Category: Medical Marijuana

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Medical marijuana news and commentary

February 27, 2013
02/27/2013
Medical Marijuana Patient Raided After Mention in Newspaper

Medical Marijuana Patient Raided After Mention in Newspaper

Yesterday, the Miami Herald published an article discussing a recent poll that shows a majority of Florida voters support medical marijuana. The article specifically mentioned the Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act and talked...
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February 27, 2013
02/27/2013
Kentucky Poll Finds Majority Support for Medical Marijuana, Industrial Hemp

Kentucky Poll Finds Majority Support for Medical Marijuana, Industrial Hemp

A Courier-Journal Bluegrass Poll conducted last week found that 60% of registered Kentucky voters support making marijuana legal for medical use. Only 31% were opposed. A bill to make medical marijuana legal for...
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February 26, 2013
02/26/2013
Edibles Review: Mile High and A Mile Higher from Incredibles

Edibles Review: Mile High and A Mile Higher from Incredibles

I remember Andes Mint chocolates from holidays when I was a kid. My grandma used to have at least one box waiting for after Thanksgiving or Christmas...
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February 26, 2013
02/26/2013
Chronicle Review Essay: More on Marijuana

Chronicle Review Essay: More on Marijuana

Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana—Medical, Recreational, and Scientific, by Martin Lee (2012, Scribners, 519 pp., $23.10 HC Amazon) Super-Charged: How Outlaws, Hippies, and Scientists Reinvented...
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February 26, 2013
02/26/2013
Poll: Iowans Support Medicinal Marijuana

Poll: Iowans Support Medicinal Marijuana

The latest Des Moines Register poll shows 58% of Iowa  respondents support medical marijuana, down six points from a 2010 poll. 29% of Iowans polled support allowing recreational...
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February 26, 2013
02/26/2013
Oklahoma State Lawmakers Holding Hearing Today On Medical Marijuana Bill

Oklahoma State Lawmakers Holding Hearing Today On Medical Marijuana Bill

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee is holding a hearing today on a bill that would allow patients with serious illnesses to obtain and use medical...
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February 25, 2013
02/25/2013
NORML to Provide Educational Content to TheAnswerPage.com

NORML to Provide Educational Content to TheAnswerPage.com

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws is pleased to announce that it is now providing educational content to the editors of The Answer Page, Inc....
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February 25, 2013
02/25/2013
Nevada Senator Working on Medical Marijuana Dispensary Bill

Nevada Senator Working on Medical Marijuana Dispensary Bill

Senator Tick Segerblom is working on a bill to authorize medical marijuana dispensaries in Nevada. The dispensaries would be for-profit, taxed, and regulated as tightly as casinos by...
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February 25, 2013
02/25/2013
NC Medical Marijuana Bill Killed — With Extreme Prejudice

NC Medical Marijuana Bill Killed — With Extreme Prejudice

A bill that would legalize the use of medical marijuana in the Tarheel State is dead after a legislative committee killed it to avoid having to hear...
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February 25, 2013
02/25/2013
US Marijuana Laws – What Does the Future Hold?

US Marijuana Laws – What Does the Future Hold?

The Committee on Drugs & the Law invites the public to a discussion on the current state of domestic marijuana laws and the possibilities for the future,...
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February 22, 2013
02/22/2013
2013 LA High Times Medical Cannabis Cup Winners

2013 LA High Times Medical Cannabis Cup Winners

High Times has a great photo gallery of the winners from their 2013 Medical Cannabis Cup in Los Angeles. Tanj by Reserva Privada won Best Sativa, Godfather OG by Alpha...
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February 22, 2013
02/22/2013
UMass Professor Blocked From Growing Marijuana For Medical Research

UMass Professor Blocked From Growing Marijuana For Medical Research

Although Massachusetts is now the 18th state to allow medical marijuana, an agriculture professor at UMass Amherst who studies medicinal plants has been trying for over ten...
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February 21, 2013
02/21/2013
How to Make Glycerine Tincture

How to Make Glycerine Tincture

Cannabis infused glycerine tincture can be used straight out of the jar and under your tongue, or to sweeten anything that would normally use honey or some...
By: Anna Diaz
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February 21, 2013
02/21/2013
MMJ Advocates to Gather in DC for National Conference

MMJ Advocates to Gather in DC for National Conference

013 Father of ‘Superstring Theory’ Dr. John Schwarz to headline conference featuring scientists, medical and legal experts, policymakers The country’s leading medical marijuana advocacy group, Americans for...
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February 21, 2013
02/21/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.02.20)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.02.20)

013 Most of the action was at statehouses this week, but there was also news from the Harborside Health Center battle in California and an announcement that...
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February 21, 2013
02/21/2013
NH State Lawmakers to Hold Hearing on Medical Marijuana Bill

NH State Lawmakers to Hold Hearing on Medical Marijuana Bill

013 The House Committee on Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs will hold a hearing Thursday on a bill that would allow patients with serious illnesses to...
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February 20, 2013
02/20/2013
Bipartisan Hemp and Medical Marijuana Bills in Congress

Bipartisan Hemp and Medical Marijuana Bills in Congress

It’s a marijuana policy trifecta on Capitol Hill now: recreational marijuana, medical marijuana, and hemp. Earlier this month, reformist House members filed bills to end federal pot prohibition...
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February 20, 2013
02/20/2013
Michigan Bill to Allow Medical Marijuana Sales Filed

Michigan Bill to Allow Medical Marijuana Sales Filed

A little more than a week after the state Supreme Court ruled that Michigan’s medical marijuana law doesn’t allow for dispensaries, a state lawmaker is ready to file...
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February 19, 2013
02/19/2013
Green Ambrosia: Largest Pot Dispensary in Seattle Opens

Green Ambrosia: Largest Pot Dispensary in Seattle Opens

Green Ambrosia, the largest medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle with ~5,200 square feet, opened its doors Saturday. The store is on 15th Ave in Ballard, was founded...
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February 19, 2013
02/19/2013
San Diego City Council to Vote on Medical Marijuana

San Diego City Council to Vote on Medical Marijuana

Join patients, advocates, and concerned citizens on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 10am at San Diego City Hall: 202 C St., San Diego, CA 92101. That day,...
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