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The best cannabis posts from around the web

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.
November 22, 2013
11/22/2013
Piece of the Week | Middle Finger Pipe (aka. The North American Bird)

Piece of the Week | Middle Finger Pipe (aka. The North American Bird)

This week we’re going with something that I just happened to stumble upon on Pinterest: a Middle Finger Pipe. Or what some people may fondly call: The...
November 22, 2013
11/22/2013
Time for Rhode Island to Tax and Regulate Marijuana

Time for Rhode Island to Tax and Regulate Marijuana

A guest column from MPP’s Mason Tvert appeared today in the Providence Journal in Rhode Island. An excerpt is below, and you can click here to read...
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.
November 22, 2013
11/22/2013
Raids in Colorado Raise Questions About Federal Forbearance

Raids in Colorado Raise Questions About Federal Forbearance

Yesterday’s raids in Colorado were the largest dispensary crackdown in the state’s history. US Attorney John Walsh claims the raided dispensaries violated federal guidelines.
November 22, 2013
11/22/2013
Portland Lawmaker Deciding Vote Defeating Maine Legalization

Portland Lawmaker Deciding Vote Defeating Maine Legalization

This morning, the Maine Legislative Council voted 5-5 on whether or not to allow Rep. Diane Russell’s marijuana legalization to be introduced. A tie vote means the...
November 21, 2013
11/21/2013
Iowa City Meeting Discusses Medical Marijuana

Iowa City Meeting Discusses Medical Marijuana

Doctor Steven Jenison helped draft New Mexico’s medical marijuana law and spoke in his home state of Iowa about passing legislation there.
November 21, 2013
11/21/2013
The Leaf: Covered? Winter Cover Crops for Big Fall Harvests

The Leaf: Covered? Winter Cover Crops for Big Fall Harvests

The Leaf Online’s Michael Adams explains the importance of winter cover crops for cultivated outdoor areas, which plants to use and how.
November 21, 2013
11/21/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.11.20)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.11.20)

013 Federal agencies are beginning to work on the banking problem for medical marijuana businesses, the District of Columbia is looking at why its program is so...
November 21, 2013
11/21/2013
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Fight Legalization…Again?

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Fight Legalization…Again?

On High Times, Russ Belville recounts the pattern of opposition to legalization by dispensaries and others that profit from medical cannabis.
November 21, 2013
11/21/2013
AMA Reconsidering Marijuana Prohibition

AMA Reconsidering Marijuana Prohibition

013 On Tuesday, the American Medical Association announced that while they still consider marijuana a dangerous drug and a public health concern, federal efforts to curb marijuana use...
November 21, 2013
11/21/2013
Three Myths About the Marijuana Lobby

Three Myths About the Marijuana Lobby

MPP’s Rob Kampia dispels the 3 biggest myths about the marijuana lobby: that cartels are funding legalization, that the industry will market to minors and is the...
November 20, 2013
11/20/2013
Bob Dylan Denied Highest Honor Because of Pot…Until Now

Bob Dylan Denied Highest Honor Because of Pot…Until Now

Bob Dylan has until recently been denied the highest honor in French society, the Legion d’Honneur, because of pot.
November 20, 2013
11/20/2013
The Effect of Cannabis on Newborns and Pregnant Women

The Effect of Cannabis on Newborns and Pregnant Women

The effect of cannabis on newborns and pregnant women are not negative, and may even be positive, according to a study in Jamaica.
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,...
November 20, 2013
11/20/2013
Vice: Is Britain Set for Its Very Own Cannabis Revolution?

Vice: Is Britain Set for Its Very Own Cannabis Revolution?

Author Doug Fine recently spoke in London about the US cannabis revolution, asking if Britain is ready for its own.
November 20, 2013
11/20/2013
UN Bureaucrats Fret About Uruguay’s Marijuana Legalization

UN Bureaucrats Fret About Uruguay’s Marijuana Legalization

Uruguay is blowing off the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) as it prepares to become the first country to legalize marijuana commerce, and the INCB is “concerned.” The South...
November 20, 2013
11/20/2013
Motley Fool: The Winners and Losers of Marijuana Legalization

Motley Fool: The Winners and Losers of Marijuana Legalization

Aaron Sankin breaks down the business end of the effects of marijuana legalization.
November 20, 2013
11/20/2013
California MMJ Patients Please Take ASA’s Survey

California MMJ Patients Please Take ASA’s Survey

Americans for Safe Access is asking California MMJ patients to take a short survey.
November 19, 2013
11/19/2013
DEA Claims Repealing Prohibition Fosters Organized Crime

DEA Claims Repealing Prohibition Fosters Organized Crime

In a new report, the DEA claims criminal organizations will benefit from legalization…Um, somehow.