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70% of Minnesota Approves Implementing Medical Marijuana Laws

March 13, 2013 at 7:29 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Medical Marijuana

St. Paul, MN – Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of Minnesota voters support changing state law to allow people with serious and terminal illnesses to use medical marijuana if their doctors recommend it, according to a new poll conducted by Public Policy Polling. The survey of 600 randomly selected Minnesota voters was conducted March 1-2. The full results and crosstabs are available at http://www.mpp.org/MNpoll. “A vast majority of Minnesota voters agree that people suffering from conditions like cancer and multiple sclerosis [...]

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UN Warns: US Marijuana Legalization Violates International Law

March 7, 2013 at 6:55 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

A United Nations-based drug agency urged the United States government on Tuesday to challenge the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in Colorado and Washington, saying the state laws violate international drug treaties. DENVER —A United Nations-based drug agency urged the United States government on Tuesday to challenge the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in Colorado and Washington, saying the state laws violate international drug treaties. The International Narcotics Control Board made its appeal in an annual drug report. [...]

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How Marijuana-Related Business Owners May Avoid Excessive Taxation

February 28, 2013 at 8:48 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have now decriminalized or legalized marijuana for at least some purposes. You hear a lot about the conflict between these state laws and the federal statute criminalizing the sale and possession of marijuana. But since the Justice Department isn’t consistently coming after marijuana sellers, the more immediate problem for many of them is federal tax law. “The federal tax situation is the biggest threat to businesses and could push the entire industry underground,” [...]

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World’s Largest Pot Club Prevails in Legal Battle Against Feds [VIDEO]

February 21, 2013 at 11:28 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Medical Marijuana

Oakland’s Harborside Health Center, which is notoriously considered to be the largest medical cannabis dispensary in the world today, won a legal battle on Friday when a court judge ruled that their landlord can’t evict them from their premises. The respective decision was made on the grounds that the business didn’t violate a federal law. “We are heartened by the robust support provided to Harborside by our elected officials and the California courts,” Harborside’s co-founder and executive director Steve DeAngelo [...]

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Regulators OK Marijuana Tourism in Colorado

February 20, 2013 at 7:22 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

DENVER - Marijuana tourism is on the way to Colorado, under a recommendation made Tuesday by a state task force to regulate the drug made legal by voters last year. But Colorado should erect signs in airports and borders telling visitors they can’t take pot home, the task force recommended. Colorado’s marijuana task force was assembled to suggest regulations for pot after voters chose to flout federal drug law and allow its use without a doctor’s recommendation. Made up of [...]

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Study Shows Cannabis Provides Relief for Parkinson’s Disease Pain

February 19, 2013 at 2:42 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Reviews, Medical Marijuana

As many as eight out of every 10 of those with Parkinson’s disease suffer from inexplicable pains that until now have been left untreated because they were thought to be an inevitable part of the progressive and eventually fatal neurological disease. Parkinson’s, a brain disorder that leads to tremors and difficulty with walking, coordination and movement, usually develops after age 50 and is one of the most common nervous system disorders of the elderly. But new research at the Rabin [...]

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New Study Suggests Cannabis May Reverse Dementia

February 7, 2013 at 10:52 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Reviews, Medical Marijuana

It makes most people a little foggy-headed, but scientists are investigating whether an active ingredient in cannabis could actually stave off dementia. A team from Neuroscience Research Australia is in the early stages of research examining if one of the main active ingredients in cannabis, called cannabidiol, could reverse some of the symptoms of memory loss in animals. Tim Karl, a senior research fellow with the group, said cannabidiol does not have the same psychoactive effects as the main component [...]

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The War Over Cannabis Patients’ Rights in California Continues

February 6, 2013 at 9:38 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Medical Marijuana

These are trying times for California’s medical marijuana dispensaries. Not only has a zealous U.S. Attorney launched a significant crackdown, but pot clubs across the state are increasingly being targeted by blanket bans from local municipalities looking to keep their cities and towns drug free–or, at least, force patients and their caretakers to grow their marijuana themselves. The legal fight against such bans, taken up in The City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center case, went [...]

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California Supreme Court Weighs in on Medical Marijuana Today

February 5, 2013 at 9:59 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The California State Supreme Court this week will hear arguments about whether cities can use zoning laws to ban medical marijuana dispensaries. The high court will begin hearing oral arguments today from attorneys representing Riverside and attorneys for Inland Empire Patient’s Health and Wellness Center, a medical marijuana collective in the city. The Supreme Court’s ruling will be binding on numerous cases questioning the use of zoning to ban dispensaries and could affect dozens of cities bans. “The Supreme Court [...]

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