Category: Medical Marijuana

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Medical marijuana news and commentary

October 22, 2012
10/22/2012
Dilbert Cartoonist Rips Obama Over Medical Marijuana

Dilbert Cartoonist Rips Obama Over Medical Marijuana

Dilbert comic strip creator Scott Adams is taking issue with Obama’s medical marijuana policy and Aaron Sandusky’s recent conviction; “I assume the President is clamping down on California dispensaries for political...
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October 22, 2012
10/22/2012
World Famous Cannabis Cafe’s Monthly Cannabis and Hemp Expo

World Famous Cannabis Cafe’s Monthly Cannabis and Hemp Expo

The World Famous Cannabis Café hosts a monthly Cannabis and Hemp Expo on the first Sunday of every month.  It features a variety of services for Oregon Medical...
By: Anna Diaz
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October 22, 2012
10/22/2012
Arkansas Drug Director, Chamber Oppose Medical Marijuana

Arkansas Drug Director, Chamber Oppose Medical Marijuana

Arkansas’ top anti-drug official and the state Chamber of Commerce joined pharmacists and law enforcement agencies last Friday to announce their opposition to the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act, a measure...
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October 22, 2012
10/22/2012
Maine State Housing Authority Freezes Medical Marijuana Ban for 180 Days

Maine State Housing Authority Freezes Medical Marijuana Ban for 180 Days

The Maine State Housing Authority has agreed to let tenants in subsidized housing continue using and growing medical marijuana at home for another six months – and...
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October 22, 2012
10/22/2012
Montel Williams Calls Opponents to Legalizing Medical Marijuana “Racist”

Montel Williams Calls Opponents to Legalizing Medical Marijuana “Racist”

“Offensive is really an understatement. It’s the most egregiously racist, false statement you’ve ever seen in your life,” Williams reportedly told the Little Rock crowd in regards to a...
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October 19, 2012
10/19/2012
NJ Weedman Ed Forchion Found Not Guilty

NJ Weedman Ed Forchion Found Not Guilty

In a stunning victory for the power of juries, Ed Forchion (aka NJ Weedman, a very visible medical marijuana activist) was found not guilty today of possession...
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
Melrose, Massachusetts Makes Preemptive Strike Against Marijuana Dispensaries

Melrose, Massachusetts Makes Preemptive Strike Against Marijuana Dispensaries

Melrose, Massachusetts is joining a growing list of communities throughout the Commonwealth in a preemptive push to ban medical marijuana dispensaries within the city.
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
‘Code of the West’ Illustrates Need for Sensible Regulation

‘Code of the West’ Illustrates Need for Sensible Regulation

Of the 17 states that have passed medical marijuana laws, only one — Montana — has experienced a serious legislative effort to repeal the law. How could...
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
DC Circuit Orders Supplemental Briefing in Federal Landmark Medical Marijuana Case

DC Circuit Orders Supplemental Briefing in Federal Landmark Medical Marijuana Case

Just hours after the US Court of Appeal for the DC Circuit heard oral arguments in the federal landmark case Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration, the court ordered...
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
The First Annual ‘The Hemp Connoisseur’; Part 5: The Winners!

The First Annual ‘The Hemp Connoisseur’; Part 5: The Winners!

This past Friday, the finals of this year’s The Hemp Connoisseur competition were held at Casselman’s in Denver. The event was a “Cirque de Cannabis,” complete with circus style...
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
Medical Marijuana Gardens Could Spring Up in Vancouver, Washington Under Proposed Ordinance

Medical Marijuana Gardens Could Spring Up in Vancouver, Washington Under Proposed Ordinance

Medical marijuana gardens supplying as many as 10 people each and growing as many as 45 plants each may flourish in Vancouver, Washington by next year.
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.17)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.17)

04:14pm The federal rescheduling petition got a day in court, the feds keep up the pressure in California, a dispensary may actually open in New Jersey,...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Initiative Watch (2012.10.17)

Initiative Watch (2012.10.17)

05:36pm With less than three weeks to go until election day, there is a lot of activity on the state-level initiative front–but not everywhere. Some campaigns...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Where To on Cannabis Reform? Navigating Around Federal Apathy

Where To on Cannabis Reform? Navigating Around Federal Apathy

As Americans for Safe Access battles cannabis scheduling nationally, advocates need to push social movement locally. On Oct. 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. considered the...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Smoke Less to Get Higher? The Endogenous Cannabinoid Receptors

Smoke Less to Get Higher? The Endogenous Cannabinoid Receptors

Have you ever noticed after smoking a lot, you tend to get less high? Last 4/20 my buddies and I had a smoking marathon. We consumed all...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Maine Police Return 17 Stolen Marijuana Plants to Caregiver

Maine Police Return 17 Stolen Marijuana Plants to Caregiver

Although concerned about violating federal law, Ellsworth, Maine police returned 17 stolen cannabis plants to a licensed medical marijuana caregiver worth an estimated $12,800.
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Appeals Court Hears Case On Medical Value of Marijuana

Appeals Court Hears Case On Medical Value of Marijuana

This morning, the federal Appeals Court for the DC Circuit heard an appeal in the case called Americans for Safe Access v Drug Enforcement Administration. The case is...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
Rhode Island Medical Society Challenges New Marijuana Policy

Rhode Island Medical Society Challenges New Marijuana Policy

The Rhode Island Medical Society has joined a lawsuit against the state health department over its decision to accept medical marijuana applications signed only by doctors, not...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith Can’t Back Up His Medical Marijuana Claim

San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith Can’t Back Up His Medical Marijuana Claim

Jan Goldsmith wrote: “Those who were making bundles of money enticing customers with phony medical marijuana cards ‘issued’ through Skype by a phony ‘provider’ were no better...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
New Jersey Issues First Permit for Medical Marijuana

New Jersey Issues First Permit for Medical Marijuana

New Jersey issued its first permit to a medical marijuana distributor in Montclair and expects it to begin dispensing by year-end, Health Commissioner Mary O’Dowd said. About 320...
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