California often paves the way for cultural shifts in America and with the front page of the New York Times declaring that marijuana is so common that it might as well be legal in California, should we expect the whole nation to follow? Let Colorado and Washington be the marijuana trailblazers. Let them struggle with […]
Category: Medical Marijuana
Should Medical Marijuana Be Legalized For Dogs?
Pet website Dogster.com writes that veterinarians are awakening to the miraculous abilities of cannabis to heal sick animals: Christine L.’s Rottweiler, Sampson, had a rare form of blood cancer. After giving Sampson cannabis flower-bud material mixed with virgin coconut oil, whereas before Sampson had been too weak to walk, almost overnight he became a born-again […]
New York Republican Who Voted Against Medical Marijuana Busted For Pot
The Wall Street Journal reports a pretty good example of political hypocrisy, with lawmaker Steve Katz, fresh off of helping defeat the legalization of medical marijuana in New York state for people who desperately need it: A Putnam County assemblyman received a ticket for marijuana possession Thursday after he was stopped for speeding on the […]
Bill Introduced in Congress Would Fix MMJ Conflict
A bill introduced in Congress on Friday would fix the conflict between the federal government’s marijuana prohibition and state laws that allow medical or recreational use. California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said his bill, which has three Republican and three Democratic sponsors, would assure that state laws on pot are respected by the feds. The […]
Send ‘Em To Jail That Day!
The annual Drug & Alcohol Testing Industry Association (DATIA) conference, held in 2012 in San Antonio, Texas, looks like any other industry gathering. The 600 or so attendees sip their complimentary Starbucks coffee, munch on small plates of muffins and fresh fruit, and backslap old acquaintances as they file into a sprawling Marriott hotel conference […]
Poll Breaks for Legalized MJ: What Happens Now?
For the first time, national polling shows a majority of Americans — 52 percent of us — favor legalizing marijuana use in the United States. Opposition has dropped to 45 percent. The new figures, in a scientifically conducted survey by the Pew Research Center, indicate a dramatic reversal of American public opinion. Support for legalizing […]
Weird 1972 Experiment In Marijuana Use
In the winter of 1972, 20 young women took part in one of the weirdest scientific experiments in this country’s history. For 98 days in a downtown Toronto hospital, their brains, hearts, kidneys, livers, blood and urine were rigorously tested and analyzed. A team of nurses kept round-the-clock records of their behaviour, logged at half-hour […]
MJ Research Funding Cut as Support for Drug Grows
As more states embrace legalized marijuana, the drug’s growing medicinal use has highlighted a disturbing fact for doctors: scant research exists to support marijuana’s health benefits. Smoked, eaten or brewed as a tea, marijuana has been used as a medication for centuries, including in the U.S., where Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) sold it until […]
Why Legal Pot Is Coming to Nevada
It was no great feat, but as I predicted last October, Colorado and Washington have legalized pot, and Nevada is now in danger of losing our rightful place as the capital of forbidden fun. On his tourism blog, Arthur Frommer wrote last year that we could “expect a torrent of new tourism to Seattle and […]
Teen marijuana use Common because of Canadian Drug Policy
The high rate of marijuana use among Canada’s youth is a by-product of strict drug control, pot activist and BC Green Party candidate Jodie Emery said. Canada has the highest rate of cannabis use among young people in developed countries, according to a recent report by UNICEF. In Canada, 28 per cent of kids aged […]