Cannabis cup!!!

The 2011 Medical Cannabis Cup is next week in San Francisco. This means the best medical marijuana in california will be in attendance with the High Times crew. This event will never disappoint.
http://medcancup.com/san-francisco/

In case you didnt know

 Just a few of the various diseases and disorders that are treatable by cannabis. Do you need medical marijuana?

• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Acquired Hypothyroidism
• Acute Gastritis
• Agoraphobia
• AIDS Related Illness
• Alcohol Abuse
• Alopecia Areata
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Amphetamine Dependency
• Amyloidosis
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
• Angina Pectoris
• Ankylosis
• Anorexia
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Anxiety Disorders 
• Any chronic medical symptom that limits major life activities
• Any Chronic Medical Symptom that Limits Major Life Activities
• Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
• Arthritis
• Arthropathy, gout
• Asthma
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
• Autism/Aspergers
• Autoimmune Disease
• Back Pain
• Back Sprain
• Bell's Palsy
• Bipolar Disorder
• Brain Tumor, Malignant
• Bruxism
• Bulimia
• Cachexia
• Cancer
• Cancer, Adrenal Cortical
• Cancer, Endometrial
• Cancer, Prostate
• Cancer, Testicular
• Cancer, Uterine
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Cerebral Palsy
• Cervical Disk Disease
• Cervicobrachial Syndrome
• Chemotherapy
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Chronic Pain
• Chronic renal failure
• Cocaine Dependence
• Colitis
• Conjunctivitis
• Constipation
• Crohn's Disease
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Damage to Spinal Cord Nervous Tissue
• Darier's Disease
• Degenerative Arthritis
• Degenerative Arthropathy
• Delirium Tremens
• Dermatomyositis
• Diabetes, Adult Onset
• Diabetes, Insulin Dependent
• Diabetic Neuropathy
• Diabetic Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Diarrhea
• Diverticulitis
• Dysthymic Disorder
• Eczema
• Emphysema
• Emphysema
• Endometriosis
• Epidermolysis Bullosa
• Epididymitis
• Epilepsy
• Felty's Syndrome
• Fibromyalgia
• Friedreich's Ataxia
• Gastritis
• Genital Herpes
• Glaucoma
• Glioblastoma Multiforme
• Graves Disease
• Headaches, Cluster
• Headaches, Migraine
• Headaches, Tension
• Hemophilia A
• Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
• Hepatitis C
• Hereditary Spinal Ataxia
• HIV/AIDS
• Hospice Patients
• Huntington's Disease
• Hypertension
• Hyperventilation
• Hypoglycemia
• Impotence
• Inflammatory autoimmune-mediated arthritis
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
• Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED)
• Intractable Vomitting
• Lipomatosis
• Lou Gehrig's Disease
• Lyme Disease
• Lymphoma
• Major Depression
• Malignant Melanoma
• Mania
• Melorheostosis
• Meniere's Disease
• Motion Sickness
• Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS)
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
• Muscle Spasms
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Myeloid Leukemia
• Nail-Patella Syndrome
• Nightmares
• Obesity
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Opiate Dependence
• Osteoarthritis
• Panic Disorder
• Parkinson's Disease
• Peripheral Neuropathy
• Peritoneal Pain
• Persistent Insomnia
• Porphyria
• Post Polio Syndrome (PPS)
• Post-traumatic arthritis
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
• Prostatitis
• Psoriasis
• Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Quadriplegia
• Radiation Therapy
• Raynaud's Disease
• Reiter's Syndrom
• Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)
• Rosacea
• Schizoaffective Disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Scoliosis
• Sedative Dependence
• Seizures
• Senile Dementia
• Severe Nausea
• Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
• Sinusitis
• Skeletal Muscular Spasticity
• Sleep Apnea
• Spasticity
• Spinal Stenosis
• Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS)
• Stuttering
• Tardive Dyskinesia (TD)
• Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ)
• Tenosynovitis
• Terminal Illness
• Thyroiditis
• Tic Douloureux
• Tietze's Syndrome
• Tinnitus
• Tobacco Dependence
• Tourette's Syndrome
• Trichotillomania
• Viral Hepatitis
• Wasting Syndrome
• Whiplash
• Wittmaack-Ekbom's Syndrome
• Writers' Cramp

The past few weeks in our government

 So these guys have been doing some good lately, they introduced bills to congress that.

A) Protect medical marijuana parients, caregivers, and third party suppliers under federal law.
That is a huge step foward and is much needed to close some legal mixups.

B) Give dispensaries and other small businesses at that access to banking.
 No longer do they have to accept only cash. No longer do they have tens of thousands of dollars on hand making them a target for robberies.

C) Lets medical marijuana businesses take tax deductions.
 If they're going to pay all their taxes, then they get to have the same deductions other businesses do. And if they dont pay all their taxes, then the IRS comes in and shuts them down while the DEA laughs.

 Every once in a while congress lets something good through. Now they just have to vote on it, you might want to call your congressman.

My home state

California we now have over one million medical marijuana patients. Now thats just an estimate because here in california we dont register with the state to get the recomendation. The recomendation itself is all we need to be a medical marijana patient. The state literally has no information on who has a medical marijuana card exept for those who bought a state issued id, which only about 12000 people did last year. Its a very liberal system and it works very well. The best part is its all backed up by califrornia senate bill 420. This bit of legeslation ensures our right to medicate under the tenth amendment of the us constitution. Thats some serious stuff right there. So serious that if one unlucky soul were to be arrested for cultivating their own medicine by the legal limits and charged federally, he could take it to the supreme court and would win every time. This is because the federal government has no constitutional authority in the matters of medicine, thats a state right. You really have to love that constitution.

happy medicating 

Congrats Vermont!

Patients in Vermont just got the right to buy their meds from a dispensary. This means no more drug dealers and risky grows for the good people trying to medicate. They've had the right to medicate for about seven years now and havent had one legal dispensary. In a time where states have the foresight to recognize marijuana as a medicine, we cant leave the patients out to dry like that. Congrats Vermont I hope you get some compassionate care.
happy medicating