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Congress Passes Pro-Pot Amendments, Predicts End to War on Marijuana

June 4, 2015 at 10:48 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

It was cannabis Wednesday in Congress, where lawmakers gave the strongest support yet for ending the country’s laws prohibiting marijuana use. In the strongest sign yet that deciders in Washington may soon be ready to undo federal marijuana prohibition, both Democrats and Republicans voted to approve three pro-cannabis budget amendments — and came very close to approving a fourth in support of recreational marijuana. Bipartisan votes approved amendments forbidding Justice Department officials from interfering in state-legal medical cannabis operations, industrial [...]

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Does Marijuana Combat HIV and AIDS?

June 3, 2015 at 4:30 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Reviews, Medical Marijuana

Marijuana can do more for AIDS patients than simply help them with their nausea or loss of appetite, according to a new study. New research published in the medical journal PLoS One suggests marijuana-like compounds actually fight the HIV virus in late-stage AIDS patients. Researchers they already know “cannabinoid drugs” like marijuana can have a therapeutic effect in AIDS patients. But they wanted to further understand how they “influence the spread of the virus itself.” The study found that “cannabinoid [...]

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2,400 Year Old Gold Bongs Discovered in Russia

May 30, 2015 at 11:11 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Recreational Marijuana

The “once-in-a-century” discovery of a set of solid gold bongs has offered a glimpse into the little-understood lives of Scythians, who ruled vast areas of Eurasia for a thousand years 2,400 years ago. Ornately embellished with depictions of humans and animals, archaeologists found the golden vessels in a vast grave mound in the Caucasus Mountains of southern Russia, where the Scythians ruled between 9th century BC and 4th century AD. They were discovered inside a chamber lined with stones and [...]

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Louisiana: Governor Vows to Change Marijuana Laws

May 29, 2015 at 12:06 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization

Gov. Bobby Jindal on Thursday said he plans to sign legislation that would change the state’s medical marijuana laws and soften penalties for marijuana offenders. There are three bills moving through the state legislature affecting Louisiana’s marijuana laws. Two of them (SB 241) and (HB 149), which are nearly identical, would reduce the tough sentences judges are allowed to hand down for repeat marijuana offenses; reduce a second marijuana offense from felony to misdemeanor; and allow first-time convictions for simple possession [...]

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Veterans Equal Access to Marijuana Amendment Passes Senate

May 28, 2015 at 11:54 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Medical Marijuana

The US Senate Committee on Appropriations voted to add the Veterans Equal Access Amendment (VEAA) to the 2016 budget for the Veterans Administration (VA). This landmark amendment would end the current gag order that prevents VA doctors from recommending or even discussing medical cannabis with veterans in states where it is legal. There is now real chance that federal law will change and veterans who depend on the VA for health care will finally be able to discuss medical cannabis with their [...]

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Missouri Man’s Life Sentence for Marijuana is Commuted

May 23, 2015 at 9:51 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Governor Jay Nixon commuted the sentence for Missouri’s only man serving life in prison for non-violent marijuana-related offenses. Jeff Mizanskey, now 62, was arrested during an undercover drug bust in Sedalia in 1993. He was sentenced in 1996 under the state’s Prior and Persistent Drug Offender Law, which is a three-strike system. FOX 2 Now reported that at the time of Mizanskey’s arrest, police were after a drug dealer who hired two men to smuggled more than [...]

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Texas: Historic CBD-Only Medical Marijuana Bill Passes Legislature

May 19, 2015 at 4:14 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Update (1:13 p.m. Tuesday): The legislation officially passed a third reading and now the bill officially heads to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk. The original story continues below. ******** Medical marijuana could be legal in Texas, sort of. The Texas House of Representatives voted 96 to 34 to approve the second reading of a Senate bill that would allow limited use of Cannabidiol oils, a marijuana derivative, Progress Texas said in a press release.. And the proposals authors are Republican! Crazy. [...]

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Its Easier to Die from Drinking Water than to Overdose on Marijuana

May 13, 2015 at 2:10 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

In February, reports filtered in from Germany that two men died of cardiac arrhythmia triggered by marijuana intoxication. At a headline’s glance, the tragic deaths seemed to spoil cannabis’ unblemished track record: Until that point, no cases of fatal overdose were known to science. It should be noted, however, that these two men — aged 23 and 28 — did not overdose. The researchers who reviewed their deaths in the journal Forensic Science International reported found that “the younger man had [...]

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Medical Marijuana Bill Overwhelmingly Passes Pennsylvania Senate

May 13, 2015 at 1:42 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Medical Marijuana

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Senate passed the latest version of Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana bill Tuesday afternoon. The vote was 40-7 for the bill that would make it legal in the state for marijuana to be used to treat certain serious illnesses when prescribed by a doctor. The bill known as SB 3, sponsored by Sen. Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon), would allow edible forms of marijuana and vaporization, but smoking would not be allowed. Patients would have to get the cannabis from [...]

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