By Robert Allen | Published in the Coloradoan A man jurors acquitted of multiple marijuana felonies has sued the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office after his 42 plants were destroyed, according to a lawsuit recently filed in 8th Judicial District Court. Denver lawyer Rob Corry said his client expects to receive $5,000 per plant (totaling $210,000), [...]
By Telegraph Editorial | Published by The Nashua Telegraph And then there was one. Effective Jan. 1, New Hampshire will be the only New England state in which patients cannot receive safe, legal access to medical marijuana. Last month, Massachusetts joined Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont and a growing number of other states by voting [...]
By Tamsyn Burgmann | Published in HuffPost Canada Ottawa’s decision to snuff its role in dispensing medical marijuana has ignited a debate over how the move will impact public health and safety. A range of groups — including those representing law enforcement officials, physicians and medical cannabis advocates — were reacting Sunday after the federal health [...]
By Peter’s Page | December 17, 2012 Paul Stanford, President of Presto Quality Care, formerly THCF Medical Clinic, and founder of Hempstalk in Oregon remembers author and activist Peter McWilliams.
By Drug Policy Alliance Staff | Published in TruthOut.org New Jersey’s first Alternative Treatment Center is scheduled to open today in Montclair. Greenleaf Compassion Center will see patients by appointment only, beginning at 10:00 a.m. At the moment, the center has scheduled about 20 patients in the order of their initial registration for the program. [...]
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Arizona’s first licensed medical-marijuana dispensary, Arizona Organix in Glendale, opened this month. By Matthew Hendley | Published in Phoenix New Times Voters passed the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act more than two years ago, but it’s taken a while to implement. The state Department of Health Services had to set up all the guidelines for the [...]
Three experts explain everything you need to know about the battle to legalize marijuana By Paul Armentano, Neill Franklin, Mason Tvert | Published in AlterNet.org PBS recently ran a Need to Know segment on marijuana legalization in Washington and Colorado. The episode featured interviews with three prominent marijuana policy reform activists: Paul Armentano, Deputy Director of NORML;Major [...]
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By Paul Armentano | Published by NORML Adults with a history of marijuana use have a lower prevalence of type 2 diabetes and possess a lower risk of contracting the disease than those with no history of cannabis consumption, according to clinical trial data published in the British Medical Journal. Investigators at the University of California, Los Angeles [...]
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By Laurie Winer | Published in NYTimes Liz McDonald is in her third year of teaching a Saturday class called 420 Remedy Yoga. Her studio, Brazilian Yoga, is in Atwater Crossing, a bohemian outpost near Glendale, Calif. As a courtesy to her students there, some of whom might be wandering about blissfully, Ms. McDonald starts [...]
Humboldt State University founds an institute that will apply “academic rigor” to study of the controversial plant. By AP | Published in MSN.com A public university located in one of California’s prime pot-growing regions has formed an academic institute devoted to marijuana. The Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research at Humboldt State University plans to [...]
