Congressional Republicans (with the Obama administration’s bipartisan support) are all for using the IRS to target and decimate one sector of the U.S. economy — medical marijuana providers. Alternet reports: The IRS employs Section 280E, a 1982 tax code addition that was a response to a drug dealer’s successful effort to claim his yacht, weapons, […]
Category: Medical Marijuana
Feds Threaten Landlords of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries with Forty Year Prison Sentences
Picture: Anti-Pot DA Melinda Haag Go into any strip mall “pain clinic” and grab a bottle of Oxycontin. Wander into a corner liquor store and grab a few bottles of Everclear and a pack of cigarettes. Load up on McDonald’s and Burger King until your heart explodes. All of that is fine. Meanwhile, controversy continues […]
Man Denied Life-Saving Liver Transplant Due to Medical Marijuana Usage
Pic: Hupu2 (CC) Sick people being condemned to a painful, lingering death due to using a medicinal plant that doesn’t have the blessing of Big Pharma? It’s the American Way! Via Alternet: After being diagnosed with liver cancer in 2009, Norman B. Smith applied to the liver transplant list at Cedar-Sinai hospital. While waiting for […]
Violent Police Raid Of Medical Marijuana Collective Caught On Camera
Has medical marijuana truly been legalized if this is considered acceptable police procedure? Watch as police rampage through the THC Downtown Collective, a marijuana dispensary in Long Beach, California, which was operating in accordance with state laws but lacked a proper city permit. Officers do as much destruction as possible, knock out the facility’s security […]
White House Rejects Medical Marijuana For Soldiers’ PTSD Treatment
Marijuana ruled hazardous to your health, war not. Adding to the hypocrisy is the fact that our president was once a legendary stoner who during his teen years invented new methods of getting high and cruised around Hawaii in a mobile drugmobile called the Choomwagon. Higher Thinking Primate writes: Despite evidence that medical marijuana can […]
Feds Continue Crackdown on California’s Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Raw Story reports that the Department of Justice is pressuring landlords to evict medical marijuana dispensaries from their properties. Two dispensaries, HopeNet and Vapor Room, both report that their landlords received letters threatening them with seizure of property and other penalties unless the shops were closed. The scare tactics are in sharp contrast to the […]
Mounting Research Shows Marijuana Fights Cancer
Will the jaws of future generations drop in amazement when they learn that marijuana was banned in our society as a criminal substance? Via the Daily Beast: Mounting evidence shows ‘cannabinoids’ in marijuana slow cancer growth, inhibit formation of new blood cells that feed a tumor, and help manage pain, fatigue, nausea, and other side […]
How To Invest (Legally) In Marijuana
Mjpresson (CC) You know a tipping point has been reached when the financial press starts writing about ways to profit from legalized marijuana! From MarketWatch: Mark Twain is said to have remarked that a gold rush is a good time to be in the pick and shovel business. Investors may be able to apply that […]
Marijuana Dispensing Company’s Stock Is Way Too High
O'Dea (CC) Last week we posted a story about legal ways to invest in the medical marijuana boom. One of the suggested companies whose stock is publicly traded, Medbox, says it’s stock price is now ridiculously high after climbing 3000%. Story from MarketWatch: A company that creates medical-marijuana dispensing machines says its stock is getting […]
Seven Year-Old Girl Battles Leukemia With Medical Marijuana
Seven-year old leukemia patient Mykayla Comstock receives a gram of cannabis oil a day to offset the side-effects of her chemotherapy. While both Mykayla and her mom say that the cannabis has been essential in maintaining her appetite, helping her sleep and generally keeping her spirits up, not everyone is so sure. Mykayla’s father (divorced […]