Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
Number of Colorado Medical Marijuana Patients Up in May

Number of Colorado Medical Marijuana Patients Up in May

Colorado has 98,910 registered medical marijuana patients as of May 31, 2012, according to the latest report from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. This is an...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
Video: DEA Politely Threatens Del Mar City Council Before Medical Marijuana Vote

Video: DEA Politely Threatens Del Mar City Council Before Medical Marijuana Vote

Patrick Kelly, Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the DEA San Diego Field Division and for the San Diego Narcotic(s) Task Force, paid a special visit...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
Video: Cannabis Connoisseur Doug Fine on Conan

Video: Cannabis Connoisseur Doug Fine on Conan

Doug Fine sat down with Conan O’Brien on Wednesday to talk about his book Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution. Fine elaborated on the...
By: Lateralus
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
Is the CIA a drug cartel?

Is the CIA a drug cartel?

A Mexican government official has told reporters that the CIA and other international security forces are not fighting drug traffickers, but rather they are managing the trade that...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
How Conscientious Consumerism Could Re-shape the Marijuana Industry

How Conscientious Consumerism Could Re-shape the Marijuana Industry

The black market created by the war on marijuana has generated massive wealth for cartels and human suffering. It has also created real environmental damage from all...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
‘Stirring the Pot’ Forum Panelists Say Regulation Is Key in Legalization of Marijuana

‘Stirring the Pot’ Forum Panelists Say Regulation Is Key in Legalization of Marijuana

Last night, ‘Stirring the Pot‘, a public forum focused on life post-legalization in 2016 California, met for two hours of heated debate covering topics such as taxation,...
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July 26, 2012
07/26/2012
Maine agency maps new rules for medical marijuana

Maine agency maps new rules for medical marijuana

State health officials in Maine have proposed adding several new rules to the state’s medical marijuana laws, such as making optional a state identification system, reducing police marijuana...
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July 26, 2012
07/26/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.07.25)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.07.25)

06:22pm, (Issue #744) Harborside fights for its life, LA bans dispensaries, and Oregon transplant hospitals are lightening up on medical marijuana patients. Those are the big...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Study: Cannabis Extracts Mitigate Muscle Stiffness In Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Study: Cannabis Extracts Mitigate Muscle Stiffness In Multiple Sclerosis Patients

The oral administration of cannabis extracts significantly reduces muscle stiffness in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to just published clinical trial data published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Medical Marijuana Advocates Decry Los Angeles Dispensary Ban Vote, Announce Referendum Campaign

Medical Marijuana Advocates Decry Los Angeles Dispensary Ban Vote, Announce Referendum Campaign

Today’s City Council vote disregards public health needs of thousands of patients, makes city legally vulnerable. Los Angeles, CA — After more than four years of attempting to craft...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Lebanon Hash Farmers Attack Eradicators

Lebanon Hash Farmers Attack Eradicators

04:32pm Lebanese security forces began eradicating cannabis fields in the Bekaa Valley Monday, but locals fought back with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, wounding one policeman...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Federal Judges Dismiss Every Lawsuit Filed by California Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Seeking Protection

Federal Judges Dismiss Every Lawsuit Filed by California Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Seeking Protection

Federal judges reinforced marijuana’s Schedule I status under the Controlled Substances Act by dismissing lawsuits advocating for dispensaries in all four California court districts. Medical marijuana supporters sought to stop...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
CAMP, California’s Annual Pot Eradication Program Scaled Back

CAMP, California’s Annual Pot Eradication Program Scaled Back

CAMP (The Campaign Against Marijuana Planting), California’s 28-year-old marijuana eradication program that has destroyed millions of pot plants in public and private wilderness areas is no more. It is...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Washington Marijuana Initiative Has Good Week

Washington Marijuana Initiative Has Good Week

06:52pm This has been a good week for I-502, the Washington state initiative to legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana, and its sponsors, New Approach Washington. Over...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Oakland to President Obama: Change Your Ways!

Oakland to President Obama: Change Your Ways!

02:33am Several hundred — perhaps as many as a thousand — medical marijuana patients, providers, and supporters took to the streets of Oakland Monday afternoon to...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Mitt Romney’s Close-Minded Views About Marijuana

Mitt Romney’s Close-Minded Views About Marijuana

Well, just when I was sure that people were awakening from their prejudiced and fearful assumptions about marijuana, I decided to check and see what Mitt Romney...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Arizona Rules Marijuana Ineffective in the Treatment of Depression, Anxiety and Migraines

Arizona Rules Marijuana Ineffective in the Treatment of Depression, Anxiety and Migraines

Patient advocates in Arizona sought to expand the qualifying conditions for the use of medical marijuana. Their goal was to include PTSD, depression, migraines, and anxiety. However,...
By: Lateralus
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July 23, 2012
07/23/2012
SUNY Professor Shreds Heritage Foundation Reefer Madness Article

SUNY Professor Shreds Heritage Foundation Reefer Madness Article

Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany shreds an anachronistic reefer madness article written by The Heritage Foundation’s Charles Stimson entitled “Why...
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July 23, 2012
07/23/2012
‘Stirring the Pot’ Forum Puts Discussion of Legalized Marijuana on Front Burner

‘Stirring the Pot’ Forum Puts Discussion of Legalized Marijuana on Front Burner

In an attempt to understand and discuss what life in California might be like if marijuana were legal (versus should be legal), the Santa Barbara Foundation and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History are...
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July 23, 2012
07/23/2012
Racism and Marijuana Arrests: It’s Not Just NYC

Racism and Marijuana Arrests: It’s Not Just NYC

Racism and marijuana go back to the early days of prohibition. New York City is notorious for the racial skewing of its marijuana arrests. Over the last...
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