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MS patients are being ‘denied’ access to NHS Sativex Says Media Report

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Mrs Todd, who was diagnosed in 2005, added: “I know that Sativex is available and is changing people’s lives. Fredi Cavander-Attwood, policy manager at the MS Society, said: “It is completely unacceptable that two years after receiving Nice approval, Sativex is only available in 49 out of 106 health areas in England.

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Paper: Racial Capitalism and the African American Experience Entering the Cannabis Industry By Dr. Ayoka Nurse

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The current public policies in local and state cannabis ordinance and equity programs may enhance racial disparities if they follow the pattern of exclusion and criminalization that encompass past policies promoted as beneficial to African Americans but uphold racial capitalistic practices. Authored By: By Dr. Ayoka Nurse.

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ACLU Drug Law Reform Project: Press Release / Summary: ACLU of Alaska v. State of Alaska 

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CONTACT: media@aclu.org. “The state of Alaska has charted a different course from that of the federal government’s failed policy on marijuana,” said Michael MacLeod-Ball, Executive Director of the ACLU of Alaska. JULY 11, 2006. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

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Allen Iverson finally gets his flowers

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For most of his playing career, the adoration Iverson received from fans was countered by stark disapproval from corporate interests in the media and the NBA. Though media gatekeepers of the 1990s definitely tried, no one could keep a lid on Allen Iverson’s talent. But I was just being myself.”. Allen Iverson. Calvin Stovall.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

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Media representations can offer insights into the nature of the discourse about new medical products and therapies and how ideas and understandings about social phenomena become constructed. This article analyses media representations of medicinal cannabis in Australian medical publications. Media framing of cannabis.

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The story of DogDaze, the Chemdog strain that never was

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Back in 2005, Chemdog went on a trip from Massachusetts out to Las Vegas, the starting point of a road trip out to the Pacific Coast, where he would connect with weed breeder Subcool (can you imagine the Jack The Ripper and Vortex crosses Sub would’ve made with DogDaze?!) Why have you never smoked such a perfect cannabis strain? The latest.

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MAPS Is 36 Years Old – Doblin Provides Precis Timeline of the Organization

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MAPS hired Sylvia Thyssen as our first employee , celebrated the 50th anniversary of LSD , outlined perspectives on drug policy , and worked toward facilitating a pilot study for medical marijuana. Media coverage of the paper led to a new stigma and political pressure ended the Spain MDMA study. Lyle Craker, Ph.D.,