Medical Marijuana Research News

June 13, 2005 The Medical Pot Hysteria by Cathy Young WITH EVERYTHING else going on in the world, it's good to know that the federal government is being vigilant when it comes to the really dangerous people: …

Legal Pot's No Pipe Dream Wired Magazine 02:00 AM Jun. 08, 2005 PT The Supreme Court handed a major defeat to state medical marijuana laws this week, but pro-pot advocates said a little-noticed lawsuit …

Sally Satel pens an Op-Ed in the New York Times today about medical marijuana, focusing on Lyle Craker, UMass Amherst and Federal obstruction of medical marijuana research.

Op-Ed New York Times Good to Grow By SALLY SATEL Published: June 8, 2005 Washington RELIEF for medical marijuana patients was snatched away this week. In Gonzales v. Raich, the Supreme Court ruled that …

Let terminally ill ease their pain by smoking pot By Rekha Basu Des Moines Register Columnist June 8, 2005 First the good news: People with debilitating illnesses are finding relief in doctor-prescribed …

THE NATION Marijuana Patients Remain Defiant By Eric Bailey, LA Times Staff Writer SACRAMENTO — Californians who use medical marijuana remained defiant Monday in the face of a Supreme Court decision …

Ryan Grim, Salon Magazine, publishes his article A guide to Gonzales vs. Raich, What the medical marijuana ruling means for patients, the commerce clause, marital sex, Antonin Scalia’s career and …

The Washington Post reports on today’s Supreme Court decision supporting Federal power over State’s rights in medical marijuana law: A Defeat For Users Of Medical Marijuana. The article quotes …

Statement by Steve Fox, Director of Government Relations, MPP The Marijuana Policy Project is the nation’s largest marijuana policy reform organization. At MPP, we are intimately involved in the …

A prehearing conference took place today between the DEA Administrative Law Judge, our lead lawyer Julie Carpenter of Jenner and Block, and DEA’s lawyer. The Judge set the dates for the hearing as …