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Med. marijuana patients must wait 6 months to reapply if applications found to be ‘fraudulent’
Our William Breathes has been closely following the fate of approximately 4,000 medical marijuana applications put on hold by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, reportedly over concerns that physician assistants, not doctors, con…
Providence Hospital Doctor Goes to Bat for Medical Marijuana
In the never ending debate about marijuana, it’s usually activists on one side and law enforcement on the other, with a smattering of politicians weighing in. But marijuana, at least in part, is supposed to be a medical issue. So where are the doctors?…
Marijuana Preferred Over Doctors’ Prescriptions, Says California Survey
Do medical marijuana patients self-prescribe pot in place of the pharmacy drugs that doctors tell them they should take? If you’re to believe a new California report, yes.blogs.laweekly.com
Czech Republic Moves To Legalize Medical Marijuana
Posted by admin in World News on September 27, 2011
The Czech Ministry of Health has said it will take marijuana off the list of banned substances and for the first time allow it to be prescribed as medicine by doctors. The promised policy change comes after increasing evidence of marijuana’s beneficial…
Many Doctors Say It’s ‘High’ Time To Legalize Marijuana
Posted by admin in World News on September 7, 2011
Medical marijuana would certainly be “a kind bud” to those suffering from debilitating cancer. www.theonion.com
Medical Marijuana Registry in NJ Hurts Both Doctors and Patients
It looks like New Jersey’s many gravely ill will have to either suck it up and the tolerate the excruciating pain, or risk arrest since therapeutic cannabis is only legal in NJ on paper.www.politicususa.com
Delaware Senate Overwhelmingly Approves Legalizing Medical Marijuana
The Delaware Senate overwhelmingly approved legalizing medical marijuana, despite reservations from some supporters who said the legislation has flaws. The bill would allow adults with debilitating illnesses to get authorization from their doctors to b…
Vets With PTSD Won’t Be Denied VA Benefits for Smoking Pot
In the past, vets who were caught using medical marijuana risked being denied other treatment from their VA doctors. Now, a policy tweak means this won’t happen in the fourteen states, including Colorado, where medical marijuana has been legalized. “We…
Administration lets vets use medical marijuana without fear
Posted by admin in Political News on July 27, 2010
The Veterans Administration announced a new policy under which veterans who legally used medical marijuana would face no penalties by disclosing it to VA doctors.tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com
Cops Set Up Marijuana Doctors in Anti-Pot Colorado Town
Posted by admin in Political News on July 14, 2010
Colorado may be on the leading edge of medical marijuana use — but that’s not the case in the suburb of Aurora, where cops fake illnesses, seek out pot-prescribing doctors and try to catch them in the act of writing a prescription. Pro-pot advocates c…
Legal Marijuana Substitute Makes Users “Tweak Out”
A so-far legal alternative to marijuana made of dried herbs, flowers and tobacco, covered in a synthetic compound is causing a ruckus among PHD Doctors and lawmakers.
Medical Marijuana Creates Sticky Situation For Employers
As 13 other states have followed California to approve medical marijuana, and another 12 are pondering similar laws, employers — especially those in this pot capital — are faced with a quandary: What to do about workers stoned on the job who have doctors’ approval for pot?
Dr. Oz: ‘I Am Supportive of’ Medical Marijuana
Questions for Dr. Oz. From desert-island health and the biggest vice to parenting tips and medical-marijuana advice, what would you ask if you had one of America’s foremost doctors cornered at a party?
Moving Forward: Cannabis Tax Act & Cannabis Tolerance Act
Posted by admin in Political News on January 21, 2010
CRRHs Cannabis Tax Acts (CTA) would comprehensively reform marijuana laws by regulating and taxing adult sales; licensing the cultivation of the drug for sale in adult-only businesses; allowing adults to grow their own and farmers to grow industrial hemp without license; and letting doctors prescribe untaxed cannabis to patients suffering fro
Nurses and doctors support compassionate cannabis use
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on December 27, 2009
Madison: At the Dec. 15 combined committee (cannabis) hearing on AB554/SB368, the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act, support from health care professionals, particularly those who treat patients in real pain or represent professions that do, was strong. This was evident to those attending the hearing and to those viewing it on Wisconsin Eye.
Wisconsin weighs medical cannabis
Two bills propose that certain patients, such as those suffering from HIV, cancer, and other debilitating illnesses and whose doctors recommended marijuana treatment, can possess up to 12 marijuana plants or 3 ounces of the drug.
Medical Marijuana – No Longer Just for Adults – NYTimes.com
Posted by admin in Political News on November 22, 2009
Several Bay Area doctors who recommend medical marijuana for patients say their client base includes teenagers with psychiatric conditions including A.D.H.D…“It’s not everybody’s medicine, but for some, it can make a profound difference,” said Valerie Corral, a founder of the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana, a patients’ collective in Sant
Doctor’s Thinking on Medical Marijuana
Once we are able to de-stigmatize “pot” as a hard core gateway drug, and present it as cannabis, a viable option for doctors to recommend to their patients, we will begin to see less and less nay saying.
Doctors Light Up
After decades of burying their head in the sand, the country’s largest physician group, the American Medical Association (AMA), has reversed its long-held position that marijuana has no medical value. Now that the whole country has caught on, they have decided to jump into the ocean and see if they can’t swim and catch up to the ship that has left
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