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Rob is proud to have voted for California Proposition 215 in 1996 and is now enjoying the fruits (or flowers) of the medical marijuana movement. He would happily give up alcohol in exchange for recreational cannabis and encourages people to read real peer-reviewed science and make informed decisions for themselves. We have only begun to understand the human endocannabinoid system.
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The Saugus, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen took a strong position opposing medical marijuana dispensaries setting up shop locally, voting 5-0 to prohibit the placement of marijuana distribution points in town.
A Mobile, Alabama municipal judge has dismissed a misdemeanor marijuana charge against Detroit Lions defensive tackle Nick Fairley.
An Arizona voter-approved law that decriminalizes the possession and sale of marijuana for medical uses isn’t pre-empted by the federal Controlled Substances Act and therefore isn’t unconstitutional, a state judge said.
A new cannabis-based medicine from GW Pharmaceuticals (GWP42004) has been identified as a potential drugtreatment for patients with type 2 diabetes.
Ana Chretien, the landlord for Harborside Health Center (Oakland's largest medical marijuana dispensary), cannot evict the business just because the federal government has threatened to seize the property for violating federal drug laws, a state court judge has ruled.
Close to 11,500 people were treated in emergency rooms in 2010 for nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and other symptoms related to the use of synthetic or fake marijuana products such as "K2" or "Spice."
A Newton, Massachusetts native is working with a California-based firm to open a consultation center in Framingham, Newton Centre and Needham to "approve" patients for the drug.
Even if the law can be interpreted to allow cannabis clubs, the Post says, letting people smoke pot in such a social setting would be needlessly provocative... for now.
However pot's future is going to play out in this country, its recent path to limited legalization has interesting parallels to alcohol, which was banned by the federal government in the 1920s and early 1930s (prohibition).
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According to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), if medical marijuana patients' paperwork checks out, they can board a flight with meds in tow as long as they are headed to a medical marijuana state that offers reciprocity.
Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch wants zoning commissioners to speed up economic growth and that includes approving a medical marijuana farm.
New Jersey medical marijuana patients say they have encountered mostly silence since then as they have waited anxiously for the call saying the nonprofit dispensary in Montclair, Essex County, is open for business.
The Peabody City Council Legal Affairs Committee voted 4-1 against allowing medical marijuana dispensaries in the city .
Colorado Governor Hickenlooper will create a marijuana task force to help iron out the new laws and policy regarding legal marijuana in the state.
Drug tourists? Yes -- only their drug of choice was Sagres, the local beer.
The administration of the non-psychotropic plant constituent cannabidiol (CBD) is associated with a significant reduction in psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia, according to clinical trial data published in the journal Translational…
It's considered a lame duck session, but Illinois lawmakers will be scrambling to decide the fate of several hot-button issues, including possibly legalizing medical marijuana.
