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F.D.A. to Place New Limits on Prescriptions of Narcotics
F.D.A. to Place New Limits on Prescriptions of Narcotics
By GARDINER HARRIS
Published: February 9, 2009
WASHINGTON â "Many doctors may lose their ability to prescribe 24
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Reacción: ¿Usted lee la Crónica de la Guerra Contra las Drogas?
¿Usted lee la <em>Crónica de la Guerra Contra las Drogas</em>? En caso afirmativo, necesitamos saber su opinión para evaluar nuestro trabajo y defender la <em>Crónica</em> delante de los financistas. Necesitamos donaciones también.
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Semanal: Blogueando en el Bar Clandestino
âEl <em>blog</em> del fiscal de la droga deberÃa ser utilizado para el bien, no el malâ, âCasa Blanca dice que redadas contra la marihuana medicinal terminaránâ, âEs posible que enjuicien a Michael Phelps por calada de narguileâ, âRyan Frederick es declarado culpable de homicidio culposoâ, âEl asesinato de los perros de Cheye Calvo es una historia que no desapareceâ, âJuicio de Ryan Frederick va al juradoâ, âSiguen las redadas contra la marihuana medicinal, es tiempo de que Obama actúeâ, âCrece el apoyo a la legalización de la marihuana en Estados Unidosâ, âLa calada de narguile de que todo el mundo oyó hablarâ, â¿Qué le pasó al <em>blog</em> del fiscal de la droga?â, âLos antecedentes de Joe Biden en las polÃticas de drogas â Revisiónâ, âInvestigación de marihuana medicinal ha tomado una nueva dirección este sigloâ, âEquipo SWAT georgiano de Comarca de Gwinnett la malogra a lo grandeâ, âLa peligrosa distorsión de los estándares médicos de la lucha contra la drogaâ.
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Semanal: Esta semana en la historia
Los sucesos y citas de nota de los eventos de polÃticas de drogas de esta semana de los años anteriores.
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Este Asiático: Gobernación Metropolitana de Tokio molesta, pero desamparada frente a revista pro marihuana
El editor de una revista de Tokio para publicando ediciones que parecen decirle a la gente cómo cultivar marihuana y las autoridades de la zona se quejan. Sucede la tempestad al paso que los arrestos por marihuana en Japón llegan a un alza histórica.
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Marihuana: Legisladores de Vermont introducen proyecto de despenalización
La despenalización de la marihuana estará en la orden del dÃa de la Asamblea Legislativa de Vermont en esta sesión. Se introdujo un proyecto de ley el martes.
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Cops in South Carolina want to arrest Michael Phelps for smoling marijuana
What cops in South Carolina are doing to Michael Phelps is just wrong, it's called vindictive prosecution.
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Canadá: Jueza de Columbia Británica decide que restricciones contra la marihuana medicinal son inconstitucionales
La legislación de Canadá sobre la marihuana medicinal ha sido declarada inconstitucional en parte y ahora el Ministerio de Sanidad de Canadá tiene un año para rectificarla, ha decidido una jueza de Columbia Británica.
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Suroeste Asiático: Comandante estadounidense de OTAN en Afganistán cede en orden de matar a cualquier narcotraficante
La semana pasada el comandante estadounidense de la OTAN en Afganistán querÃa perseguir a todos los narcotraficantes como si fueran combatientes enemigos. Ahora frente a la rebelión de sus comandantes, ha tenido que ceder.
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Threatdown
No,not Stephen Colbert,B.C.Premier Gordon(Gordo)Campbell.He took the 6 shootings and 4 deaths in a single week and did the same thing every politician has done since the inception of the gang life sty
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There are so Many People in Jail, They Literally Donât fit
The criminal justice system in California is rapidly approaching a breaking point:
Passing harsh laws, capturing offenders and convicting people of crimes is the easy part. What a lot of people donât get is that the process doesnât end there. You have to actually do something with the people youâve decided to remove from society. Keeping massive populations behind bars for years at a time is phenomenally expensive, even if you do an appallingly poor job of it.
Itâs utterly disgusting that our drug laws condemn these people to a living hell, all because drugs are supposedly bad for your physical and emotional health. The treatment of our prisoners is disgraceful and the legions of prison-state profiteers who lobby for more jails and tougher laws seldom receive the recognition they deserve in the hierarchy of scum-sucking subspecies destroying our society.
The prison industry will not stop. These people have already created an unbelievable mess and they will fight for more laws and funding no matter how much worse it gets. When human beings start getting sick and dying in our jails, someone outside the criminal justice industry has to intervene, otherwise nothing will be done about it. It shouldnât even be necessary for judges to compel better prison conditions, but of course it is.
Fortunately, the one inevitable boundary that exists here is the fact that there is simply nothing left to spend on keeping more people in prison. The incarceration industry canât print its own money. Itâs a shame that we couldnât stall the escalation of our massive prison population with appeals to logic and compassion, but if it takes bankruptcy to abate this then so be it.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A special panel of federal judges tentatively ruled Monday that California must release tens of thousands of inmates to relieve overcrowding.
The judges said no other solution will improve conditions so poor that inmates die regularly of suicides or lack of proper care.
