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Iowa GOP Chair Calls for Medical Pot, Leader Calls for his Ouster

March 24, 2014 at 8:12 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

In a newspaper guest opinion piece today, departing Republican Party of Iowa Chairman A.J. Spiker argues for the legalization of medical marijuana. And in reaction, one Iowa GOP board member called for Spiker’s immediate firing. “It is time for Republicans to give freedom back to doctors, to patients and to those who know far better than the politicians which treatments they truly need. It is time to allow the use of medical marijuana,” Spiker wrote for the opinion section of the Sunday [...]

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What Happens To Your Body When You Get Drunk And Stoned At The Same Time?

March 23, 2014 at 2:25 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The intoxicating effects of alcohol and of marijuana have been widely studied, but their combined effect—getting “cross-faded“—is woefully under-explored scientific territory. Here’s a look at what we know about how pot and booze together affect the brain. First, the basics: Marijuana contains THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), which acts on the brain’s cannabinoid receptors. Alcohol depresses the central nervous system. Trying to compare the two isn’t even like comparing apples and oranges, says Gary Wenk, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Ohio [...]

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10 Reasons Marijuana Should be Legal

March 23, 2014 at 8:23 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The readers of HIGH TIMES want marijuana legalized, nationwide, and now. Here are our top ten reasons marijuana should be legalized: 10. Prohibition has failed to control the use and domestic production of marijuana. The government has tried to use criminal penalties to prevent marijuana use for over 75 years and yet: marijuana is now used by over 25 million people annually, cannabis is currently the largest cash crop in the United States, and marijuana is grown all over the [...]

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Health Canada will Inform Police if Medical Marijuana Growers Flout New Rules

March 18, 2014 at 8:08 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Health Canada says it will tell police if medical marijuana users fail to declare they have disposed of their homegrown stashes — a requirement of strict new federal rules. The department says it will share relevant information — including the names and addresses of those who flout the new system — with law enforcement. Under the existing federal program, thousands of people have licences to cultivate marijuana for personal use to help ease painful symptoms. Beginning April 1, the government [...]

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Medical Marijuana Stores Blocked from Tax Breaks

March 17, 2014 at 12:55 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The roughly 2,500 medical marijuana dispensaries in the USA pay taxes to local, state and federal governments. But they can’t take the same federal tax breaks that other small businesses take. A section of the federal tax code known as 280E was meant to prevent tax write-offs for illegal drug activity. It was enacted in 1982, before medical marijuana was legalized in any state. The Internal Revenue Service applies 280E to pot shops operating legally under state law. The IRS [...]

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Vaporizers, E-cigs of the Pot World, are Booming

March 16, 2014 at 1:21 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Chris Folkerts started selling electronic cigarette-like devices from the trunk of his car two years ago. Now he and two partners own one of the biggest brands in the business, with products in 4,000 stores nationally, an art deco office on the city’s fashionable Miracle Mile and an endorsement deal with rapper Snoop Dogg. The rapid success of Grenco Science, the privately held company Folkerts founded, mirrors the fast growth of the business it is in — marketing devices that [...]

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5 Amazing Things You Didn’t Know About Marijuana

March 15, 2014 at 4:07 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

It’s no coincidence that marijuana legalization support has surged with the growth of social media. The voices of the Reefer Madness era are silenced daily as studies and testimonials continue pouring in about this often misunderstood plant. Ignorance still remains, however, and this fight won’t be won without continued education of the masses. It takes one fact that hits home to sway someone’s opinion. Maybe one of the following will do that for you. Here are five things about marijuana [...]

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The 50-Year-Old Agreement Preventing Marijuana from Treating PTSD

March 15, 2014 at 8:19 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Dr. Sue Sisley does not smoke weed. As a researcher and professor at the University of Arizona, Sisley additionally works as a psychiatrist and physician for veterans grappling with post-traumatic stress disorder. During her time at the lab, Sisley has exhausted the options available to her by way of legal treatments for PTSD. Along the way, she’s discovered that the only medicine that seems to help dampen her patients’ demons is marijuana. Ever since, Sisley has tried her damnedest to procure some research-grade cannabis. But she’s failed and that’s not surprising. Here’s the rub: When [...]

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Nation’s Leading Public Health Organization Calls for Drug Decriminalization as Part of Major Overhaul to U.S. Drug Policy

March 14, 2014 at 8:34 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The leading public health organization in the country recently unveiled a clear and comprehensive exit strategy for the failed war on drugs. With little fanfare, the American Public Health Association adopted a sweeping resolution last November calling for “a full reorientation” of U.S. drug policy “toward a health approach to drug use.” The resolution condemns the drug war as “an engine of mass incarceration” that has only amplified the harms of drug misuse, such as fatal overdose and disease, while causing or contributing to frightening levels of prohibition-related [...]

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