Legal Cannabis Sales are Expected to Grow to $ 2.57 Billion this Year Ben Wu took a six-figure pay cut when he left a career in private equity for a shot at the marijuana boom. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
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The Clinic: ‘Absolutely Dramatic’ Improvement in NJ Marijuana Patients
Suzanne Miller has been using a test known as the Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale to measure improvement in pain management among patients who use legal medical cannabis in NJ. High Times
New Rules In Uruguay Create A Legal Marijuana Market
Can you imagine legally growing marijuana in your backyard? How about walking down to the corner pharmacy to buy a gram or two of ready-to-smoke pot? Starting Tuesday, this scenario will no longer be a pot smoker’s fantasy in one South American country. Uruguay has published regulations for a new, legal marijuana market, a measure […]
Autistic Boy Thrives With Custom Strain of Marijuana
Not only is marijuana contributing to a better quality of life for many patients suffering from serious, debilitating medical conditions, but it is also saving lives. Several years ago, physicians told Mieko Hester-Perez that there was no hope of survival for her nine-yea… High Times
Federal Government Ordered 1000 Lbs Of Marijuana
The federal government just ordered all the marijuana it wants — something it would send most Americans to prison for doing. On Monday, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a new rule that increases the U.S. government’s production quota for medical marijuana from an annual 21 kg to 650 kg. That’s about 1,433 pounds of pot […]
9 Reasons Why Dr. Gupta Changed His Mind About Marijuana
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, says he was wrong to ignore marijuana’s medical potential when he wrote an opinion piece in 2009 called “Why I would Vote No on Pot.” Gupta filmed a documentary that aired on CNN on Sunday, August 11, and earlier this week wrote an editorial on CNN.com in which […]
Dallas: Synthetic Marijuana Hospitalizing Users
There have been a rash of visits to Texas emergency rooms as a result of people smoking K2 synthetic marijuana. High Times
How Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Will Help the Sick
In the Minnesota Senate they have a fairly standard post-2010 Box Canyon-style medical marijuana law, and in the House they have a highly restricted, can-only-use-plant-if-vaporizing-with-a-nurse-present model of medical marijuana. High Times
Today: Providers, Patients and Caregivers from Across State Travel to Albany to Urge Legislature to Pass Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Legislation
Advocacy Day Follows Announcement of Growing List of Supporters for the Compassionate Care Act, including The New York Academy of Medicine Providers, Patients and Family Members from Across NY Available for Interviews Albany – Today, more than a dozen patients, families, caregivers and healthcare providers from across New York are gathering in Albany […]
10 Facts About Marijuana
Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the U.S. and the world, and was a well-established medicine until it was federally criminalized in 1937. A majority of Americans believe marijuana should be legally regulated. Marijuana Arrests 749,825 Number of people arrested for marijuana law violations in 2012. Get Involved You can help end […]