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  • Watch out for medical marijuana investment scams

    Watch out for medical marijuana investment scams

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    What’s that old saw about making sure something passes the smell test before putting your money on the line? So if you sense a little odd aroma around a text or e-mail that touts the next hot stock, make sure to hold onto your checkbook. That’s right, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued a warning
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  • Israel’s cannabis scientist

    Israel’s cannabis scientist

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    JERUSALEM — An award-winning professor of medicinal chemistry and natural products at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Raphael Mechoulam is a trim gentleman who wears tweed jackets and silk scarves. He is no slacker. At 82, he still works full-time. Despite Mechoulam’s respectability, his greatest fame stems from two scientific breakthroughs that may earn him a warm welcome among
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  • CNN Trying to Stop Strain of Marijuana Being Named for Dr. Sanjay Gupta

    CNN Trying to Stop Strain of Marijuana Being Named for Dr. Sanjay Gupta

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    Boulder dispensary says it will keep the name for now Aug 26, 2013, 9:50 am EDT  |  By Burke Speaker, Investorplace Writer A medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado is being told by CNN that its lighthearted humor in naming a strain of weed after Dr. Sanjay Gupta is no laughing matter. The cable news giant, owned by Time Warner (TWX),
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  • Vineyard Medical Marijuana Group Seeks Off-Island Pot Farm

    Vineyard Medical Marijuana Group Seeks Off-Island Pot Farm

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    “We have determined that the seasonal economy of Martha’s Vineyard cannot support a growing facility,” according to Mike Mahoney, attorney for a group applying for three medical marijuana dispensary permits in Dukes and Barnstable counties. Posted by Louisa Hufstader (Editor) , August 26, 2013 at 10:07 AM   Comment   Recommend  The principal named in the Kingsbury Group application is Mark
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  • Biz, labor support tax on recreational marijuana

    Biz, labor support tax on recreational marijuana

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    But medical pot attorney Corry is not high on proposal 8/26/2013 By Peter Marcus THE COLORADO STATESMAN With less than three months before Colorado voters decide whether to tax recreational marijuana for schools and enforcement, proponents are only just sparking the proposition. But the Committee for Responsible Regulation is not too worried. Its last polling in
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  • What to tell your child about marijuana

    What to tell your child about marijuana

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    Marijuana-use issues for children should not be confused with the freedom-of-choice debate for adults. As with tobacco, most users start young, when they are vulnerable and don’t understand the risks. I never met a cigarette smoker who was glad he or she had that first butt. As parents, we want to protect our children, but
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  • Frankie got around smoking law; now he offers private pot spot

    Frankie got around smoking law; now he offers private pot spot

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    By JOHN M. GLIONNA — Los Angeles Times Olympia tavern owner Frankie Schnarr takes a long draw from his bottle of Coors Light and scans his sports bar, listening to billiard balls rattle and a pinball machine explode with points. Cassie Hickam smokes marijuana at Frankie’s Sports Bar and Grill in Olympia. State law makes it
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  • Marc Emery’s Prison Blog About Toking With Justin Trudeau

    Marc Emery’s Prison Blog About Toking With Justin Trudeau

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    This prison blog is in response to the recent media coverage of Liberal Party of Canada leader Justin Trudeau and his comments about smoking pot with Marc Emery (see links at bottom of post). The following is Marc’s clarification about what really happened. Back in summer 2009 I was going across Canada on a “Farewell
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  • Leaf me alone!

    Leaf me alone!

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    Rihanna uses cannabis clutch to fight her way through fans

  • America’s Stoned Kids: guinea pigs of cannabis legalisation

    America’s Stoned Kids: guinea pigs of cannabis legalisation

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    Denver, the setting of this spliffy documentary, is The Mile High City in more ways than one Professor John Marsden. Photograph: Unknown/BBC Marijuana use on TV has been growing like hydroponic plants under fluorescent light and a Baby Bio sprinkler. Back in finger-waggy 1990, we had a preachy one-off spesh called Cartoon All-Stars To The
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  • Delaware governor renews medical marijuana effort

    Delaware governor renews medical marijuana effort

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    DOVER, Del. — Gov. Jack Markell said Thursday that he is moving forward with a medical marijuana program in Delaware after halting plans last year over fears that state officials could be subject to federal prosecution. Markell signed a medical marijuana bill in 2011 but halted implementation after federal officials indicated that people involved in
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  • Lawyers Debate Best Ways To Sell Marijuana–No Joke

