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Follow the doctor's orders: George Washington University needs to revisit the medical marijuana ban

12 hours 31 min ago
With the passing of Initiative 59 this spring, medical marijuana became legal in the District. Finally, the D.C. Council realized the lunacy of keeping the substance illegal for medical purposes. But more

Colorado Cannabis catch-22

12 hours 52 min ago
New legislation regulating Colorado’s budding medical marijuana industry is leaving local dispensary owners and county officials in a grey area, as dispensaries try to meet a new requirement that thmore

Colorado Cannabis Sellers Face New Growing Requirement

12 hours 54 min ago
Don Boring owns a grocery store, a liquor store and now, a medical marijuana dispensary. The main difference among them is that he has to produce his own pot inventory. Colorado set a Sept. 1 deadlinemore

Grassroots lobbyists garner support for legalizing medical marijuana in Texas

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 13:02
Support is building, for a push to legalize medical marijuana during this year's legislative session.Grassroots lobbyists include those who are terminally ill as well as veteran police officers from amore

Nation's Largest Indoor Medical Marijuana Grow Proposed In Chico

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 12:51
CHICO, Calif. -- A southern California business is hoping to capitalize on the medical marijuana movement by opening a 600,000-square-foot indoor medical marijuana grow in Chico. Plant Properties Manamore

Maine OKs Down East marijuana dispensary

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 12:47
AUGUSTA, Maine — State health officials on Tuesday selected a Portland-based nonprofit to open a medical marijuana dispensary in the small Washington County town of Whitneyville. Primary Organic Themore

Proposed Colorado pot farm on countryside angers residents

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 12:46
The investor saw potential in the scrubby 67 acres tucked away amid multimillion dollar homes: He would turn the land into a vast pot farm and capitalize on the booming medical marijuana industry. Butmore

New Mexico proposes changes to medical cannabis

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 12:45
New Mexico is proposing an increase in fees on medical marijuana producers to help fund administration of the state's program. The New Mexico Department of Health, which operates the program, wants tomore

Montana panel makes progress to fix medical marijuana law

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 12:44
We’re encouraged by last week’s legislative action moving the process forward to tighten Montana’s medical marijuana regulations. Granted, this is just a little step in what will be a long legismore

Smoking cannabis may ease chronic pain

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 02:46
People with chronic pain who aren't getting enough relief from medications may be able to ease their pain by smoking small amounts of marijuana, a new study suggests. Marijuana also helps pain patientmore

Medicine Users and Medicine Millionaires: Wanna Make a Lot of Money?

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 01:07
(MOLALLA, Ore.) - As a physician/pharmacologist I retain a great interest in what is going on in the pharmaceutical industry. I search the Internet to see what drugs are used the most. The listings armore

Medical Use of Marijuana Costs Some a Job

Mon, 30/08/2010 - 00:27
Residents in 14 states and Washington can now appeal to their doctors for prescriptions for medical marijuana to help them with their pain. Their employers, however, may not be so understanding. In somore

Can medical marijuana aid the prescription addiction epidemic?

Sun, 29/08/2010 - 14:41
For months, media reports have chronicled fiery debates over marijuana’s medicinal utility and its impact on our broader communities. But what about those constituencies who don’t have a lobbyist more

Los Angeles countersues over new medical marijuana rules

Thu, 26/08/2010 - 14:34
LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles city attorney filed a lawsuit Thursday asking a judge to support the city's move to shut down more than 130 medical marijuana shops under a new ordinance. The city clerk more

Roadblocks in Washington D.C. marijuana law don't quell entrepreneurs' excitement

Thu, 26/08/2010 - 11:30
The District is writing strict new rules to regulate its nascent medical marijuana industry, but some of the entrepreneurs best positioned to lead the way have blemished backgrounds -- including drug more

Los Angeles finds only a quarter of registered medical marijuana dispensaries eligible to stay open

Thu, 26/08/2010 - 10:37
Los Angeles may soon be facing a major shortage of marijuana dispensaries. City officials have taken a much stricter than expected approach to an ordinance regulating dispensaries and ruled that only more

Los Angeles needs a clear policy for the marijuana growing industry

Thu, 26/08/2010 - 02:35
IF there was ever an industry that cried out for more regulation, more oversight, more legitimacy, it's California's medical marijuana industry.Yes, we're calling it an industry. While those who proffmore

Boulder County to review cannabis farm proposal

Tue, 24/08/2010 - 23:41
At issue is a proposed land-use change that would allow “intensive agricultural use” of the 67-acre property at 10437 Yellowstone Road — specifically, the cultivation, harvesting and drying of mmore

Colorado Springs City council won't put dispensary ban to November vote

Tue, 24/08/2010 - 23:40
Colorado Springs voters will not get a chance to decide the fate of the 176 medical marijuana dispensaries and grow operations in the city this November, but they may still have a shot in April. Recenmore

Helena Montana Committee expected to approve medical marijuana overhaul

Tue, 24/08/2010 - 23:38
HELENA, Mont. - A legislative committee on Monday finalized details of a planned overhaul of the state's medical marijuana law, setting up a final vote to send the proposals to the 2011 Legislature. Tmore