DRUG BUSTS

NORML - Vaporization is a "safe and effective" cannabinoid delivery mode
for patients who desire the rapid onset of action associated with
inhalation while avoiding the respiratory risks of smoking, according to
clinical trial data to be published in the journal Clinical Pharmacology
& Therapeutics. Investigators at San Francisco General Hospital reported
that use of the Volcano vaporizing device delivered "efficient" doses of
THC to subjects in a "reproducible" manner while significantly reducing
their intake of gaseous combustion toxins, including carbon monoxide.

KEVIN MCDERMOTT, ST LOUIS POST-DISPATCH - Illinois' latest attempt to
legalize medical marijuana is getting support from a surprising source -
religious leaders. "The moral issue is relief of suffering," said the
Rev. D. Jay Johnson of the Union Avenue Christian Church in Litchfield.
Johnson is one of more than 40 state religious leaders named in a letter
distributed to legislators as they consider changing Illinois law to
allow use of marijuana for treating pain and nausea in medical patients.
But opponents also are leaning on religious morality as a central part
of their argument. They say that the real purpose of the movement is to
legalize recreational pot, and that well-meaning clergy are being duped.
. . In the past decade, medicinal marijuana has been legalized in 12
states: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada,
New Mexico, Oregon,

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/
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