RIPAC E-News
October 2007 Edition
RI Patient Advocacy Coalition
October 2007 Edition
RI Patient Advocacy Coalition
Welcome to the newsletter of the Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition (RIPAC)! Visit our website, www.RIpatients.org.
In this issue:
1. NEW PAIN RESEARCH: MEDIUM DOSE OF MARIJUANA IS BEST
2. RIPAC PARTNERS HOSTING EVENTS IN NOVEMBER
3. CHECK OUT NEW CONTENT AT WWW.RIPATIENTS.ORG
4. RIPAC AT 2007 NORML CONFERENCE IN LOS ANGELES
5. NEXT COMMUNITY MEETING AND CARDHOLDER MEETING
1. NEW PAIN RESEARCH: MEDIUM DOSE OF MARIJUANA IS BEST
2. RIPAC PARTNERS HOSTING EVENTS IN NOVEMBER
3. CHECK OUT NEW CONTENT AT WWW.RIPATIENTS.ORG
4. RIPAC AT 2007 NORML CONFERENCE IN LOS ANGELES
5. NEXT COMMUNITY MEETING AND CARDHOLDER MEETING
1. NEW PAIN RESEARCH: MEDIUM DOSE OF MARIJUANA IS BEST
- A new study has found that while 2%-THC (weak) marijuana does not relieve pain, and 4%-THC (medium-potency) marijuana does effectively relieve pain, 8%-THC (strong) marijuana can actually increase pain.
- This research, from the University of California at San Diego's Center for Medical Cannabis Research, will be published in the journal Anesthesiology; read more at MedPageToday and Americans for Safe Access.
- At the Red Ribbon Dinner on 11/30, AIDS Project RI will honor Sen. Rhoda Perry & Rep. Tom Slater for sponsoring the Medical Marijuana Act! Visit AIDSprojectRI.org for schedule and tickets!
- RIPAC sponsored AIDS Project RI's October edition of Gay Bingo. It was lots of fun, so you should definitely check out their next Gay Bingo Night at 7pm on 11/15.
- On November 6, at 5:30pm, Senior Agenda Coalition is having a party: "Rock Your Future" will celebrate two milestones for Senior Agenda Coalition, their fifth birthday and the release of "Senior Agenda 2007-2008 Factbook: A Profile of Well-Being of Older Rhode Islanders." See SeniorAgendaRI.org for tix & more info.
- Our Tips for Patients page has been updated with a new Grow Guide to help patients provide their own medicine.
- Our Medical Info section has a new page highlighting research on medical marijuana and Epilepsy & Seizures.
- NORML invited RIPAC Executive Director Jesse Stout to represent Rhode Island at the 2007 NORML Conference in L.A. by giving a speech to its audience of hundreds! Here's a picture.
- This trip also provided a great chance for RIPAC to show Rhode Island patients' solidarity with medical marijuana patients around the country at this huge Americans for Safe Access rally 10/11/07 at Governor Schwarzenegger's office. The first video here chronicles the rally (Jesse's in a green t-shirt a few feet behind the podium).
- RIPAC's next medical marijuana Community Meeting for patients, caregivers, advocates, and anyone else interested in learning more will be 7pm, Tuesday, November 13. Contact RIPAC for more information.
- Our next Cardholder Meeting, for licensed patients and caregivers in the RI Medical Marijuana Program only, will be 7pm, Tuesday, November 27. If you are a licensed patient or caregiver and would like to attend, contact RIPAC here.
Have a healthy day,
RIPAC
www.RIpatients.org
P.S.: If you like what we're doing, please donate to RIPAC either online with PayPal or by check to "RI Patient Advocacy Coalition" at PO Box 2731, Providence, RI 02906.
RIPAC
www.RIpatients.org
P.S.: If you like what we're doing, please donate to RIPAC either online with PayPal or by check to "RI Patient Advocacy Coalition" at PO Box 2731, Providence, RI 02906.