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Medical Marijuana Industry News June 8, 2012
Dean Skelos and NY Republicans Oppose Governor’s Decriminalization Plan
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo made national headlines earlier this week when he announced that he was seeking to amend New York’s marijuana laws. Though marijuana was decriminalized in the 1970s, possession of less than 25g is still a misdemeanor crime if it is in plain sight. Police officers often exploit a loophole by demanding that that people empty their pockets, then say the marijuana is in plain site, eliminating the possibility of the lighter civil citation ticket that would be issued. Many New Yorkers have been outraged at the tactics that seem to target the Black and Hispanic communities. Cuomo has expressed a desire to change the eliminate the plain sight provision and now only smoking marijuana in public would be considered a misdemeanor offense. State Senate Majority leader Dean Skelos was joined by other New York Republicans in opposition to Cuomo’s proposal. The Senator issued a well thought out statement and said “Being able to just walk around with 10 joints in each ear, and it only be a violation, I think that’s wrong.” John Vlasto, Governor Cuomo’s spokesperson responded by saying “Carrying 10 joints in each ear would require some set of ears.” Mr. Skelos did say that those keeping small amounts of marijuana should not be penalized just because they were following a policeman’s orders.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Prescription Drug Abuse has become an Epidemic…
Though opiates are legal through pharmaceuticals pills, they pose a major addiction problem. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently stated that opiate addiction has become an epidemic in the United States. Additionally, many feel that painkiller addiction is so high that a recent crackdown in opiate pills has pushed addicts to seek out illegal heroin because it contains the similar opiates found in products such as Vicodin and Oxycontin. While this may be news to some, marijuana advocates and patients have long been aware of the dangers that many legal medications possess.
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New Hampshire Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill…
New Hampshire lawmakers are attempting to make their state become the 18th state to permit medical marijuana. This week they passed a bill that would make that happen, but many feel Governor John Lynch will not sign the bill due to fears of how it will be distributed. In 2009 a similar scenario occurred where lawmakers passed a bill only to be vetoed by the Governor. An override of the veto fell two votes short and state legislators fear that could happen again. Evalyn Merrick, a state representative who attributes marijuana with helping her personal fight with cancer said “Over the years, we have convinced many legislators to support this critical reform, With support either from Gov. Lynch or from two additional senators, this bill can finally pass and patients will finally have legal access to medical marijuana.”
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Marijuana Advocate and Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson Appears on the Daily Show…
Getting your fair share of the political spotlight is not always easy if you are a third party candidate. However, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson has been doing well in getting his libertarian message out there. Johnson is known for supporting progressive social issues such as same sex marriage and marijuana legalization. This week he appeared on “The Daily Show” to talk about his approach to fixing America. He has also been featured several times on “The Colbert Report”. As always he was not shy about calling for an end to the failed war on drugs and continues to be an advocate of small government.
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Medicinal Marijuana Industry News The month of january 13, 2012
Feds Change Focus to Colorado Attack
 
As numerous expected, federal government bodies have moved assets toward Colorado and also have cautioned 23 shops of violations against condition law. The shops received letters in the U.S. government warning them they unlawfully operating within 1,000 ft of colleges. The letters were sent by U.S. attorney John Walsh, who mentioned “When the voters of Colorado passed the limited medicinal marijuana amendment in 2000, they couldn’t have anticipated their election would be employed to justify large marijuana stores situated within blocks in our schools.” Many experts happen to be baffled regarding how the us government goes concerning the raids. Federal government bodies appear to become only pursuing shops that aren’t consistent with condition law even while every one is repel federal law. The problem of condition privileges has witnessed its appeal grow lately also it seems the us government doesn’t desire to be charged with walking in it. The amount of shops in danger of Colorado is gloomier than we had in California last fall. This really is likely because of Colorado getting an even more controlled program which involves condition licenses, screening and approval. Recent estimations indicate that Colorado has roughly 735 shops.
 
 
New You are able to Attorney General Expresses Deep Concern over Prescription Medicine Abuse
 
News from the growing epidemic that’s prescription medicine abuse has gotten a lot of media attention recently. Lately, marijuana.internet reported on the the introduction of a pure hydrocodone pill that’s 10 x more effective than vicodin. Now, New You are able to Condition Attorney General Eric Schneiderman stated that “Prescription medicine is permeating society.” The statement was at reaction to reviews that demonstrate that medications for oxycodone are up 82% within the Empire Condition. The Brand New You are able to health system continues to be overburdened with er visits. Particularly Nassau County saw a 57% rise in er visits associated with prescription overdoses. Attorney General Schneiderman is asking to have an online monitoring system that will pressure doctors to report patient history just before prescribing a controlled substance.
New Prescription Painkiller stated to become Ten Occasions More Effective than Vicotin
America’s growing prescription abuse problem continues to be well recorded. With major news shops for example CNN confirming spikes in infants being born hooked on prescription medications, or Fox News confirming more people die every year from prescription drugs than heroin and cocaine combined, you might assume the Food and drug administration could be thinking about a moratorium on approving more recent and much more potent pills.
Obviously this kind of assumption wouldn’t be consistent with recent reviews that describe the brand new drug Zohydro, that is presently getting used in clinical tests. Zohydro, to be precise, may be the title provided to the drug through the North Park based company Zogenix. Three others (Purdue Pharma, Cephalon, and Egalet) also provide began clinical tests while using potent pure type of hydrocodone but appear to become farther from reaching the marketplace. Based on reviews, Zohydro is 10 occasions as strong as Vicodin, which already costs the American public over 484 billion dollars yearly because of health care costs, incarceration and traffic accidents.
Using the prescription abuse cases already rising by 430% throughout the final 10 years, an herbal viagra with the strength of Zohydro is frightening many experts. The leader from the National Coalition Against Prescription Substance Abuse, April Rovero, told the Connected Press that “”I’ve got a large concern that this may be the following OxyContin” and “We simply have no need for this available on the market.Inch Information provided through the Drug Enforcement Administration established that appointments with the er because of hydrocodone use skyrocketed from 19,221 in 2000 to 86,258 in ’09. This really is clearly before Zohydro hits the marketplace, which will be the first drug to make use of hydrocodone in the pure and many potent form. Hydrocodone is part of the opiate family including methadone, heroin, morphine and oxycodone.
News of Zohydro is baffling for a lot of advocates of medicinal marijuana. Certainly the chance of prescription narcotic abuse is much more than well-established but patients have to legally depend on very potentially addictive substances. Medical cannabis advocates could be skeptical why this type of product could be available. Although people for example Karsten Lindhardt, leader of Egalet, believe that hydrocodone is essential for doctors, most are questioning such motives. The Denmark based Egalet is presently testing their very own pure hydrocodone product. Lindhardt stated “Sometimes you circulate someone between various opioids, plus some could have a better effect than the others,Inch while Jackson, co-founding father of Advocates for that Reform of Prescription Opioids feels “The entire supply-side system is to establish to perpetuate this massive unloading of opioid drugs around the American public.” The thought of circulating opium based items, as Lindhardt indicates, might not sit well with lots of patients.
 
Marijuana.internet will give you ongoing updates on the introduction of the hydrocodone items.