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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…
Hospital refuses liver transplant for medical marijuana patient | The Raw Story
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on November 18, 2011
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has denied a liver transplant to a patient with inoperable liver cancer because he uses medical marijuana. But the marijuana was prescribed by the very same hospital, according to the advocacy group Americans …
Federal medical marijuana patient: Cannabis worked a ‘miracle’ for me | The Raw Story
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on November 5, 2011
LOS ANGELES — In 1988, Elvy Musikka (pictured, left) became the first woman in the United States to be legally permitted by the federal government to smoke marijuana for medicinal purposes, due to a case of Glaucoma that threatened to render her blin…
Arizona nurse fired for being a medical marijuana patient
Arizona nurse Esther Shapiro is suing her former employer for wrongful termination after discovering that she’s a medical marijuana patient.www.nerve.com
Canada: Cannabis Patient Wants Govt. Refund For Weak Pot
When you get marijuana from the government, is satisfaction guaranteed? A Canadian medical cannabis patient is bummed out by Health Canada’s failure to refund $450 after he cancelled his government marijuana delivery service three months ago.www.tokeof…
WA Supreme Court Hears Case: Woman Fired For Medical Marijuana Use
Can medical marijuana patients be fired from their jobs for legally using cannabis with a doctor’s authorization? That’s the question before the Washington Supreme Court, which heard arguments Tuesday from attorneys in the case of a medical marijuana p…
Japanese Medical Marijuana Patient Seeks Political/Medical Asylum To Stay In U.S.
Posted by admin in World News on January 13, 2011
A Japanese medical marijuana patient battling Crohn’s disease, in what he describes as a fight for his life, is desperately trying to gain political/medical asylum in the United States, because his homeland’s government says cannabis is not a medicine….
A man about to die from cancer has his medical marijuana license rejected
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s recent rejection of nearly 2,000 medical marijuana patient licenses over a quiet rule change caused such an uproar that the department promised to temporarily reinstate licenses for around 1,30…
D.C. To Discount Medical Marijuana For Poor Patients
If you’re a medical marijuana patient in Washington D.C., you may never be too broke to buy cannabis again, starting next year. The District of Columbia, with one of the highest poverty levels in the country, has become the first place to pass a law di…
DEA Raids Medical Marijuana Protest Organizer
Posted by admin in Political News on July 14, 2010
Perhaps as a warning to those who dare to speak out, federal DEA agents raided the home of a Michigan medical marijuana patient, activist and caregiver after he organized a protest outside the Saginaw County Courthouse last week. John Roberts believes …
Plan To Burn 5,525 Pounds Of Marijuana Ignites Activists
Medical marijuana activists are hotly protesting plans by Cook County, Illinois, officials to burn more than 5,500 pounds of cannabis seized last week in a big pot bust. “Depending on its purity, that represents a lot of medicine that could have helped…
Police Refuse Judge’s Order To Return Man’s Marijuana
Posted by admin in World News on June 17, 2010
The Snoqualmie, Washington Police Department is contesting a King County Superior Court judge’s order to return 10 ounces of cannabis to a medical marijuana patient. Defying the court order from Judge Sharon Armstrong, the arrogant police chief seems t…
Sleazy Deputy Bought Marijuana With Stolen Patient I.D.
A California deputy has admitted using a doctor’s recommendation and stolen identity from a legal medical marijuana patient in order to buy pot in a drug sting. Deputy Steve Avila of the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Department admitted he had used the patient’s recommendation to persuade a dispensary owner to sell marijuana to an officer.
Councilman Punches Medical Marijuana Patient During Meeting
Posted by admin in Arts & Culture on June 9, 2010
This council meeting wasn’t boring. There was yelling, cursing and a blow to the face of a medical marijuana patient (and a former councilman himself), who wanted to start a grow facility…
“Yes We Cannabis” T-shirt Gets Man Banned From Mall
A medical marijuana patient was cited for trespassing and banned from a Colorado mall for a year for wearing a “Yes We Cannabis” T-shirt.
Epileptic Blind Woman Files 1st Medical Marijuna Lawsuit
A woman born with epilepsy, blindness & cerebral palsy has filed the first lawsuit by a medical-marijuana patient alleging Dana Point’s dispensary ban unconstitutionally interferes with fundamental rights to life & safety under the CA Constitution.
San Diego Man Getting His Weed Back From Cops
Posted by admin in Arts & Culture on April 30, 2010
A judge Friday morning ordered the San Diego Police Department to return all property seized from medical marijuana patient and provider Eugene Davidovich, including the dried marijuana and concentrated cannabis seized more than a year ago, in February 2009.
Mitt Romney Ignores Medical Marijuana Patient In Wheelchair
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on April 16, 2010
Mitt Romney meets medical marijuana patient Clayton Holton. He asks Romney if he will have seriously ill patients like himself arrested for using medical marijuana with their doctor’s approval. Romney doesn’t answer the question and turns his back on Clayton.
Colorado: Medical Marijuana Patient Says Drug Changed Her Li
Posted by admin in Political News on March 6, 2010
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is receiving about 500 new requests everyday for medical marijuana cards and the applications have completely back-logged the system.
ACLU To City: Give That Man His Marijuana Back
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on February 18, 2010
“The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act is clear: If you are a registered medical marijuana patient and you have less than 2.5 ounces of marijuana, it doesn’t matter where you got it from — it can’t be taken from you and you can’t be arrested,” Korobkin said.
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