Items tagged with medical cannabis
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| Medical marijuana distributors subject to federal prosecution despite state law [13.02.2012] | A Montana medical marijuana law does not shield cannabis dispensers from federal prosecution, a district court has ruled. The ruling will decrease th ... |
| Testing pot in a legal vacuum [12.02.2012] | Only some top-end dispensaries test their products, and even they can't be sure the results are reliable. Because all marijuana possession is illegal ... |
| California pot industry's next move: Ballot initiative for state regulation [06.02.2012] | A proposed ballot initiative aimed for the November elections begs a key question looming over California's medical marijuana industry: Can stricter ... |
| MPs complete legislation aimed at legalizing cannabis for medical purposes [03.02.2012] | A group of Czech MPs from all of the parties in the Chamber of Deputies has completed legislation which could legalise the use of cannabis in the Cze ... |
| Marijuana Mouth Spray: Will It Be Abused? [31.01.2012] | The medical marijuana drug Sativex, which could be approved in the United States in the coming years as a treatment for pain relief, has little poten ... |
| Marijuana-based prescription drug looks toward FDA's approval [22.01.2012] | A quarter-century after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in mari ... |
| Many US communities are blocking medical marijuana [09.01.2012] | In California, with the nation's most permissive medical marijuana laws, 185 cities and counties have banned pot dispensaries entirely. In New Jersey ... |
| Prescribing Cannabis for Harm Reduction [05.01.2012] | Neuropathic pain affects between 5% and 10% of the US population and can be refractory to treatment. Opioids may be recommended as a second-line phar ... |
| States say it's time to rethink medical marijuana [01.01.2012] | Medical marijuana advocates are hoping state governments can succeed where their efforts have failed by asking federal authorities to reclassify pot ... |
| Marijuana legalization initiative signatures in [29.12.2011] | Backers of an effort to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana use in Washington state submitted more than 340,000 signatures Thursday to try t ... |
| Colorado seeks new pot classification [28.12.2011] | Colorado has become the third state to ask the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to reclassify marijuana in a way that allows doctors to prescribe ... |
| Ten Years of Medical Marijuana in Canada [12.12.2011] | In Canada, possession of medical marijuana is controlled under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations, which came into effect in the summer of 2001 ... |
| Medical marijuana debate rages among researchers, doctors [11.12.2011] | Research into medicinal marijuana is undergoing a surge of interest, with more evidence emerging not only of its ability to ease human suffering, but ... |
| Equal access to medical marijuana eludes Canadians [09.12.2011] | Data obtained by the Ottawa Citizen through the Access to Information Act put a face to the typical medical marijuana patient for the first time, 10 ... |
| Legal changes cause questions for medical marijuana users [09.12.2011] | The Tories omnibus crime legislation casts a shadow on the future of the medical marijuana program. The toughening of drug trafficking laws means tha ... |
| Should We Reschedule Marijuana? [07.12.2011] | Last week's request by Govs. Chris Gregoire and Rhode Island's Lincoln Chafee to have the federal government reclassify marijuana as medicine--which ... |
| Combination of cannabinoids and opiates could help reduce chronic pain [07.12.2011] | A UCSF study suggests patients with chronic pain may experience greater relief if their doctors add cannabinoids - the main ingredient in cannabis or ... |
| Marijuana in California and Colorado: Highs and laws [03.12.2011] | While it is allowed in some form in 16 states and Washington, DC, Colorado is the leader in trying to make medicinal pot a legitimate business. It ha ... |
| New legislation proposes legalization of medical cannabis under strict rules [02.12.2011] | A government expert group is adding finishing touches to new draft legislation proposing the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes. While st ... |
| Wash. governor wants DEA to reclassify marijuana [30.11.2011] | Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee have filed a petition with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration asking the ag ... |
| Report shows fewer traffic fatalities after states pass medical-pot laws [30.11.2011] | The passage of state medical-marijuana laws is associated with a subsequent drop in the rate of traffic fatalities, according to a newly released stu ... |
| Medical Marijuana Industry Is Unnerved by U.S. Crackdown [23.11.2011] | An intensifying federal crackdown on growers and sellers of state-authorized medical marijuana has badly shaken the billion-dollar industry, which ha ... |
| Poll: Public supports medical marijuana, but not full pot legalization [18.11.2011] | According a recent CBS News poll conducted at the end of October, a slim majority of 51 percent continues to think that marijuana use should be illeg ... |
| Colorado's Marijuana 'Green Rush' [17.11.2011] | There are currently 16 states that allow some form of legalized medical marijuana, but only Colorado allows marijuana businesses to operate as such. ... |
| Vet to Feds: Enough Stonewalling, Give Us Pot for PTSD [16.11.2011] | “My life went downhill from the moment I came back from Iraq,” Begin, now a 31-year-old veteran. “Doctors at Bethesda had me on so much, and on such ... |
