All posts tagged "medical marijuana"

Politics

Michigan Approves Medical Marijuana for PTSD Treatment

The Michigan Medical Marijuana Review panel has added post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to the list of...

Politics

Southern California Activists Eye Midterm Elections To Overturn Local Bans

Local activists living in localities that have banned medical marijuana collectives (nearly all cities in Orange...

Joint Opinions

Why Arizona Blocking the PTSD Study Isn’t Surprising

Well before the passage of S.B. 1070 put them on the extreme-right map, Arizona established itself...

Legal

What To Make of the New CBD-only Laws

There is a new trend in conservative states: extremely narrow bills that allow patients to use...

Legal

Drug Free America Concedes on Marijuana (Sort Of)

The CEO of Partnership at Drugfree.org has continually lobbied to run ads criticizing legal marijuana laws...

Medical

University of Arizona PTSD Study Suggests Shift in Federal Medical Marijuana Policy

On March 14, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approved the sale of...

Edibles

The American Cannabis “Romulan” Ho-Ho Cupcake

Suggested Strain: “Romulan” 100% Indica Pungent sweet and spicy tones. The pungently sweet Romulan strain, which...

In The Magazine

Why Is CBD Suddenly More Medicinal in Conservative States?

During the 2014 legislative sessions, a handful of conservative states passed medical marijuana bills allowing only...

Joint Opinions

Want Us to Support Obamacare? Cover Our Medical Marijuana

The current administration’s history-defining attempt to overhaul the American health care system in order to (supposedly)...

Politics

Research Confirms Legalizing Medical Marijuana Does Not Increase Crime

Researchers at the University of Texas published an article in PLOS ONE today that indicates that...

Joint Opinions

Supposed ‘Medical Marijuana’ Measures In Alabama, Utah Are Anything But

At a public signing ceremony today, Utah’s Republican Gov. Gary Herbert will approve House Bill 105,...

Medical

The University of Arizona PTSD Study Is the First of Many Medical Marijuana Studies

Growing up on military bases, post-traumatic stress disorder is something you just get used to seeing....

Medical

Is Vaping the Future of Drugs?

I don’t envy Big Tobacco. Not only are they still fighting the past sins of their...

Medical

Health Canada Urges Patients to Destroy “Contraband Cannabis”

Medical marijuana users and growers were shocked recently when Health Canada outlined some very stiff instructions...

Medical

Remembering Peter McWilliams

What if you were a bestselling author and nearly finished with one of your most inspiring...

Grow

Uruguay Seeks To Import Canadian Pot

Juan Vaz, an activist and marijuana grower, tends to plants in Montevideo, Uruguay. Matilde Campodonico/AP The...

Medical

Study Shows Cannabis Kills Leukemia Cells

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia A UK study in the journal Anticancer Research has found that cannabis derived...

Cannabis

San Francisco Approves Vaporizing Restrictions

San Francisco has become the latest city in the nation to enact restrictions on the use...

Legal

Alabama and Kentucky Poised to Legalize Medical Marijuana? Not So Fast

Lawmakers in several states are poised to enact legislation in the coming weeks aimed at providing...

Politics

Oregon’s Hostile Takeover of Medical Marijuana

Late Wednesday evening, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) hurriedly submitted draft rules designed to keep marijuana-infused...