Leading Elected Officials, Advocates, and Industry Experts Answer Questions About NY’s Medical Marijuana Law, How to End Marijuana Arrests, and Upcoming Legislation to Tax and Regulate Marijuana Event at abc home to Benefit the Drug Policy Alliance’s Work to Fix New York’s Broken Marijuana Policies What is the status of medical marijuana in New York? […]
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NBA Players Call for League to Legalize Medical Marijuana
Considering that 23 states have legalized cannabis for medicinal purposes and that the NBA prohibits any type of pot use,TMZ Sportsdecided to find out what players thought of the NBA's drug policy. Read article here: High Times
Oregon: Legal Marijuana Set To Hit Store Shelves In July, But Challenges Remain
Oregon is gearing up for its grand opening into the retail marijuana business, but when exactly the first recreational pot transactions will be made is anyone’s guess. Many state officials want sales to begin July 1, the day the state’s new marijuana law officially goes into effect and possession of pot for non-medical purposes becomes […]
Washington To Reach a Meaningful Marijuana Milestone This Summer
A meaningful marijuana milestone will occur July 24 when the Washington state agency charged with regulating the legal recreational pot industry will officially undergo a name change to become the “Liquor and Cannabis Board.” Read article here: High Times
Here’s Why We Should Rethink Rescheduling Marijuana
Rescheduling cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act—based on the history of three failed efforts—is clearly not a feasible option for changing federal law with respect to medical marijuana. Furthermore, it is no longer an acceptable policy option. Mariju… Read article here: High Times
As New Jersey Family Fights For Edible Marijuana In School, Colorado Makes It Legal
As a New Jersey family wages a court battle to get permission for their daughter to consume edible medical marijuana in school, Colorado this week became the first state in the nation to legalize on-campus cannabis use. Inspired by the plight of Jack Splitt, a Lakewood, Colo. teenager who relies on a ventilator and wheelchair, […]
IrresponsibleOhio: Group Aims to Monopolize Legal Marijuana Market
A group of ambitious capitalists in Ohio, under the name of ResponsibleOhio, want to amend the state constitution to give them control of the legal marijuana market in the state. Read article here: High Times
Radical Rant: How About ‘Treat Marijuana Like Marijuana’?
The word "marijuana" has different connotations to different people, and for years, pot activists have been trying to change the negative mainstream associations with the word. In his latest column, Radical Russ Belville argues that instead of calling it "m… Read article here: High Times
Combination Of Medical Marijuana, Opioids Does Not Increase Substance Abuse Risk
With nearly half of the country having already legalized the use of cannabis for medical purposes, physicians prescribing opioids for pain management have another alternative at their disposal. As medical marijuana laws become more relaxed, practitioners now have the option of treating chronic pain patients with prescription opioids, medical cannabis or both. Among many, however, […]
Marijuana Concentrates
May 21, 2015 PDF View the fact sheet. No There are over 500 chemicals in the marijuana plant and about 80 of those are cannabinoids, which are the active ingredients. Concentrate producers harvest these from the plant and create a substance made up of only these active ingredients, similar to juicing an orange. Concentrates are […]