Archive for: February, 2011

Video Tour of Alpine Herbal Wellness

Alpine Herbal Wellness - Cherry Creek, Colorado

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTtiG6x7asQ Alpine Herbal Wellness is committed to providing our patients and the general public with personalized access to a variety of non-traditional healing modalities to relieve pain and support physical, mental and emotional wellness. Our locally owned and family operated center is comfortable, secure and confidential. Our compassionate, professional and knowledgeable staff is dedicated to [...]

Speakers at Medical Marijuana Hearing Criticize Strong Regulations

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By Ray Stern | Published in Pheonixnewtimes.com Here are some quotes from speakers at today’s medical marijuana hearing about the proposed regulations. The entire speech of each individual isn’t represented. We’re not trying to record all the thank-yous to DHS (of which there are many), just the parts we found interesting (and what we could catch.) [...]

Sedona City Council OK’s Medical Marijuana Ordinance

Sedona, AZ

Published in Verde Independent The Sedona City Council became the first Verde Valley community to approve a local Medical Marijuana Ordinance, Feb. 8. While the state initiative was approved by Arizona voters during the last election, local governments are allowed to regulate where the drug may be sold in their communities. The approved Sedona ordinance [...]

Supervisors Amend Medical Marijuana Regulations

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By Joe Naiman | Published in Village News The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved amendments to the county’s Zoning Ordinance and regulatory County Code to cover medical marijuana facilities and also approved a regulatory ordinance for the licensing and operation requirements for such facilities. A 5-0 vote January 25 approved zoning amendments along [...]

Medical Marijuana Helps Kathie Z, Retired Nurse, Maintain a Healthier Quality of Life

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In this video shot at Willow Creek Springs, medical marijuana patient and retired nurse Kathie Zamanjahromi, Kathie Z for short, remembers how some of the children she cared for when she was a nurse could very well have benefited from cannabinoid therapeutics. A medical marijuana patient herself, Kathie explains how medical cannabis helps her maintain [...]

Just What the Doctor Ordered

Eliza Wiley Independent Record- Eliza Wiley Independent Record- Holly, a medical marijuana patient, smokes in her Helena home at the start of her day recently to help her cope with the pain of urticarial dermatitis. She says she ‘would be in a very different place’ if she didn’t have ‘the medicine’ in her life.

By Marton J. Kidston | Published in Helenair.com She began with hydrocodone for the pain, Cymbalta and Trazodone for the depression, and Flexeril to ease the muscle spasms. The drugs helped sooth the nagging discomfort in her back. On good days, they dulled the pain in her legs. But while Barb Trego got by, she [...]

Medical Marijuana Skin Patch May Stick in Colorado

Patches like the ones shown here may become more popular as delivery systems for medical cannabis soon

Published in The Denver Post Patches like the ones shown here may become more popular as delivery systems for medical cannabis soon. Medical Marijuana Delivery Systems said Tuesday it has acquired the U.S. patent rights to a medical-marijuana skin patch and seeks to sell it in Colorado. The patent provides Seattle-based MMDS with exclusive rights [...]

Rancho Mirage OK’s Medical Marijuana Delivery

Rancho Mirage, California

By Blake Herzog | Published in mydesert.com Rancho Mirage City Council agreed today to allow medical marijuana deliveries to residents with a prescription. The plan bans dispensaries in the city, and one has filed a $650,000 lawsuit. First discussed at the last City Council meeting two weeks ago, it’s believed to be the first proposal [...]

Lawyer Doubts Jury Would Convict in Marijuana Case

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Published in NECN.com A lawyer says he’ll consider appealing to the Michigan Supreme Court after drug charges were reinstated against an Owosso man who was growing medical marijuana outdoors in a dog kennel. Matthew Abel says the appeals court decision is “blatantly wrong.” He says many judges just don’t like Michigan’s medical-marijuana law. Larry King [...]

Rare Disease or Not, Colorado Teen Can’t Have Medical Pot at School, Not Even a Lozenge

Medical marijuana samples are tested at a Denver lab that provides the service to some growers and dispensaries. (Ed Andrieski / Associated Press)

By Mary Forgione | Published in Los Angeles Times A Colorado teen with a rare neurological disease wants to do two things: Take the medical marijuana he needs to control his seizures and attend high school. Sounds simple, but, of course, it’s anything but. The drama playing out between the student and the school likely [...]

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