Finally! Here is the first edition of THE BUZZ! – The official newsletter of The Medical Pot Guide. Please share this with your family & friends to help spread the word about the medical benefits of cannabis.
I’d love to hear from you!
Just go to to the bottom of this newsletter to leave me a comment or question.
Thank You!
Jim Jensen
Senate Committee Approves Marijuana Banking Measure
U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Measure That Would Allow Banks and Other Financial Institutions to Provide Services to State-Legal Marijuana Businesses
Appropriations amendment approved with bipartisan support is intended to improve public safety by reducing the number of marijuana businesses that must operate entirely in cash because they are being denied access to banking and financial services
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved an amendment to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill that is intended to ease access to banking and other financial services for state-legal marijuana businesses.
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COLORADO ANTI-CANNABIS BALLOT CAMPAIGN IS UNDERWAY
Posted by alice stephens | Jun 20, 2016
While even the Governor of Colorado is beginning to accept and support marijuana legalization, not everyone does. There are some advocating for scaling back Colorado’s marijuana industry – and they’re gotten the green light to put their issues before voters in the fall.
The Colorado Supreme Court gave the go-ahead last Thursday to supporters who want to put an initiative on the November ballot; it would impose potency caps and packaging restrictions on a variety of marijuana products…
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Saying Goodbye To Medical Cannabis In Washington State
JUNE 20, 2016 BY MJ NEWS NETWORK
By TwicebakedinWA
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There are less than two weeks left before new medical cannabis regulations go into effect in Washington State. For those of us who get our cannabis medicine from the current system that patients have been using since the 90’s, this is a big change nobody is looking forward to.
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Forget the United States — This Country Could Easily Represent Marijuana’s Biggest Opportunity
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just laid out his case for why legalizing cannabis makes a lot of sense.
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Put plainly, you’d struggle as an investor to find a faster growing industry than marijuana.
According to ArcView Market Research, a cannabis research firm, legal marijuana sales in the U.S. totaled $5.4 billion in 2015 and could grow at a compound annual rate of 30% through 2020. This growth comes after Ohio became the 25th state to legalize the use of medical marijuana earlier this month. Meanwhile, four states — Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and Alaska — have legalized the sale of recreational marijuana since 2012.
There are less than two weeks left before new medical cannabis regulations go into effect in Washington State. For those of us who get our cannabis medicine from the current system that patients have been using since the 90’s, this is a big change nobody is looking forward to.
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Why the next president could be a buzzkill for pot advocates
BY ROB HOTAKAINEN
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Mark Kleiman, who served as Washington state’s top pot consultant after voters legalized the drug in 2012, says it would be easy for the next president to get rid of the nation’s marijuana shops.
“Look, a President Trump could shut down the legal cannabis industry everywhere in the country with the stroke of a pen,” said Kleiman, who’s now a professor of public policy at New York University’s Marron Institute of Urban Management. “All you have to do is take a list of the state-licensed cannabis growers and sellers into federal district court and say, ‘Your Honor, here are the people who have applied for and been given licenses to commit federal felonies.’ ’’…
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Multiple sclerosis sufferer gifted $1000 worth of medicinal cannabis
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A multiple sclerosis sufferer has been gifted an extra month of medicinal cannabis treatment thanks to the generosity of a young couple from central Otago.
Peter and Ashleigh Brown spent more than a year battling for access to Sativex for their son, Riley, who was born with the rare congenital disorder Zellweger syndrome. Tragically, Riley died in April on the very day he was supposed to begin treatment, meaning they never found out whether it could have relieved his suffering…
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7 Ways Cannabis Can Make You Smarter
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It’s already been proven that cannabis use does not make you lose intelligence, but can it actually make you smarter? The truth is, cannabis can potentially improve several areas of life that many people don’t even think of. When we say it can make you smarter, we mean it can contribute positive awareness about multiple different areas of life. Here we break down 7 ways to improve your life and awareness by using cannabis…
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No, the DEA will not Legalize Marijuana on August 1
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A weekly newspaper from Santa Monica, Calif., reported on Saturday that the “US Gov’t Will Legalize Marijuana on August 1,” claiming that “weed will soon be legal in all 50 states, with a prescription.”
According to the Santa Monica Observer, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) intends to reschedule cannabis from it’s current status as a Schedule I drug to that of a Schedule II.
However, the only source of this information is an anonymous lawyer with knowledge of the matter:
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will reclassify marijuana as a “Schedule Two” drug on August 1, 2016, essentially legalizing medicinal cannabis in all 50 states with a doctor’s prescription, said a DEA lawyer with knowledge of the matter…
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What Nurses Need to Know About Cannabis
Understanding the science behind the endogenous cannabinoid system.
