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Long-Term Cannabis Use May Blunt the Brain’s Motivation System
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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Huge Selection of Nevil and ReeferMan Medical Marijuana Seeds Now Available Online From R.M.S.S. Medical Marijuana Seed Sales
R.M.S.S. is now offering their giant selection of the world’s most popular medical marijuana seeds including Reeferman and Nevil weed seeds online at http://medicinalmarijuanaseedssales.co.uk. Vancouver. British Columbia (PRWEB) July 01, 2013 R.M.S.S. medical marijuana seeds, based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, is now carrying large selection of the popular Reeferman medical marijuana seeds. Reeferman seeds
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First Medical Marijuana Festival in RI Held in Providence
Rhode Island saw its first medical marijuana festival Sunday. It was held in Providence in a parking lot on Kinsley Avenue. About two dozen vendors sold marijuana paraphernalia and growing equipment. It was sponsored by the Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition, a group that fought to legalize medical marijuana in the state. Enlarge image
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Retail marijuana labels in Colorado will have to include potency, expiration dates, safety warning
DENVER – Colorado has announced detailed rules for how recreational pot should be grown and sold starting next year. The state department that will regulate marijuana released more than 60 pages of rules Monday for how marijuana sales will be licensed and regulated. The Colorado Legislature set broad parameters earlier this year, but the nitty-gritty
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Vet recommends medical marijuana for pets in pain
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Until she introduced “magic cheese” to her sick and aging bulldog, Laura Bugni-Daniel watched him suffer for two years. He’d spend his days lying down or throwing up. Today, at age 12, he plays like a puppy through the day, his fur is soft and he sleeps at night, soothed not
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Colorado Regulators Ditch ‘Absurd’ Rule Treating Marijuana Publications Like Porn
A photo of President Barack Obama, a former marijuana user, is seen on the cover of ‘Cannabis Now’ magazine at the HempCon medical marijuana show, May 24, 2013, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Marijuana-themed publications won’t be treated like pornography in Colorado, state regulators announced Thursday in the face of lawsuits. The rule
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Marijuana Venture Capital Fund Launches As Ganjapreneurs Go Mainstream
In the latest sign of marijuana’s continued evolution from contraband to legitimate commodity, two California entrepreneurs on Wednesday unveiled an investment fund aimed at providing seed capital to pot-related ventures. The fund, Emerald Ocean Capital, plans to steer clear of growing operations and retailers, instead investing in business that support those industries, such as online
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Vermont Marijuana Decriminalization Signed Into Law, Reduces Penalties For Possession Up To An Ounce
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) signed a bill on Thursday decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana. The new law, which goes into effect on July 1, will remove criminal penalties on possession of up to an ounce of cannabis and replace them with civil fines. “I applaud the Legislature’s action to decriminalize the
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Vermont decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana
Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill Thursday that made the state the 17th in the United States to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. Under the law, possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana (28.3 grams) would be treated as a civil penalty with fines akin to a traffic ticket. Previously, possession
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Taxes related to marijuana, schools and animal welfare working way toward ballot
Voters in Larimer County this November likely will be asked to pay higher taxes to pay for regulation of recreational marijuana, an increase in public school funding and a new local haven for wayward animals. Here’s a look at taxes working their way toward the ballot: MARIJUANA A $100 bag of marijuana would cost
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N.J. doctors need better understanding of marijuana treatment: Opinion
In an attempt to explore all avenues of treatment, the parents of Vivian Wilson, a 2-year-old with a severe and rare form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome, sought my guidance last year. They wanted my medical opinion regarding Vivian’s possible registration into New Jersey’s medical marijuana program. Currently, New Jersey law states the program is
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Why would-be marijuana moguls have their work cut out for them
When you think economic opportunity, do you think of a heavily regulated, highly-competitive consumer goods sector where prices are set to drop? No? Maybe we should dial back the excitement around the potential of the US marijuana industry. With the legalization of recreational marijuana in the American states of Colorado and Washington last year, along
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MMJ Ingredient Prevents Brain Damage in Mice
Israel — The words “marijuana” and “brain damage” usually go in that order in medical literature. An Israeli researchers has flipped them around, finding that THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, may arrest some forms of brain damage in mice. The loco weed already is favored by those who suffer from chronic diseases, not to
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Legalizing Medical Marijuana Reduces Suicides And Traffic Fatalities
The benefits of legalization – whether for medicinal and/or recreational purposes – are more far-reaching than most people understand. As we continue to put an end to prohibition, we’ll continue to uncover new advantages of doing so. Two of the largest, most substantial benefits of legalization that recent studies have indicated; a drastic decrease in
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Some Wash. police dogs not smelling pot anymore
In this photo taken Thursday, May 30, 2013, drug-sniffing police dog Dusty is rewarded by handler Officer Duke Roessel with a toy after the K-9 successfully located a stash of heroin during a training session at the police station in Bremerton, Wash. The newest drug-sniffing dog on the police force in Bremerton, near Seattle, is
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The U.S. Is Changing Its Mind About Marijuan
Most Americans now think that marijuana should be legalized. A new paper for the Brookings Institution by Bill Galston and E.J. Dionne draws attention to this startling shift of public opinion: Support for legalization has surged by almost 20 percentage points in less than a decade and by 11 points in the past three years. According to
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A Starbucks for Pot? National Chain of Marijuana Stores in the Works
If one newly converted pot-smoking visionary has his way, the Washington-based company he created will become the Starbucks or Coca Cola of the cannabis industry. He even has plans to import marijuana from south of the border–currently illegal according to international law—and he’s apparently got the president of Mexico on board. Jamen Shively is probably
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New York State Assembly Passes Bill to Fix Marijuana Decriminalization Law
In Last Decade, Police Spent 1 Million Hours Arresting Nearly 500,000 People for Possessing Small Amounts of Marijuana, Costing Taxpayers $600 Million ALBANY, NY — The New York State Assembly passed a marijuana arrest reform bill Wednesday that could end the state’s racially biased, costly and unlawful marijuana arrest crusade. The legislation, Assembly Bill 6716, fixes
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Groups Seek to Legalize Pot Possession in Portland
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) _ Supporters of legalizing marijuana possession in Maine’s largest city say they’ve collected more than twice the number of signatures needed to put the question up for a vote. Organizers say they’ll submit petitions with more than 3,000 signatures to Portland city officials on Thursday to get a question on the ballot
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U-M researchers to study impacts of medical marijuana use with $2.2M grant
Researchers at U-M hope the study can provide scientific insight to the long-term impacts of medical marijuana use and information as to the types of patients that seek the drug. Researchers at the University of Michigan have been given $2.2 million to study the use of medical marijuana. Associated Press file photo “With the ongoing
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