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Medical marijuana: Fort Collins dispensaries sue to stop Valentine’s Day ban
By 7 p.m. on Valentine’s Day, all medical marijuana centers in Fort Collins must close their doors thanks to a voter-approved ban passed last November. But there may be hope for a renewed romance between the city and dispensaries, as a handful of cente…
Worth Repeating: Marijuana Treats Anxiety and Depression
The “cannabinoid homeostatic healing perspective” has quietly been gathering evidence over the last 10 years which overwhelmingly supports the need for human trials to test the use of medical marijuana as a psychiatric treatment. The 75 years of (mis)i…
AZ Governor Directs State To License Marijuana Dispensaries
Giving up her idea of suing the federal government over Arizona’s medical marijuana law, Governor Jan Brewer said Friday she is directing the state health department to start accepting applications for cannabis dispensaries.www.tokeofthetown.com
The Ten Dankest Marijuana Strains of 2011 (PICS)
The nation’s best marijuana critic, William Breathes, smoked more than 140 different samples of medical marijuana in 2011. We sent him down fuzzy-memory lane and asked him to pick out the top ten strains he smokedwww.westword.com
Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Initiative Gathers 20,000 Signatures
The last few months of 2011 weren’t exactly fun for advocates of medical marijuana in California. The federal government threatened to seize properties being used for illegally cultivating or dispensing marijuana, media organizations including this one…
Smoked Marijuana IS Medicine: Feds Still Distributing Rolled Joints
Posted by admin in World News on December 30, 2011
Marijuana has currently accepted medical use, even in smoked form. The United States federal government actually prescribes and dispenses smoked medical marijuana — supposedly a dangerous, addictive Schedule I substance — to its own citizens!www.toke…
Rand Study On Medical Pot Among Year’s Worst, Scientific American Says
Remember that Rand Corporation study from earlier this year that claimed crime actually increased in L.A. neighborhoods where cops closed medical marijuana dispensaries? The one that forgot to include crime statistics compiled by the Los Angeles Police…
Medical marijuana dispensary review: Greenest Green takes over BioCare in Denver
Two years ago I visited the Greenest Green in Boulder, and my review at the time was what most people…blogs.westword.com
Cali AG Wants Legislature To Clarify Medical Marijuana Law
California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Wednesday urged state lawmakers to get serious about clarifying the state’s 15-year-old medical marijuana law, saying gray areas have left law enforcement and patients in a state of uncertainty.www.tokeofthe…
Feds Subpoena Medical Marijuana Records
In this second era of Prohibition, in which non-prescription drugs
(other than caffeine, nicotine, salvia, kava, etc.) have been under
federal ban since 1970, it’s been bureaucrats rather than cops
warriors responsible for shuttering three San Francisc…
Newt Gingrich’s Letter Supporting Medical Marijuana
How soon they forgetnorml.org
Occupy Denver: Protester strangest moments with law enforcement
This week’s cover story subject, Occupy Denver protester and medical marijuana voice Corey Donahue, has cornered his role in Denver activism through strategies that are occasionally illegal and never boring. Say what you like about him, (Occupy Denver’…
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…
Marijuana Porn: Almost as Awesome as Real Porn (PICS)
Colorado Springs-based Cannabis Therapeutics, the state’s largest medical marijuana dispensary,…www.westword.com
Holder: Federal Interference In Medical Marijuana A Low Priority
It’s easy to get whiplash trying to keep up with federal medical marijuana policy, and my neck’s hurting again after hearing the latest from Attorney General Eric Holder. Holder on Thursday repeated the support of the Department of Justice for the Ogde…
Marijuana Dispensary Trades Pot for Food to Feed the Hungry
Medical marijuana users are accustomed to the munchies sending them on a hunt for food. Now they have a place where giving their food away can score them some pot.abcnews.go.com
State governors team up in the name of medical marijuana: Petition
Gov. Christine Gregoire and Gov. Lincoln Chafee have sent a petition to the DEA officially requesting the rescheduling of marijuana. Report includes links to official documents surrounding the story.www.hailmaryjane.com
Med. marijuana patients pulled over by cops talking their way into jail?
You’re a medical marijuana patient, and a police officer pulls you over and says he smells pot. So you immediately show him your ID card and talk about how long it’s been since you’ve medicated. Smart move? Not according to ex-judge Leonard Frieling, w…
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?…
Why Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Traffic Deaths
States that legalize medical marijuana see fewer fatal car accidents, according to a new study, in part because people may be substituting marijuana smoking for drinking alcohol. Sixteen states and the District of Columbia, have legalized medical marij…
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