    Lawyers Debate Best Ways To Sell Marijuana–No Joke

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    No joke. At the recently concluded American Bar Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco–as at most other gatherings–lawyers like to talk. They may be contentious or cooperative, but they do like to talk. Especially about something controversial, and especially about outsmarting the government. From that viewpoint, medical marijuana is a perfect storm. And the lawyers
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  • Ohio Attorney General Rejects Proposed Marijuana Legalization Amendment

    Ohio Attorney General Rejects Proposed Marijuana Legalization Amendment

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    COLUMBUS, OH — Ohio’s Attorney General Mike DeWine has rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana saying the language in the bill was not “fair and truthful” and omitted key information. The petition for the proposed amendment, the End Ohio Cannabis Prohibition Act of 2012 [sic], was submitted by Responsible Ohioans for Cannabis on August 2, with 2,304 signatures from registered
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  • Wet vs. Dry Cities for Weed in Washington

    Wet vs. Dry Cities for Weed in Washington

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    BELLINGHAM, WA — Last night the largest city in Whatcom County repealed a moratorium on legal pot stores enacted last month. In a 6-0 vote, the Bellingham City Council reversed course and approved zoning for legal pot, according to theBellingham Herald. The move comes as the Washington State Liquor Control Board plans to accept marijuana business
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  • Medical Marijuana Companies Will Conduct Research CNN’s Sanjay Gupta Now Endorses

    Medical Marijuana Companies Will Conduct Research CNN’s Sanjay Gupta Now Endorses

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    08/13/13 — Dr. Sanjay Gupta may be best known for his work as CNN’s chief medical correspondent, but after his documentary Weed aired on the network this past Sunday night, he may now be best known for changing his mind. The good doctor was once an opponent of using marijuana for medicinal purposes, but now
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  • Alaska, Rhode Island Will Legalize Marijuana Next, Federal Pot Law Will Change In 2019: MPP’s Rob Kampia

    Alaska, Rhode Island Will Legalize Marijuana Next, Federal Pot Law Will Change In 2019: MPP’s Rob Kampia

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    As support for marijuana legalization continues to grow, Rob Kampia, the executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project, believes that momentum will drive two more states to follow Colorado and Washington in legalizing recreational weed in 2014. In a recent interview with Reason, Kampia made several legal pot predictions. “I think the next state to legalize will
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  • Americans skeptical of value of enforcing marijuana laws

    Americans skeptical of value of enforcing marijuana laws

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    Attorney General Eric Holder’s proposal to rein in mandatory minimum sentences for low-level drug offenders comes at a time when American attitudes toward marijuana use are the most lax they’ve ever been and Americans are highly skeptical of the value of enforcing marijuana laws. A March Pew Research Center survey onchanging attitudes about marijuana found that nearly three-in-four
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  • Effort to legalize cannabis in Ohio up in smoke as DeWine rejects ballot issue

    Effort to legalize cannabis in Ohio up in smoke as DeWine rejects ballot issue

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    COLUMBUS, Ohio — An effort to put a constitutional amendment before voters that would make marijuana legal for adult use and clear the way for a hemp industry in Ohio suffered a setback today when Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine rejected the group’s summary language for the ballot. DeWine rejected a petition for the proposed
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  • Today’s Buzz: Should Florida legalize marijuana?

    Today’s Buzz: Should Florida legalize marijuana?

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    People United for Medical Marijuana, an Orlando-based group led by high-profile Orlando lawyer John Morgan, is gearing up its push to ask Florida voters to bless marijuana for medical purposes. The final language of a proposed 2014 ballot initiative would free doctors to prescribe marijuana to treat severe symptoms or side effects from drugs related
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  • Long-Term Cannabis Use May Blunt the Brain’s Motivation System

    Long-Term Cannabis Use May Blunt the Brain’s Motivation System

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     Long-term cannabis users tend to produce less dopamine, a chemical in the brain linked to motivation, a study has found.  Researchers found that dopamine levels in a part of the brain called the striatum were lower in people who smoke more cannabis and those who began taking the drug at a younger age. They suggest
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