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Medical Marijuana Endorsed by Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 12:18 pm

With a vote on medical marijuana looming in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society has adopted a formal policy position calling for removal of criminal and civil penalties for seriously ill patients using marijuana with their doctor's recommendation.

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is the second largest cancer charity in the U.S., and the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services.

As the House prepared to vote on an amendment to bar Justice Department interference with state medical marijuana laws, the society's resolution cites federal interference with medical marijuana research, the harm that can be done to seriously ill patients by poor quality prison health care, and the wide support for legal access to medical marijuana within the medical community.

It states, "[T]he Leukemia & Lymphoma Society supports legislation to remove criminal and civil sanctions for the doctor-advised, medical use of marijuana by patients with serious physical medical conditions." The statement also calls for an end to federal prosecutions of patients in states that permit medical use of marijuana.

"This should put to rest forever the lie that the medical and scientific communities don't support medical marijuana," said Aaron Houston, director of government relations for the Marijuana Policy Project in Washington, D.C.

"As the House of Representatives prepares to consider medical marijuana, members need to ask themselves a simple question: What is better for seriously ill patients, medical marijuana or jail?

There is no medical organization anywhere that believes jailing the sick is good for them, and yet that is precisely what federal policy does."

Journalists can contact MPP director of communications Bruce Mirken at the numbers above for a complete copy of the LLS resolution.

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kinder

Aug 31 2008, 1:01 pm

To me too:
Like I said,PEACE OUT!!!!

to kinder

Aug 30 2008, 8:13 pm

I see your pride has no trouble accepting charity .Very telling ...and yet you still wish to continue ?
Yes , the world now knows I have a soft spot in my heart for retarded people . You should be thanking me , but I don't think you really grasp whats been said .

Conclusion : you REALLY don't get it . Good luck to you also , you'll need it .

kinder

Aug 30 2008, 7:28 pm

To me too:
Being right all the time is a full time job,i got the pink
slip long ago.With that being the case i guess i don't know
what i'm talking about.But seemes like you just told the whole wide world what you are.Good luck with that.
PEACE OUT!!!!

Me too

Aug 30 2008, 5:15 pm

as goofy as you are and as wrong as you usually are , I feel like throwing you a bone . After all , how often have you been proven right about anything . You can pad your resume with this one .
Kinder was finally proven right . !!! Let loose the Dove s!!

ahhhhh , the things one must do for the sake of charity .....

kinder

Aug 30 2008, 11:21 am

To me too:
Carefull, now you don't want to prove me right about that
breathing problem that you might have,do you?
Cause you are well on your way to doing so.And i know you are not done,so if you really want to be a butt wipe,please
proceed.
And now,back to you and your words of wisdom.

Me too

Aug 30 2008, 7:07 am

very good kinder . You understood what was written and everything . Thats an improvement . Next thing you know , you'll be able to go outside without supervision .

And they say you can't teach on old dog new tricks ......

KINDER

Aug 29 2008, 4:53 pm

ps great artical

kinder

Aug 29 2008, 4:48 pm

To me to:
Then that would make you bain dead,right.Right.
And if nothing else would leave you mindless and with a very bad breathing problem.
Of which you are suffering from NOW!!!!!!

Me too

Aug 29 2008, 5:50 am

I was in a traffic accident that left me headless . Sheared right off at the shoulders . Weed helped me with the pain .
Oh yea , I also like the buzz .

Dale

Aug 29 2008, 3:56 am

My neck was broken and for many years I smoked pot because it has significant anti-spasmodic properties that has helped to keep my kidneys from becoming damaged. As a bonus, I love the way it makes me feel. Having got busted, I can no longer do it, for now. It pisses me off to no end that MJ is ostercised by ignorant ass-holes. I do not want to end up on dialysis because of ignorance, particularly in lue to the fact that I dedicate my life to the understanding of truth! Fight the ignorance. I hope the government is monitoring this web activity so they can gain at least some degree of understanding about how much damage their crap is causing for people and how upset many of us are that our basic human rights, as supposidly given to us by the constitution, are being violated. "The right to pursue happiness" cannot be understated as a prime reason to legalize, let alone other, valid benifits not directly tied to how marvelous it makes you feel.

djh420

Aug 28 2008, 9:10 pm

is Police Officer for real? I mean really.. He sounds too full of shit to be believable. Cannabis causes cancer? Wow....I mean he's gotta be right. Look at all the people you know or have heard of who have gotten cancer solely from using cannabis. They're everywhere right? WRONG!!! The fact is cannabis has been proven to inhibit cancer cell growth and induce cancer cell death!!! “Cannabinoids possess … anticancer activity [and may] possibly represent a new class of anti-cancer drugs that retard cancer growth, inhibit angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels) and the metastatic spreading of cancer cells." So concludes a comprehensive review published in the October 2005 issue of the scientific journal Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry.

