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 […]
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Marijuana The New Normal In California
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 […]
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 […]
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries: High-tech Tracking System Unfulfilled
DENVER, Colo. — The technology was supposed to efficiently track medical marijuana from seed to sale — the catch-phrase that came to define Colorado’s efforts to regulate what had been an outlaw business. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Marijuana Legalization Gains Support Nationwide in New Pew Poll
The Denver PostBy David Lauter WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana, a new poll shows, with the change driven largely by a huge shift in how the baby-boom generation feels about the drug of their youth. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Obama Still Won’t Say If He’s Going To Fight The States On Marijuana Legalization
BusinessInsider.comBy Hunter Walker, Talking Points Memo. On election night last November, when voters in Colorado and Washington passed ballot initiatives making their states the first to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, they set the stage for potentially landmark legal battles that could define the future of American drug policy. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Medical Marijuana Gets Its Day in Court
Bloomberg.comBy Elizabeth Dwoskin The Michigan Supreme Court agreed last week to weigh a medical marijuana ban put in place by lawmakers in a Grand Rapids suburb called Wyoming. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Seattle Times Editorial: Close the Tax Gap Between Medical and Recreational Marijuana
The Seattle TimesEditorial RECREATIONAL marijuana and medical marijuana are under different systems. They need to be reconciled. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Czech Pharmacies Begin Selling Medical Marijuana
The Raw StoryBy Agence France-Presse Medical marijuana legally went on sale this month in pharmacies across the Czech Republic for patients suffering from cancer, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis or psoriasis. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz