Category: Medical Marijuana

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Medical marijuana news and commentary

August 21, 2013
08/21/2013
Last Obstacle for CA Patients: Police Lobbyists

Last Obstacle for CA Patients: Police Lobbyists

On Huffington Post, Americans for Safe Access’ Executive Director Steph Sherer details the last and oldest obstacle to regulate dispensaries in California: police lobbyists. Ever since medical...
August 21, 2013
08/21/2013
Medical Marijuana Patients Test 25-Mile Limit

Medical Marijuana Patients Test 25-Mile Limit

013 Medical marijuana advocates claim in court that Arizona unconstitutionally bars some patients from growing the drug at home if they live less than 25 miles from...
August 20, 2013
08/20/2013
New Jersey Dispensary to Provide Meds to Sick Kids for Free

New Jersey Dispensary to Provide Meds to Sick Kids for Free

Thanks to the fact that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has finally eased access to medical marijuana for minors, Compassionate Care Centers of America Foundation, Inc. has said...
August 20, 2013
08/20/2013
New Jersey Governor Moves on Medical Marijuana for Kids

New Jersey Governor Moves on Medical Marijuana for Kids

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) Friday conditionally vetoed a bill that would have expanded the number of marijuana strains available to patients and allow minors to...
August 20, 2013
08/20/2013
Michigan Medical Marijuana Conference Coming to Ann Arbor

Michigan Medical Marijuana Conference Coming to Ann Arbor

For the third time, Ann Arbor will be home to the Michigan Medical Marijuana Conference. The conference will showcase speakers, discussions and classes for activists, workers and...
August 20, 2013
08/20/2013
Medical Marijuana Advocates Hold Illinois Conference on Implementation

Medical Marijuana Advocates Hold Illinois Conference on Implementation

With the passage of HB1 earlier this month, key stakeholders will meet this Thursday to discuss next steps Medical marijuana advocates will hold a 4-hour conference this...
August 19, 2013
08/19/2013
Great Edibles Recipes: Cereal Milkshake

Great Edibles Recipes: Cereal Milkshake

When I was a chef at a French bistro, we served this locally made, small batch vanilla ice cream. I don’t normally enjoy straight vanilla. I mean, I...
August 19, 2013
08/19/2013
Chris Christie Seeks Changes in New Jersey Medical Marijuana Bill

Chris Christie Seeks Changes in New Jersey Medical Marijuana Bill

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he’d accept a medical marijuana bill only if certain changes are made: 1) it stipulated that edible strains of marijuana would...
August 19, 2013
08/19/2013
Fox News Doctor Supports Weed, Too

Fox News Doctor Supports Weed, Too

Hot on the heels of CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who recently announced his support for the use of medical cannabis (just like we predicted), is Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox...
By: Andy Cush
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
How to Make Cannamilk

How to Make Cannamilk

Got Cannamilk? It occurred to me while writing another recipe (that called for cannamilk) for our Great Recipes While High series that we don’t have a recipe...
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
ASA Lobby Day: Making a difference in California

ASA Lobby Day: Making a difference in California

A group of almost one hundred medical cannabis patients, cultivators, industry workers, and other stakeholders showed up in Sacramento for the California Summer Lobby Day on Monday,...
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
Delaware Governor Moves on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Delaware Governor Moves on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

More than two years after signing a medical marijuana bill into law, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D) signaled Thursday that he is ready to move forward with...
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
Irish Doctors Will Be Allowed to Prescribe Sativex

Irish Doctors Will Be Allowed to Prescribe Sativex

Irish Minister of State Alex White said he plans to “amend the regulations to allow a newly authorized medicinal product containing cannabis extract to be prescribed (Sativex), supplied...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
My Favorite Strains: Blue Dream

My Favorite Strains: Blue Dream

A Strain-ge Experience: My Blue Dream Blue Dream is one of my absolute favorite and consistently satisfying strains of marijuana. Just Google “Blue Dream” and you’ll find...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Most Americans Now Live in States That Reject Prohibition

Most Americans Now Live in States That Reject Prohibition

In a great article on Huffington Post, Marijuana Policy Project’s Rob Kampia reports that with the recent passage of Illinois’ medical marijuana law, most of our nation’s...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Video: Sanjay Gupta & Montel Williams Rail Against Fed’s Hypocrisy

Video: Sanjay Gupta & Montel Williams Rail Against Fed’s Hypocrisy

Montel Williams joined Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Piers Morgan Live to continue the discussion of the federal government’s hypocrisy regarding medical marijuana. Dr. Gupta has been on...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
John Liu Wants to Legalize Weed in New York City

John Liu Wants to Legalize Weed in New York City

Facing lagging poll numbers just a month out from primary elections, NYC Comptroller and 2013 mayoral candidate John Liu just played a political wildcard. Yesterday, he said he’d...
By: Andy Cush
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Oregon: Governor Signs Law Authorizing Cannabis Dispensaries

Oregon: Governor Signs Law Authorizing Cannabis Dispensaries

Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber today signed legislation, House Bill 3460, into law establishing regulations for the creation of state-licensed medical cannabis facilities. The law tasks the Oregon Health Authority with...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.14)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.14)

Medical marijuana wars continue in California, a Michigan town gets intrusive, Nevada prepares to rake in the dough from dispensaries, and Washington patients organize in the face...
August 14, 2013
08/14/2013
Study: Medical Cannabis Laws Reduce Alcohol Traffic Deaths

Study: Medical Cannabis Laws Reduce Alcohol Traffic Deaths

The passage of medical cannabis laws is associated with a reduction in the public’s consumption of alcohol and with fewer incidences of alcohol-related traffic fatalities, according to data published...