cannabisnews.com: Questions & Updates From Marijuana Policy Project Questions & Updates From Marijuana Policy Project Posted by FoM on January 17, 2000 at 19:10:14 PT For Immediate Release Source: Marijuana Policy Project Are you an attorney who handles medical marijuana litigation? If so, please read the following letter. Dear Attorney:The Lindesmith Center (TLC) is currently creating a resource for attorneys representing users of marijuana for medical purposes charged with offenses in states where the use of medical marijuana is now legal. The resources will be available on TLC's Web site and will provide information in three general areas: legal, medical, and (for lack of a better word) botanical. The medical section will summarize the available scientific and medical studies of marijuana in the treatment of diseases and symptoms. This section will also include a list of experts, including areas of expertise, C.V.'s, and transcripts of prior testimony. It will provide links to journals and books on medical marijuana, including an Amazon.com-linked bookstore.The legal section will have the texts of all the medical marijuana statutes, model defense motions for pre-trial, trial and post-trial proceedings, creative defense strategies, model jury instructions, transcripts and real audio downloads of actual or model closing arguments and cross-examinations, and a help desk for specific questions.The botanical section will educate attorneys about the chemistry and botany of marijuana -- plants vs. dried plant matter, male vs. female, indoor vs. outdoor grows, different genetic strains -- as well as link back to motions the attorney can file regarding important botantical distinctions that ought to be drawn.I think this Web site could serve as an important resource for those dealing with marijuana prosecutions in the various states, and have collateral benefit for those mounting medical necessity defenses in federal prosecutions. I am hoping that you will help me make this website as useful and accurate as possible. We need ideas regarding the content of the site. What was helpful to you in your cases? What do you think others could use? What could YOU use? Also, I hope you'll consider sharing model motions, jury instructions, names of experts, and so forth.Please contact me at ayeletw earthlink.com or 510-654-6804 if you have any suggestions or can help in any way.Sincerely,Ayelet WaldmanThe Lindesmith CenterSan Francisco, CA Do you know anyone who has AIDS or is HIV positive? The historic study of the "Short Term Effects of Cannabinoids in HIV Infection" is looking for the final 12 participants to complete the trial. (This is the first domestic study of marijuana's effects on AIDS patients.) The goal is to finish enrollment by June 2000, according to Donald I. Abrams, M.D., Principal Investigator and Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco.This study, which is being funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, is investigating the interaction of cannabinoids -- smoked or oral -- with HIV protease inhibitor drugs. Subjects must be HIV positive with a stable viral load on a protease inhibitor containing antiviral regimen. They must have used marijuana in the past -- but not within 30 days prior to enrollment -- and they must not be cigarette smokers. Subjects spend 25 days in the inpatient General Clinical Research Center at San Francisco General Hospital. They are randomly assigned after the first four days to either smoked marijuana, Marinol (the THC capsule), or a placebo capsule. The study agent is administered three times daily before meals for the next 21 days. Two outpatient follow-up visits are also scheduled. Participants receive $1,000 for completing the trial. Patients from out of town are welcome.Of the 64 participants needed to complete the trial, 52 have been enrolled. The study is particularly seeking individuals who are taking indinavir (Crixivan) as their protease inhibitor. Women are also being actively sought. Participants cannot be smoking cigarettes or using methadone or any Schedule I drug.If you know of someone who may be eligible and would like more information, please contact the study coordinator at RLeiser php.ucsf.edu or 415-502-5705 for more information.(For more information on Dr. Abrams' study, please click here.) Can you donate a Macintosh computer to MPP? If so, please e-mail MPP at mpp mpp.org Do you want to volunteer your time -- perhaps in the context of an unpaid internship -- to help MPP update its Web site? If so, please e-mail MPP at mpp mpp.org Do you live in Maryland or have family/friends in Maryland? Please visit: http://www.mpp.org/Maryland With the click of a button, you can send pre-written letters to your Maryland state legislators in less than two minutes. And you can easily e-mail all of your family and friends in Maryland by clicking on the "Tell A Friend" button. Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #1 posted by Roger Sandford on October 19, 2000 at 11:20:19 PT: Rebuttal required for the following points In my local newspaper the following points were made and I want to write a rebuttal...can I have you comments1.THCsuppresses immunity to lung cancer and promotes tumour growth.( Journal of Immunology, July2000)2.NIDA Notes March 2000...."studies"!!!! show that long term marijuana users experience withdrawal symptoms such as irritability, stomach pain and aggression with high and low concentration marijuana.3Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre found in March2000 that heart attack risk is quintrupled for an hour after smoking Marijuana.4 Unspecified studies show that smoking marijuana by a pregnant woman detrimentally affects the unborn child.Hoping you can help me in this project...Regards Roger Sandford [ Post Comment ] Post Comment Name: Optional Password: E-Mail: Subject: Comment: [Please refrain from using profanity in your message] Link URL: Link Title: