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Pharmaceutical Companies Rush To Patent Medical Marijuana

April 17, 2013 at 9:47 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

It seems like one of the greatest fears of the medical marijuana community is slowly being realized, as corporations quickly adopt cannabinoids into their vast profile of patented medicines. Leading the charge is GW Pharmaceuticals, a UK- based pharmaceutical company who manufacturers Sativex, an outrageously overpriced oral spray that relies on THC and CBD for its medical effects. Although Sativex is not currently available to patients in the U.S., it can be prescribed in Canada, the UK and other European [...]

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Conservatives Push Marijuana Reform in Congress

April 16, 2013 at 8:15 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

There’s a new congressional push to end the federal War on Pot in the states – and it’s being spearheaded by some of the most conservative members of the Republican conference. The “Respect State Marijuana Laws Act” introduced in the House last week would immunize anyone acting legally under state marijuana laws from federal prosecution under the Controlled Substances Act. Depending on the state, the legislation would cover both medical marijuana and recreational pot, and would protect not only the [...]

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Oregon Committee Approves Medical Marijuana for PTSD Legislation

April 16, 2013 at 2:45 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Oregon’s Senate Judiciary Committee approved a measure yesterday, with a 3-2 vote, that would add PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) to Oregon’s medical cannabis program. The bill passed its initial committee last month, 4-1. If passed, the measure would make Oregon the 4th state in the country – joining Connecticut, Delaware and New Mexico – to allow PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) to be used as a qualifying condition to receive a medical cannabis authorization. The bill now moves to a [...]

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Study Finds Marijuana Could Improve Your Sleep

April 16, 2013 at 9:31 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Marijuana’s effect on sleep is no secret to anyone who has smoked the plant before. But while sleepiness continues to be one of marijuana’s most well-known effects, many users still don’t understand its impact on the sleep cycle. Maybe you’re not even sure what the sleep cycle is, but that’s nothing to be embarrassed about, since even scientists have trouble explaining the entire thing. On the other hand, research on sleep has been steadily accumulating over the past few decades [...]

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Snoop Lion Movie “Reincarnated” Will Debut on 420

April 15, 2013 at 8:15 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Medical Marijuana Inc. (OTC:MJNA), a leading hemp industry innovator, announced that its portfolio company, Red Dice Holdings, LLC brand Dixie Elixirs and Edibles, has completed negotiations with The Cashmere Agency, representative for hip-hop and reggae superstar Snoop Lion. Dixie will co-host the exclusive “green carpet screening” of Snoop Lion’s upcoming “Reincarnated” movie premiere on Friday, April 19(th) , at The Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, Colorado. The premiere coincides with the “420 weekend” events that will take place during that time [...]

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Marijuana Research Funding Cut as Support for Drug Grows

April 15, 2013 at 1:21 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

As more states embrace legalized marijuana, the drug’s growing medicinal use has highlighted a disturbing fact for doctors: scant research exists to support marijuana’s health benefits. Smoked, eaten or brewed as a tea, marijuana has been used as a medication for centuries, including in the U.S., where Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) sold it until 1915. The drug was declared illegal in 1937, though its long history has provided ample anecdotal evidence of the plant’s potential medicinal use. Still, modern scientific studies [...]

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Medical Marijuana Industry To Grow to 6 Billion By 2018

April 15, 2013 at 9:23 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

With more than twice as many lobbyists in Washington as Congressmen, the pharmaceutical industry remains America’s most profitable, conducting 80 percent of the world’s research and development on new drug therapies for everything from the common cold to HIV. However, a subset of the legal drug industry that requires no research and development beyond undergraduate-level botany – marijuana – is growing rapidly into the sort of industry involving serious investor attention. In fact, San Diego-based Medical Marijuana, the industry’s largest business, is [...]

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Alabama, Pennsylvania Marijuana Legalization Bills Introduced

April 14, 2013 at 2:06 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

And then there were ten. That is, as marijuana legalization bills have been formally introduced this month in Alabama and Pennsylvania, the number of states to see such bills this year is up to ten. The others are Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The Hawaii and New Hampshire bills are already dead, and most of the others have stalled. Oregon’s bill, however, has been advancing quietly. In Alabama, Rep. Patricia Todd (D-Birmingham) introduced House [...]

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First Medical Marijuana School In Nevada Opens

April 14, 2013 at 9:54 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The first school in Nevada devoted to teaching people how to operate a successful medical marijuana dispensary has opened. The Cannabis Career Institute launched its Budtender School with a workshop for about 40 students on Saturday in Henderson. Institute founder Robert Calkin says his school educates would-be entrepreneurs on all aspects of the medical marijuana business, including how to grow marijuana legally and bake it into brownies, cookies and cakes. The school’s opening comes as Nevada lawmakers consider a bill [...]

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