Medical Marijuana News
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Albany -
It's legislation that took nearly 20 years to get a governor's signature, instead of signing a bill to provide vast, quick access to medical cannabis, Governor Andrew Cuomo gave New Yorkers a bill that fails on so many levels.
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Seattle -
Washington has a weed shortage but this is not for lack of resources. Shortages here are mostly due to restrictions and a failure to try new sources.
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Brampton -
Canadian Cannabis Corporation announce the purchase of its 300,000 square foot facility in Brampton, Ontario located at 98-102 Rutherford Road South.
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As medical marijuana users seek safer ways to take their medicine, vaporizers have fast become the technology of choice. The science seems to back up this trend.
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Berkeley -
Displaying characteristically staggering (wilfull?) ignorance, Fox News blowhard Bill O'Reilly hosted a panel mocking a California city's compassionate decision to provide free medical marijuana to low and no-income residents.
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Davenport -
In the fight to legalize cannabis, millions of Americans have become civil disobedients in order to medicate their illness. Those people are at risk to feel the cold back hand of state, whose federal judges deny them the right to fair trial.
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Washington -
Researchers are toiling around the clock to prove marijuana can help people suffering from a dozen diseases, including epilepsy, cancer and neuropathic pain.
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Boston -
A new poll conducted by a Massachusetts newspaper indicates that about half of voters there would vote for a measure that would legalize marijuana.
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Molly Cooke, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, has said that many claims about medical marijuana are limited by a lack of experimental data. The reason for this is due to laws hampering research.
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Berkeley -
A new amendment to Berkeley, California's pot laws requires dispensaries to donate 2 percent of their cannabis per year to the disadvantaged.
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Denver -
Former president Bill Clinton has come out in favor of allowing individual states to decide whether or not to legalize marijuana, noting that there's increasing evidence that shows that medical marijuana can be beneficial for patients who are ill.
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Tulsa -
Brittany Hardy-Warrior has left her home to treat her child with an illegal drug that prevents seizures like no pharmaceutical drug can. Hardy-Warrior has taken the fight to Gov. Mary Fallin to legalize medical marijuana so her family can return home.
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Atlanta -
There is no sign that the federal government will unban marijuana even as evidence grows of the deadliness of alcohol. Money likely will eventually level the playing field for the two drugs.
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New York -
New York is set to become the latest U.S. state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. A key vote is set to take place this month.
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A new report by the Drug Policy Alliance has accused the DEA of obstructing research for marijuana for more than four decades. It is an accusation supported by evidence.
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Denver -
Colorado may close down many medical marijuana businesses in July after denying many applications from last year. Businesses who failed to get a city application from Denver will be shut down, but many businesses complain about the backlog.
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Calgary -
A new study published by the mental health journal Schizophrenia Research, shows no link between marijuana and psychosis.
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Joining ranks with 21 other states, Minnesota last Thursday legally passed the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes with a law that is one of most restrictive in the nation.
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Des Moines -
Families across Iowa celebrated the news Friday that Governor Terry Branstad signed the bill enabling a low-THC medical marijuana oil extract to be used as treatment for children with severe epilepsy.
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Washington -
Reflecting growing acceptance of cannabis, a coalition of House members voted Friday to restrict the Drug Enforcement Administration from using funds to go after medical marijuana operations that are legal under state laws.
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The House of Representatives voted 219-189 in favor of preventing the DEA from using federal funds to raid medical marijuana facilities.
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San Francisco -
A bill has been proposed to clear-up California's somewhat confused approach to medical marijuana. This week the state Assembly will consider the new legislation.
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Vancouver -
Let's do away with the suspense created by the title: Canada has its first marijuana vending machine in, naturally, Vancouver. The city's a haven for the pot movement but this vending machine is strictly about medical marijuana.
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Ahead of his May 12th trial, federal medical marijuana defendant Larry Harvey, 70, goes to Washington, D.C. to lobby the United States Congress in order to stop funding federal prosecutions like his.
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Tallahassee -
A strain of low-potency marijuana became legalized in Florida yesterday to help treat epilepsy and cancer patients, including children.
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Sacramento -
Sacramento County supervisors are on the road, looking for gardens growing marijuana, in a move to control California’s burgeoning pot farm industry.
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An inspection of Greenleaf Medicinals of British Columbia by Health Canada has resulted in the medical marijuana supplier voluntarily recalling its Purple Kush (Batch PK-10-20-13)) shipment of pot. The recall went into effect April 18.
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A survey of 1,544 U.S. doctors published on Wednesday by WebMD finds a majority believe medical marijuana should be legal throughout that country. Most respondents also said medical pot can be of benefit in treating some conditions.
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The Canadian government has announced its intention to appeal a court order which allows a large number of medical marijuana patients to continue growing their own plants for personal, medical use while challenges to proposed changes remain on the table.
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Santiago -
Uruguay plans to begin selling legalized cloned marijuana grown under government control by December 2014, President Jose Mujica said on Wednesday.
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Medical Marijuana Image
With permission by Reuters / Anthony Bolante
A marijuana leaf is displayed at Canna Pi medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle, Washington
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With permission by Reuters / David Ryder
Participants attend the 2nd National Marijuana Business Conference and Expo in Auburn, Washington November 8, 2013
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photo by thagrdnr
Medicinal marijuana sign
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Courtesy MediJean
Anton Mattadeen, chief strategy officer of MediJean
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Flickr user Rusty Blazenhoff
A female marijuana plant nearing maturation
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Sarah Bennett and Donald Morse are the managers of Human Collective, a distribution clinic for medical marijuana, legal under state law in Oregon
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Flickr user AudioVision
Medical marijuana at HempCon
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Via Flickr user Mark
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CNN screengrab
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta has reversed his stance on medical marijuana
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Dispensary Group news room
Autospense created exclusively for the disbursement of medical marijuana.
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Dixie Elixirs of Colorado has introduced a brand new line of medical marijuana soda to meet the need for users of the prescription drug who prefer not to be subjected to the effects of smoking weed.
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Wikipedia
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Coaster420
An ounce of Green Crack bought from a dispensary in California.
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Despite the initial approval of a permit, residents and merchants along Taraval Street in San Francisco's Parkside District got city officials to rescind the approval. Supporters of the proposed medical marijuana facility say they will appeal.
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Police handout
Edward Bogunovich, 87
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screenshot/ Autospense by Dispenselabs via YouTube
Autospense by Dispenselabs video display of the various types of medical marijuana for purchase.
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