Governor Markell,
You must rethink your decision and allow the processes of the three compassion care centers to begin. You do remember, we were there, the sick, the terminally ill, the Delaware patients who told our stories of how cannabis helps us, heals us and allows us quality of life. The law passed, Delaware is a medical marijuana state and we need our three compassion care centers.
Sir, times are changing and Delaware needs to be part of that change. Over 80% of citizens favor medical cannabis and know someone who prefers it over the harmful prescribed narcotics and alcohol. We all know the war in drugs is a dismal failure and many promising futures have been ruined for simple personal medical use. We will no longer sit idly by to watch this antiquated law that big government, big pharma, dirty money hides behind. You are our governor and we trust you to listen to the people. Over 60% think cannabis should be decriminalized, soon that will change and we will voting legalization. It's inevitable, there is nothing you can do to stop it, we should be focusing on the jobs that medical cannabis can and will bring to Delaware!
Delaware citizens, small business owners, voters, doctors & scientist were in a DC court last week battling for the schedule one classification to be changed and offering scientific proof that cannabis has absolute medical value.
I will vaporize and ingest it for my cancer / chemo / radiation side effects. I have learned that science and nature works well together, I have severely reduced my prescribed narcotics and medications. I talk to my doctors and share my healthy diet, exercise, minimum narcotics and marijuana consumption. I take complete responsibility for myself and my cancer and i work with medical professionals, they know that my goal is to be cancer free. I still work part time between chemo and radiation, I am a Delaware minority small business owner and I am a social media blogger advocating for Delaware medical marijuana.
Governor Markell, don't be that governor who does nothing. NOW is the time to step out of that comfort zone and go to battle for us. Marijuana is here, it will never go away, it is not a gateway drug, it is natures gift to those of us who suffer with debilitating diseases. Responsible parents can protect their children from it like prescribed medications, alcohol, cigarettes. Cannabis is a natural plant with proven scientific medical benefits without the harmful side effects of the dangerous yet legal opiates, alcohol, cigarettes.
I will always be Delaware's advocate for medical marijuana, you will hear from me everyday through some sort of social media. Come see me, talk to me, let me share with you why I choose marijuana over opiates. I'm not a stoner and want to get high, I am a terminally ill cancer patient who is vaporizing and ingesting herself to be healthy and cancer free.
I have so many of those standard template responses from your office, it would be nice to hear from you.
Very truly yours,
Diane L. Jump
notwith0utafight@aol.com
CANCERVIXXEN
Monday, October 22, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
ARTICLE: NJ Medical Marijuana Distributor gets 1st permit
New Jersey issued its first permit to a medical marijuana distributor, and expects it to begin dispensing by year end, Health Commissioner Mary O'Dowd said.
Montclair's nonprofit Greenleaf Compassion Center has satisfied New Jersey's permitting law, O'Dowd told reporters on a conference call today. About 320 patients, with such "debilitating medical conditions" as multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, inflammatory bowel disease, glaucoma, HIV or AIDS and terminal cancer, have been registered to get the drug or are in the process, O'Dowd said. Greenleaf will grow its own plants in an undisclosed location.
The possession and distribution of marijuana is illegal under U.S. and state law. In October 2009, President Barack Obama's administration told federal prosecutors not to file charges against legitimate dispensaries and their patrons.
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Seventeen states and Washington, D.C., have approved medical marijuana laws, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, a bipartisan research group based in Denver.
New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie had delayed implementation of the marijuana law signed by his predecessor, Democrat Jon Corzine. Christie, 50, a former federal prosecutor who took office in January 2010, said he supported compassionate use of the drug, though he had questions about criminal liability for distributors and users. The U.S. Justice Department last year sent a memo to several states reiterating Obama's position and Christie said New Jersey would start licensing distributors.
Patients who smoke the plant's dried leaves or inhale it via nebulizer may find relief from pain, nausea and vomiting. About 175 physicians have registered with the state to authorize the drug's use.
The dispensaries will serve only New Jersey residents who are certified by registered doctors.
Montclair's nonprofit Greenleaf Compassion Center has satisfied New Jersey's permitting law, O'Dowd told reporters on a conference call today. About 320 patients, with such "debilitating medical conditions" as multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, inflammatory bowel disease, glaucoma, HIV or AIDS and terminal cancer, have been registered to get the drug or are in the process, O'Dowd said. Greenleaf will grow its own plants in an undisclosed location.
The possession and distribution of marijuana is illegal under U.S. and state law. In October 2009, President Barack Obama's administration told federal prosecutors not to file charges against legitimate dispensaries and their patrons.
MORE: Editorial: Why not pot for medical use in NY?
VIDEO: Learning the marijuana trade | Seniors using medical marijuana | Should federal prosecutors ease up on states where medical marijuana is legal?
