Philadelphia: Mayor to Sign Marijuana Depenalization Measure
Philadelphia city mayor Michael Nutter announced today that he will sign municipal legislation into law decriminalizing marijuana possession penalties.
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First Medicinal Marijuana Farm Approved in Chilean Capital
The governor of Metropolitan Santiago, Claudio Orrego, announced on Monday the approval by Chilean authorities of the first farm in this capital to grow marijuana for medicinal and research purposes.
Another Maine City Puts Marijuana Initiative on Ballot
Earlier this week, the City Council of Lewiston, Maine voted unanimously to send an initiative that would make possession of marijuana legal for adults to the voters.
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Marijuana Seeps Into Tailgating Rituals at Mile High in Colorado
Football’s in the air, and in Denver, so is the sweet smell of herb. Wait. Does that glittering stadium really look like a just-landed spaceship under a blueberry sky? Or is that just because, well, y’know. Tailgating in a parking lot ...
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Pennsylvania Moves Toward Medical Marijuana Legalization
As the Pennsylvania state Senate is set to reconvene on Sept. 15, a hotly contested national issue sits near the top of its agenda: medical marijuana. The bipartisan Senate Bill 1182, titled the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act, will go up for a vote...
New Mexico Worker's Comp Must Cover Medical Marijuana
Medical marijuana a doctor recommended for an injured worker's pain must be paid for by the workers' employer and insurer, the New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled.
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Hawaii Medical Marijuana Task Force Releases Updated Report
The Hawaii Medical Marijuana Dispensary Task Force just released a newly updated report on the policies and procedures for access, distribution, security, and other relevant issues related to the medical use of marijuana.
For-Profit Institutions Ineligible to Receive Medical Marijuana Research Grants
According to the Denver Post, for-profit companies will not be awarded funding for state-supported medical marijuana research, under the terms of the grant program released Wednesday. However, for-profit firms will be approved as subcontractors on grant proposals.
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GOP Senator Pat Roberts: Leave Marijuana Legalization Up to the States
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) said Saturday that states should be free to legalize marijuana. "That's not a federal issue," Roberts said. "That's a state issue. If you want to get a Rocky Mountain high, go west."
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Legal Pot, Murky Jobs: Marijuana Laws Put Workers in Tough Spot
Federal law still considers marijuana as a dangerous drug, so prosecutors could easily bring drug-trafficking charges against anyone whose salary is paid by taxes collected on legal marijuana sales.
Survey: 58 Percent of Americans Say Treat Cannabis Like Alcohol
Nearly 60 percent of Americans support regulating cannabis in a manner similar to alcohol, according to an analysis of over 450,000 online responses collected by the online polling data company CivicScience over a nearly two-year period.
Study: Cannabis Prevents Negative Behavioral, Physiological Effects of Traumatic Events
Administering synthetic marijuana (cannabinoids) soon after a traumatic event can prevent PTSD-like (post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms in rats, caused by the trauma and by trauma reminders, scientists report.
Concern Over Colorado's Medical Marijuana Research Grant Program
According to a Denver Post story, Colorado is scheduled to begin administering significant funding for the largest ever state-supported medical marijuana research grant program starting in early 2015.
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Uncle Sam Spends $715,000 on Marijuana App
Courtesy of Uncle Sam, researchers are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to research and develop a useless smartphone app aimed at curbing marijuana addiction, a disease, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, that only effects nine percent of its users.
CNN Report on Kettle Falls 5 Airs Tonight
Tune in tonight at 7pm Eastern/Pacific for a LIVE CNN report devoted to the pending federal trial of five Washington State patients. On "Erin Burnett OutFront," CNN's David Mattingly investigates the Kettle Falls 5 case...
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.09.03)
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of September 3, 2014:
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How Big Pharma Is Sandbagging Marijuana
As more Americans express interest in the healing potential of medical marijuana, the pharmaceutical companies have found it in their best interest to keep lawmakers, as well as the pill-popping public, at bay regarding the truth about cannabis by paying hefty salaries to members of academia to perpetuate modern day Reefer Madness.
MPP's New Hampshire Primary Voter Guide
MPP's voter guide for the New Hampshire primary election has now been published. Click here to find out if the candidates on your ballot agree it's time for a more sensible approach to marijuana. The election will take place next Tuesday, September 9 ...