The U.S. House of Representatives has actually done something . . . something good. I’ll let that sink in for a minute. On Thursday night the House of Representatives passed a bill that prevents the DEA from raiding state-legal marijuana dispensaries. According to the Daily Beast, Just after midnight, the vote won with 219 ayes, …
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(6.30) Head over to RIPAC (Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition) headquarters Sunday for an outdoor festival with music and information. All are welcome, you don’t have to be a patient or caregiver. If you are thinking of purchasing grow equipment, vaporizers, pipes, or any accessory related to your medicine, this event is for you. Lots …
The Thomas C. Slater Compassion Center is open for business. The amusing names attached to certain cannabis strains may tend to undermine their image as serious medicine but this nomenclature has been evolving over many years and in no way diminishes the validity of the treatment. Plant taxonomy in general is full of sly references …
(2.2) RIPAC executive director JoAnne Leppanen invites the public to take a look around the soon-to-open Thomas C. Slater Compassion Center. The Thomas C. Slater Compassion Center is having an open house this weekend and offering tours of the Center. They are completing renovations and hope to be open, licensed and providing medicine to patients …
(9.11) The Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition (RIPAC) will hold a community meeting at their headquarters on Tuesday. This meeting is for anyone who wants to learn more about medical marijuana in RI. If you are interested in becoming a licensed patient or caregiver, this meeting is for you. Community meetings — the only RIPAC …
(8.14) The Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition (RIPAC) holds community meetings on the second Tuesday of every month. (The location may change in the future so check RIPAC for updates.) These are the only meetings that are open to the general public. This meeting is for anyone who wants to learn more about medical marijuana …
(5.8) Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition (RIPAC) executive director Joanne Leppanen invites the public to learn more about the current medical marijuana situation in Rhode Island at Tuesday’s ‘Community Meeting.’ Get information on becoming a licensed patient or caregiver and find out the latest news from the State House. (This meeting takes place on the …
(4.4) Brown junior Jared Moffat sends along this notice. Brown University’s Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) chapter and the Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights will be moderating a panel discussion on medical marijuana. The event is open to the public. The speakers will comment on the three “compassion centers” — medical marijuana …
Medical marijuana advocates rejoice! Maybe Santa can bring a little Christmas Kush to Rhode Islanders in pain and distress. Governor Chafee has joined with Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire in asking federal authorities to reclassify marijuana. The reaction over at NORML, NORML began the entire legal and political debate about ‘medical marijuana’ in 1972 when …
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JoAnne Leppanen, executive director of RIPAC issued this call to action in response to Governor Chafee’s recent decision to withhold the licensing of three medical-marijuana dispensaries established by the general assembly. Please come and show your support for patients and Compassion Centers! The Governor is violating the RI state law which requires him to issue …
Last Tuesday New Jersey Governor Christopher J. Christie gave the green light to six marijuana dispensaries in his state. Christie, a Republican, who served as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey from 2002 through 2008, said he sought, but never received assurances from the Justice Department that those working in the marijuana programs would be exempt …
Speaking of pants on fire, the needle is all the way in the red on the ProJo PolitiFact Truth-O-Meter for Republican State Rep. Robert Watson, recently stopped at a sobriety checkpoint in Connecticut and charged with driving under the influence and marijuana possession. Watson’s explanation that he kept the marijuana in case his pancreatitis flared …
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