Tag: george mcmahon
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“The Governor supports medical cannabis, because that is the official position of his administration”
While Governor Branstad understandably opposes loosely regulated states like California, Branstad’s administration officially supports medical cannabis. If that confuses you, read on. Longtime cannabis activist Carl Olsen opines: George McMahon is one of two Iowans who legally use medical cannabis. George is pictured here outside of the Board hearing in Mason City, Iowa, as he…
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Iowans who spoke at the 2009 Des Moines medical marijuana hearing before the Iowa Board of Pharmacy
The following is a list of Iowans who spoke at the 2009 Iowa Board of Pharmacy Hearing on medical cannabis in Des Moines, Iowa. See also: These are the Iowans who spoke at the 2009 Iowa City medical marijuana hearing before the Iowa Board of Pharmacy October 7, 2009 Reported by Sue Ann Jones, CSR,…
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BREAKING NEWS: Iowans for Medical Marijuana Retires, Announces Work Complete
Iowans for Medical Marijuana has officially announced the end of their organization. Earlier today, Carl Olsen of Iowans for Medical Marijuana released this announcement: Greetings, This is our official announcement. Iowans for Medical Marijuana is done. After 20 years, Iowans for Medical Marijuana is announcing we have finished our work here. In 2006, we formally…
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4/20 Rally at Washington DC
There is a rally going on! If there’s ever an example of how much one activist can accomplish with an idea, then is it. I first became aware of this march back when the facebook page for Overgrow the Government. Here’s some information from The rally’s website. Welcome to the official Overgrow the Government website!…
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More information: Lynnice Wedewer, cannabis cancer patient
I’ve posted some of Lynnice’s recent media interviews on here before. Now, she has her own website! Check it out…lots of information. Lynnice plans on speaking at the 2011 Iowa Global Marijuana march. For more information, check the Facebook age for the event! As always, I’ll post about what happens on May 7th here on…
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SSDP’s Justin Kander: Man cures cancer with cannabis successfully
I met Justin in Washington DC in early February while attending CPAC 2011 to volunteer for Governor Gary Johnson. Justin has established himself as a respectable activist in Maryland. Here’s his guest column in the The Diamondback Online from the University of Maryland. Diamondbackonline.com article . The Diamondback > Opinion Guest column: Alternate treatment By…
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Weed’s the next big economic boom. Everyone selling weed is broke. What’s going on?
Two recent media articles have given me some food for thought. Let me know what you think. Something isn’t adding up… No money to be made? Tons of money to be made? Definitely does not add up. We’re broke as a country. How does this make you feel? Send comments to jkarimi2007@hotmail.com.
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Action needed by Friday!
The Senate Human Resources now has only until Friday, March 4 to act on the bill, before we have to wait until next January to try to move it again. Please, will you use this action link to write to all the members of the committee, and tell your story about how medical marijuana has…
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What Iowa’s Medical Marijuana bill says
Just read through the bill at Iowa’s Legislative Tracking website. Here’s the highlights: For patients with cancer, glaucoma, HIV, Hep C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn’s (ibs), Alzheimer’s, nail patella, chronic pain, cachexia or wasting syndrome (severe nausea) and seizures, including but not limited to epilepsy. Is not more than two and one-half ounces of usable;…
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