http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:32:57 -0700 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:42:45 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d20-Oregons-failed-medical-marijuana-program?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner Hopefully other states who seek to attempt to provide marijuana as a medicine will NOT follow Oregon’s inept lead regarding how our program is set up!Oregon's program's loopholes are numerous and being fully exploited. Many of those involv... Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:42:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d20-Oregons-failed-medical-marijuana-program?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d18-Californias-medical-marijuana-program-trailing-in-Oregons-footsteps?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner Photo: Joaquin BrandPhoto:Oregon's Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) is languishing in corruption, confusion, unfeasible restrictions and abuse!Is this where California's program is headed? To read another article in the Examiner today, one would not ... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:52:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d18-Californias-medical-marijuana-program-trailing-in-Oregons-footsteps?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Marijuana-research-a-view-from-the-precipice?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner Researchers investigated the drug use patterns of same sex twin pairs in which one twin first smoked marijuana before age 17 and the other either never smoked marijuana or first smoked the drug at age 17 or older. As adults (average age 30), those wh... Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:00:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Marijuana-research-a-view-from-the-precipice?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d16-Marijuana-use-and-pain?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner I live with chronic pain. I have since may of 1974. My friends brought me a picture of what should have been me. It was another hang-glider hanging dead in similar power lines … that accident happened the same day as mine, when ... Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:25:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d16-Marijuana-use-and-pain?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d15-Science-and-legalization--a-new-approach?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner It is possible … even probable, that there are healing / medicinal qualities within the many and variable chemical compounds that exist in different variations of the marijuana plant.Plants grown (for untold generations) in different soils, wi... Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:50:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d15-Science-and-legalization--a-new-approach?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d13-Marijuana-users-say-they-drive-safely?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner Risky driving behavior in young people: prevalence, personal characteristics and traffic collisions ... that they're deceived into thinking they're driving safely, does NOT protect your loved ones!The state of Oregon issues driver’s licenses to... Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:34:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d13-Marijuana-users-say-they-drive-safely?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d12-Delinquent-behaviors-and-drugged-driving?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner Please note the article directly to the right - I published 2 on the same day.Most all of the recent articles – inspired by and taken from “The DEA Position on Marijuana” have been written about in other articles as well.I just rece... Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:01:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d12-Delinquent-behaviors-and-drugged-driving?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d12-Marijuanas-mental-and-Physical-Health-Issues?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner Parents live in fear and grieving while watching their beloved children deteriorate mentally and physically. The picture, depicts the horror of how those who suffer from mental illnesses often end up - it can sometimes be a fate worse than death, for... Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:07:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d12-Marijuanas-mental-and-Physical-Health-Issues?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d11-Marijuanas-gateway-effect-aka-precursor-to-abuse-of-other-drugs?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner Just as alcoholics are known to be in denial, so too are marijuana users. They’re blinded to what has happened to them since they began using.There is little hope of reaching them with the truth, unless early on, a radical intervention is done ... Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:27:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d11-Marijuanas-gateway-effect-aka-precursor-to-abuse-of-other-drugs?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Marijuana-dangerous-to-the-user-and-others?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner Proponents of legalized marijuana often exhibit anger because I focus more on the harm done, and dangers to children.Users offer marijuana to youth to break down their resistance to sex. Also, the fact that THC crosses the placenta as well, into the ... Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:41:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Marijuana-dangerous-to-the-user-and-others?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d9-Official-and-scientific-facts-on-medical-marijuana?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner Drug legalization proponents often quote (only) partial statements of the Institute Of Medicine’s (IOM) report on medical marijuana, . . . as if that document supports their position.It does not. Read the statements below, and you will see for ... Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:46:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d9-Official-and-scientific-facts-on-medical-marijuana?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d7-Legalizations-political-backlash?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner In 2001, the Supreme Court held that, in light of the uselessness of medical marijuana, medical necessity is NOT a defense to marijuana prosecution.Furthermore, in Gozales v. Raich, in 2005, they reaffirmed that the authority of Congress to regu... Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:22:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d7-Legalizations-political-backlash?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d5-Amsterdam?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner Druggies often use the Netherlands as an example of how things "should" be (regarding marijuana and other drug use). Note that legalizers do not tell you about how it is for some ... the problems and the backlash that has begun.While v... Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:20:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d5-Amsterdam?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d5-The-users-mindset?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner I’ll apologize. I’m sorry; I messed up yesterday – but, please note that I changed yesterday’s article … on purpose - and immediately after reading my published version.Mainstream and alternative news sho... Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:11:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d5-The-users-mindset?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d4-Cocaine-killing-users-across-the-US?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner Cocaine is being dangerously adulterated - people are dying and becoming seriously ill. Add to that, the fact that most physicians are not yet aware of and are confused by the symptoms being experienced by patients who hide t... Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:33:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d4-Cocaine-killing-users-across-the-US?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d1-The-law-and-the-end-of-medical-marijuana?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner It’s a states’ rights issue say some … but in Gonzales v. Raich the Supreme Court ruled that the use of “medical marijuana” violates federal law. Growers and users of marijuana had sought to find the Controlled Substanc... Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:04:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d1-The-law-and-the-end-of-medical-marijuana?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d30-Asset-forfeiture--measure-3s-hidden-agenda?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner It's all a delicate balancing act. Our children's lives sit on the scales.Asset forfeiture: confiscating the ill-gotten-gains of criminal activity by using the system of civil law rather than the criminal statutes – asset forfeiture (A/F) ... Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:50:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d30-Asset-forfeiture--measure-3s-hidden-agenda?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Removing-the-profit-from-drugs?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner Of course the druggie's answer is always 'to legalize drugs' ... as if it's the compassionate thing to do.  Somehow, they're able to overlook the devastation done to our children, to the family unit.It has to do with the way druggies t... Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:26:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Removing-the-profit-from-drugs?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d26-The-fallout-of-drug-use?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner Jan 1st, 1998, when my locksmith van was stolen, the perpetrator had been arrested some 20 times previously yet he still had not been arraigned; charges were mostly for Grand Theft Auto but also burglary. Meth does that ... it does that to ... Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:14:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d26-The-fallout-of-drug-use?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d24-Drug-offenders-to-get-student-loans--again?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner Whether it’s pot, heroin or meth, young entrepreneurs, drug dealers, have used student loan money to purchase drugs in order to finance their expenses and maintain a high lifestyle while in college.Congress changed that … they’d ho... Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:54:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11932-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d24-Drug-offenders-to-get-student-loans--again?cid=exrss-Portland-Drug-Policy-Examiner