So...

Aug 28 2008, 3:56 pm

How many MORE organizations endorsing MMJ does it take to convince the dumb asses in Washington DC (or anywhere else for that matter) that cannabis is a safe and effective med for many ailments?

My head is going to explode out of frustration from this idiotic war on peaceful and sick Americans.

Boom!

Police Officer is a joke

Aug 28 2008, 1:43 am

Ok 'Police Offcer" What is your name and where do you deliver mail in the mailroom? What department and what is your phone number? Rank? Duties?
If you have any BALLS you will respond to the above. If not the it proves that Police have no BALLS anymore :)

You stated MJ causes:
1) Cancer.. please cite your source.
2)WHat is this "menetal illness" we will indefinately have.. I have never heard of such an Ill nees and sounds like you really know your stuff...

Hmmm some "HIPPIES" are intelligent and hold some very nice jobs.
Better hope your Boss isnt on this forum
DUMB ASS!!!!!

umm

Aug 28 2008, 12:06 am

This video shows the disgrace of the nation

http://www.reason.tv/video/show/413.html

umm

Aug 27 2008, 11:54 pm

I read in the article below just how dirty the federal courts treat people. Blocking testimony from a person with bone cancer. Makes me sick to even live in this stinking place called the - I won't even say the name of this country cause i dont recognize it as being worthy of a name.

Feds Score Another Conviction Against a California Medical Marijuana Dispensary Operator

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/546/charley_lynch_guilty_medical_marijuana

umm

Aug 27 2008, 6:11 pm

I'm not the wannabe copper.

yea umm

Aug 27 2008, 5:19 pm

grow the hell up or go the hell away .

hey kid

Aug 27 2008, 5:01 pm

Everybodies on to you . Go somewhere else to get hollered at , Or , you could just grow the hell up .

PoliceOfficer

Aug 27 2008, 4:44 pm

Dumb hippies are too stupid to "REAIZE" that they can't win a fight agains't our goverment. Marijuana leads to many diseases like cancer... YES IT DOES CAUSE CANCER. Keep smoking and soon you will have a mentall illness.... it is time to rise up and stop these drug addicts from ruining our community, GOD BLESS

Anon

Aug 27 2008, 4:29 pm

Unfortunatley poisoning the hungry probably makes perfect sense to them. More food and money in their greedy pig pockets.

Reality Check

Aug 27 2008, 1:42 pm

" for the doctor advised , medical use of marijuana by patients with serious physical medical conditions . "

Remember -The phrase "serious physical medical" does not equate to terminal / fatal B U T it will be interpreted that way I F this thing flies at all . You heard it here first .

umm

Aug 27 2008, 1:35 pm

Youtube the 4 lines below. In short, the government tells fox news, and I suspect other news organizations what to say. This isn't news. It is propaganda. It isn't fair. It isn't ballanced. Also, the censorship of Ron Paul is proven in the last 2 on Ron Paul.
The Pharmaceutical States of America are the ones who stand to lose the most money, and they don't care if it helps the sick or someone with cancer. THEY trick people into believing Cannabis aka Medical Marijuana is bad for there own financial good. As long as The Pharmaceutical States of America is in charge, and tricking all the scared stupid voters into being hooked to their deadly pills, there is no hope.

Fox News Busted
FOX News Investigative Reporters Fired For Telling The Truth
Censorship of Ron Paul, Part 1
Censorship of Ron Paul, Part 2

Jman

Aug 27 2008, 12:44 pm

Cancer societies in the US now support cannabis patients. What is the matter here?? There has to be underlying reasons why the government/DEA is still so gung ho about stopping this medicinal plant. Could it be that giant corporations fear losing billions pushing their shitty inferior drugs? Could it be that the leaders of our wonderful nation are puppets of such corporations? Punishing the sick makes about as much sense as poisoning hungry people.