lt;br&gt;Calming the immune system is key to fighting the disease. In multiple sclerosis, or MS, a person’s immune system attacks the central nervous system. Current medications, like corticosteroids, turn off the immune response entirely, leaving an MS sufferer vulnerable to infection.&lt;br&gt;“MS is a terrible disease and the more rapidly it progresses, the sooner it disables its victims,” says co-researcher Doina Ganea, Earle H. Spaulding chair and professor of microbiology and immunology. “So, if you can slow that down for 10 or 20 years, you can make a significant impact on the patients’ lives.”</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Marijuana Chemical May Slow MS&#8221; Temple University News Communications (5/13/09) <a href="http://www.unitedspinal.org/msscene/2009/05/13/marijuana-chemical-may-slow-ms/" rel="nofollow">http://www.unitedspinal.org/msscene/2009/05/13/&#8230;</a> &#8220;Armed with a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant, Temple researchers are studying more effective ways to treat multiple sclerosis. And their research utilizes synthetic cannabinoids based on chemicals derived from the marijuana plant. <br />“A marijuana plant has about 96 different chemicals in it and you might immediately think about those that cause psychological effects,” says researcher Ron F. Tuma, Stewart professor of physiology and associate professor of neurosurgery. “Instead, we’re focusing on a chemical that doesn’t cause psychoactive effects but does affect the immune system.”<br />Calming the immune system is key to fighting the disease. In multiple sclerosis, or MS, a person’s immune system attacks the central nervous system. Current medications, like corticosteroids, turn off the immune response entirely, leaving an MS sufferer vulnerable to infection.<br />“MS is a terrible disease and the more rapidly it progresses, the sooner it disables its victims,” says co-researcher Doina Ganea, Earle H. Spaulding chair and professor of microbiology and immunology. “So, if you can slow that down for 10 or 20 years, you can make a significant impact on the patients’ lives.”</p>
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		<title>By: Vince Ramos</title>
		<link>http://newmexicoindependent.com/41624/marijuana-is-a-medicine-like-any-other-medicine-doh-secretary-says#comment-20932</link>
		<dc:creator>Vince Ramos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Reports from the President&#039;s Commission and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare have concluded that there is no conclusive scientific evidence of any harm attendant upon the use of marijuana. According to the most recent HEW study, research has failed to establish any substantial physical or mental impairment caused by marijuana. Reports of chromosome damage, reduced immunity to disease, and psychosis are unconfirmed; actual evidence is to the contrary. Furthermore, unlike the so-called hard drugs, marijuana does not appear to be physically addictive or to cause the user to develop a tolerance requiring more and more of the drug for the same effects. The current HEW report also notes the possibility of valid medical uses for this drug...&quot;  &lt;br&gt;Judge James A. Washington,. decision in United States v. Robert Randall (July, 1976).  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr1/n1_oleary1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr1/n1_olea...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Reports from the President&#39;s Commission and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare have concluded that there is no conclusive scientific evidence of any harm attendant upon the use of marijuana. According to the most recent HEW study, research has failed to establish any substantial physical or mental impairment caused by marijuana. Reports of chromosome damage, reduced immunity to disease, and psychosis are unconfirmed; actual evidence is to the contrary. Furthermore, unlike the so-called hard drugs, marijuana does not appear to be physically addictive or to cause the user to develop a tolerance requiring more and more of the drug for the same effects. The current HEW report also notes the possibility of valid medical uses for this drug&#8230;&#8221;  <br />Judge James A. Washington,. decision in United States v. Robert Randall (July, 1976).  <a href="http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr1/n1_oleary1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr1/n1_olea&#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>By: Bill527</title>
		<link>http://newmexicoindependent.com/41624/marijuana-is-a-medicine-like-any-other-medicine-doh-secretary-says#comment-17539</link>
