Commitments

Justice For Some? (available May 20th)

Wendy Murphy, J.D., is a fearless and groundbreaking attorney who represents crime victims, women, children, and victim service providers. She is the founder and director of the Victim Advocacy & Research Group, a volunteer legal advocacy organization that provides free legal services to victims. Ms. Murphy also teaches seminars on sexual violence at New England Law|Boston, where she directs the Judicial Language Project and an internet-based alert service called Sexual Violence Legal News. She has an extensive history of impact litigation in the aim of bringing about systemic change in the legal system of the United States.

As a young prosecutor, Ms. Murphy learned that the legal system works in favor of criminal defendants – often at the expense of their victims. She documents her firsthand experiences of this injustice and its enablers in her first book And Justice For Some. Join us as Wendy Murphy, J.D., guides us into the belly of the legal system for an exposé of the lawyers and judges who let dangerous criminals go free.

The Science of Cannabinoids

In the face of great controversy, medical marijuana (or MMJ) has proven effective in the treatment of chronic pain and inflammation, as well as diseases like cancer and diabetes. Last October, it became legal to buy Medical Marijuana Cannabidiol (CBD), a potent MMJ nutraceutical that just might be the greatest anti-inflammatory medicine known to man. An October 21, 2012 60 Minutes segment titled “Rocky Mountain High” covered the burgeoning MMJ industry in Denver, Colorado, highlighting companies like Dixie Elixirs, Medical Marijuana Inc., and Edibles Brand, which exist outside of the medical industrial complex.

MMJ advocate Dr. Mark Sircus, the director of the IMVA, returns to It’s Rainmaking Time!® to discuss the health benefits and industry implications of CBD. We will explore how CBD’s inability to produce an intoxicating effect shifts the debate about using illicit drugs as medicine, and how it can be used in combination with magnesium, baking soda, and iodine for safe and effective self-treatment of chronic pain and inflammation. Tune in as Dr. Mark Sircus guides us through the changing face of medicine and the promise of THC-free medical marijuana.