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Pot group goes after NFL drug policy
Some Colorado marijuana supporters are using football as a reminder about alternative medicine. “Stop driving players to drink!” a billboard reads. “A safer choice is now legal (here).” The billboard is sponsored by MarijuanaPolicy.org — a website dedicated to marijuana legalization. Colorado and Washington voted to legalize marijuana in the 2012 election, and numerous other states have
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State liquor board would allow 3 Kent marijuana retail stores
The city of Kent would be allowed as many as three recreational marijuana retail stores under the filing of proposed supplemental rules approved Wednesday by the the Washington State Liquor Control Board. The city of Kent, however, bans recreational marijuana stores as well as production or processing facilities. So if someone came to the city for
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Wash. to issue 334 licenses for legal pot stores
SEATTLE – The Washington State Liquor Control Board released a detailed county-by-county breakdown on the number of retail licenses it will issue for selling marijuana. On Wednesday, the board said to will grant a total of 334 licenses for stores to sell pot in the newest phase in the implementation of I-502, the state ballot
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Marijuana Smoke and mirrors
Marijuana has been a bit of a media buzzword in recent weeks, with public figures of all stripes from across the country in federal, provincial and municipal politics adding their own confessions to the deluge of admissions into personal pot-smoking histories. Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was first in line, declaring he’d smoked a joint
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Legal marijuana: How could it work?
Interim step of decriminalization not the answer, say advocates for legal pot Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s recent call for legalization and referendum votes in Colorado and Washington in 2012 have opened the door to a discussion on how to legalize marijuana in Canada. (Cliff DesPeaux/Reuters) While the debate rages for and against legalizing marijuana, there’s
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Here Are All The People Who Have Died From A Marijuana Overdose
Yeah, not a single person has ever died from a weed overdose. We don’t have numbers on pandas, but we’re guessing it’s about the same. According to one frequently cited study, a marijuana smoker would have to consume 20,000 to 40,000 times the amount of THC in a joint in order to be at risk
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Marijuana laws done right
By Rob KampiaSeptember 4, 2013 The Justice Department made headlines last week when it announced a new federal policy on marijuana. It should come as welcome news to the majority of Americans who, according to an April Pew Research Center poll, believe marijuana should be made legal for adults. The policy memo issued to U.S. attorneys across
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Regulate Pot? Uruguay’s been there, with whisky
Uruguay is poised to make history as the first government to run a legal marijuana market. Sen. Lucia Topolansky tells The Associated Press they plan to license growers, sellers and users quickly after senate approval in September, protecting smokers from criminal dope dealers. Uruguay has experience monopolizing addictive substances: The government has made Scotch whisky
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Saunders: Listen to Gupta: Weed can heal
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune, Utah Written by Debra Saunders CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta admitted last month that he had been wrong in his opposition to medical marijuana during the rollout for his documentary “Weed.” Gupta reported on research that demonstrated the proven benefits of marijuana in treating neuropathic pain. Medical marijuana was the only
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Despite rulings in Colorado, Washington, medical marijuana still a legal risk in Arizona
PHOENIX — A decision Thursday by U.S. Department of Justice not to challenge marijuana legalization by two states does not make Arizona’s own medical marijuana law any more legal or acceptable, key prosecutors said. Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said he will not drop his bid to have the state’s 2010 voter-approved law declared illegal.
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Australia’s Hemp Party aims high in poll campaign
Australia’s Hemp Party formally launched its election campaign yesterday with a call for cannabis to be legalised for personal and medical use, just as it is now for industrial purposes. Members of Hemp – Help End Marijuana Prohibition – inflated a 10m plastic replica of a joint outside the state police commissioner’s office in Sydney
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Federal government eases stance on marijuana
By Joe Mozingo, Ari Bloomekatz and David G. SavageAugust 29, 2013, 7:25 p.m. In a significant policy shift by the Obama administration, Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. signaled Thursday that the federal government would no longer interfere in states that allowed commercial marijuana sales as long as they were strictly regulated. The move comes two years after
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More states likely to change pot rules, both sides say
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, left, is joined by state Atty. Gen. Bob Ferguson at a news conference to discuss the federal government’s decision not to interfere with marijuana laws in Washington and Colorado. (Rachel La Corte / Associated Press / August 29, 2013)SEATTLE — When the Justice Department announced Thursday that it would not interfere with the enforcement of
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‘I Apologize,’ Says Former Opponent of Medical Marijuana
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta admits there’s no science behind the war on marijuana. Dr. Sanjay Gupta recently published an essay rescinding his previous attacks on medical marijuana. (Cubie King / Wikimedia Commons) Gupta admitted to making an assumption that is all too prevalent in 21st-century journalism: He simply trusted the federal government without verifying whether
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Study: Cannabis beneficial to cancer patients
Hospital study finds that using cannabis reduces suffering from cancer and from side effects of cancer treatments • Use of cannabis for palliative treatment should be advanced, study recommends. Meital Yasur Beit-Or AP | Photo credit: Medical marijuana “cigarettes” Researchers from Haifa’s Rambam Hospital have recommended increasing the usage of cannabis for cancer patients suffering
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Massachusetts: The Department of Health Receives 181 Dispensary License Applications
The competition to land one of 35 medical marijuana dispensary licenses that the state of Massachusetts will allow is underway. The Department of Public Health received a total of 181 applications that they’re currently reviewing to determine which of the contenders will obtain a license to dispense marijuana for medicinal dedications in the state. The list of
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In Washington and Colorado, the Real Fight Will Come Down to Marijuana Businesses
Nearly 10 months after Colorado and Washington state legalized the use and sale of recreational marijuana, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy announced Monday that he’s invited Attorney General Eric Holder and Deputy Attorney General James Cole to testify at a September 10 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Specifically, Leahy wants Holder and Cole to answer questions about “whether it is
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Marijuana not harmless to adolescents
The nature of the teenage brain makes the use of cannabis among this population particularly risky for developing addictive behaviours, according to reThe nature of the teenage brain makes users of cannabis amongst this population particularly at risk of developing addictive behaviours and suffering other long-term negative effects, according to researchers at the University of Montreal and New York’s
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Senate leader wants legal marijuana hearing next month
Senator Patrick Leahy wants to clear the air in the debate between states and the federal government over the legal use of marijuana, in what could be a significant hearing on the issue in September. Source: United States Fish and Wildlife Service On Monday, Leahy was reserving the oversized hearing room in the Hart Senate Office
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Medical Marijuana In Connecticut: Getting Down To Details
Can medical marijuana distributors advertise their product? (Yes, but with certain restrictions). How much can they charge? (Market forces will determine prices). These are just a few of the issues addressed in the 76 pages of regulations for the state’s new medical marijuana program. Tuesday, the General Assembly’s regulation review committee is expected to decide whether the
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