		<dc:creator>Bill527</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In terms of supply there&#039;s no problem with developing &#039;a sustainable system&#039; since there&#039;s one that&#039;s already in place, which might suggest the NMDH&#039;s problem has more to do with bureaucratization then providing patients with access to medical  cannabis. There&#039;s always plenty of marijuana available in NM, even in those out of the way places Secretary Vigil makes reference to, so perhaps the real solution has to do with finding an acceptable way to get local growers and &#039;entrepreneurs&#039; to participate in this program. &lt;br&gt;Otherwise as a stop-gap measure the NMHD might consider using confiscated black market marijuana which otherwise will be destroyed. &lt;br&gt;For instance the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Department destroyed between 350 and 400 marijuana plants last October after a hiker discovered them growing in a well-concealed plantation north of Abiquiú. According to authorities some of the plants were as high as 8 feet tall and the harvest (which was estimated to be worth $500,000 to $700,000) filled a horse trailer. &lt;a href=&quot;http://riograndesun.com/articles/2009/11/21/briefs/doc4b06f436241ea442522832.txt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://riograndesun.com/articles/2009/11/21/bri...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In terms of supply there&#39;s no problem with developing &#39;a sustainable system&#39; since there&#39;s one that&#39;s already in place, which might suggest the NMDH&#39;s problem has more to do with bureaucratization then providing patients with access to medical  cannabis. There&#39;s always plenty of marijuana available in NM, even in those out of the way places Secretary Vigil makes reference to, so perhaps the real solution has to do with finding an acceptable way to get local growers and &#39;entrepreneurs&#39; to participate in this program. <br />Otherwise as a stop-gap measure the NMHD might consider using confiscated black market marijuana which otherwise will be destroyed. <br />For instance the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Department destroyed between 350 and 400 marijuana plants last October after a hiker discovered them growing in a well-concealed plantation north of Abiquiú. According to authorities some of the plants were as high as 8 feet tall and the harvest (which was estimated to be worth $500,000 to $700,000) filled a horse trailer. <a href="http://riograndesun.com/articles/2009/11/21/briefs/doc4b06f436241ea442522832.txt" rel="nofollow">http://riograndesun.com/articles/2009/11/21/bri&#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>By: Bill527</title>
		<link>http://newmexicoindependent.com/41624/marijuana-is-a-medicine-like-any-other-medicine-doh-secretary-says#comment-13111</link>
		<dc:creator>Bill527</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In terms of supply there&#039;s no problem with developing &#039;a sustainable system&#039; since there&#039;s one that&#039;s already in place, which might suggest the NMDH&#039;s problem has more to do with bureaucratization then providing patients with access to medical  cannabis. There&#039;s always plenty of marijuana available in NM, even in those out of the way places Secretary Vigil makes reference to, so perhaps the real solution has to do with finding an acceptable way to get local growers and &#039;entrepreneurs&#039; to participate in this program. &lt;br&gt;Otherwise as a stop-gap measure the NMHD might consider using confiscated black market marijuana which otherwise will be destroyed. &lt;br&gt;For instance the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Department destroyed between 350 and 400 marijuana plants last October after a hiker discovered them growing in a well-concealed plantation north of Abiquiú. According to authorities some of the plants were as high as 8 feet tall and the harvest (which was estimated to be worth $500,000 to $700,000) filled a horse trailer. &lt;a href=&quot;http://riograndesun.com/articles/2009/11/21/briefs/doc4b06f436241ea442522832.txt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://riograndesun.com/articles/2009/11/21/bri...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In terms of supply there&#39;s no problem with developing &#39;a sustainable system&#39; since there&#39;s one that&#39;s already in place, which might suggest the NMDH&#39;s problem has more to do with bureaucratization then providing patients with access to medical  cannabis. There&#39;s always plenty of marijuana available in NM, even in those out of the way places Secretary Vigil makes reference to, so perhaps the real solution has to do with finding an acceptable way to get local growers and &#39;entrepreneurs&#39; to participate in this program. <br />Otherwise as a stop-gap measure the NMHD might consider using confiscated black market marijuana which otherwise will be destroyed. <br />For instance the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Department destroyed between 350 and 400 marijuana plants last October after a hiker discovered them growing in a well-concealed plantation north of Abiquiú. According to authorities some of the plants were as high as 8 feet tall and the harvest (which was estimated to be worth $500,000 to $700,000) filled a horse trailer. <a href="http://riograndesun.com/articles/2009/11/21/briefs/doc4b06f436241ea442522832.txt" rel="nofollow">http://riograndesun.com/articles/2009/11/21/bri&#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>By: Vince Ramos</title>
		<link>http://newmexicoindependent.com/41624/marijuana-is-a-medicine-like-any-other-medicine-doh-secretary-says#comment-13107</link>
