Preparing to Use Medical Marijuana?

NY Times' coverage of the Supreme Court deliberations and the context of the case, which we have already blogged to death, is pretty good, but the constitutional subtlety is mind numbing, as seen in this Christian Science Monitor piece. Hey, cut to the chase: here's the Marijuana Policy Project briefing, this is a link to the IOM report, and this is what the Court said on this matter the last time the Bush administration came knocking.

If the ruling works out, it's on sale at Target. Only 4-8 weeks to get it when you order now. Or click "add to my wish list," dude.

Monitor on Stem Cells

Somebody at the Christian Science Monitor has decided that it is bioethics week. This stem cell piece does a great job of establishing the real effect that $6 billion in Prop 71 money for stem cell research in California would have on the rest of the nation and on the stem cell debate. Great quotes from Annas, Caplan and Kahn.

UN Cloning Situation UPDATED

Leave it to the Christian Science Monitor to produce the first thoughtful description of the current state of the UN debate concerning the several versions of proposed international bans on several kinds of cloning technologies. UPDATE: The vote has stalled again as New Scientist reports in this great piece.