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ASA developed a grading scale for evaluating the laws and regulations applying to medical cannabis in each of the 23 states with comprehensive medical cannabis access programs...
Cannabis is currently classified as a class B drug in the United Kingdom after being downgraded from class B to class C in 2004, and back again to class B in May 2008. However, recently appointed Crime Prevention Minister, Norman Baker, has said legal cannabis should be “considered” and has urged resources to be channeled into tackling hard drugs.
I stumbled upon this gem of a site, that claims to put out "science-based information for the public" from the UW's Institute for Alcohol and Drug Abuse. In my never-ending quest to find cannabis myth being spread as fact, I felt the need to comb through this site a bit and see just what "science-based information" they are disseminating.
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed the “Compassionate Care Act” which legalized medical marijuana. With the State Department of Health expected to have the program up and running within the next 18 months, Forbes identifies five things NY employers should consider about the legalization of medical marijuana.
It now looks extremely likely that the residents of the nation's capitol will vote in November on whether to legalize the possession and cultivation of small amounts of marijuana. Representatives of the DC Cannabis Campaign legalization initiative handed in some 58,000 signatures Monday morning, and they only need some 22,000 valid voter signatures to qualify for the ballot.
A new school is launching this fall that will teach you everything you've ever wanted to know about pot. The Northeastern Institute of Cannabis, located in Natick, Mass., announced that it will soon start accepting applications and begin offering classes in late August or early September.
On Saturday, June 5, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Compassionate Care Act into law, making New York the 23rd state with an effective medical marijuana law.
Desert Hot Springs, a southern California town plagued with crime and financial destitution is now considering the legalization of medical marijuana dispensaries. Their hope is that it can not only pull the town out of desperate times, but will also salvage their local police force with the use of pot taxes.
The prohibition of marijuana in Washington state fell early Monday as a small number of retail shop owners received an electronic copy of a license to sell just-for-fun cannabis.
Proponents of a statewide Oregon initiative to regulate the commercial production and retail sale of marijuana have turned in 145,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office.
Legal marijuana businesses without bank accounts are unfairly assessed a 10 percent penalty on federal employee withholding taxes they are forced to pay in cash. And rather than waive the penalty for cash-only businesses paying the tax on time, the IRS advised the companies to avoid the assessment by using techniques that amount to money-laundering.
University of Arizona professor and leading medical marijuana researcher Dr. Sue Sisley was fired from her position at the university after advocates engaged in a contentious political struggle with state lawmakers to secure funding for her clinical study on the beneficial effects of marijuana on veterans with PTSD.
Calling all ganja warriors... video game Call of Duty: Ghosts has a marijuana-themed DLC release called the Blunt Force Character Pack. For $1.99, you can sport a weed-camo uniform and two different helmets.
With so many people suffering from depression, it comes as a relief to know that certain foods, including cannabis, can help alleviate the feeling by bringing mental clarity.
The Magical Butter Machine was developed for an easier way to make cannabutter than the relatively complex grind-decarboxylate-cook-strain-separate routine that people have been using for decades.
Inside a minor league clubhouse this year, a player who had tested positive for marijuana a second time wasn't concerned, according to a witness. He didn't plan on curtailing his marijuana use, either. "I'll just smoke my way onto the 40-man," he said.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of July 2, 2014:
Two Iowa State University students, juniors Paul Gerlich and Erin Furleigh, are suing school officials after the university's trademark licensing office forbade the campus' chapter of NORML from using the Cy the Cardinal mascot logo on T-shirts, saying it violates the students' First Amendment rights.
