New Yorker Blames Pot Smoke for Ruining Her Life
Enter Jennifer Garam, stage left. She recently penned an article that Time published called "I Don’t Want to Smell Your Pot Smoke and I Don’t Think it Should Be Legalized."
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Cannabis Consumption Helps With Brain Trauma
UCLA researchers have taken a big stride toward proving what your average stoner has known for ages: weed is good for your brain. No, that's not a blanket statement that can be applied to any permutation of that sentiment, but the study found that marijuana users had a markedly higher survival rate from brain trauma.
Will Humble, Arizona Top Health Officer, Hates Cannabis
Will Humble, Arizona's State Health Director, is trying his damnedest to obliquely cripple the future of medical marijuana in his state. Humble is seeking to change the current protocols for adding authorized MMJ conditions.
2500 Year Old 'Ice Princess' May Have Been Medicating With Cannabis
Recent investigation into the 2500 year old mummified Ukok 'Ice Princess' (named after the permafrost plateau in the Altai Mountains where scientists found the remains), indicate that the 25 year old woman may have been medicating with cannabis.
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Family Law & Cannabis Alliance Announces Groundbreaking Legal Network
Family Law & Cannabis Alliance (FLCA), a national nonprofit organization providing information on Child Protective Services (CPS), family court, and marijuana is proud to officially launch its groundbreaking legal network, available at no cost ...
What Are the Highest CBD Strains?
By using strains that are high in CBD and low in THC, people living with illness are able to unlock the therapeutic benefits of marijuana without having the experience of being ‘high’. Over the past few years, medicinal growers have developed two strains...
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How a Twitter Campaign Exposed the Madness of Banning Medical Marijuana
After Corey Hunt watched doctors overdose his girlfriend's mother on morphine while battling breast cancer, he knew there had to be something better out there. It was cannabis. So he started the Twitter campaign #illegallyhealed to take the message mainstream.
Big DEA Raid, Medical Cannabis Cultivators Fight Back in Court
Two years ago, in October of 2012, DEA agents and local officers in Ramona, California kicked in the door of the Little's home and arrested both Mr. and Mrs. Little. Their alleged crime - growing illegal amounts of cannabis. Now they are fighting back in a lawsuit against the officers who raided their home.
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NYC Hosts Medical Marijuana Expo as State Ramps Up for Legalization
New York state lawmakers and advocates of medical marijuana gathered at an expo in New York City on Sunday to discuss the implementation of a new state law authorizing medical marijuana.
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.10.01)
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of October 01, 2014:
4 Year Old Kicks Cancer With Cannabis
Here is yet another marijuana success story that flies directly in the face of its schedule I federal status designation of "no medical use." 4 year old boy Landon Riddle was diagnosed with leukemia and prescribed a rigorous treatment of chemotherapy and a myriad of anti-cancer pills.
Florida Anti-Cannabis Group: "Medical Marijuana Leads to Date Rape"
Anti-cannabis proponents in Florida have reached a new low, with an ad campaign that likens cannabis to a date rape drug. "No On Amendment 2", an anti-legalization group released an ad which insinuates that medical cannabis will be used as a date rape drug if legalized.
Patients and Industry Win in Nevada
Medical cannabis patients and industry teamed up to win an important victory in Nevada yesterday. A crowd of more than 100 patients, industry workers, lawmakers, and other stakeholders persuaded the state's Division of Public and Behavioral Health to abandon plans to limit the number of licensed cultivation facilities authorized under state law.
Charlo Greene Says "F*ck It" and Quits TV to Run Cannabis Business
Greene finished her statement with a mic dropping sign off that can only be described as badass, "And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but, fuck it, I quit."
New Type of Vaporizer Developed for Hospitals
An Israeli start-up has developed a new type of vaporizing device, which they believe will give more doctors the confidence to prescribe marijuana. The Syqe Inhaler is being marketed as the world’s first metered-dose cannabis vaporizer.
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Marijuana Caregivers Escape Colorado Crackdown
Confronted with a room full of teary parents with sick children, Colorado health authorities on Tuesday changed course on a plan to limit marijuana caregivers to 10 patients.
New Jersey's Broken Medical Marijuana Program Continues to Hurt Patients
New Jersey remains a poor excuse for a medical marijuana state, and patients continue to suffer the consequences. Currently, there remain only three dispensaries in the state, and patients continue to struggle with gaining access to them.
Is Big Pharma Behind Anti-Cannabis Research?
As we recognize the hidden financial ties between academics advocating for the prohibition and strict regulation of cannabis and large prescription drug companies, we begin to see that there is an anti-cannabis agenda being pushed by drug companies that has nothing to do with health and safety, and everything to do with keeping prescription drug sales up.