Medical Marijuana News

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.

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.

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.

Santiago - Uruguay plans to begin selling legalized cloned marijuana grown under government control by December 2014, President Jose Mujica said on Wednesday.

Newark - What does marijuana have to do with sushi? This weekend, the first TV add that could be seen as promoting weed premiered in New Jersey started out with a slippery guy selling black market sushi.

An independent Quinnipiac University poll conducted in Ohio has found citizens of that state support legal medical marijuana in large numbers and they narrowly support personal pot use. The poll results were announced Monday, Feb. 24.

San Francisco - An enterprising teen from San Francisco and her mom have devised a savvy sales scheme, selling Girl Scout cookies outside a local medical marijuana dispensary.

New York - With Congress resisting marijuana reform, courts ignoring several government reports, and President Obama giving it lukewarm support, the marijuana train keeps chugging along.

Washington - President Obama’s administration has acted again to make clear it will not stand in the way of the growing marijuana industry. His attorney general already said enforcing laws against it will be ignored in most cases in states where it is legal.

Denver - The federal government is rapidly falling behind states on marijuana reform. More than 20 states have legalized medical marijuana and nearly 30 have reforms in the works.