Tag: patients

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December 2, 2013
12/02/2013
Medical Marijuana Gaffe: 3 Patients Fired, 1 Home Invasion

Medical Marijuana Gaffe: 3 Patients Fired, 1 Home Invasion

So far, Health Canada’s less-than-discrete envelopes are responsible for at least 3 patients being fired and a home invasion, a lawyer claims.
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December 2, 2013
12/02/2013
Medical Marijuana Patient, Mountie, Can’t Smoke in Uniform

Medical Marijuana Patient, Mountie, Can’t Smoke in Uniform

A Canadian medical marijuana patient (that happens to be a mounted police officer) is not allowed to smoke while in uniform. This has created a national debate...
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November 25, 2013
11/25/2013
Support for Medical Marijuana In Florida Reaches Record High

Support for Medical Marijuana In Florida Reaches Record High

A new poll by Quinnipiac University reveals that 82% of Florida voters support medical marijuana. Florida advocates are currently pushing for legislation that would allow seriously ill...
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November 25, 2013
11/25/2013
Medical Marijuana Hearings To Be Held in NY in December

Medical Marijuana Hearings To Be Held in NY in December

New York state lawmakers are planning medical marijuana hearings in Mineola and Buffalo next month.
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November 22, 2013
11/22/2013
Pushing 80, Two Weeks to Live: Patient Cured by Cannabis

Pushing 80, Two Weeks to Live: Patient Cured by Cannabis

Stan Rutner, a retired dentist in his 70’s, was brought to the brink of death by conventional cancer treatments, then cured by cannabis.
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November 20, 2013
11/20/2013
New, Bi-Partisan Medical Marijuana Bill in Pennsylvania

New, Bi-Partisan Medical Marijuana Bill in Pennsylvania

A new medical marijuana bill has been proposed in the Pennsylvania Senate by a longtime medical marijuana advocate, Senator Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery), and a socially conservative senator,...
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November 18, 2013
11/18/2013
Rep. Alan Silvia Off Base on Medical Marijuana

Rep. Alan Silvia Off Base on Medical Marijuana

State Rep. Alan Silvia got the facts wrong when he wrote that there is no difference between medical marijuana and “street” marijuana, Guest Opinion, Oct. 30. There...
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November 13, 2013
11/13/2013
San Diego Medical Marijuana Patients Beware

San Diego Medical Marijuana Patients Beware

The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) has re-launched a massive eradication effort against dispensaries, collective cultivation efforts, and medical marijuana patients. Those using cannabis with a doctor’s...
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November 12, 2013
11/12/2013
Only Two More Days to Weigh in on WA Medical Marijuana

Only Two More Days to Weigh in on WA Medical Marijuana

The Washington state Liquor Control Board announced last week that it was extending the deadline for public comment on proposed changes to the state’s existing medical marijuana...
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November 12, 2013
11/12/2013
Demand for Low-THC Pot for Children Outpaces Nonprofit

Demand for Low-THC Pot for Children Outpaces Nonprofit

Now that marijuana’s medical properties are becoming undeniable, particularly for cancer and epilepsy, more and more parents of sick kids are seeking out the healing herb and...
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November 11, 2013
11/11/2013
Urge Washington to Strengthen, Preserve Patients Rights

Urge Washington to Strengthen, Preserve Patients Rights

Medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed recommendations yesterday for the Washington State legislature, based on a series of patient and provider stakeholder meetings...
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November 5, 2013
11/05/2013
Woman Uses Marijuana to Overcome Lyme Disease

Woman Uses Marijuana to Overcome Lyme Disease

After unsuccessful traditional treatment, a woman uses marijuana to overcome Lyme disease.
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November 4, 2013
11/04/2013
Updates From Jovan Jackson Medical Marijuana Trial

Updates From Jovan Jackson Medical Marijuana Trial

October 28, 2013 Jovan Jackson and his attorneys were back in court today for day two of the prosecution’s case against the Navy veteran and medical cannabis...
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November 1, 2013
11/01/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.30)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.30)

A Michigan couple get their child back, New Jersey gets its second dispensary, and Washington regulators get an earful over moves to do away with patient home...
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October 30, 2013
10/30/2013
Medical Marijuana and Parents… on Dr. Phil?

Medical Marijuana and Parents… on Dr. Phil?

If there were any doubts that cannabis has gone mainstream, here’s an article about Cheryl Shuman talking medical marijuana and parents on Dr. Phil.
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October 30, 2013
10/30/2013
Arizona Parents File Suit for Access to Extracts

Arizona Parents File Suit for Access to Extracts

Parents of a medical cannabis patient filed a suit for legal access to extracts after their son began having difficulty eating.
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October 23, 2013
10/23/2013
DC MMJ Oversight Hearing Highlights Problems Facing Patients

DC MMJ Oversight Hearing Highlights Problems Facing Patients

For the first time since creating the District Medical Marijuana Program more than three years ago, the D.C. Council Committee on Health convened an oversight hearing on...
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October 22, 2013
10/22/2013
MMJ Advocates Mobilize Stakeholders for Input on I-502

MMJ Advocates Mobilize Stakeholders for Input on I-502

Medical marijuana advocates will hold stakeholder meetings across Washington State next week in advance of submitting written public comments on regulations being developed for I-502, the state’s...
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October 22, 2013
10/22/2013
Interview With Heather Jackson of Realm of Caring

Interview With Heather Jackson of Realm of Caring

Ladybud’s Vanessa Waltz interviews Heather Jackson, Executive Director of Realm of Caring. Realm of Caring is an organization that connects young medical marijuana patients with the special strains they...
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October 21, 2013
10/21/2013
Another Medical Marijuana Defendant Bullied to Plead Guilty

Another Medical Marijuana Defendant Bullied to Plead Guilty

Just days after legal cannabis patient Ronnie Chang’s federal incarceration came to an end freeing him to return to his elderly mother, Crispin Price sits in court...
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