The journal Neurology recently published new guidelines stating some forms of medical marijuana may help alleviate certain symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis. Researchers found that cannabis can help with spasticity, or muscle stiffness, and with frequent urination. However, mmj did not alleviate tremors or urinary incontinence.

The Las Vegas City Council took a stand for medical marijuana last Wednesday, voting to allow dispensaries and directing staff to bring back final regulations for a vote in May or June.

The LA Times reports that the Obama administration handed backers of medical marijuana a significant victory last Friday, opening the way for a University of Arizona researcher to examine whether cannabis can help veterans cope with PTSD.

This year’s 4/1 is a bigger deal than 4/20, at least from a non-US marijuana stock investing standpoint. Come April 1, not only will Canada’s MMPR program roll-out, but Uruguay’s legalization of marijuana will also take effect. Canada’s Tweed Inc. plans to be the first publicly-traded MMPR licensed producer and projects $100M in revenue within the first two years.

Last Thursday’s Colbert Report had a solid ten minutes on the (just starting to boom) green rush. The first video bit covered Colorado’s booming recreational marijuana sales...

A new NBC News / WSJ poll asked Americans which one of the these four substances is most harmful for your health. The answers, in order of most harmful, tobacco (49%), alcohol (24%), sugar (15%), and marijuana (8%).  The poll also encouragingly found 57% of 18-35 years old adults have “seen, read or heard a lot” of news about marijuana.

Bart Mackay is technically pot’s first billionaire, as a result of his ~$1.8 billion worth of CannaVest holdings. However, he doesn’t see it that way since he’s never sold any shares, nor does he believe the stock price would support a large sale.

The upcoming August 19 ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana under Alaska state law has seen little early campaign spending by advocates and none by opponents. The initiative has spent $132k to-date, from MPP, mainly to get enough signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot.

Colorado made roughly $2 million in recreational marijuana taxes, based on $14.02 million in sales, for the month of January, state revenue officials reported yesterday. They declared that the first $40 million of the excise tax must go to school construction; the rest will be spent by state lawmakers.

Medical research published in the journal Neuron confirms that cannabinoid receptors are present in the part of the brain that regulates anxiety and fear, the amygdala. More studies are needed to explain why some marijuana users, usually novices, are more prone to paranoid side effects, while most others experience anxiety reduction.

According to a recent online poll conducted by Medical Marijuana Business Daily, 61 percent of Colorado stoners prefer to buy weed from legal sources rather than their neighborhood drug dealer. Only 5 percent of the respondents revealed a loyalty to the black market despite legalization.

Rep. Todd Rutherford (D-Columbia, @RepRutherford) filed Thursday the “Put Patients First Act”, to allow the use of medical marijuana in South Carolina. It has provisions for people with cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and cachexia.

A poll released Monday from Connecticut’s Quinnipiac University showed that 85 percent of Pennsylvania voters believe adults should be allowed to use marijuana for medical purposes if their doctor prescribes it. Recreational use however only showed 48 percent support for legalization.

Rhode Island Governor Chafee (D) may be warming to legalizing and regulating recreational marijuana in the state, based on a recent series of comments. Chafee, through his spokeswoman Faye Zuckerman, issued a statement on Monday: “The legislation to legalize marijuana is currently winding its way through the General Assembly. If it were to reach his desk, the governor would evaluate it at that time.”

Seedmine.com ranks the top five pot-friendly campuses. They are: #1 UC-Boulder; #2 Evergreen State College; #3 UC-Santa Cruz; #4 Ithaca College; and #5 Lewis and Clark College. Read here for details on each school.

Viktor Ivanov, head of Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN), recently spouted some pure, Grade A cannabis reefer madness in an interview with the Interfax news agency. The “medical...

Vice President Joe Biden said in a Time interview on Thursday that the Administration supports smarter enforcement, but not outright legalization. “I think the idea of focusing significant resources on interdicting or convicting people for smoking marijuana is a waste of our resources,” Biden said. “That’s different than [legalization]. Our policy for our Administration is still not legalization, and that is [and] continues to be our policy.”

Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Program (MMP) has a surplus of $23,534,952.42, accumulated over the Program’s almost 5-year existence, from overpayment of fees. MI’s legislature approved in this year’s budget to allow for a $3 million payout to local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of “education on, and enforcement of, the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act.”

Wyoming Rep. James Byrd has sponsored House Bill 49, which would decriminalize up to an ounce of cannabis in the state. Someone caught with up to a half ounce of pot would be subject to a civil penalty of $50, the bill states. If they had a half ounce to an ounce, they would be fined $100.

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