Seventeen states and Washington, D.C., have approved medical marijuana laws, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, a bipartisan research group based in Denver.
New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie had delayed implementation of the marijuana law signed by his predecessor, Democrat Jon Corzine. Christie, 50, a former federal prosecutor who took office in January 2010, said he supported compassionate use of the drug, though he had questions about criminal liability for distributors and users. The U.S. Justice Department last year sent a memo to several states reiterating Obama's position and Christie said New Jersey would start licensing distributors.
Patients who smoke the plant's dried leaves or inhale it via nebulizer may find relief from pain, nausea and vomiting. About 175 physicians have registered with the state to authorize the drug's use.
The dispensaries will serve only New Jersey residents who are certified by registered doctors.
Monday, October 15, 2012
ARTICLE: Medical marijuana moving forward in N.J., first center permitted for dispensing
By Matthew Arco | October 15th, 2012 - 3:09p
TRENTON – New Jersey residents with medical marijuana cards could have their prescriptions filled by the end of the year, the commissioner of the Department of Health announced Monday.
Commissioner Mary O’Dowd said the state issued a first of its kind permit that will allow a Montclair-area center to begin to dispense medicinal marijuana. The center, Greenleaf Compassion Center, is the first center in the state permitted to operate as an Alternative Treatment Center.
“The issuance of this permit marks a significant step forward,” O’Dowd said during a telephone news conference Monday afternoon.
O’Dowd also announced that medicinal marijuana patients will begin to receive their medical marijuana cards in the mail as soon as this week.
There are approximately 320 patients in the state who have either registered with the program or are in the process of completing that registration, she said.
The state’s medical marijuana program has had trouble getting off the ground. Although Gov. Chris Christie gave the program his OK last year, some proposed centers have had trouble getting started as local zoning and planning boards have opposed them.
Greenleaf was the first center in the state permitted for growing medical marijuana. The permit was issued in April.
O’Dowd said she didn’t know exactly when Greenleaf plans to open their doors, saying now that the center is properly permitted it’s just a matter of getting “all their ducks in a row” administratively before they will begin dispensing medical marijuana.
“I would expect that they’re working on that now,” she said, adding that she expects it to be before the end of the year.
There are five other alternative treatment centers in various stages of the permit process.
O’Dowd said she expects 190 medical marijuana cards to be sent out in the coming days.
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Friday, September 28, 2012
BLOG: NJ's GreenLeaf Alternative Treatment Center hits a snag
Diane Jump
Sept 28. 2012
10:00 pm
New Jersey's first state-authorized medical marijuana dispensary has been delayed again.
Greenleaf Alternative Treatment Center lacks its final certificate of occupancy from Montclair Township, the New Jersey Department of Health said.
The dispensary was expected to open to patients by the end of this month.
State Health officials say they are working with the center so a final state permit can be issued as soon as the local permit is given.
New Jersey medical marijuana law passed in January 2010, 240 patients and 170 physicians have registered to take part in the program.
Sept 28. 2012
10:00 pm
New Jersey's first state-authorized medical marijuana dispensary has been delayed again.
Greenleaf Alternative Treatment Center lacks its final certificate of occupancy from Montclair Township, the New Jersey Department of Health said.
The dispensary was expected to open to patients by the end of this month.
State Health officials say they are working with the center so a final state permit can be issued as soon as the local permit is given.
New Jersey medical marijuana law passed in January 2010, 240 patients and 170 physicians have registered to take part in the program.
Monday, September 24, 2012
ARTICLE: Cannabis Can Stop Cancer From Spreading
News Desk
Saturday, September 22, 2012
From Print Edition
A compound found in cannabis could halt the spread of many forms of aggressive cancer, scientists say.
Researchers found that the compound, called cannabidiol, had the ability to ‘switch off’ the gene responsible for metastasis in an aggressive form of breast cancer. Importantly, this substance does not produce the psychoactive properties of the cannabis plant.
The team from the California Pacific Medical Center, in San Francisco, first spotted its potential five years ago, after it stopped the proliferation of human breast cancer cells in the lab.
Last year they published a study that found a similar effect in mice. Now they say they are on the verge of publishing further animal study results that expand these results further.
Speaking to the San Francisco Chronicle, study co-leader Dr Sean McAllister, said: ‘The preclinical trial data is very strong, and there’s no toxicity. There’s really a lot or research to move ahead with and to get people excited.’
While he, along with colleague Dr Pierre Desprez acknowledge that they are some way off from turning their finding into a pill, they are already developing human trial models. They hope to eventually test the drug in combination with current chemotherapies.
Professor Desprez had previously found that a protein called ID-1 seemed to play a role in causing breast cancer to spread. Meanwhile Dr McAllister had discovered the cannabidiol had anti-cancer potential.
