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Medical Marijuana: Montana Cannabis Under Fire From Feds
The Department of Justice’s crackdown on California medical marijuana might be the most well known in the country, but it’s worth paying attention to legal developments in Montana, where U.S. Attorneys are also doing battle with dispensaries. As detailed by the Helena Independent Record, federal prosectors don’t want suspects involved in medical marijuana sales to be able
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Gubernatorial Candidates Differ On Marijuana Decriminalization
Governor Peter Shumlin and GOP challenger Randy Brock have very different views about whether marijuana should be decriminalized. Shumlin says changing the law would allow police to focus on other, more important drug issues. Brock says Shumlin’s position sends a bad message to young people at a time when teen marijuana use in the state
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MAINE COMPASS: Medical marijuana program faces uncertainty from new rules
Imagine that you have Crohn’s disease, terminal cancer or chronic pain from a serious car accident. You’ve tried all the drugs out there, but they make you nauseated, withdrawn or cause severe headaches. When you try to stop taking them, you feel anxious and crampy and can’t sleep. You’re scared because friends have gotten
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Study: Medical Marijuana Becomes Party Doobies for Kids
PROBLEM: Some people are concerned about “diversion” of medical marijuana. That is, its use by people for whom it was not prescribed. Little quantifiable data exists. METHODOLOGY: University of Colorado researchers polled 164 adolescents — all of whom where enrolled in substance abuse treatment programs in the Denver area — about their use of medical
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N.J. medical marijuana patients can get ID cards this week
More than two years after New Jersey legislators passed a law allowing doctors to prescribe medical marijuana, patients qualified to receive the drug may register for identification cards beginning Thursday. That doesn’t mean they will soon receive a prescription for cannabis. The state Department of Health has granted preliminary approval to just six nonprofit marijuana
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Medical marijuana measure: Health Department considers requirements for regulating medical marijuana in N.D.
BISMARCK — A proposal to allow North Dakotans to use marijuana as medicine puts the Health Department in charge of vetting the business plans of dispensaries, checking home pot gardens and reviewing the drug’s labeling and potency. The citizen initiative gives doctors the option of deciding whether to prescribe marijuana as a remedy for pain
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Marijuana causes brain damage: study
Michelle Henderson, AAP National Medical Writer Pot smokers may want to think twice before lighting up their next joint. Australian scientists have proved the long-held suspicion that persistent heavy marijuana use damages the brain’s memory and learning capacity. Researchers also showed for the first time the earlier people developed their cannabis habit, the worse the
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Heavy teenage cannabis use linked with anxiety disorders
Teenagers who smoke cannabis weekly or more are twice as likely as non-users to have an anxiety disorder in their late 20s, even if they stop using, a study of 2000 Victorian teenagers has found. Those who used frequently in their teens and continued to use on a daily basis at the age of 29
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Cannabis as Painkiller
Cannabis-based medications have been demonstrated to relieve pain. Cannabis medications can be used in patients whose symptoms are not adequately alleviated by conventional treatment. The indications are muscle spasms, nausea and vomiting as a result of chemotherapy, loss of appetite in HIV/Aids, and neuropathic pain. This is the conclusion drawn by Franjo Grotenhermen and Kirsten
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