		<dc:creator>Vince Ramos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Marijuana Chemical May Slow MS&quot; Temple University News Communications (5/13/09) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.unitedspinal.org/msscene/2009/05/13/marijuana-chemical-may-slow-ms/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.unitedspinal.org/msscene/2009/05/13/...&lt;/a&gt; &quot;Armed with a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant, Temple researchers are studying more effective ways to treat multiple sclerosis. And their research utilizes synthetic cannabinoids based on chemicals derived from the marijuana plant. &lt;br&gt;“A marijuana plant has about 96 different chemicals in it and you might immediately think about those that cause psychological effects,” says researcher Ron F. Tuma, Stewart professor of physiology and associate professor of neurosurgery. “Instead, we’re focusing on a chemical that doesn’t cause psychoactive effects but does affect the immune system.”&lt;br&gt;Calming the immune system is key to fighting the disease. In multiple sclerosis, or MS, a person’s immune system attacks the central nervous system. Current medications, like corticosteroids, turn off the immune response entirely, leaving an MS sufferer vulnerable to infection.&lt;br&gt;“MS is a terrible disease and the more rapidly it progresses, the sooner it disables its victims,” says co-researcher Doina Ganea, Earle H. Spaulding chair and professor of microbiology and immunology. “So, if you can slow that down for 10 or 20 years, you can make a significant impact on the patients’ lives.”</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Marijuana Chemical May Slow MS&#8221; Temple University News Communications (5/13/09) <a href="http://www.unitedspinal.org/msscene/2009/05/13/marijuana-chemical-may-slow-ms/" rel="nofollow">http://www.unitedspinal.org/msscene/2009/05/13/&#8230;</a> &#8220;Armed with a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant, Temple researchers are studying more effective ways to treat multiple sclerosis. And their research utilizes synthetic cannabinoids based on chemicals derived from the marijuana plant. <br />“A marijuana plant has about 96 different chemicals in it and you might immediately think about those that cause psychological effects,” says researcher Ron F. Tuma, Stewart professor of physiology and associate professor of neurosurgery. “Instead, we’re focusing on a chemical that doesn’t cause psychoactive effects but does affect the immune system.”<br />Calming the immune system is key to fighting the disease. In multiple sclerosis, or MS, a person’s immune system attacks the central nervous system. Current medications, like corticosteroids, turn off the immune response entirely, leaving an MS sufferer vulnerable to infection.<br />“MS is a terrible disease and the more rapidly it progresses, the sooner it disables its victims,” says co-researcher Doina Ganea, Earle H. Spaulding chair and professor of microbiology and immunology. “So, if you can slow that down for 10 or 20 years, you can make a significant impact on the patients’ lives.”</p>
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		<title>By: Vince Ramos</title>
		<link>http://newmexicoindependent.com/41624/marijuana-is-a-medicine-like-any-other-medicine-doh-secretary-says#comment-13106</link>
		<dc:creator>Vince Ramos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Reports from the President&#039;s Commission and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare have concluded that there is no conclusive scientific evidence of any harm attendant upon the use of marijuana. According to the most recent HEW study, research has failed to establish any substantial physical or mental impairment caused by marijuana. Reports of chromosome damage, reduced immunity to disease, and psychosis are unconfirmed; actual evidence is to the contrary. Furthermore, unlike the so-called hard drugs, marijuana does not appear to be physically addictive or to cause the user to develop a tolerance requiring more and more of the drug for the same effects. The current HEW report also notes the possibility of valid medical uses for this drug...&quot;  &lt;br&gt;Judge James A. Washington,. decision in United States v. Robert Randall (July, 1976).  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr1/n1_oleary1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr1/n1_olea...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Reports from the President&#39;s Commission and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare have concluded that there is no conclusive scientific evidence of any harm attendant upon the use of marijuana. According to the most recent HEW study, research has failed to establish any substantial physical or mental impairment caused by marijuana. Reports of chromosome damage, reduced immunity to disease, and psychosis are unconfirmed; actual evidence is to the contrary. Furthermore, unlike the so-called hard drugs, marijuana does not appear to be physically addictive or to cause the user to develop a tolerance requiring more and more of the drug for the same effects. The current HEW report also notes the possibility of valid medical uses for this drug&#8230;&#8221;  <br />Judge James A. Washington,. decision in United States v. Robert Randall (July, 1976).  <a href="http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr1/n1_oleary1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr1/n1_olea&#8230;</a></p>
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