Tag: parenting

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October 22, 2013
10/22/2013
Pediatric Epilepsy Cannabis Treatment Attracts Parents to CO

Pediatric Epilepsy Cannabis Treatment Attracts Parents to CO

Many parents are bringing their children to Colorado to receive cannabis treatment for pediatric epilepsy and cancer. The number of minor patients on the MMJ registry nearly...
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October 21, 2013
10/21/2013
Stop CPS: Free the Babies Day of Action Planned Nov 12th

Stop CPS: Free the Babies Day of Action Planned Nov 12th

Cannabis activists are planning Stop CPS: Free the Babies International Day of Action for November 12th, 2013. The event is being coordinated by Moms for Marijuana, a...
By: Mercedys
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October 2, 2013
10/02/2013
Three-Year-Old Goes to School With 14 Bags of Weed

Three-Year-Old Goes to School With 14 Bags of Weed

If you haven’t already, check out this story about a toddler who went to school with a backpack full of weed in New York City. I had...
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September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
Medical Marijuana Patient Needs $5,000 to Protect His Daughter From CPS

Medical Marijuana Patient Needs $5,000 to Protect His Daughter From CPS

Ten month old Lilly Fisher has been in CPS custody since April when her father requested their help rescuing her from an extremely unsafe situation while in...
By: Mercedys
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September 20, 2013
09/20/2013
CPS Removes Children Due to State-Sanctioned Medical Marijuana Use

CPS Removes Children Due to State-Sanctioned Medical Marijuana Use

A six month old baby girl and her six year old brother were taken from their homes by CPS in Michigan this week because the state sees...
By: Mercedys
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September 17, 2013
09/17/2013
Where Are the Cannabis Movement’s Young Women?

Where Are the Cannabis Movement’s Young Women?

Women voters tend to vote unfavorably on cannabis initiatives. This may change. Earlier this year, Brookings Institute published a study concerning voting numbers for various cannabis issues....
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September 11, 2013
09/11/2013
Fund Raiser for the Rinehart Family, Medical Cannabis and CPS

Fund Raiser for the Rinehart Family, Medical Cannabis and CPS

Two powerhouse cannabis community collaborators, The World Famous Cannabis Café and SKUNK Magazine have joined forces again to raise money to help another family in need and...
By: Anna Diaz
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August 30, 2013
08/30/2013
Landon Riddle, One of the Cancer Patients That Changed Dr. Gupta’s Mind On Cannabis

Landon Riddle, One of the Cancer Patients That Changed Dr. Gupta’s Mind On Cannabis

A Colorado mom says she’s at odds with the medical establishment and specifically, her oncologist, as the mother is refusing to restart chemotherapy and choosing to treat her 3-year-old son,...
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August 7, 2013
08/07/2013
Broken Laws Shatter Happy Home: The Alexandria Hill Story

Broken Laws Shatter Happy Home: The Alexandria Hill Story

This story is absolutely heartbreaking but I think it is story that needs to be told. No commentary is necessary to highlight the (forgive my neologism) “f#@ked-upness”...
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July 18, 2013
07/18/2013
Reality Check for Anti-Marijuana Group: Legalization Coming

Reality Check for Anti-Marijuana Group: Legalization Coming

The so-called Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) has been a prolific, yet impotent, anti-marijuana propaganda machine since its inception in the mid 1980′s under President...
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July 12, 2013
07/12/2013
Katie Couric: Should Moms Smoke Marijuana?

Katie Couric: Should Moms Smoke Marijuana?

Katie Couric asks the question: “Do you think parents should smoke marijuana? We want to hear from you! Vote in our poll and share your answers.”
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June 26, 2013
06/26/2013
Piers Morgan, Bill Maher: Patrick Kennedy Reefer Madness, Child’s Play to Dismiss With Hard Data

Piers Morgan, Bill Maher: Patrick Kennedy Reefer Madness, Child’s Play to Dismiss With Hard Data

Last night, Patrick Kennedy joined CNN’s Piers Morgan to discuss marijuana legalization on his recurring “Gone to Pot” segment. Before getting into Patrick’s “truths”, hats off to...
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June 16, 2013
06/16/2013
Dear Dad, I Smoke Weed, Happy Father’s Day

Dear Dad, I Smoke Weed, Happy Father’s Day

If you are like most people struggling with what to purchase for your father on Father’s Day, remember it isn’t about the material gifts. This year, if...
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May 6, 2013
05/06/2013
Idaho Seizes Medical Marijuana Activists’ Kids

Idaho Seizes Medical Marijuana Activists’ Kids

Idaho is officially not a marijuana-friendly state. Although it is bordered on most sides by medical marijuana states (Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and Montana), it so far refuses...
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April 15, 2013
04/15/2013
UNICEF Study: Nations With More Liberal Drug Laws, Youths Use Cannabis Less

UNICEF Study: Nations With More Liberal Drug Laws, Youths Use Cannabis Less

UNICEF’s “Report Card 11” found that countries with more liberal drug laws had lower rates of youths who smoked marijuana than nations with stricter penalties. Canada was #1...
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January 4, 2013
01/04/2013
Teen Use of Marijuana Decreased Since Passage of Arizona Medical-Pot Law, Study Shows

Teen Use of Marijuana Decreased Since Passage of Arizona Medical-Pot Law, Study Shows

People who thought teens would be using marijuana more because of Arizona’s 2010 medical-pot law are wrong, a new study shows. Combined, the percentage of 8th, 10th and...
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December 27, 2012
12/27/2012
Over a Dozen NYC Maternity Wards Regularly Test New Mothers for Marijuana

Over a Dozen NYC Maternity Wards Regularly Test New Mothers for Marijuana

Over a dozen NYC maternity wards regularly test new mothers for drugs, then hand the results over to child-protection authorities if they test positive for marijuana. Surprise…...
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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 14, 2012
12/14/2012
Don’t Eat Daddy’s Cookies: How to Talk to Your Kids About Pot

Don’t Eat Daddy’s Cookies: How to Talk to Your Kids About Pot

As moms and dads figure out how to negotiate marijuana’s transition from illegal drug to just another ho-hum way to unwind, TIME sought advice from experts on...
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December 13, 2012
12/13/2012
Pot Patient Wins Custody Case

Pot Patient Wins Custody Case

Defense Attorney Lauren K. Johnson won a major court victory for parents who legally use marijuana for medical purposes last week in Los Angeles.  In the case of Drake...
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