By Eileen Konieczny, RN
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As nurses, we are in a unique position. Not only do we advocate for our patients, we are active participants in each patient’s experience of health and illness. As nurses, we share relevant information with patients-about their medical conditions, treatment options and ways of coping with both.
Whether you work in one of the 25 states that allows the use of medical cannabis, work in one of the 17 states that has passed CBD-only laws, or work in a state that has no legislation at all, you need to understand the science behind the plant Cannabis sativa. Your patients deserve a nurse who is educated about the endogenous cannabinoid system (endocannabinoid system, or ECS) and how cannabis interacts with that system…
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Open Gates to Pot Research – The Register Guard – Jan 20, 2016
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In April, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency notified Congress that it would decide whether to change the status of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act. The agency wouldn’t have sent the letter if marijuana was sure to remain a Schedule 1 substance, along with heroin — a drug that “has no medical use and a high potential for abuse.” A decision is expected in the next few weeks, and federal reclassification would widen opportunities for marijuana research. Oregon should be prepared for this shift…
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ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM: LACK OF FUNDING FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA RESEARCH
Posted by alice stephens | Jun 16, 2016
According to the scientists that consulted with the NFL about medical marijuana, one of the industry’s biggest shortfalls is a lack of funding for research; the numbers prove it. An analysis found that out of $1.1 billion of the $1.4 billion that the National Institute of Health spent on medical cannabis research, only $297 million went towards researching the potential medical benefits of cannabis.
This frustration is what led to a team of scientists launching a nonprofit institute to bring together the world’s top researchers. The Institute for Research on Cannabinoids (IROC) is intensively researching the medical benefits of cannabinoids – the active chemical compounds found in marijuana.
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This mail is to Mr. Jim Jensen. Thank you.
Hi Jim :-).
First I would like to thank you for inviting me to your new group. It sounds like one of the best ideas I have heard in a long time. So once again, thank you for the invite.
Here comes my question (s):
May I ask why you inviteted me?
Is it your plan in future to make this a group across nations? Or will you mainly concentrate on the U.S?
The reason why I ask, is that me myself live in Denmark, where we have a VERY strict zero tolerance policy especially against cannabis in ANY form… In these days where more and more countries and also more and more states in the U.S. legalizes cannabis, not only for medical use, many places for recreational purpose also, Denmarks present government has chosen to start a
a regular witch hunt on Danes who use cannabis in any form. Unfortunately it has resulted in many cases of police violence and attacks on innocent people, including several tourists, because the government will have cleared the world-famous Danish Freetown Christiania. We are thousands of people in the danish cannabis movement, but – as I´m sure you know all about- it can seems like a hopeless
assignment for people to remember we are fighting for the same cause. Please be patient, i will get to the end shortly.
I was diagnosed with
abdominal cancer allmost 3 years ago. Been through 4 big operations, chemo etc. etc. without any positive effect at all!! I also suffer from severe PTSD and Epilepsy and for me to discover the oil and it´s amazing effects was nothing less then a miracle and then I said “screw this” and skipped all
prescription drugs and started on cannabis oil one year ago now. Forgot to tell that I´m a 43 year old danish woman, who live by my self, i have a daughter who study law at Copenhagen University.
No mather if your planning this group to “stay inside” U.S or you have international plans, I would sure like to hear more about your initiative – I think it could be big!!
Peace & Best wishes
from Mette G13, Denmark
Hello Mette,
Thank you so much for sharing your story. I’m so glad that you’re in our group. Please share your story on the Medical Pot Facebook group. I’ve sent you an invite. I had no idea that Denmark, where my forefathers came from, is so adamantly opposed to medical cannabis. This must be so hard for you. I’m so glad that you are able to find relief from cannabis. I think that we are all heading toward a quantum shift in our healthcare system(s). As you know, the US is heading so slowly toward legalization of cannabis, at least for medical use, though it is still labeled as a schedule I drug…the same as heroin and Meth. Still, there are many states where people have no legal access to this plant that has been life-changing for so many. Please check out the podcast where I interview Diana and Jeff of Myriams Hope. There story is amazing. Keep in touch! ;-D
As a Canadian I am waiting to see what happens in my part of the world. I am a lung cancer patient and I have read that cannibis oil could help to kill cancer cells. There are people who make the oil but is there any way to reduce the level of THC without special plants? Obviously I am not going to smoke anything but if I could try oil that was low in THC I would give it a try if it would help me. Just don’t want the high.
Hi Heather,
I am so sorry to hear of your illness. I highly recommend that you contact Corinne and John at the United Patients Group. They are wonderful people who will help you to find answers to your questions! Here is the link:
https://unitedpatientsgroup.com/
Good luck!
Jim