NEWSBRIEFS	TOPICS Medical Marijuana
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• September - October 1998
  • Federal Judge Shuts Down Oakland Cannabis Clubs
  • Congress Passes Anti-Medical Marijuana Resolution
     
• July - August 1998
  • Chemicals in Marijuana May Help Stroke Victims
  • Oakland Expands Medical Marijuana Limits, Declares Operators of Buyers Club "Officers of the City"
  • English Pharmaceutical Company to Grow Marijuana
  • Medical Marijuana Initiatives Update
  • Author Peter McWilliams Arrested in Todd McCormick Medical Marijuana Cultivation Case
  • Much Heralded Class Action Medical Marijuana Suit Finally Filed
     
• May - June 1998
  • Six California Medical Marijuana Clubs Ordered Closed; Medical Marijuana Summit Held
  • Medical Marijuana Initiative Qualifies For November Ballot in Alaska
     
• March - April 1998
  • Federal Judge Delays Decision on Federal Suit to Close California Medical Marijuana Clubs; State Mayors Ask Clinton to Halt Suit
  • Multiple Sclerosis Patient Arrested at Medical Marijuana Protest in Congressman's Office
  • Cultivation Defendant and Cancer Patient Todd McCormick Denied Use of Prescribed Marijuana or Marinol®; Incarcerated Illegally, Pending Trial
  • Medical Marijuana Initiative Filed in Nevada
  • AMR's Maine Initiative Fails to Qualify For 1998 Vote
     
• February 1998
  • Medical Marijuana Support Fund Founded
  • California Supreme Court Refuses Cannabis Club Case; Authorities Expected to Close Marijuana Clubs
  • Medical Marijuana Bills and Initiatives Update
     
• January 1998
  • California Medical Marijuana Clubs Illegal, Says Appeals Court; Feds File Civil Suit Against Six Clubs; Legal Defense Fund Organized
  • Ontario Judge Rules in Favor of Medical Marijuana; Health Canada Says It Will Approve Marijuana Prescriptions
  • Washington, DC Medical Marijuana Initiative Fails to Get Enough Signature; New Signature-Gathering Efforts Planned
  • Two Medical Marijuana Petitions Underway in Maine
  • DEA Raids Home of Medical Marijuana Writer
  • Oregon Health Center Legal Defense Fund

• November - December 1997
  • Doctor Receives Federal Approval for Research of Medical Marijuana's Effects on AIDS Patients
  • Cannabinoids in Marijuana Can Relieve Severe Pain, Researchers Report
  • San Mateo County, CA Seeks Means to Distribute Medical Marijuana
  • Medical Marijuana Activist Todd McCormick Indicted
  • Canadian Woman to Mount Medical Marijuana Court Challenge
  • Dennis Peron's Trial Moved to San Francisco
     
• September - October 1997
  • Medical Marijuana Research Bill in California Endorsed by Attorney General Dan Lungren, Fails to Pass State Assembly
  • Mistrial in First Post-Prop. 215 Medical Marijuana Defense in California
  • Medical Marijuana Advocates March 210 Miles to Wisconsin State Capitol
    

• August 1997
  • NIH Medical Marijuana Panel Report Released, Supports Efficacy, Recommends Further Study
  • Drug Policy Reform Initiative on Washington State Ballot in November
  • Washington High Court Rejects Medical Marijuana Claim
  • Petitioners in Arizona Force Referendum on Laws Dismantling Proposition 200
  • ACT-UP Gathering Signatures for Medical Marijuana Initiative in Washington, D.C., Billionaire Steve Forbes Announces Counter Effort
  • Proposition 215 Can Be Used Retroactively and to Counter Marijuana Transportation Charges, Says State Appeals Court
  • California Medical Marijuana Activist Charged With Marijuana Cultivation
  • Medical Marijuana Patient, Advocate, Defendant Killed in Car Accident, Marijuana Cultivation Charges Dropped
  • Fort Bragg, California Advocates Suggest Let Police Dispense Medical Marijuana
  • Medical Use of Marijuana Ingredients Backed by British Medical Association

• July 1997
  • Medical Marijuana Research Program Approved by California Senate
  • Paper Discounts Medical Marijuana Use
     
• May - June 1997
  • Federal Judge Bars Clinton Administration From Punishing Doctors Who Recommend Medical Marijuana
  • DEA Raids Medical Marijuana Supplier in San Francisco
  • San Jose Provides Zoning for Medical Marijuana Clubs; Closes a Club for Alleged Noncompliance
  • San Marcos Medical Marijuana Initiative Fails
     
• March - April 1997
  • NIH Panel Suggests More Research of Medical Marijuana
  • California Attorney Gen. Releases Proposition 215 Guidelines
  • Medical Marijuana Initiative on Ballot in San Marcos, Texas
     
• February 1997
  • California Doctors and Patients Sue McCaffrey, Reno, Shalala: Ban on Recommendation of Medical Marijuana Violates First Amendment
  • New England Journal of Medicine Endorses Medical Marijuana; San Francisco Medical Society Releases Study; New York Times Editorial Welcomes Debate
  • Massachusetts to Implement Medical Marijuana Law
  • Medical Marijuana Club in San Francisco Reopens Under Protection of Proposition 215
     
• January 1997
  • Research Findings on Medicinal Properties of Marijuana
  • Federal Officials Respond to New Medical Marijuana Laws
  • U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Attacks Drug Initiatives Passed in California and Arizona
  • White House to Fund Medicinal Marijuana Study
  • Ohio Medical Marijuana Provision Confounds Officials,Lawmakers Move to Repeal the Law

• September 1996
  • State Agents Raid Cannabis Buyers' Club in San Francisco
  • Medical Marijuana Initiative Qualifies for November 5 Ballot in California, Court Says Opponents Were "Misleading"

• May 1996
  • Maine Farmer Who Used Marijuana to Treat Depression Should Get Reduction in Sentence, First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Rules

• January 1996
  • American Public Health Association Endorses Medical Access to Marijuana

• December 1995
  • Rep. Barney Frank Introduces Medical Marijuana Legislation
  • Judge Rules Ban on Medical Marijuana Prescription is Unconstitutional
  • California Governor Wilson Vetoes Marijuana Legislation Again
  • Presidential Candidate Buchanan May Support Medical Access to Marijuana
  • Massachusetts Legislature Sends Medical Marijuana Necessity Defense to Governor Weld

• September 1995
  • Harvard's Grinspoon and Bakalar Urge Physicians to "Reconsider" Medical Uses for Marijuana

• December 1995
  • Rep. Barney Frank Introduces Medical Marijuana Legislation
  • Judge Rules Ban on Medical Marijuana Prescription is Unconstitutional
  • California Governor Wilson Vetoes Marijuana Legislation Again
  • Presidential Candidate Buchanan May Support Medical Access to Marijuana
  • Massachusetts Legislature Sends Medical Marijuana Necessity Defense to Governor Weld

• May 1995
  • Cannabis Buyers' Club (S.F., CA) Threatened With Shutdown; Medical Marijuana Bills Moving in California Legislature

• December 1995
  • Rep. Barney Frank Introduces Medical Marijuana Legislation
  • Judge Rules Ban on Medical Marijuana Prescription is Unconstitutional
  • California Governor Wilson Vetoes Marijuana Legislation Again
  • Presidential Candidate Buchanan May Support Medical Access to Marijuana
  • Massachusetts Legislature Sends Medical Marijuana Necessity Defense to Governor Weld

• April 1995
  • Grinspoon To Revise Marihuana: The Forbidden Medicine

• December 1995
  • Rep. Barney Frank Introduces Medical Marijuana Legislation
  • Judge Rules Ban on Medical Marijuana Prescription is Unconstitutional
  • California Governor Wilson Vetoes Marijuana Legislation Again
  • Presidential Candidate Buchanan May Support Medical Access to Marijuana
  • Massachusetts Legislature Sends Medical Marijuana Necessity Defense to Governor Weld

• January 1995
  • Marylander Argues Medical Marijuana Defense; Public Opinion Supports Medical Use

• December 1994
  • Australian State Assembly Allows Medical Marijuana

• November 1994
  • National Medical Marijuana Day

• August 1994
  • Clinton Administration Sticks With Bush Policy; Won't Return to Ford-Carter-Reagan Policy

• July 1993
  • Hunger Strikers Protest Marijuana Laws
  • European Activists Join Americans at French International Cannabis Conference
  • Oklahoma Wheat Crop Flags but Marijuana Harvest Booms
  • DPF, AMFAR, Lymphoma Foundation Challenge Marijuana Policy
  • Marijuana Activist Acquitted of Charges Stemming From Seed Sales

• March 1993
  • Medical Applications of Whole Marijuana Versus Oral THC Debated

• January 1993
  • Surgeon General Designate Favors Medicinal Marijuana Use
  • Multiple Sclerosis Patient Faces Jail Term for Marijuana Use
  • Kenny Jenks Fights for Medicinal Marijuana Legalization
  • Sonoma County Prosecutors Drop Charges Against 'Brownie Mary'