A Chilean municipality harvested legal medical marijuana Tuesday as part of a government-approved pilot project aimed at helping ease pain in cancer patients. Read article here: High Times
Tag: Marijuana
Women Aim to Avoid Glass Ceiling in Marijuana Industry Before It Forms
The fledgling pot industry has opened up a whole new realm of job opportunities across the nation, and women are being encouraged to get involved now. Read article here: High Times
City Official Calls Vietnam Vet an ‘Enemy’ for Supporting Medical Marijuana
A city official is under fire after berating a local resident and war veteran for his use of medical and recreational marijuana. After a heated, 2-hour debate on cannabis legalization in Arizona last week, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery took questions from the a… Read article here: High Times
New York Issues Final Rules for Doomed Medical Marijuana Program
Ever since New York Governor Andrew Cuomo put his signature on the Compassionate Care Act last year supporters have been waiting for their biggest fears to come true – the launch of a highly restrictive program that leaves countless patients unable to gain access to… Read article here: High Times
Marijuana Dispensary Sign Causes Stir in Southern Town
Despite the fact that pot is still illegal in Arkansas, a sign advertising what would be the state's first marijuana dispensary appeared Wednesday on the front of an abandoned building. Read article here: High Times
U.S. Justice Department Says It Will Ignore Federal Law and Prosecute People for Medical Marijuana Despite Congressional Spending Ban
Congress Passed One-Year Amendment in December Prohibiting Justice Department from Undermining State Medical Marijuana Laws; Members of both Parties Sought to Stop Prosecutions and Let States Set Their Own Medical Marijuana Policies Drug Policy Alliance Calls on President Obama to Rein in Out-of-Control Prosecutors A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) told the […]
New York State Officials Ignore Patients, Providers and Industry Experts to Instead Pursue One of the Nation’s Most Unworkable Medical Marijuana Programs
Advocates: Final Regulations to Leave Thousands of Patients to Suffer Needlessly Abandoned by Cuomo Administration, Critically Ill Patient and Families Vow to Return to the Legislature to Fix New York's Broken Medical Marijuana Program New York – Last night the New York State Department of Health (DOH) released the final regulations for New York’s medical marijuana […]
New York’s Medical Marijuana Regulations Grow Even More Restrictive
New York's medical marijuana program is on track to become one of the most restrictive in the nation. With over 100 pages of "painfully precise" rules, the new guidelines are bound to create numerous headaches for patients and dispensary owners. Just don'… Read article here: High Times
NJ Governor Chris Christie Calls Marijuana Taxes Blood Money
The ability to generate a substantial amount of revenue by taxing marijuana is what ultimately attracts most states to consider legalization. However, the state of New Jersey will not be foiled by the greed attached to the budding cannabis industry, according to recent co… Read article here: High Times
Police Accidentally Get an Entire Neighborhood High with Marijuana Bonfire
Indonesian police recently lit up 3.3 tons of marijuana outside their West Jakarta office, and subsequently got residents and journalists covering the incident pretty darn high. Read article here: High Times