Jesse Stout, Executive Director of RIPAC, the medical marijuana advocacy coalition, encourages all interested parties to attend today’s hearing at the State House to show support for the patients, doctors and experts testifying in front of the Senate’s Health and Human Services committee in favor of the ‘Compassion Center Bill’. Under this bill a non-profit …
RIPAC will hold a Community Meeting Tuesday at 7pm, at AIDS Project RI, located at 232 West Exchange Street, Providence. All Rhode Islanders — patients, caregivers, advocates, and residents — are invited to come together to discuss the RI Medical Marijuana Program and share information and experiences. The difficulties facing licensed patients and caregivers in …
This bar crawl appears to be working its way west. I caught up with it in a place that shall remain nameless because they refuse to remove the big Christmas wreath from the front window! (It’s St. Patrick’s Day ferchrissake.) At any rate, this crew is to be commended for not driving today. And they …
A couple of weeks ago I posted about the harsh email Planned Parenthood sent out about me. I’m happy to get to direct your attention to their follow-up email, sent out on Friday. Ian covers it here. We called on PPRI’s State Representative, David Segal, to sponsor and support this legislation for many reasons. Representative …
The Projo has a staff editorial today on the Langevin-Shays health care plan: Rep. Jim Langevin, a Democrat, has introduced a health-care plan to cover all Americans. Co-authored by Rep. Christopher Shays, a Republican from Connecticut, this is the first bipartisan proposal for universal coverage to emerge in the House. How does it sound? Pretty …
RIPAC will hold a community meeting tonight for patients, caregivers and advocates to discuss the RI Medical Marijuana Program and meet like-minded people. (The next RIPAC cardholder meeting, for licensed patients and caregivers only, will be Tuesday, February 26, at 7pm. Location TBA) Tuesday/6:30 – 8:00PM/ 441 Prairie Avenue, Providence For more information contact: Jesse …
This is ridiculous. He handles it well — When an older lady fainted at my little cousin’s bat mitzvah a few weeks ago, they didn’t even interrupt the service. Now here’s your bonus video, of fainting goats: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we9_CdNPuJg]
I picked up the new Psychology Today on Monday in an effort to finally figure out what women find so repelling about me and I think I found it: I don’t stink enough! Seems that back in ancient times, I’m guessing the 50’s, before people bathed and all that, women picked their mates by their …
According to the Associated Press, one innovative California man has installed pot vending machines in two locations for use by previously authorized and paid-up medical marijuana patients. “Convenient access, lower prices, safety and anonymity” are the advantages touted by owner/inventor Vincent Mehdizadeh. According to the article, anger management is one of the disabilities covered under …
Here’s news all policy makers should take to heart: Firm evidence that even small co-pays substantially decrease the likelihood that women will have regular mamograms. With the corollary that more people will get sick and die, and that long-term costs will rise. And it’s pretty easy to envision a whole slew of analogues, relative to …
Medical Marijuana Informational Meeting Tonight, Tuesday, at 7:00PM, the Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition will be holding a community meeting for patients, caregivers and advocates in the Peterutti Lounge of Faunce House on the Brown campus at Waterman Street. Whether it is for yourself or for someone in your care, this is an ideal opportunity …