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Houston Doctors Discuss Medical Cannabis at RAMP Event

RAMP (Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition) will host a forum with medical doctors answering questions about marijuana. It will be held on November 19, 2014 at the University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work.

Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition and Young Americans for Liberty at University of Houston hosted a forum about medical marijuana, with presentations by two medical doctors and a panel discussion for questions. Please enjoy video from the event, held at U of H on November 19, 2014. About the Speakers: Dr. Elias Jackson is the co-founder […]

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Doctors launching Houston biotech to study cannabis efficacy will host Q&A session on Nov. 19

RAMP (Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition) will host a forum with medical doctors answering questions about marijuana. It will be held on November 19, 2014 at the University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work.

(Houston, TX) – Two founding doctors in a new Houston biotech firm will participate in a medical marijuana Q&A session at the University of Houston on November 19. Dr. Elias Jackson, co-founder and president of Vyripharm Biopharmaceuticals, and Dr. David J. Yang, former Chief of Radiotheranostic at the Department of Cancer Systems Imaging at the […]

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Message from President of Newly-Formed North Carolina RAMP, Major (R) David Hargitt Sr.

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Guest Post by Major (R) David Hargitt Sr., President of North Carolina RAMP I’d like to introduce myself, my name is Dave Hargitt, I am the founding President and Board Chairman of North Carolina Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition. Other than the three years I attended Purdue University, a year in Korea, and two years at […]

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RAMP Maine is forming. Hear from the President!

Former State Representative Stavros J. Mendros is President of the newly-formed RAMP Maine. Listen to Mendros on the radio alongside Marijuana Policy Project’s David Boyer. They discuss ballot initiatives being considered by voters in South Portland and Lewiston, Maine. The initiatives would allow the legal possession of a small amount of marijuana in private spaces. […]

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Shem Kellogg, Republican running for State Representative in New Hampshire, supports repeal of marijuana prohibition

Shem Kellogg, Republican Candidate for State Representative in New Hampshire, by Judd Weiss

Shem Kellogg is running for State Representative to serve Atkinson and Plaistow (Rockingham 14). Shem is the chair of his Republican Town Committee. He is an elected member of his town planning board and an appointed member of his regional planning commission. He is a Son of the American Revolution and active in his community […]

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Why Republican Ron Gold, Candidate for California AG, Supports Marijuana Legalization

Ron Gold, Republican candidate for California Attorney General, discusses marijuana legalization with RAMP.

Ron Gold, the Republican candidate for Attorney General in California, answered several questions about marijuana legalization in an interview with RAMP. His Democratic opponent, Attorney General Kamala Harris, did not support Prop 19, the 2010 effort to legalize recreational marijuana in California that narrowly lost. Brian Brokaw, a spokesman for Harris told KCRA in August, […]

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RAMP welcomes Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson announcement of 1st Chance Intervention Program for possession of marijuana under two ounces

1st Chance Intervention Program for Marijuana Possession

The six-month pilot program will be coordinated with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office and the Houston Police Department. RAMP supports a reduction in criminal convictions for small amounts of marijuana possession. (Houston, TX) – District Attorney Devon Anderson announced today the implementation of a pilot intervention program. The program will allow first-time offenders caught with […]

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Pennsylvania Senate overwhelmingly approves medical marijuana bill; unclear path through House

Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition supporters rallying at the Pennsylvania State Capitol for passage of a medical cannabis bill.

The Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act (Senate Bill 1182) would permit Pennsylvanian doctors to prescribe extracted oil, edible products, ointments and vaporization to patients with certain debilitating medical conditions. Introduced by Republican State Senator Michael Folmer, the bill passed in the Senate last week 43-7, and awaits consideration in the Republican led House. Unfortunately […]

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Mitch McConnell weighs in on marijuana legalization in Senate race

Photo of Mitch McConnell speaking at CPAC 2014 in Washington, DC taken by Gage Skidmore.

Senator Mitch McConnell addressed marijuana legalization in his race for reelection to his long-held Senate seat in Kentucky. McConnell argued that ending federal marijuana prohibition would be akin to “giving up.” He told WVLK radio in Lexington, Kentucky, as reported by Roll Call, “I’m against legalizing marijuana. Certainly it’s not in the same category as […]

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Republican Party of Florida Tables Marijuana Resolution in Closed Meeting

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The Republican Party of Florida Executive Committee decided to table the issue of medical marijuana rather than take a side at their Summer 2014 Quarterly Meeting, Sept. 12-13 in Lake Buena Vista, FL. A resolution was advanced for the RPOF to officially oppose Amendment 2, legalizing medical marijuana, on the November ballot. In a 20-13 […]

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