Australian Child Turns to Cannabis as Last Hope
Australian politicians have approved a medical cannabis trial thanks to a little girl. Two year old Cambrie Humphris suffers from 80-100 seizures per day.
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Colorado's 'Don't Be a Lab Rat' Campaign Suspended in Boulder
One of the latest campaigns to try to dissuade children from trying marijuana is the “Don’t Be a Lab Rat” campaign, which has set up giant “rat” cages in public areas of Colorado with signs telling kids that they’ll just become another statistic if they start smoking. It’s mostly just funny and corny, including giant water tanks attached to the cage.
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Colorado Medical-Marijuana Caregiver Rules Could Pinch Young Patients
Dozens of families who moved to Colorado to treat their severely disabled children with a special kind of marijuana could lose access to the treatment under new proposed rules that would stop medical marijuana caregivers from serving more than 10 patients at a time.
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.
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:
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.08.13)
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of August 13, 2014:
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Gavin Newsom Will Back 'The Right Initiative' To Legalize Marijuana In California
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), who has made no secret of his overall support for marijuana legalization, has now said he's prepared to campaign for a ballot measure in 2016 to permit recreational pot use in the state, so long as it addresses items like consumption age limits, advertising and DUI.
Andy Harris: It's for the Kids, Damnit!
If Kevin Sabet and Chris Christie were looking for a third member to play some acoustic crazy in their anti-cannabis garage band, they need look no further than Representative Andy Harris (R-MD).
Colorado Health Department: Teen Marijuana Use Has Decreased Since Marijuana Became Legal for Adults
Rates of current and lifetime marijuana use among Colorado high school students has dropped since the state made marijuana legal in 2012, according to a press release distributed today by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Seattle's First Couple Weeks of Legal Weed
I absolutely do see and smell more grass around since 502, despite existing prevalence of MMJ. What I do not see thus far is disrespect and I gotta give props to my #SeattleStoners for that shit.
Study: Legalized Medical Marijuana Doesn’t Impact Teen Use Rates
The passage of state laws legalizing the physician-recommended possession and consumption of cannabis by qualified patients has not led to an increase in adolescents’ use of the plant,
Utah Children’s Hospital Looking for Subjects for Epilepsy / CBD Study
The Primary Children's Hospital in Utah is recruiting a total of 25 children with intractable epilepsy, age 2-17. The cannabis extract study, led by Neurologist Francis Filloux, has yet to be assigned a start date, pending approval from the United States Drug Enforcement Agency.
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New Canadian Rules Force Epileptic Boy to Smoke Marijuana?
Recent changes to Health Canada’s medical marijuana regulations have forced a six-year-old boy suffering from Dravet syndrome to smoke marijuana in order to tame his seizures because the health agency prohibited the use of edibles and concentrates.
Marijuana Refugees: Changing States to Save Their Kids
The stigma around cannabis dissolves quickly when you're a parent with a sick baby. You will move the stars and box glaciers to make them well.
Cannabis and Child Abuse: The Proximity Dilemma
For many medical marijuana patients, simply having cannabis in a house where children reside could result in claims of child abuse. No one runs the risk of being labeled an abuser of children for having aspirin, chardonnay, or peanuts in their home.
Cannabis and Adolescents: WA State Guidelines
I stumbled upon this gem of a site, that claims to put out "science-based information for the public" from the UW's Institute for Alcohol and Drug Abuse. In my never-ending quest to find cannabis myth being spread as fact, I felt the need to comb through this site a bit and see just what "science-based information" they are disseminating.
Colorado Sting Operations Fail to Bust Any Marijuana Shops for Sales to Minors
State regulators and state police recently performed sting operations on 20 different marijuana stores in the Denver and Pueblo areas to determine compliance with state law, reports 9 News.
SWAT Raid Burns Hole In Toddler
Be warned: This was a hard story to read and it is difficult to write about. The tagline of the article reads: "Officers threw a flashbang grenade in my son's crib, and left a hole in his chest. It gets worse."