Tag: children

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August 13, 2014
08/13/2014
Gavin Newsom Will Back ‘The Right Initiative’ To Legalize Marijuana In California

Gavin Newsom Will Back ‘The Right Initiative’ To Legalize Marijuana In California

California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), who has made no secret of his overall support for marijuana legalization, has now said he’s prepared to campaign for a...
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August 12, 2014
08/12/2014
Andy Harris: It’s for the Kids, Damnit!

Andy Harris: It’s for the Kids, Damnit!

If Kevin Sabet and Chris Christie were looking for a third member to play some acoustic crazy in their anti-cannabis garage band, they need look no further...
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August 11, 2014
08/11/2014
Colorado Health Department: Teen Marijuana Use Has Decreased Since Marijuana Became Legal for Adults

Colorado Health Department: Teen Marijuana Use Has Decreased Since Marijuana Became Legal for Adults

Rates of current and lifetime marijuana use among Colorado high school students has dropped since the state made marijuana legal in 2012, according to a press release...
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August 5, 2014
08/05/2014
Seattle’s First Couple Weeks of Legal Weed

Seattle’s First Couple Weeks of Legal Weed

I absolutely do see and smell more grass around since 502, despite existing prevalence of MMJ. What I do not see thus far is disrespect and I...
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August 4, 2014
08/04/2014
Study: Legalized Medical Marijuana Doesn’t Impact Teen Use Rates

Study: Legalized Medical Marijuana Doesn’t Impact Teen Use Rates

The passage of state laws legalizing the physician-recommended possession and consumption of cannabis by qualified patients has not led to an increase in adolescents’ use of the...
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July 31, 2014
07/31/2014
Utah Children’s Hospital Looking for Subjects for Epilepsy / CBD Study

Utah Children’s Hospital Looking for Subjects for Epilepsy / CBD Study

The Primary Children’s Hospital in Utah is recruiting a total of 25 children with intractable epilepsy, age 2-17.  The cannabis extract study, led by Neurologist Francis Filloux, has...
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July 24, 2014
07/24/2014
New Canadian Rules Force Epileptic Boy to Smoke Marijuana?

New Canadian Rules Force Epileptic Boy to Smoke Marijuana?

Recent changes to Health Canada’s medical marijuana regulations have forced a six-year-old boy suffering from Dravet syndrome to smoke marijuana in order to tame his seizures because the...
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July 23, 2014
07/23/2014
Marijuana Refugees: Changing States to Save Their Kids

Marijuana Refugees: Changing States to Save Their Kids

The stigma around cannabis dissolves quickly when you’re a parent with a sick baby. You will move the stars and box glaciers to make them well.
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July 22, 2014
07/22/2014
Cannabis and Child Abuse: The Proximity Dilemma

Cannabis and Child Abuse: The Proximity Dilemma

For many medical marijuana patients, simply having cannabis in a house where children reside could result in claims of child abuse. No one runs the risk of...
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July 9, 2014
07/09/2014
Cannabis and Adolescents: WA State Guidelines

Cannabis and Adolescents: WA State Guidelines

I stumbled upon this gem of a site, that claims to put out “science-based information for the public” from the UW’s Institute for Alcohol and Drug Abuse....
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June 30, 2014
06/30/2014
Colorado Sting Operations Fail to Bust Any Marijuana Shops for Sales to Minors

Colorado Sting Operations Fail to Bust Any Marijuana Shops for Sales to Minors

State regulators and state police recently performed sting operations on 20 different marijuana stores in the Denver and Pueblo areas to determine compliance with state law, reports...
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June 30, 2014
06/30/2014
SWAT Raid Burns Hole In Toddler

SWAT Raid Burns Hole In Toddler

Be warned: This was a hard story to read and it is difficult to write about. The tagline of the article reads: “Officers threw a flashbang grenade...
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June 27, 2014
06/27/2014
Austin City Council Considering Medical Marijuana Resolution

Austin City Council Considering Medical Marijuana Resolution

Two Austin City Council members are in support of a resolution that would make medical marijuana legal in Texas, KVUE reports. There is growing support for medical...
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June 25, 2014
06/25/2014
Charlatan’s Web: A CBD Debacle

Charlatan’s Web: A CBD Debacle

The medical cannabis community has recently received some major support from well known doctors, Dr. Oz and Dr. Sanjay Gupta. This trend of physicians supporting medical cannabis...
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June 25, 2014
06/25/2014
UK Edging Closer to Legalization of Cannabis as British Medical Association Debates ‘Health Issue’

UK Edging Closer to Legalization of Cannabis as British Medical Association Debates ‘Health Issue’

Delegates at the British Medical Association’s annual representative meeting in Harrogate are to debate whether cannabis should be legalized. “Existing drug policy is contradictory and ineffective. The...
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June 17, 2014
06/17/2014
New Teen Drug Use Survey Debunks Anti-Pot Argument

New Teen Drug Use Survey Debunks Anti-Pot Argument

More evidence has come to light courtesy of a new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggesting that, despite prohibitionist fear-mongering, teen marijuana...
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June 16, 2014
06/16/2014
Federal Government Survey Dispels Myth That Rolling Back Marijuana Prohibition Laws Will Lead to an Increase in Teen Marijuana Use

Federal Government Survey Dispels Myth That Rolling Back Marijuana Prohibition Laws Will Lead to an Increase in Teen Marijuana Use

Federal Government Survey Dispels Myth That Rolling Back Marijuana Prohibition Laws Will Lead to an Increase in Teen Marijuana Use Biennial CDC survey finds rate of current...
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June 11, 2014
06/11/2014
Cannabis, My Son and Public Smoking

Cannabis, My Son and Public Smoking

The other day my wife and I were taking our son to the park. He is a pre-teen and has not yet stepped out of childhood and...
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June 10, 2014
06/10/2014
Could Cannabis Be a Natural Form of Birth Control?

Could Cannabis Be a Natural Form of Birth Control?

There’s been a lot of talk lately about a recent study which suggested there could be a link between cannabis and decreased fertility in men. The study surveyed young men under...
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June 4, 2014
06/04/2014
High IQ Linked to Drug Use

High IQ Linked to Drug Use

A new British study finds children with high IQs are more likely to use drugs as adults than people who score low on IQ tests as children. The data comes...
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