Raw Story reports that the Department of Justice is pressuring landlords to evict medical marijuana dispensaries from their properties. Two dispensaries, HopeNet and Vapor Room, both report that their landlords received letters threatening them with seizure of property and other penalties unless the shops were closed. The scare tactics are in sharp contrast to the […]
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Seven Year-Old Girl Battles Leukemia With Medical Marijuana
Seven-year old leukemia patient Mykayla Comstock receives a gram of cannabis oil a day to offset the side-effects of her chemotherapy. While both Mykayla and her mom say that the cannabis has been essential in maintaining her appetite, helping her sleep and generally keeping her spirits up, not everyone is so sure. Mykayla’s father (divorced […]
Should Medical Marijuana Be Legalized For Dogs?
Pet website Dogster.com writes that veterinarians are awakening to the miraculous abilities of cannabis to heal sick animals: Christine L.’s Rottweiler, Sampson, had a rare form of blood cancer. After giving Sampson cannabis flower-bud material mixed with virgin coconut oil, whereas before Sampson had been too weak to walk, almost overnight he became a born-again […]
New York Republican Who Voted Against Medical Marijuana Busted For Pot
The Wall Street Journal reports a pretty good example of political hypocrisy, with lawmaker Steve Katz, fresh off of helping defeat the legalization of medical marijuana in New York state for people who desperately need it: A Putnam County assemblyman received a ticket for marijuana possession Thursday after he was stopped for speeding on the […]
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries: High-tech Tracking System Unfulfilled
DENVER, Colo. — The technology was supposed to efficiently track medical marijuana from seed to sale — the catch-phrase that came to define Colorado’s efforts to regulate what had been an outlaw business. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Medical Marijuana Gets Its Day in Court
Bloomberg.comBy Elizabeth Dwoskin The Michigan Supreme Court agreed last week to weigh a medical marijuana ban put in place by lawmakers in a Grand Rapids suburb called Wyoming. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Seattle Times Editorial: Close the Tax Gap Between Medical and Recreational Marijuana
The Seattle TimesEditorial RECREATIONAL marijuana and medical marijuana are under different systems. They need to be reconciled. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Czech Pharmacies Begin Selling Medical Marijuana
The Raw StoryBy Agence France-Presse Medical marijuana legally went on sale this month in pharmacies across the Czech Republic for patients suffering from cancer, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis or psoriasis. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Medical Marijuana, Inc. Reports Record First Quarter 2013 Revenue and Income
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Medical Marijuana, Inc. (MJNA), a leading cannabis and hemp industry innovator, is pleased to pre-announce its fourth quarter earnings. The company earned net income of approximately $ 5.52 million on gross revenues of $ 8.45 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. This represents a gross revenue increase of over […]
Medical Cannabis Patients, including Montel Williams, Oppose Petition to Withdraw PTSD as a Qualifying Condition in New Mexico
<p> New Mexico Department of Health’s Medical Cannabis Medical Advisory Board Will Hear the Petition, Tomorrow, in Santa Fe</p> <p> Psychiatrists, Military Veterans and Other Patients Scheduled to Testify at the Hearing, Asking the Governor and the Secretary of Health Not to Take Away Their Medicine</p> (Santa Fe, NM) – Tomorrow, from 1 to 5 […]