Category: Medical Marijuana

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Medical marijuana news and commentary

December 27, 2012
12/27/2012
Miss Universe Olivia Culpo: Medical Marijuana Is Good, but Recreational Pot Will Slow People Down

Miss Universe Olivia Culpo: Medical Marijuana Is Good, but Recreational Pot Will Slow People Down

Westword has a nice synopsis of the newly crowned Miss Universe (Olivia Culpo) thoughts on marijuana: “Medical marijuana is fine, she said in an interview, but recreational pot is...
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December 26, 2012
12/26/2012
First Marijuana Growers in Washington D.C. Clear Regulatory Hurdles

First Marijuana Growers in Washington D.C. Clear Regulatory Hurdles

Fifteen years after voters gave the green-light to a medical marijuana program in the nation’s capital, a pair of locations approved to grow or sell the drug...
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December 26, 2012
12/26/2012
PBS NewsHour: In Legal Showdown Over Marijuana, Oakland Dispensary Takes Leading Role

PBS NewsHour: In Legal Showdown Over Marijuana, Oakland Dispensary Takes Leading Role

In California, the battle between federal and state authorities over legal marijuana at Harborside Health Center is coming to a head in a high-profile legal challenge. Watch...
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December 26, 2012
12/26/2012
Mendocino Files Motion to Quash Feds’ Marijuana Subpoena

Mendocino Files Motion to Quash Feds’ Marijuana Subpoena

Mendocino County officials filed a motion last Friday to try to quash a federal grand jury subpoena seeking records by Jan 8th about a now-canceled county program...
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December 26, 2012
12/26/2012
Men Are Usually Top Medical and Recretional Marijuana Users

Men Are Usually Top Medical and Recretional Marijuana Users

Medical marijuana patients are overwhelmingly male in Arizona (73%) and Colorado (68%), the only states to provide patient data by gender. According to the annual National Survey on...
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December 26, 2012
12/26/2012
2012: The Year In Review — NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy

2012: The Year In Review — NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy

#1 Colorado and Washington Vote To Legalize Marijuana Voters in Colorado and Washington made history by approving ballot measures allowing for the personal possession and consumption of cannabis by...
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December 24, 2012
12/24/2012
Edibles Review: Honest Abe’s Cocoa

Edibles Review: Honest Abe’s Cocoa

Honest Abe’s products have been a favorite of mine for a while – their “Mint Dream” cookie is like a Girl Scout thin mint, and their “kool...
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December 24, 2012
12/24/2012
PTSD, Marijuana and Immature Experts

PTSD, Marijuana and Immature Experts

Dr. Phillip Leveque has used cannabis to successfully treat 1,000 soldiers with PTSD, never mind 1 million combat veterans say it works. He says the use of...
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December 24, 2012
12/24/2012
Florida Attorney General ‘Just Says No’ to Medical Marijuana

Florida Attorney General ‘Just Says No’ to Medical Marijuana

Please find below a recent memo from Florida Attorney General’s office rejecting activist’s petition to reschedule marijuana for medical access. This is notable because Florida is a...
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December 21, 2012
12/21/2012
Michigan Court Rules Collective Marijuana Growing Illegal

Michigan Court Rules Collective Marijuana Growing Illegal

Michigan’s medical marijuana law does not allow a collective grow operation, the state Supreme Court said Wednesday in the case of Ryan Bylsma, a Grand Rapids man who...
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December 21, 2012
12/21/2012
Seattle Medical Marijuana Dispensary Owner Sentenced in Federal Court

Seattle Medical Marijuana Dispensary Owner Sentenced in Federal Court

Brionne Corbray, known a year ago as a flashy medical marijuana entrepreneur, on Wednesday became the first Seattle dispensary owner to be sentenced on federal drug-dealing charges.
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December 21, 2012
12/21/2012
Teen Pot Use Stalls as States Continue to Regulate Use

Teen Pot Use Stalls as States Continue to Regulate Use

012 Despite several attempts by the media and policy makers to associate the rising number of state regulated medical marijuana programs (and popular legalization efforts) with a...
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December 21, 2012
12/21/2012
Portable Vaporizer Pen Review & Tips: Atmos Raw (Part 2 of 2)

Portable Vaporizer Pen Review & Tips: Atmos Raw (Part 2 of 2)

So named for its ability to vaporize any raw cannabis (bud or wax), the Atmos Raw (Part 1 of my review) was High Time’s Winner for best...
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December 21, 2012
12/21/2012
Harborside and the Feds’ Failed Medical Marijuana Communications

Harborside and the Feds’ Failed Medical Marijuana Communications

012, 07:10pm Harborside is in the news again today. Two weeks ago we noted the premiere (and largest) dispensary had won a battle in state court. Facing threats by federal authorities...
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December 21, 2012
12/21/2012
The Top Ten Drug Policy Stories of 2012

The Top Ten Drug Policy Stories of 2012

012, 11:21am In some ways, 2012 has been a year of dramatic, exciting change in drug policy, as the edifice of global drug prohibition appears to crumble...
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December 20, 2012
12/20/2012
11th Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards Winners

11th Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards Winners

The 11th annual Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards (OMCA), held at the World Famous Cannabis Café in Portland, brought together medical cannabis growers, patients and caregivers from all...
By: Anna Diaz
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December 20, 2012
12/20/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.19)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.19)

08:38pm Dispensary wars continue in California, a package of restrictive bills passes in Michigan, and DC’s long-awaited dispensaries are a step closer to opening. California Last...
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December 20, 2012
12/20/2012
Increased Real Estate Interest in Medical Cannabis Lenient States

Increased Real Estate Interest in Medical Cannabis Lenient States

Houses.com, a real estate website, is detecting a small yet increasing trend under-current in the ocean of politics. There is an amplified interest in the states where medical...
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December 20, 2012
12/20/2012
Zen Healing: Veterans Get Free Marijuana at Los Angeles Dispensary With Proof of Military Service

Zen Healing: Veterans Get Free Marijuana at Los Angeles Dispensary With Proof of Military Service

West Hollywood medical marijuana dispensary Zen Healing announced this week that it’s giving vets a true “gift of appreciation:” Free weed!
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December 20, 2012
12/20/2012
First Rural Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Cochise

First Rural Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Cochise

Arizona owner and operator Cathy Mead is a breast cancer survivor who began to see marijuana in a different light when she witnessed how it helped her...
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