Black Americans were nearly four times as likely as whites to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession in 2010, even though the two groups used the drug at similar rates, according to new federal data. This disparity had grown steadily from a decade before, and in some states, including Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois, blacks […]
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MMJ Ingredient Prevents Brain Damage in Mice
The words “marijuana” and “brain damage” usually go in that order in medical literature. An Israeli researchers has flipped them around, finding that THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, may arrest some forms of brain damage in mice. The loco weed already is favored by those who suffer from chronic diseases, not to mention fans […]
Legalize Pot, It’s The Better Way
There’s a better way to fund transit: Drug peddling. No, I don’t mean selling copies of the ( alleged ) Rob Ford video. Nor do I suggest using magic mushrooms or LSD to transport Torontonians without them leaving their La-Z-Boy. And I would refrain from selling whatever the Metrolinx brass are smoking? No way. Bad […]
Former Microsoft Manager Has Big Ideas About Pot
Former Microsoft manager Jamen Shively wants to create the first national brand of retail marijuana and to open pot trade with Mexico. Shively plans to announce that and more in a Thursday news conference he says will feature Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico. “Let’s go big or go home,” Shively said. “We’re going […]
Bloomberg: MMJ One Of The Greatest Hoaxes
Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks arguments for legalizing medical marijuana are half-baked. “Medical, my foot,” Bloomberg– who has admitted to enjoying smoking weed when he was younger– told John Gambling during his weekly radio show. “There is no medical. This is one of the great hoaxes of all time,” he said, suggesting legalizing medical pot would […]
Medical Cannabis: Safe, Effective
Where did you receive your schooling and training? I have been a medical physician for more than 29 years since graduating from the University of Utah School Of Medicine. I completed training in general surgery in Los Angeles and plastic surgery in Utah. During my general surgery training I completed a one-year plastic surgery research […]
Finding a Place for Medical Marijuana
The legalization of medical marijuana is prompting cities and towns across the region to consider zoning restrictions to limit where dispensaries may open. With state regulations in effect as of Friday, and the dispensary application process scheduled by the state for this summer and fall, many communities are feeling time is short to regulate what […]
Study To Look at Whether MMJ Really Helps Users
A $ 2.2-million federally funded study soon will help answer the question: Does medicinal marijuana really help? The grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse funds a four-year project that began this monthat the University of Michigan. Researchers will track the progress of 800 recipients of medicinal marijuana prescriptions. Michigan, where more than 135,000 […]
How America Learned To Stop Worrying & Love MJ
For nearly a century, the United States has been one of the fiercest advocates and practitioners of marijuana prohibition in the world. At the height of the America’s anti-pot fervor in the 1950s and ’60s, one could even receive life imprisonment for simple possession of the drug. But the puritanical fervor that once dominated the […]
Michigan Driver Who Uses MMJ Wins Appeal
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that medical marijuana users aren’t automatically breaking the law if they’re caught driving after using the drug. The court unanimously overturned an appeals court decision in the case of a Grand Traverse County man, Rodney Koon. He was stopped in 2010 for speeding — going nearly 30 mph over […]