The pair teamed up to see if they could treat a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer called ‘triple negative.’ This form, which affects 15 per cent of patients, doesn’t have three hormone receptors that the most successful therapies target. Cells from this cancer have high levels of ID-1.
When they exposed cells from this cancer to cannabidiol they were shocked to find the cells not only stopped acting ‘crazy’ but also returned to a healthy normal state.They discovered that the compound had turned off the overexpression of ID-1, stopping them from travelling to distant tissues.
Other potentially treatable cancers are forms of leukaemia, lung, ovarian and brain cancers, which also have high levels of ID-1.Dr Desprez has a particular reason for wanting to create a treatment as quickly as possible - his sister was recently diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer at the age of 41.Her condition is currently receptive to hormone therapies but Professor Desprez fears it could recur in a form that lacks hormone receptors.
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Saturday, September 22, 2012
From Print Edition
A compound found in cannabis could halt the spread of many forms of aggressive cancer, scientists say.
Researchers found that the compound, called cannabidiol, had the ability to ‘switch off’ the gene responsible for metastasis in an aggressive form of breast cancer. Importantly, this substance does not produce the psychoactive properties of the cannabis plant.
The team from the California Pacific Medical Center, in San Francisco, first spotted its potential five years ago, after it stopped the proliferation of human breast cancer cells in the lab.
Last year they published a study that found a similar effect in mice. Now they say they are on the verge of publishing further animal study results that expand these results further.
Speaking to the San Francisco Chronicle, study co-leader Dr Sean McAllister, said: ‘The preclinical trial data is very strong, and there’s no toxicity. There’s really a lot or research to move ahead with and to get people excited.’
While he, along with colleague Dr Pierre Desprez acknowledge that they are some way off from turning their finding into a pill, they are already developing human trial models. They hope to eventually test the drug in combination with current chemotherapies.
Professor Desprez had previously found that a protein called ID-1 seemed to play a role in causing breast cancer to spread. Meanwhile Dr McAllister had discovered the cannabidiol had anti-cancer potential.
The pair teamed up to see if they could treat a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer called ‘triple negative.’ This form, which affects 15 per cent of patients, doesn’t have three hormone receptors that the most successful therapies target. Cells from this cancer have high levels of ID-1.
When they exposed cells from this cancer to cannabidiol they were shocked to find the cells not only stopped acting ‘crazy’ but also returned to a healthy normal state.They discovered that the compound had turned off the overexpression of ID-1, stopping them from travelling to distant tissues.
Other potentially treatable cancers are forms of leukaemia, lung, ovarian and brain cancers, which also have high levels of ID-1.Dr Desprez has a particular reason for wanting to create a treatment as quickly as possible - his sister was recently diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer at the age of 41.Her condition is currently receptive to hormone therapies but Professor Desprez fears it could recur in a form that lacks hormone receptors.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
ARTICLE: Larry Hagman credits Marijuana for his Cancer Cure.
Dallas star Larry Hagman has credited marijuana with helping him beat cancer. The 80-year-old actor was diagnosed with the disease last year, but he recently declared he is in remission. Now he has opened up about his health battle, calling cannabis "a medicine" and praising the drug as "much better than alcohol or tobacco and (it) hasn't killed anyone". He is quoted as telling Germany's Bunte magazine, "The cancer and the chemotherapy really took it out of me. I lost 30 pounds, weighed only 171 pounds. ..Marijuana actually brought my appetite back."
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
ARTICLE: First New Jersey Distribution Center to Open in September
ASA Newsletter
After more than two years of delays by Governor Chris Christie, medical cannabis should be available to New Jersey patients through a state-regulated distribution center in September.
Greenleaf Compassion Center, the first of six slated to operate in the state, expects to begin serving qualified patients at its Montclair location this month. The center is producing the medicinal plants in a secure 5,000 square-foot warehouse in a secret location.
Another center, the Compassionate Care Foundation, expects to open by November, but finding suitable locations to operate for the other four has proven difficult, in what has turned into a battle over land use with local zoning officials.
State lawmakers want answers on why implementation of the program has been so delayed from the original July 2011 projected launch. Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Trenton) in July called for hearings. Gov. Jon Corzine signed the Compassionate Care Act in January 2010.
After more than two years of delays by Governor Chris Christie, medical cannabis should be available to New Jersey patients through a state-regulated distribution center in September.
Greenleaf Compassion Center, the first of six slated to operate in the state, expects to begin serving qualified patients at its Montclair location this month. The center is producing the medicinal plants in a secure 5,000 square-foot warehouse in a secret location.
Another center, the Compassionate Care Foundation, expects to open by November, but finding suitable locations to operate for the other four has proven difficult, in what has turned into a battle over land use with local zoning officials.
State lawmakers want answers on why implementation of the program has been so delayed from the original July 2011 projected launch. Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Trenton) in July called for hearings. Gov. Jon Corzine signed the Compassionate Care Act in January 2010.
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