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From: Jim Rosenfield <jnr@igc.apc.org>
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Newsgroups: talk.politics.drugs
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Date: 04 Dec 93 00:52 PST
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Subject: CA Med MJ Res Text
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Message-ID: <1484000415@cdp>
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This bill pased both houses of the California legislature
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a few weeks ago:
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Senate Joint Resolution No. 8
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RESOLUTION CHAPTER 70
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Senate Joint Resolution Relative to cannabis/marijuana
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Filed with Secretary of State September 2, 1993.;
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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SJR 8, Mello: Controlled substances cannabis/marijuana
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This measure would memorialize the President and the Congress
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of the United States to enact appropriate legislation to permit
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cannabis/marijuana to be prescribed by licensed physicians and to
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ensure a safe and affordable supply of cannabis/marijuana for
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medical use
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WHEREAS, Scientific and medical studies by the National Academy
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of Science have shown cannabis/marijuana to be a safe and
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effective medicine with very low toxicity compared to most
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prescription drugs and it has been shown to be effective in the
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treatment of glaucoma, epilepsy, muscle spasticity, arthritis,
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the nausea, vomiting, and appetite loss associated with
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chemotherapies;anxiety and depression and the symptoms of
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withdrawal from alcohol and narcotics and
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WHEREAS studies show that one-third of all cancer patient
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discontinue potentially life-saving chemotherapy due to the
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severe and debilitating side effects and the same is true for
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many AIDS patients receiving AZT or other (sinlilal- ) therapies
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and
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WHEREAS, Most physicians surveyed said that they would
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prescribe cannabis/marijuana if legally available, and one-half
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of all cancer specialists surveyed said that they have already
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encouraged at least one of their patients to break the law and
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use cannabis/marijuana to ease the violent nausea and vomiting
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associated with their current treatments and
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WHEREAS, In May of 1991, the United Nations Narcotic Control
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Board voted overwhelmingly to reclassify cannabis/marijuana,
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placing it back on Schedule II, and making it availabIe by
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prescription, and, the United States representative to this board
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voted in favor of the rescheduling and
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WHEREAS, Despite a federal court order recognizing the "clearly
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established medical valuc" of cannabis/marijuana, and mandating
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that it be reclassified to Schedule II and made available by
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prescription, the federal government continues to deny access to
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this safe and effective medicine and
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WHEREAS, By its own admission, the federal government continues
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to deny access to cannabis/marijualla for political rather than
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medical reasons, and are using patients as pawns in the ever-
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escalating war on drugs by following current policies which place
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message before medicine, convenience before compassion,and
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politics before patients now, therefore, be it
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Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of
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California,jointly, That the Legislature of the State of
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California respectfully memorializes the President and the
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Congress of the United States to enact appropriate legislation to
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permit cannabis/marijuana to be prescribed by licensed physicians
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and to ensure a safe and affordable supply of cannabis/marijuana
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for medical use; and be it further
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Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of
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this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United
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States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to
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each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress
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of the United States.
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