Here is more solid evidence public support for cannabis policy reform is growing and public perceptions are changing. This is an article from the Marijuana Policy Project blog about a recent poll they commissioned in Rhode Island. by Robert Capecchi Late last month, the Marijuana Policy Project commissioned Public Policy Polling to survey Rhode Island [Click Here To Continue Reading]
High Times Medical Cannabis Cup In Los Angeles I received an e-mail earlier today from High Times Executive Editor Dan Skye inviting The Weed Blog to the High Times Medical Cannabis Cup in Los Angeles February 11th and 12th. I think it’s safe to say that I now have an open spot on my bucket list. [Click Here To Continue Reading]
What Is ‘Usable’ Medical Marijuana? The Associated Press released an article that talked about the case of Josh Brewer from Rogue River, Oregon. Josh Brewer was arrested after cops searched his house and found fully dried and drying medical marijuana. Josh Brewer is an Oregon medical marijuana patient who had a garden with his cousin who [Click Here To Continue Reading]
By Steve Elliott of Toke of the Town Despite hundreds of letters urging California lawmakers to support legislation to improve California’s marijuana policies, two bills that would have done just that failed to advance out of their respective chambers by Tuesday’s deadline. Although both proposals enjoy strong public support, both were pulled prior to a [Click Here To Continue Reading]
By Phillip Smith A medical marijuana initiative aiming at the November ballot found nearly 60% support in a poll conducted last week. The Probolsky Research poll reported that 34.5% of respondents would “definitely vote yes,” 22.5% would “probably vote yes,” and 2.3% were “leaning toward” a yes vote.That comes out to 59.8% saying they favor [Click Here To Continue Reading]
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Are One Of The Most Profitable Enterprises In San Francisco The San Francisco controller’s office has done an unprecedented analysis of the amount of sales tax revenue going to the general fund from the sale of medical cannabis at permitted city dispensaries. The results are staggering. San Francisco has an 8.5 percent [Click Here To Continue Reading]
By Lester Grinspoon, M.D., Cannabis Culture The only way for our society to realize the full potential of cannabis, including its full medical potential, is to free it from the regulations controlling prescription drugs and the criminal laws controlling psychoactive substances, writes Harvard Medical Professor Dr. Lester Grinspoon. In 1967, because of my concern about [Click Here To Continue Reading]
Oregon House Bill Would Have Drastically Changed Oregon Medical Marijuana Rules As anyone that follows Oregon politics or at least follows Oregon marijuana politics, a very nasty bill was introduced in the Oregon House last year. Luckily, this thing died because it would have drastically altered the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP). However, just because [Click Here To Continue Reading]
By Steve Elliott of Toke of the Town Arizona lawmakers are preparing on Wednesday to deny university and college students living on campus the right to use medical marijuana, even if they have the legally required doctor’s recommendation to use it. Legislation written by Rep. Amanda Reeve (R-Phoenix) would make it illegal to use and [Click Here To Continue Reading]
Cannabis Science, Inc. a pioneering U.S. biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis (marijuana) products, is pleased to share new photographs from this cancer patient with severe squamous cell carcinoma. These pictures clearly show that this patient, with previously treatment-resistant tumors, continues to make obvious improvement. The tumors appear to be dying and then healing after treatment [Click Here To Continue Reading]
Help Fight The Pending Motion to Completely Ban Medical Cannabis Dispensaries In LA – Press Conference Tuesday at 9:30 am James Shaw, director of the Union of Medical Marijuana Patients, announced that the Union has provided the members of the Los Angeles City Council and City Attorney two motions to regulate medical cannabis dispensaries as [Click Here To Continue Reading]
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older For the government to accept cannabis use as an acceptable recreational drug, it’s clear that something needs to change. While opinions of marijuana have become more lax over time, the degree of [Click Here To Continue Reading]
The Vermont Department of Public Safety has released the guidelines for medical marijuana dispensaries to operate within the state, according to a report by WCAX in Burlington. Patients and advocates are pleased to see progress being made to bring medical cannabis dispensaries to Vermont. Currently, the roughly 450 medical cannabis patients in Vermont must grow [Click Here To Continue Reading]
By Steve Elliott of Toke of the Town More than two-thirds of cancer patients who were prescribed medical marijuana to combat pain are satisfied with the treatment, according to a comprehensive new study from Israel. The study involved 264 cancer patients who were treated with medical marijuana for a full year, reports Dan Even at [Click Here To Continue Reading]
It Can’t Hurt to Ask; A Patient-Centered Quality of Service Assessment of Health Canada’s Medical Cannabis Policy and Program I was e-mailed a quality article by our friends at DrugSense.org, specifically from Canada. Canada’s medical marijuana program has intrigued me for a long time, ever since I read about how medical marijuana patients were going [Click Here To Continue Reading]
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