Category: Medical Marijuana

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Medical marijuana news and commentary

November 4, 2013
11/04/2013
Updates From Jovan Jackson Medical Marijuana Trial

Updates From Jovan Jackson Medical Marijuana Trial

October 28, 2013 Jovan Jackson and his attorneys were back in court today for day two of the prosecution’s case against the Navy veteran and medical cannabis...
November 4, 2013
11/04/2013
Little Girl, Interrupted

Little Girl, Interrupted

Tough break, Anna. You were born in the wrong state. Someday I’ll be done asking how this happened. Someday I’ll be done asking, “why Anna?”. Someday I’ll...
November 1, 2013
11/01/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.30)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.30)

A Michigan couple get their child back, New Jersey gets its second dispensary, and Washington regulators get an earful over moves to do away with patient home...
October 31, 2013
10/31/2013
Corporate Interests in Maine Kill 2014 Legalization Effort

Corporate Interests in Maine Kill 2014 Legalization Effort

As we mentioned here previously, NORML has worked with Representative Diane Russell in Maine to draft and prepare for introduction a measure that would have legalized and...
October 31, 2013
10/31/2013

50 Shades of Blue – The Progressively Depressing Politics of BHO

I’m feeling blue and it has all to do with a grey area. For the past two weeks, all I’ve been reading is that medical marijuana is gonna...
October 31, 2013
10/31/2013
Product Review: Golden Organic Healing Oil

Product Review: Golden Organic Healing Oil

Golden Organic Healing Oil is unique in a cannabis community that offers a myriad of oils and elixirs that provide topical and ingestible relief for a plethora...
By: Anna Diaz
October 30, 2013
10/30/2013
Washington Prosecutor Drops Dispensary Cases

Washington Prosecutor Drops Dispensary Cases

Last week, Cowlitz County prosecutor Sue Baur dropped two Washington medical marijuana dispensary cases. Naturally Yours and Grass Rootz owners and employees charged in the cases are...
October 30, 2013
10/30/2013
Wisconsin MMJ Bill Would Legalize Dispensaries, Home Grows

Wisconsin MMJ Bill Would Legalize Dispensaries, Home Grows

Monday, a Wisconsin MMJ bill was introduced, signed on by 18 lawmakers.
October 30, 2013
10/30/2013
Banks Want to Work With Marijuana Business, Waiting on Feds

Banks Want to Work With Marijuana Business, Waiting on Feds

Reported this week in the Daily Herald: Community banks and credit unions are ready and willing to provide financial services to entrepreneurs in the state’s new legal...
October 30, 2013
10/30/2013
Canna-Pet: The First Cannabis Medicine for Pets Is Here

Canna-Pet: The First Cannabis Medicine for Pets Is Here

Canna-pet is new cannabis medicine for pets. It’s CBD-based, so it can be sold over the counter.
October 30, 2013
10/30/2013
Medical Marijuana and Parents… on Dr. Phil?

Medical Marijuana and Parents… on Dr. Phil?

If there were any doubts that cannabis has gone mainstream, here’s an article about Cheryl Shuman talking medical marijuana and parents on Dr. Phil.
October 30, 2013
10/30/2013
Arizona Parents File Suit for Access to Extracts

Arizona Parents File Suit for Access to Extracts

Parents of a medical cannabis patient filed a suit for legal access to extracts after their son began having difficulty eating.
October 30, 2013
10/30/2013
Medical Marijuana in Washington Needs Your Help, Global Ramifications

Medical Marijuana in Washington Needs Your Help, Global Ramifications

Winning the battle to preserve Washington’s medical marijuana industry is critical. Politicians want to effectively destroy it completely, claiming patients can buy their medication from recreational shops,...
By: Mercedys
October 29, 2013
10/29/2013
Florida Supreme Court to Hear Marijuana Initiative Arguments

Florida Supreme Court to Hear Marijuana Initiative Arguments

On December 5th, the Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments for the medical marijuana initiative that could put an amendment on next year’s ballot.
October 29, 2013
10/29/2013
Second Medical Cannabis Dispensary Opens in New Jersey

Second Medical Cannabis Dispensary Opens in New Jersey

Compassionate Care Foundation opened yesterday, becoming New Jersey’s second medical cannabis dispensary.
October 29, 2013
10/29/2013
Cannabis Culture in Israel

Cannabis Culture in Israel

Unlike the United States, which has an uncertain future regarding marijuana laws, Israel’s $40 million per year cannabis industry is thriving. For one, it does not have...
October 29, 2013
10/29/2013
Study: CBD Combats Iron In The Brain, Fights Alzheimer’s

Study: CBD Combats Iron In The Brain, Fights Alzheimer’s

In a great article on Hemp.org, Steve Elliott reports on a study which found that CBD can help fight Alzheimer’s by reducing excesses of iron in the...
October 28, 2013
10/28/2013
Jovan Jackson’s Medical Cannabis Trial Begins

Jovan Jackson’s Medical Cannabis Trial Begins

Opening statements have ended and the prosecutor has called two witnesses in Jovan Jackson’s third medical cannabis trial. This, after a telling day and a half of...
October 28, 2013
10/28/2013
Michigan Medical Marijuana Couple Gets Their Daughter Back

Michigan Medical Marijuana Couple Gets Their Daughter Back

I feel like we often talk about how the justice system fails in regards to cannabis. To be fair, quite often, the justice system is a lit...
October 28, 2013
10/28/2013
Translating the Mistruths of Prairie Plant Systems

Translating the Mistruths of Prairie Plant Systems

An excellent article on Cannabis Culture translates the whitewashed response of Prairie Plant Systems CEO to recent criticism about their irradiated schwag grown in contaminated mines.