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D.C. Publishes Medical Marijuana Regulations

 Posted by at 2:28 PM on August 6, 2010  Ending Marijuana Prohibition, Major Events, Medical Marijuana Policy  No Responses »
Aug 062010
 
D.C. Publishes Medical Marijuana Regulations

Stores that sell medical marijuana in Washington won’t be allowed to advertise their wares with giant cannabis leaves, and the packages they dispense will have to display a health warning. Those are just two of more than 300 proposed regulations published Friday to implement a new medical marijuana law in the city. The regulations, which range from how the drug may be grown to what dispensaries can look like, are the first step in setting out how Washington residents will be able to obtain marijuana for medical use. The law [Continue Reading]

Rhode Island Gets Large Scale Medical Marijuana Grower

 Posted by at 11:15 AM on August 3, 2010  Ending Marijuana Prohibition, Medical Marijuana Policy  1 Response »
Aug 032010
 
Rhode Island Gets Large Scale Medical Marijuana Grower

Converted Organics Inc. announced today that PharmaSphere Systems, LLC has entered into a Term Sheet and Memorandum of Understanding with Innovative Solutions for Non-Profits, Inc. for the license of PharmaSphere’s growing systems for a proposed medical marijuana facility in Providence, Rhode Island. PharmaSphere Systems, LLC is a biotechnology company that expects to produce and market high-value, plant-based compounds to the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and cosmeceutical markets through the use of TerraSphere Systems, LLC patented vertical farming technology. The growing systems offer a secure, accountable method for the cultivation of medical marijuana [Continue Reading]

Silverdome to Host First International Cannabis Convention

 Posted by at 7:35 AM on August 2, 2010  Major Events, Medical Marijuana Policy  2 Responses »
Aug 022010
 
Silverdome to Host First International Cannabis Convention

The Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan is to host The first International Cannabis Convention & Halloween Harmony & Harvest Fest over the coming Halloween weekend. The event will feature entertainers, exhibits, vendors, guest speakers, and edibles for qualifying patients with current medical marijuana cards. Attendees must be at least 18. Medical Marijuana Inc’s CEO Bruce Perlowin, has partnered with CEO Ed Kristy of Holistic Health Education Center to organize this event, and bring it to Michigan. “Michigan is a great place to start, as they recently joined the list of states [Continue Reading]

Medical Marijuana School to Open in Rhode Island

 Posted by at 10:26 AM on July 29, 2010  Ending Marijuana Prohibition, Major Events, Medical Marijuana Policy  4 Responses »
Jul 292010
 
Medical Marijuana School to Open in Rhode Island

The New England School of Alternative Horticultural Studies, a New England-based medical marijuana training center, yesterday announced the September 2010 launch of its Basic Medical Marijuana training class in Warwick, RI, the first professional medical marijuana training class in the north eastern United States. Rhode Island State law allows registered patients or their caregivers to legally set up an indoor grow with a certain number of marijuana plants for personal medical purposes. Unlike similar schools in California and Colorado, the New England School of Alternative Horticultural Studies operates in the [Continue Reading]

Man Gets Paid to Test Medical Marijuana

 Posted by at 12:39 PM on July 28, 2010  Medical Marijuana Policy  1 Response »
Jul 282010
 
Man Gets Paid to Test Medical Marijuana

A Denver man gets paid to smoke pot and write about it as one of the first medical marijuana critics in the country. A decade after medical marijuana was legalized in Colorado, it’s estimated about 2 percent of residents, or more than 100,000 people, have applied for medical marijuana licenses. According to one Harvard economist, roughly $18 billion is spent on pot every year in the U.S. Denver’s Westword newspaper has capitalized on those numbers, hiring the man known as “William Breathes” to review pot dispensaries and the quality of [Continue Reading]

Oakland City Council Agrees to Tax Marijuana

 Posted by at 11:10 AM on July 27, 2010  Ending Marijuana Prohibition, Medical Marijuana Policy  No Responses »
Jul 272010
 
Oakland City Council Agrees to Tax Marijuana

The Oakland City Council voted 5-0 to tax medical marijuana dispensaries and growers 5% of their total revenue in a meeting Monday. Under the plan, Oakland will also levy a 10% tax on recreational pot if state voters pass Proposition 19 and legalize the drug in November. Council members Desley Brooks, Ignacio De La Fuente, Larry Reid, Jane Brunner and Patricia Kernighan voted in favor of the tax plan, which was drafted by Brooks. Rebecca Kaplan, Jean Quan and Nancy Nadel abstained. Now that the cannabis taxes have been approved [Continue Reading]

Rutgers University Refuses to Grow Medical Marijuana

 Posted by at 10:57 AM on July 26, 2010  Ending Marijuana Prohibition, Medical Marijuana Policy  1 Response »
Jul 262010
 
Rutgers University Refuses to Grow Medical Marijuana

Rutgers University will not be getting into the marijuana growing business. New Jersey’s largest university has declined a request from Gov. Chris Christie to become the lone grower of the state’s medical marijuana crop. Suppliers are needed because of a new law allowing patients with chronic health conditions to access the drug. The university issued a statement Friday saying marijuana’s status as an illegal drug would jeopardize federal funding to the school. Rutgers received $552 million in federal funds last year, including research contracts, grants, student loans and work study. [Continue Reading]

Oakland Approves Four Large-scale Marijuana Factories and Upsets Local Growers

 Posted by at 9:51 AM on July 21, 2010  Ending Marijuana Prohibition, Major Events, Medical Marijuana Policy  No Responses »
Jul 212010
 
Oakland Approves Four Large-scale Marijuana Factories and Upsets Local Growers

Oakland City Council voted Tuesday to license up to four large-scale marijuana farms in industrial areas to supply the city”s four medical marijuana dispensaries, and promised to later review policies that could include smaller and medium-size farmers. The city will not enforce the new ordinance until the cultivation permits are issued in January. The ordinance will get a second reading on Tuesday. James Anthony, attorney for Harborside Health Center, said that the dispensary would apply for one of the permits and the applications would include existing individual and small collective [Continue Reading]

Medical Marijuana Farming is Tougher Than it Looks

 Posted by at 7:36 AM on July 20, 2010  Ending Marijuana Prohibition, Medical Marijuana Policy  2 Responses »
Jul 202010
 
Medical Marijuana Farming is Tougher Than it Looks

As I was going through the marijuana news today, I came across this great article from The Bozeman Daily Chronicle about the struggles and rewards of medical marijuana growers: Standing in an indoor-growing barn where hundreds of marijuana plants are becoming tall and lush under bright lights, partners Robert Carpenter and Blake Ogle know it looks like they’ve got a gold mine. Yet they’re quick to tell visitors that making a profit in the medical marijuana business is a lot tougher than it looks. Plenty of Montanans have gone into [Continue Reading]

Marijuana Inc Announces Patent Application for Cannabis-Based Pill

 Posted by at 9:10 AM on July 15, 2010  Medical Marijuana Policy  3 Responses »
Jul 152010
 
Marijuana Inc Announces Patent Application for Cannabis-Based Pill

Marijuana, Inc. announced the pending application for a true cannabis derived remedy. Marijuana, Inc. intends to file a patent application as the owner of a cannabis-based capsule to be taken orally. This formulation for pain management, one of the integral properties of cannabis, may help those suffering pain from a myriad of diseases. Formulator and inventor Reverend Dr. Douglas Van Dyke stated, “This Shamanistic blend of herbs has shown great promise for pain management treatment among a closed group of patients. The probability of efficacy among a large control group [Continue Reading]

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