UNM Health Sciences Center Would Convene an Advisory Council and Review Research Proposals Related to the Use, Production, Effects and Efficacy of Medical Marijuana The Bill Would Extend Protections Already Granted to Qualified Medical Marijuana Patients and Medical Providers to Researchers Santa Fe, NM – Saturday afternoon, the New Mexico State House voted (41-26) to […]
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White House Indicates Potential Crackdown on Recreational Marijuana
Sean Spicer: Trump’s DOJ Will Push for “Greater Enforcement” of Federal Law in Recreational Marijuana States Administration Suggests They Will Not Crack Down on Medical Marijuana States In a press conference today, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer strongly indicated that Jeff Sessions’ Department of Justice (DOJ) will crack down on recreational marijuana programs. When […]
National Academy Of Sciences Pushes For Rescheduling Of Marijuana
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) may believe marijuana is as harmful as heroin, but the science community is backing down on demonizing marijuana. The National Academy of Sciences released a new report last week that reviewed 10,000 scientific abstracts and reached nearly 100 conclusions that found many medical uses for marijuana and cannabis-derived products. “For […]
Germany Passes The Joint With Legalization Of Medical Marijuana
Germany is a progressive nation in many ways, but some could say the country was behind the times when it came to marijuana legalization. Though after a long fought battle, the German parliament passed the first step to legalized cannabis when they unanimously voted on Thursday to legalize the drug for medicinal uses. The vote […]
Why Many Fibromyalgia Patients Swear By Medical Marijuana
Fibromyalgia is a painful condition that over three million Americans suffer from. It causes widespread muscle pain and tenderness and, as of today, has no known cure. Those with fibromyalgia can suffer for years or, in chronic conditions, for the rest of their lives. The good news is that there are treatments. There are prescription […]
Pot Advocates See Some Hope In Sessions’ Vague Answers On Marijuana
Washington – Marijuana legalization advocates struggled Tuesday to find hope in comments that Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, made at his Senate confirmation hearing about federal tolerance for states that have legalized pot. Sessions, who has been fiercely anti-marijuana as a U.S. senator from Alabama, has the power as attorney general to […]
Marijuana Legalization In Europe – Is France Next?
Marijiuana, a divisive issue that normally resurfaces in Europe during election campaigns, has come home to France’s hotly-contested presidential race. With eight months to go until the 2017 French presidential election, marijuana – or cannabis, as the French prefer to call it – is an honored guest meme in the candidates’ discourse, and a subject […]
National Academy of Sciences Finds Conclusive Evidence That Marijuana is an Effective Medicine
Landmark Report Calls Schedule I Classification a Barrier to Marijuana Research Drug Policy Alliance: Federal Government Must Stop Standing in Way of Marijuana Reform Today, the National Academy of Sciences released a groundbreaking report, “The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research.” The report states that there […]
Sen. Jeff Sessions Gives “Wishy Washy” Response to Questions about Marijuana and Federalism at Attorney General Confirmation Hearing Today
Drug Policy Alliance: Sessions Did Not Rule Out Continuing the Federal War on Marijuana Statement from Bill Piper, Senior Director of the Drug Policy Alliance's Office of National Affairs: January 10, 2017 Drug Policy Alliance read more Read article here: Drug Policy Alliance – Medical Marijuana
The High Of 2016 – Marijuana Legalization Quietly Goes Global
In America, the cannabis legalization movement has been in full swing, with states like California, Massachusetts, Maine, and Nevada joining Washington and Colorado by legalizing recreational weed in 2016. Other states like Florida, Arkansas, Montana, and North Dakota also followed suit, legalizing marijuana for medical use. Prior to the 2016 election, 25 states had already […]