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Navy cotton t-shirt with orange classic NORML logo.

Description: NORML or National Organization of the Reform for Marijuana Laws has long advocated the decriminalization of cannabis for over 40 years. Its founder, current leaders and nationwide chapter representatives describe the patchwork of state and municipal laws that allow medical marijuana, while the federal government still regards cannabis as a dangerous narcotic. Voters in the US are increasingly recognizing the positive aspects of accepting and controlling medical marijuana in their communities for its medicinal benefits, as well as for its potential to generate needed tax revenue.

Description: Starting with the passage of Proposition 215 in California in 1996, a total of 16 states and the District of Columbia have legalized the medical use of marijuana for properly authorized patients. However, each of these states has adopted somewhat different provisions, resulting in a confusing and sometimes conflicting set of rules and regulations. The courts have generally been left with the task of filling in the details through a series of criminal and civil cases defining how the patients can obtain their medical marijuana, while maintaining a prohibition against the use of marijuana by non-medical users.

It is in everyone's interest to further clarify the rules and regulations that govern the medical use of marijuana where it is allowed. These regulations should be transparent, understandable and predictable. Criminal defense attorneys (and NORML Legal Committee members) James Devine and Jay Leiderman of Ventura California have prepared this legal guide, including the applicable case law, to provide this necessary clarity to California patients, physicians, care providers, related businesses, policy makers and law enforcement. In the fourteen years that have passed since voters approved Prop. 215, lawmakers, courts, and local regulators have sought to integrate medical marijuana into various facets of state and local laws. This compendium collects these rulings and developments and provides a primer for how patients, producers, and providers can operate in full compliance with California state law.

This Legal Guide while crucially important and relevant for patients, providers, cultivators, physicians and attorneys in California is a decidedly valuable resource in the other fifteen states and the District of Columbia with medical marijuana laws.

Description:This report seeks to provide this guidance by summarizing the most recently published scientific research (2000-2011) on the therapeutic use of cannabis and cannabinoids for 19 clinical indications. The 2011 edition features an Introduction to the Endocannabinoid System by Dustin Sulak, DO, Maine Integrative Healthcare.

A Review of the Recent Scientific Literature, Fourth Edition

For example, in February 2010 investigators at the University of California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research publicly announced the findings of a series of randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials on the medical utility of inhaled cannabis. The studies, which utilized the so-called ‘gold standard' FDA clinical trial design, concluded that marijuana ought to be a "first line treatment" for patients with neuropathy and other serious illnesses.

As states continue to approve legislation enabling the physician-supervised use of medical marijuana, more patients with varying disease types are exploring the use of therapeutic cannabis. Many of these patients and their physicians are now discussing this issue for the first time and are seeking guidance on whether the therapeutic use of cannabis may or may not be advisable.

Description: 5 x 3 in. NORML stickers sold in quantities of ten. Show your NORML pride.

Description: Shiny gold colored, marijuana leaf lapel pin, securely fastens in the back to any shirt, coat, or book bag!