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The best cannabis posts from around the web

April 2, 2014
04/02/2014
Illinois Bill to Add Seizure Conditions to Medical Marijuana Program Advances

Illinois Bill to Add Seizure Conditions to Medical Marijuana Program Advances

Last Tuesday, all eight members of the Illinois Senate Public Health Committee who were present at the public hearing voted to advance a bill that would add seizure conditions...
April 2, 2014
04/02/2014
Missouri Lawmakers Hold Medical Marijuana Hearing

Missouri Lawmakers Hold Medical Marijuana Hearing

The Missouri Senate committee is considering legislation to legalize marijuana use by patients diagnosed by a physician with a debilitating medical condition.  Zayden, 4, has a condition that...
April 2, 2014
04/02/2014
New Jersey Marijuana Prosecutors Reverse Course, Say It’s Time to Legalize

New Jersey Marijuana Prosecutors Reverse Course, Say It’s Time to Legalize

The New Jersey State Municipal Prosecutors Association now officially supports legalizing the possession of marijuana, which is quite an unlikely source of support, since they are the...
April 2, 2014
04/02/2014
Vancouver Pizzeria Selling Marijuana-Infused Pies

Vancouver Pizzeria Selling Marijuana-Infused Pies

Mega ILL cafe, a pizzeria in Vancouver, Canada is making headlines this week for its marijuana-infused pizza pies. Said to be the city’s first pizzeria-cum-vapor lounge, the cafe is...
April 2, 2014
04/02/2014
Head of Epilepsy Foundation Wants Marijuana Oil Available

Head of Epilepsy Foundation Wants Marijuana Oil Available

“Charlotte’s Web” is a strain of marijuana grown in Colorado that is named for Charlotte Figi. Charlotte and others with severe epilepsy have found relief from seizures by ingesting...
April 2, 2014
04/02/2014
Colorado: Surprising Fact About Recreational Pot Sales

Colorado: Surprising Fact About Recreational Pot Sales

Colorado expected to see a decline in patients seeking medical marijuana with the advent of the state’s newly-legalized recreational pot industry, but recent statistics indicate there was...
April 1, 2014
04/01/2014
DC Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Signed

DC Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Signed

This afternoon, “The Simple Possession of Small Quantities of Marijuana Decriminalization Amendment Act of 2013” was signed by the mayor after being approved by the city council in a...
April 1, 2014
04/01/2014
Oregon Drops Proposed Ban on Pot-Laced Munchies for Medical Marijuana Cardholders

Oregon Drops Proposed Ban on Pot-Laced Munchies for Medical Marijuana Cardholders

In a new set of rules, the Oregon Health Authority seeks only to ban marijuana-laced products that are made or packaged in ways that might appeal to...
April 1, 2014
04/01/2014
Study Finds Legalization of Medical Marijuana Does Not Increase Crime, May Decrease Violent Crime

Study Finds Legalization of Medical Marijuana Does Not Increase Crime, May Decrease Violent Crime

The 18-year-old question as to whether or not legalizing medical marijuana causes an increase in crime seems to be answered in a recent study by a team of researchers...
April 1, 2014
04/01/2014
Marijuana Oil Bill Gets Final Legislative Approvals

Marijuana Oil Bill Gets Final Legislative Approvals

The bill for marijuana oil trials to help children who suffer uncontrollable seizures received its final legislative approval on Monday and was sent to Gov. Steve Beshear...
April 1, 2014
04/01/2014
Legalising Cannabis: Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica Asks World for Support

Legalising Cannabis: Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica Asks World for Support

The small South American country will soon become the first in the world to legalize, regulate and participate in the production, sale and taxation of marijuana. Uruguay’s “weed...
March 31, 2014
03/31/2014
Maral v. Live Oak – Local Politics Matter

Maral v. Live Oak – Local Politics Matter

A local ban on all medical cannabis cultivation stands, after the California Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal on Wednesday in Maral v. Live Oak, an appellate...
March 31, 2014
03/31/2014
Colorado Cracking Down on High-Volume Pot Patients

Colorado Cracking Down on High-Volume Pot Patients

Colorado plans to crack down on medical marijuana patients, state health department authorities announced Friday, saying it would challenge patients and medical pot growers with permission for...
March 31, 2014
03/31/2014
Minnesota Medical Marijuana Patients Slam Governor

Minnesota Medical Marijuana Patients Slam Governor

On Wednesday, medical marijuana patients and advocates held an emotional press conference slamming Gov. Mark Dayton for bowing to law enforcement and stalling on a medical marijuana bill currently...
March 31, 2014
03/31/2014
Caribbean Countries Consider Loosening Marijuana Laws

Caribbean Countries Consider Loosening Marijuana Laws

In the Caribbean, marijuana is illegal, yet it is widely used, freely sold and openly puffed. Now, for the first time, Caribbean leaders — much like a...
March 31, 2014
03/31/2014
Congressional Research Service Discusses Dangers of Marijuana Prohibition

Congressional Research Service Discusses Dangers of Marijuana Prohibition

It’s a sobering thing to hear the Congressional Research Service accurately talk about the penalties of violating federal marijuana laws. Usually, they try to sugar coat things and act...
March 31, 2014
03/31/2014
Surveys Yet to Link Medical Marijuana and Teen Drug Abuse

Surveys Yet to Link Medical Marijuana and Teen Drug Abuse

Medical marijuana has been in the US since 1996 and is now legal in twenty states & DC. Yet reported teen marijuana use has remained essentially flat....
March 28, 2014
03/28/2014
Piece of the Week | Tammy Baller Pendank Pendant Rig

Piece of the Week | Tammy Baller Pendank Pendant Rig


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Posted by @potheadprincess_ Google Glass, Galaxy Gear, Nike Fuelband…the list goes on–it’s all about wearable tech these days. Well how about some wearable smoke tech?! Dope fam,...
March 28, 2014
03/28/2014
Parents Argue Medical Marijuana Helps These Kids Avoid a ‘Death Sentence’

Parents Argue Medical Marijuana Helps These Kids Avoid a ‘Death Sentence’

One of the parents of severely epileptic children who lobbied for the bill, testified to just how transformative medical marijuana treatment can be for kids like her...
March 28, 2014
03/28/2014
Troopers ‘License Plate Profiling’ in Idaho for Marijuana

Troopers ‘License Plate Profiling’ in Idaho for Marijuana

An Idaho state trooper arrested and searched a 70-year-old Washington man solely because of his license plate from Colorado, where marijuana is legal, the man claims in...