Wales Health Services Now Offers Prescription Cannabis-Based Drug for MS
The NHS of Wales in the UK has just become the first NHS in the UK to fund cannabis-based medicine for people with multiple sclerosis.
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Seattle to Denver: A Tale of Two Cities’ Marijuana Economies
The U.S. now has two states with two separate cannabis economies. Colorado was the first to get a recreational business up and running, while Washington is severely lagging behind a backlog of paperwork. What Washington lacks in speed, though, it seems ...
NY Times Peddled Reefer Madness in the Past
While the NY Times is doing some good work in rationally addressing the veil of bullshit and mystique that has clouded marijuana's history in America, they conveniently overlooked the portions of their own history where they helped to fan the prohibition flames.
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Israel Is Allowing Soldiers to Use Medical Cannabis While in Service
It appears that the Israel Defense Force has publicly announced that being prescribed cannabis and continuing to use cannabis while actively part of the IDF is not in itself grounds for medical ineligibility for the mandated service.
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Police Chiefs and Politicians: The New Faces of Corporate Medical Marijuana in B.C.
British Columbia medical marijuana promoters are turning to former police chiefs and prominent politicians to help sell their products and attract mom and pop investors.
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Poll: New Yorkers Don't Support Weed Legalization, Medical or Recreational
Only 35% of New Yorkers want to legalize marijuana for personal use, and 62% said they wouldn't use it even it were legal, a Quinnipiac University poll Friday found.
Al Olson, Senior NBC News Editor, To Head Marijuana News Site
Yesterday, I believe, we got another morsel of evidence illustrating the reach of the pro-cannabis movement. Al Olson, veteran journalist and a Senior Editor at NBC news left his post to become the managing editor of a Marijuana news site.
Oregon Early Learning Council: Medical Marijuana Worse Than Booze, Pills and Guns
For a state sandwiched between the legal pot haven of Washington and the heavily-medical marijuana saturation in California, Oregon sure exhibits some backwater ways of thinking. Oregon has been more or less a stick in the mud, refusing to allow the flood of popular marijuana use budge them from the last century.
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Marijuana Prices Hit Another High
Marijuana prices hit another new high this week with 1-gram bags from one grower selling for between $32.50 and $38 after taxes, compared to the roughly $20 a gram when the stores first opened, and $5 to $10 per gram on the black market.
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Here's Why Marijuana Legalization Just Might Keep the Senate Blue
John Hudak reports Alaska and Oregon will vote whether to legalize marijuana this November, and regardless of the outcomes, the presence of those initiatives will likely drive younger and more liberal & libertarian
Democratic Party of Oregon Endorses Marijuana Legalization Initiative
Earlier today, the Democratic Party of Oregon came out in support of Measure 91, which would legalize and regulate the adult use, cultivation, and sale of marijuana in the state.
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.08.20)
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of August 20, 2014:
Public Funds Paying for "Educational Tour" Against Oregon Marijuana Initiative
Proponents of Measure 91, which would make marijuana legal for adults in Oregon and regulate cultivation and retail sales, are up in arms at the discovery that federal funds are being used to bring drug warrior Kevin Sabet and company to their state to fight against the initiative.
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Hickenlooper: Marijuana Regulators Have Done 'A Very Good Job'
Two years later, eight months into Colorado's recreational marijuana legalization experiment, Governor Hickenlooper says he’s pleased with the way his state has handled voters’ wishes. "I think...
ASA and Leafly Tag-Team NFL
The main, practical reason that I feel cannabis should be legal and allowed for consumption by NFL players is that it is a tremendously safe alternative to the gamut of pharmaceutical pain medication that these men are readily prescribed.
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A Classic Example of Why Regulating Marijuana in California Is So Tricky
California still has no centrally-run state program to license and regulate medical marijuana cultivation and facilities, even 18 years after the passage of Prop 215 and the recently failed SB 1262.
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Jackie Chan's Son Becomes Unwitting Star in China's Anti-Drug Campaign
During a morning news segment, CCTV aired pixelated footage showing Jaycee Chan, the son of martial arts legend Jackie Chan, and Taiwanese actor Ko Chen-tung being interrogated by police about drug possession.
Alaska Marijuana Initiative Trails in Poll
The people trying to legalize marijuana in Alaska are in for a tough battle, if the most recent Public Policy Polling survey is any indicator. That poll...