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CBS Poll Has Support for Marijuana Legalization at All-Time High
A CBS News poll released this week has support for marijuana legalization at an all-time high, with as many Americans now saying it should be legal as...
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TSA Says Flying Between Colorado and Washington With Marijuana Will Be Okay... Sort Of
According to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), if medical marijuana patients' paperwork checks out, they can board a flight with meds in tow as long as they are headed to a medical marijuana state that offers reciprocity.
Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch Backs Medical Marijuana Farm for City
Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch wants zoning commissioners to speed up economic growth and that includes approving a medical marijuana farm.
Massachusetts Becomes the 18th Medical Marijuana State; Now Comes the Difficult Work of Implementation
Earlier this month, an overwhelming 63% of Massachusetts voters approved Ballot Question 3 and became the 18th state to pass a medical marijuana law...
Chronicle DVD Review: Code of the West
In Code of the West, Emmy nominated filmmaker Rebecca Richman Cohen brilliantly tells the story of Montana's late medical marijuana wars. Now the film...
Outrage at Potential Sentence for Montana Marijuana Grower
Chris Williams is sitting in a private federal prison on the Montana prairie these days awaiting sentencing. If the federal government has its way, he won't be a free man again for three-quarters of a century, an effective life sentence for a middle-aged man like Williams.
Mendocino Officials Mum on Federal Medical Pot Subpoena
Both Federal & Mendocino County officials declined to comment on a federal subpoena for financial records regarding the county's medical marijuana ordinance
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.11.28)
Arizona marks a medical marijuana first, there's an ominous move by the feds in Northern California, Illinois is considering a medical marijuana bill, and that's not the half of it.
New Jersey Medical Marijuana Patients Hopeful the Last Hurdle Has Been Cleared
New Jersey medical marijuana patients say they have encountered mostly silence since then as they have waited anxiously for the call saying the nonprofit dispensary in Montclair, Essex County, is open for business.
DC Department of Health to Educate Prospective Medical Marijuana Patients in Dec Town Hall Meeting
What: Town Hall Meeting -- D.C. Medical Marijuana Patients Forum. When: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 7:30pm Where:
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Up in Smoke in Peabody, Massachusetts
The Peabody City Council Legal Affairs Committee voted 4-1 against allowing medical marijuana dispensaries in the city .
Harborside Health Center Must Stay Open, Oakland Says
The city of Oakland says that forfeiture proceedings against Harborside Health Center, a medical marijuana dispensary should be stayed while a federal judge
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Cannabidiol Relieves Psychosis in Schizophrenia, Why Illegal?
The administration of the non-psychotropic plant constituent cannabidiol (CBD) is associated with a significant reduction in psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia, according to clinical trial data published in the journal Translational…
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Medical Marijuana Illinois: Veto Session Could Make Legal Weed a Reality
It's considered a lame duck session, but Illinois lawmakers will be scrambling to decide the fate of several hot-button issues, including possibly legalizing medical marijuana.
Harborside Health Center Dispensary Can't Catch a Break With Landlords
Harborside Health Center, a medical marijuana dispensary has renewed pleas to stop its landlord from upending the business amid federal forfeiture...
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Legal Marijuana Is Not in Foreseeable Future in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has a long way to go before such a question makes its way on the ballot.
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Oregon Girl Mykayla Comstock, 7, is Medical Marijuana Patient
Mykayla Comstock was diagnosed with leukemia last spring, she takes a gram of cannabis oil daily.