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"There are simply too many prisoners for the existing capacity," they wrote. "Evidence offered at trial was overwhelmingly to the effect that overcrowding is the primary cause of the unconstitutional conditions that have been found to exist in the California prisons." [AP]
Passing harsh laws, capturing offenders and convicting people of crimes is the easy part. What a lot of people donât get is that the process doesnât end there. You have to actually do something with the people youâve decided to remove from society. Keeping massive populations behind bars for years at a time is phenomenally expensive, even if you do an appallingly poor job of it.
Itâs utterly disgusting that our drug laws condemn these people to a living hell, all because drugs are supposedly bad for your physical and emotional health. The treatment of our prisoners is disgraceful and the legions of prison-state profiteers who lobby for more jails and tougher laws seldom receive the recognition they deserve in the hierarchy of scum-sucking subspecies destroying our society.
The prison industry will not stop. These people have already created an unbelievable mess and they will fight for more laws and funding no matter how much worse it gets. When human beings start getting sick and dying in our jails, someone outside the criminal justice industry has to intervene, otherwise nothing will be done about it. It shouldnât even be necessary for judges to compel better prison conditions, but of course it is.
Fortunately, the one inevitable boundary that exists here is the fact that there is simply nothing left to spend on keeping more people in prison. The incarceration industry canât print its own money. Itâs a shame that we couldnât stall the escalation of our massive prison population with appeals to logic and compassion, but if it takes bankruptcy to abate this then so be it.
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Marihuana: Legislador de Nuevo Hampshire introduce proyecto de despenalización
La Asamblea Legislativa de Nuevo Hampshire va a tomar una decisión otra vez sobre la despenalización de la marihuana. El año pasado fue aprobada en la Cámara, pero la estrangularon en el Senado.
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Alivio del dolor: AsesorÃa de FDA insta prohibición de Darvon y fármacos afines
Un panel de la FDA ha aconsejado la eliminación de Darvon [dextropropoxifeno] y sus afines genéricos del mercado al citar problemas de seguridad y eficacia. Pero prohibir el analgésico opiáceo de consumo generalizado podrÃa causar más problemas que los que soluciona.
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Marihuana medicinal: Se estrangula proyecto de Dakota del Sur, Cámara vota por prohibir la Salvia divinorum por si acaso
La Asamblea Legislativa de Dakota del Sur ha estrangulado un proyecto de ley sobre la marihuana medicinal, en tanto que la Cámara ha aprobado uno para prohibir la <em>Salvia divinorum</em>.
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Policial: Las historias de policÃas corruptos de esta semana
Esta semana los agentes penitenciarios se alocaron, más un alguacil tejano muy turbio, algunos agentes antidrogas emprendedores en Fresno y los últimos problemas en el almacén de pruebas en Galveston.
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Press Release: Medical Marijuana Bill Passes Senate Committee in Bipartisan Vote, 8-3
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEÂ Â Â
FEBRUARY 11, 2009
Medical Marijuana Bill Passes Senate Committee in Bipartisan Vote, 8-3
CONTACT: Former Rep. Chris DeLaForest (R-Andover)......................................................(763) 439-1178
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA -- Minnesota's medical marijuana bill, S.F. 97, cleared its first major hurdle this afternoon, passing the Senate Health, Housing and Family Security Committee in a bipartisan vote of 8 to 3. The committee received spoken and written testimony from a number of patients and family members describing the relief provided by medical marijuana when conventional treatments had failed.
   "I believe this will be the year medical marijuana becomes law in Minnesota," said Sen. Steve Murphy (DFL-Red Wing), a sponsor of the bill. "We've seen now from the experiences of 13 states -- one-quarter of the country -- that these laws work well, and that the dire warnings of opponents simply don't come true. The voters understand that there is no reason to subject suffering patients to arrest and jail for using a doctor-recommended medicine."
   One of those testifying was Joni Whiting of Jordan, a disabled Vietnam veteran who had strongly disapproved of marijuana use until her daughter was diagnosed with melanoma and began suffering unbearable nausea and pain from the treatments. "I was opposed to marijuana," Whiting said, "but the nausea my daughter suffered from the chemotherapy was so bad she lost a lot of weight, and the pills the doctor prescribed didn't help -- including Marinol, the THC pill. Marijuana allowed her to eat and also helped ease her pain, and she looked better than I'd seen her in months. I would have rather spent the rest of my life in prison than have denied her the medicine that kept her pain at bay and allowed her to live 89 more days."
   "I'm pleased to co-author this important legislation that will empower doctors and patients while protecting sick and dying Minnesotans from the threat of criminal prosecution," said Sen. Debbie Johnson (R-Ham Lake). "Most FDA-approved drugs assist in managing short-term pain. Chronically ill and terminal patients need alternatives. Medical marijuana is one of those alternatives."
   Written testimony from patients and others is available at http://www.minnesotacares.org/Health_Housing_and_Family_Security_Committee_Testimony.htm.
   Thirteen states, including one-quarter of the U.S. population, now permit medical use of marijuana under state law. The newest such law was enacted by Michigan voters last November, passing with a record-setting 63 percent "yes" vote. Medical organizations which have recognized marijuana's medical uses include the American Public Health Association, American Nurses Association, American Academy of HIV Medicine, and American College of Physicians, which noted "marijuana's proven efficacy at treating certain symptoms and its relatively low toxicity," in a statement issued last year.
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