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Subject: [peaceconspiracy] NORML NEWS: Canadian Study Blows Lid Off American
Propaganda
Volume 5
Issue 17
May 9, 2002
The NORML E-Zine is a free weekly compilation of major news items
regarding marijuana policy. Text of archived stories is available on
NORML's website at:
http://www.norml.org/news/archives/index2002.shtml
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TOP STORIES
* Canada: Government Study Blows Lid Off U.S. Pot Propaganda
* Government Approval For Medical Pot Spray One Year Away
* Patient's Hunger Strike For Medical Cannabis Enters Fourth Week
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Canada: Government Study Blows Lid Off U.S. Pot Propaganda
Marijuana Not A Gateway, Effects "Relatively Benign," Senate Report
Finds
Ottawa, Ontario: Marijuana is a relatively
harmless drug that has little impact on public safety, according to the
findings of a preliminary government report from the Canadian Senate's
Special Committee on Illegal Drugs. Among the Senate's findings:
* Marijuana is not a gateway to the use of hard
drugs. "There is no convincing evidence to establish the gateway
hypothesis. Data from population surveys show that out of 100 cannabis
users in adolescence, about 10 will become regular users and 5 will move
to using other drugs."
* Marijuana users are unlikely to become
addicted. "Research conducted internationally shows that between 8 to 10
percent of cannabis users may develop some psychological dependency, a
much smaller portion than for many other drugs, illegal and legal, and
comparable to some prescribed medications. ... For most dependent users,
stopping use for a few days is usually sufficient to eliminate any
symptoms of addiction."
* Marijuana prohibition has little impact on
marijuana use. "Whether countries are prohibitionist such as Canada,
Sweden or the USA or more liberal as in Australia, The Netherlands or
Spain, levels and patterns of use vary according to other factors and
are little influenced by the policy." For example, Americans by
percentage use marijuana at rates nearly twice as high as their Dutch
counterparts, the study found.
* Marijuana use does not lead to the commission
of crime. "Cannabis use does not increase aggressive or anti-social
behavior ... [or] ... induce users to commit other forms of crime."
* Marijuana is a not a serious health risk.
"Cannabis may have some negative effects on the health of individuals,
but considering the patterns of use, these effects are relatively
benign."
The committee's full report, which is expected
to recommend decriminalizing marijuana, will be released in August. The
preliminary report is available online at:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/illegal-drugs.asp.
For more information, please contact either
Keith Stroup or Paul Armentano of NORML at (202) 483-5500. A summary of
previous federally commissioned reports is available at:
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3382.
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Government Approval For Medical Pot Spray One Year Away
Portland, OR: Non-smoked, cannabis-based
medicines could receive British regulatory approval as early as next
year, GW Pharmaceuticals President Geoffrey Guy announced at the Second
National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics in Oregon last
week. The London company is currently testing the efficacy of various
marijuana extracts for analgesia and symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis in
Phase III patient trials. Trial subjects administer the extracts via a
sublingual spray.
GW expects to submit their results for
government approval as early as this fall, Guy said at the conference,
which was sponsored by Patients Out of Time. If the British government
licenses the drugs, it is expected that other Western European nations
and Canada will do the same.
In previous Phase II trials, nearly 80 percent
of patients sustained "clinically significant therapeutic benefit" from
cannabis - including relief from pain, bladder-related symptoms and
tremor, as well as a 50 percent average reduction in their use of
opiates.
For more information, please contact Paul
Armentano of NORML at (202) 483-5500. Additional information on GW
Pharmaceuticals' clinical patient trials is available at:
http://www.gwpharm.com.
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Patient's Hunger Strike For Medical Cannabis Enters Fourth Week
Missoula, MT: Sunday will mark the fourth week
of a hunger strike by a seriously ill Missoula woman fighting for the
right to use medical marijuana legally. Robin Prosser, who uses
marijuana medicinally to treat pain and spasmodic symptoms from a
lupus-related immunosuppressive disorder, began her strike on April
20th. Prosser has vowed to continue her hunger strike until the federal
government allows her legal access to government-grown marijuana or
grants her legal protection to cultivate her own.
"I want to grow my own personal supply of
medicine or be allowed access [to] ... the same 300 joints monthly that
the remaining patients in the [federal] Compassionate IND Program
receive," Prosser said, referring to a U.S. government health program
that grows and supplies medical cannabis to a handful of seriously ill
patients. That program has been closed to new applicants since 1992. "I
[should] not be treated differently because of where I live," she added.
Prosser says she is violently allergic to most
conventional medications, and maintains that cannabis provides the most
effective relief for her medical symptoms.
To date, local law enforcement officials appear
unmoved by Prosser's struggle. Missoula Police Chief Bob Weaver recently
told The Missoulian that Prosser would "be busted if she grows pot and
we learn about it," despite her medical condition or hunger strike.
Nevertheless, Prosser remains undaunted, despite
having already lost more than 30 pounds and temporarily requiring
hospitalization. "I have decided that I need to do something to stand up
for the medicine I and so many others must have," she said. "I'd rather
die deliberately under the eye of the public and put a name on my
executioners than just fade off under the persecution of my homeland."
For more information, please contact Keith
Stroup of NORML at (202) 483-5500. Robin Prosser may be contacted
directly at
(406) 251-2874. Additional information about Prosser is available online
at: http://www.cannabisnow.org.
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