| Cannabis crackdown threatens legal trade in 'medical marijuana' [14.11.2011] | The Internal Revenue Service, America's tax collecting agency, sent a letter demanding an initial $2.5 million in back taxes and characterised the Ha ... |
| California court rules cities, counties can ban pot stores [11.11.2011] | In a decision that could have immediate fallout for medical marijuana dispensaries, a state appeals court has ruled that California law allows cities ... |
| Reefer Madness [06.11.2011] | Marijuana is now legal under state law for medical purposes in 16 states and the District of Columbia, encompassing nearly one-third of the American ... |
| Lawsuits filed to block federal crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries [04.11.2011] | Lawsuits were filed today in federal courts in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego in a move to block efforts by U.S. attorneys to c ... |
| Federal policy toward medical-pot businesses remains puzzling [04.11.2011] | Fifteen years after the first state legalized medical marijuana — and set up a confrontation with federal law that keeps cannabis illegal — federal l ... |
| Study: legal medical marijuana doesn't encourage kids to smoke more pot [03.11.2011] | Despite warnings from opponents of medical marijuana, legalizing the drug for medical purposes does not encourage teens to smoke more pot, according ... |
| Doctors refuse to OK marijuana use [01.11.2011] | A decade after Canada legalized the medical use of marijuana, most doctors are still refusing to sign the declarations patients need to get legal acc ... |
| Viewpoints: Patient safety is priority in medical pot policy [01.11.2011] | Recently, the California Medical Association, representing more than 35,000 physicians, the largest statewide physician organization in America, bold ... |
| California Medical Assn. support of marijuana legalization has doctors talking [31.10.2011] | The California Medical Assn.'s recent decision to support marijuana legalization has drawn mixed opinions from physicians and others. At the same tim ... |
| Rep. Sam Farr, House members question California pot club crackdown [31.10.2011] | Several members of California's congressional delegation are taking their concerns about a federal crackdown on the state's medical marijuana dispens ... |
| Medical cannabis may get approval [26.10.2011] | A group of medical and criminal law experts are moving forward with drafting a plan that would clear marijuana for medicinal use. "There is a consens ... |
| Justice Dept. memo writer is mum on pot crackdown [26.10.2011] | A high-ranking U.S. Justice Department official who wrote a memo saying state medical marijuana laws do not provide immunity from federal prosecution ... |
| Czech firms likely to be cleared to grow medical marijuana [24.10.2011] | Czech health experts are in favor of allowing medical marijuana to be prescribed for a wide range of conditions with home grown marijuana in the Czec ... |
| Obama's misguided crackdown on medical marijuana [24.10.2011] | Why is the U.S. government cracking down on medical marijuana, a $1.7 billion business — and one of the few that seems to be thriving in a moribund ec ... |
| Medical marijuana - lost in the haze of state law [23.10.2011] | Californians need to be honest with themselves: The marijuana industry that is flourishing in plain sight is not really about medicine. No question, ... |
| Editorial: Feds' pot crackdown bad medicine [21.10.2011] | In the design of America's founders, the states are supposed to be centers of democratic experiment. They're not supposed to be uniform. For example, ... |
| In a Strange About-Face, the President Tries to Hack Medical Marijuana Off at the Knees [20.10.2011] | The new federal crackdown on medical marijuana announced on October 7 by California's four U.S. Attorneys sent chills through the industry. It was a ... |
| Budding research may remove stigma around cannabis cultivation [20.10.2011] | Two Canadian researchers hope their work — mapping the cannabis sativa genome — will get rid of the stigma which they say surrounds the cultivation o ... |
| Backlash to Crackdown Grows [19.10.2011] | Marijuana activists in California are gearing up this week for a flurry of statewide protests during President Obama's October 25 visit to the Bay Ar ... |
| California's Coming Crackdown on Pot: What Do You Do if You Need It? [19.10.2011] | Four California-based U.S. attorneys have announced their intent to prosecute the medical-marijuana dispensaries, growers and delivery services that ... |
| California Medical Assn. calls for legalization of marijuana [15.10.2011] | The California Medical Association, representing more than 35,000 physicians statewide, questions the medical value of pot and acknowledges some heal ... |
| Federal crackdown on medical pot sales reflects a shift in policy [07.10.2011] | The Obama administration's crackdown on California's highly profitable medical marijuana industry represents a dramatic departure from the low-key app ... |
| Feds escalate efforts to close California pot shops [07.10.2011] | Federal prosecutors are threatening to shut down medical marijuana dispensaries throughout California, sending letters that warn landlords to stop sal ... |
| Medical marijuana law under review [29.09.2011] | Health Canada began two days of closed-door talks Wednesday about changes to the controversial medical marijuana law that has faced legal challenges ... |
| Four pot smokers get their stash from U.S. government under little-known program [28.09.2011] | For the past three decades, Uncle Sam has been providing patients with some of the highest grade marijuana around as part of a little-known program t ... |
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