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August 5, 2013
08/05/2013
What is One Person’s Life Worth? The Story of Michael Brooks

What is One Person’s Life Worth? The Story of Michael Brooks

Some would say by the weight of his sins. I say a person’s worth is based on his compassion. Michael Brooks, Re-Location Fund for Survival: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXoEUhQy_eo When...
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July 23, 2013
07/23/2013
ASA Wake & Learn: A Daily Dose of Rx Cannabis Reality

ASA Wake & Learn: A Daily Dose of Rx Cannabis Reality

Marijuana advocacy group ASA (Americans for Safe Access) announced today that it has launched a project in partnership with TheAnswerPage.com (a physician’s Q&A forum run by the...
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June 21, 2013
06/21/2013
Premium Service at MediCann, San Jose

Premium Service at MediCann, San Jose

I haven’t heard any bad stories about the medical marijuana license process, other than one I have, but when I had an opportunity recently to visit MediCann, one...
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June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
Hush The Series: Bringing Medical Marijuana Injustices to Life

Hush The Series: Bringing Medical Marijuana Injustices to Life

An impressive cast and crew list has came together to create HUSH The Series, a drama web series about the staggering consequences for a doctor who used...
By: Mercedys
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June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.05)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.05)

The medical marijuana scene is hectic! Bill passing, raids happening, local officials pondering, and California dispensaries dwindling. Let’s get to it: California On May 21, the Lakeport city...
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May 28, 2013
05/28/2013
Doctors Prescribing Marijuana in Israel to Double

Doctors Prescribing Marijuana in Israel to Double

The number of physicians allowed to prescribe medical marijuana in Israel will be raised from 9 to 20 by the end of this year, Likud MK Haim...
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May 15, 2013
05/15/2013
The “Truth” About Marijuana – Sort Of

The “Truth” About Marijuana – Sort Of

Recently I read the Cassie Shortsleeve’s Men’s Health article, “The Truth About Marijuana.” In it, the author meets with Dr. Mahmoud Elsohly, the director of the University...
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April 24, 2013
04/24/2013
California SB 289 Means Trouble for Legal Patients

California SB 289 Means Trouble for Legal Patients

California Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) has proposed a bill that would turn most of the state’s legal medical cannabis patients into criminals. SB 289 will make it a...
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April 17, 2013
04/17/2013
Nearly 250 Physicians in Illinois Endorse Medical Marijuana

Nearly 250 Physicians in Illinois Endorse Medical Marijuana

At a news conference Tuesday, April 16, a group of doctors announced the support of nearly 250 Illinois physicians for allowing patients with serious illnesses to obtain...
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March 11, 2013
03/11/2013
Massachusetts Medical Society Calls for Study of Marijuana

Massachusetts Medical Society Calls for Study of Marijuana

The Massachusetts Medical Society, which steadfastly opposed the medical marijuana ballot question approved by voters in November, called on Friday for large-scale research of the drug’s potential medical uses...
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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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January 29, 2013
01/29/2013
Renewing a Red Card: My Experience

Renewing a Red Card: My Experience

I recently had the experience of renewing my medical marijuana card, or red card as it is commonly known here in Colorado. I expected the process to be quite...
By: Lateralus
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January 21, 2013
01/21/2013
New Mexico Marijuana Prescriber Sues Medical Board

New Mexico Marijuana Prescriber Sues Medical Board

ALBUQUERQUE (CN) – New Mexico stripped a physician assistant of his medical license for prescribing medical marijuana, which is legal in the state, the longtime medical worker...
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November 30, 2012
11/30/2012
Massachusetts Becomes the 18th Medical Marijuana State; Now Comes the Difficult Work of Implementation

Massachusetts Becomes the 18th Medical Marijuana State; Now Comes the Difficult Work of Implementation

Earlier this month, an overwhelming sixty-three percent of Massachusetts voters approved Ballot Question 3 and, in so doing, became the country’s 18th state to pass a medical marijuana law. Massachusetts is...
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November 2, 2012
11/02/2012
Dr. Ali Shaygan’s Saga: Prosecutorial Misconduct in the War on Pain Docs

Dr. Ali Shaygan’s Saga: Prosecutorial Misconduct in the War on Pain Docs

08:07pm In what could become an historic case, a Florida doctor acquitted of drug dealing charges over his prescribing practices is asking the US Supreme Court...
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September 24, 2012
09/24/2012
Colombia Okays Prescriptions for Addicts in Bogota

Colombia Okays Prescriptions for Addicts in Bogota

02:09am President Juan Manuel Santos has given the go-ahead to Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro’s plan to prescribe otherwise illicit drugs to addicts in the Colombian capital,...
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September 10, 2012
09/10/2012
NJ Medical Marijuana Patients Say Finding a Doctor Can Be Difficult

NJ Medical Marijuana Patients Say Finding a Doctor Can Be Difficult

New Jersey’s first medical marijuana dispensary is scheduled to open in Montclair this month, but some physicians registered with the program aren’t participating or won’t accept new patients leaving...
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August 16, 2012
08/16/2012
Big Pharma Infographic: The Stats About Pharmaceutical Companies

Big Pharma Infographic: The Stats About Pharmaceutical Companies

In the spirit of “know your enemy”, here is a great Big Pharma infographic titled: The Stats About Pharmaceutical Companies, from MySpace. Americans know that we’re paying too much...
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August 8, 2012
08/08/2012
NJ Medical Marijuana Program Registration Begins Thursday

NJ Medical Marijuana Program Registration Begins Thursday

New Jersey physicians will be able to register patients for the state’s long-delayed medical marijuana program starting tomorrow and registered physicians can even electronically sign up their patients...
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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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