There are many local and national organizations that have a lot of good information about medical cannabis. The descriptions are taken from the websites themselves. Please check out the following websites:
Oregon Based Organizations
| Name: | Mothers Against Misuse and Abuse (MAMAs) |
| Website: | http://mamas.org |
| Description: | Addressing the multifaceted issues of substance use, misuse, and abuse. |
| Name: | Official OMMP Website |
| Website: | http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/ommp/ |
| Description: | The Oregon Medical Marijuana Program is a State registry program within the Public Health Division, Oregon Department of Human Services. Our role is to administer the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act as approved by the voters of the State in November 1998. |
| Name: | The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation |
| Website: | http://www.hemp.org |
| Description: | The Hemp & Cannabis Foundation is working to educate the public about the truth concerning hemp and cannabis as well as helping medical marijuana patients. We have several clinics where our doctors help patients obtain a permit for medical marijuana. |
| Name: | Voter Power |
| Website: | http://www.voterpower.org |
| Description: | Voter Power advocates for reasonable, fair and effective cannabis laws and policies, and educates, registers and empowers voters to implement these policies. |
National Based Organizations
| Name: | Americal Alliance for Medical Cannabis (AAMC) |
| Website: | http://letfreedomgrow.com |
| Description: | We at AAMC are dedicated to bringing patients, caregivers and volunteers the facts they need to make informed decisions about whether Cannabis is the right medicine for them, the laws surrounding Medicinal Marijuana in your area, political activism and even handy recipes and guides to growing your own nontoxic medicine. |
| Name: | Americans for Safe Access (ASA) |
| Website: | http://www.safeaccessnow.org |
| Description: | Americans for Safe Access is the nation’s largest organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research. |
| Name: | Drug Sense |
| Website: | http://www.drugsense.org |
| Description: | DrugSense and its largest project MAP combine to form a 501 c3 non-profit corporation. We exist to provide accurate information relevant to drug policy in order to heighten awareness of the extreme damage being caused to our nation and the world by our current flawed and failed War on Drugs. We aim to inform the public of the existence of rational alternatives to the drug war, and to help organize citizens to bring about needed reforms. |
| Name: | Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) |
| Website: | http://www.mpp.org |
| Description: | With more than 23,000 dues-paying members and more than 100,000 e-mail subscribers, the Marijuana Policy Project is the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. Incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1995, MPP works to minimize the harm associated with marijuana -- both the consumption of marijuana and the laws that are intended to prohibit such use. |
| Name: | Veterans for Medical Marijuana Access |
| Website: | http://www.veteransformedicalmarijuana.org |
| Description: | Incorporated in 2007, Veterans for Medical Marijuana Access (VMMA) is the only organization in the United States that advocates for veterans' rights to access medical marijuana for therapeutic purposes. VMMA also works to minimize the harm associated with marijuana use, which many veterans believe to be conviction and incarceration. |