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New Hampshire: Bill Allowing Patients Legal Access to Medical Marijuana Passes House Committee

February 23, 2014 at 6:46 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

HB 1622 would allow qualifying patients to cultivate up to two mature plants until an alternative treatment center opens near their residence. A bill that would allow qualifying patients to cultivate a limited amount of medical marijuana in New Hampshire was approved Thursday morning in a 13-3 vote by the House Committee on Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs. The bill will be considered by the full House sometime in March. Sponsored by Rep. Donald “Ted” Wright (R-Tuftonboro), HB 1622 [...]

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Governor: Colorado Pot Market Exceeds Tax Hopes

February 22, 2014 at 3:20 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Colorado’s legal marijuana market is far exceeding tax expectations, according to a budget proposal released Wednesday by Gov. John Hickenlooper that gives the first official estimate of how much the state expects to make from pot taxes. The proposal outlines plans to spend some $99 million next fiscal year on substance abuse prevention, youth marijuana use prevention and other priorities. The money would come from a statewide 12.9 percent sales tax on recreational pot. Colorado’s total pot sales next fiscal [...]

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Marijuana in the Post Prohibition World [VIDEO]

February 22, 2014 at 7:52 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

While the Canadian government is taking a major step backwards for its citizens’ freedoms by restricting the rights of medicinal marijuana users, Colorado and Washington State have legalized marijuana for both medicinal and recreational use and so Dan Dicks of Press For Truth went to Seattle to investigate! Marijuana in the Post Prohibition World Article via Press for Truth

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For Mexico, Legalization is Freedom

February 21, 2014 at 4:23 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

I recently had the opportunity to meet with Jim Pattison, one of Canada’s most powerful and influential business people. While sitting in his office overlooking Burrard Inlet and the mountains of Vancouver, Mr. Pattison asked me a most timely and intriguing question. “President Fox, I have read recently that you are in favour of the legalization of marijuana. Is that true?” With Justin Bieber making headlines worldwide, I believe it’s a timely issue. The question essentially revolves around the issue [...]

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Veterans Using Marijuana to Ease PTSD Symptoms

February 21, 2014 at 4:00 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

A growing number of veterans suffering from PTSD are using medical marijuana to ease their symptoms even though they risk violating federal drug laws. “It helps. It just soothes you. It’s nice to know it’s something organic,” said a soldier enrolled in New Mexico’s medical marijuana program. His family does not want his name used because they live in a small town and fear there’s a stigma attached to using marijuana. The 26-year-old combat veteran served in the Army from [...]

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Molecular Biologist Explains How THC Completely Kills Cancer Cells

February 20, 2014 at 3:56 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Below is a video of Dr. Christina Sanchez, a molecular biologist at Compultense University in Madrid, Spain, clearly explaining how THC (the main psychoactive constitute of the cannabis plant) completely kills cancer cells. Not long ago, we published an article examining a case study recently published where doctors used cannabis to treat Leukemia, you can read more about that here. To read more articles and view studies about how cannabis is an effective treatment and cure for cancer, click here. Cannabinoids refer to [...]

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Is President Obama Bullied By The United Nations To Not Decriminalize Marijuana?

February 20, 2014 at 5:55 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder have recently been receiving a lot of pressure from lawmakers to remove marijuana from its classification as a dangerous narcotic. In a letter signed by 18 members of Congress last week, the President was encouraged to instruct Holder to “delist or classify marijuana in a more appropriate way, at the very least eliminating it from Schedule I or II.” In this video taped in 2004, President Obama said publicly that he believed [...]

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Washington House Overwhelmingly Approves Ban On Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

February 19, 2014 at 4:55 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Last night the Washington House of Representatives approved a bill that would abolish medical marijuana dispensaries, a.k.a. “collective gardens,” and impose new restrictions on patients who use cannabis for symptom relief. H.B. 2149, which passed by a vote of 67 to 29, would thereby eliminate some of the unregulated competition for the state-licensed pot stores that are expected to start opening this summer under I-502, the legalization initiative that Washington voters approved in November 2012. Supporters of the bill, which was introduced by [...]

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Number Of Children Seeking Medical Marijuana Soars In Colorado

February 18, 2014 at 5:51 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The number of children and young people on Colorado’s medical marijuana registry surged in 2013, according to the latest data from the state’s Department of Public Health and Environment. As of December 2013, there were a total of 199 individuals under the age of 18 on the state’s medical marijuana registry. In December of the previous year, there were only37 minors registered as patients. The last four months of the 2013 saw the registry increase by at least 30 patients under age 18 per month, [...]

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