An Edmonton-area mother is challenging an attempt by the Alberta government to legally bar her four-year-old daughter from receiving a marijuana treatment the mother says has successfully quelled her daughter’s debilitating epileptic seizures. “I feel violated and bullied to take away the one thing that gives her a life,” the mother told CBC News. Neither […]
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Florida: Panel Prepares To Move Forward With Medical Marijuana
State health officials have named the three members of a panel that will choose five nurseries to be Florida’s first legal pot growers, setting in motion the final stages of the drawn-out process to get Florida’s new medical-marijuana industry off the ground. The Department of Health tapped two of its own workers – Christian Bax, […]
Kentucky: University Part Of First Study On Marijuana Compound Effects
Addiction researchers are only beginning to understand how dozens of chemical compounds found in the marijuana plant, known as cannabinoids, influence human health and behavior. According to Shanna Babalonis, a researcher and assistant professor of behavioral science at the University of Kentucky, research investigating the effects of cannabinoids on humans is limited. The well-known marijuana […]
False Report in the Denver Post Creates Hardship for Colorado Marijuana Dispensaries
On Monday, theDenver Postpublished a shotgun-style report implicating a couple of Denver marijuana dispensaries in the unlawful sale of a number of pot products treated with unapproved pesticides. The storysuggested that during an inspection, city health… Read article here: High Times
Ten Different Health Benefits Of Marijuana, Why Would You Not Want This Medicine?
10. Treatment of Glaucoma If you are one of the millions who have been suffering from glaucoma, then smoking marijuana can help you get the best eyesight and relieve pressure from they eyes. Intraocular pressure can increase in certain individuals, especially those who have diabetes. Glaucoma is serious disease that can cause blindness. 9. Manage […]
US Sen. Elizabeth Warren Is ‘Open’ To Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
U.S. senator and democratic darling Elizabeth Warren has changed her stance on marijuana legalization. According to Boston.com, she told Joshua Miller of The Boston Globe on Wednesday that she is now open to ballot questions seeking to legalize pot. Read article here: High Times
Radical Rant: Tacoma Attorney Jay Berneburg on Medical Marijuana Integrity
With all the upheaval in Washington State’s medical marijuana law following the passage of Senate Bill 5052, I took a few minutes to speak with Jay Berneburg, a local criminal defense attorney, on how he sees the evolution—or de-evolution—of Washington S… Read article here: High Times
Canada: Mother Fights To Keep Child On Marijuana Treatment That Quells Seizures
An Edmonton-area mother is challenging an attempt by the Alberta government to legally bar her four-year-old daughter from receiving a marijuana treatment the mother says has successfully quelled her daughter’s debilitating epileptic seizures. “I feel violated and bullied to take away the one thing that gives her a life,” the mother told CBC News. Neither […]
Florida: Panel Prepares To Move Forward With Medical Marijuana
State health officials have named the three members of a panel that will choose five nurseries to be Florida’s first legal pot growers, setting in motion the final stages of the drawn-out process to get Florida’s new medical-marijuana industry off the ground. The Department of Health tapped two of its own workers – Christian Bax, […]
Kentucky: University Part Of First Study On Marijuana Compound Effects
Addiction researchers are only beginning to understand how dozens of chemical compounds found in the marijuana plant, known as cannabinoids, influence human health and behavior. According to Shanna Babalonis, a researcher and assistant professor of behavioral science at the University of Kentucky, research investigating the effects of cannabinoids on humans is limited. The well-known marijuana […]