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Colorado store makes history as first to offer recreational marijuana in the US

November 23, 2013 at 4:44 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

A small store in Central City, Colorado has made history by becoming the first establishment in the US to be granted a license to sell recreational marijuana. Annie’s Central City Dispensary, located in a city founded during the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush, posted on social media earlier this week that its license application had been approved. It will be among the first shops in Colorado to begin selling marijuana on January 1, 2014, more than a year after Colorado residents [...]

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Cannabis Clubs Blossoming in the UK

November 21, 2013 at 5:33 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

“I guess it’s like wine-tasting – but with cannabis,” says Orson Boon (not his real name), head of the London Cannabis Club. “People come to exchange samples, try new strains and have a chat.” Sitting around a table in north-east London are several members of the LCC. One member is examining a sample of cannabis under the blue light of a small microscope to check for mite faeces. Another is comparing the smell of a lemon equinox strain and a Jack Herer, [...]

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U.S., Canadian Weed Finds Export Market in Asia

November 2, 2013 at 9:27 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

For the young Vietnamese dope smokers rolling up outside a smart Hanoi cafe, local cannabis is just not good enough. As with their Adidas caps, iPhones and Sanskrit tattoos, so with their choice of bud: Only foreign will do. Potent marijuana grown indoors in Canada and the United States is easy to buy in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, say regular smokers, and it sells for up to 10 times the price of locally grown weed. That’s perhaps surprising [...]

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Marijuana Might Kill Cancer

October 30, 2013 at 7:57 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Recent research gives new hope and meaning to the phrase “medical marijuana.” In a paper published in October’s Anticancer Research, Wai Liu, a senior research fellow at St. George’s University of London, reports that he found six cannabinoids – active components of the cannabis plant – that can slow or outright kill cancer cells. Though THC is the main cannabinoid associated with marijuana and has been recognized to have a “really strong anti-cancer effect,” Liu says, “it’s not a good candidate [...]

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2-Year-Old Epileptic Girl 1st Customer at NJ’s Newest MMJ Clinic

October 30, 2013 at 6:29 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

A 2-year-old with epilepsy is now receiving medical marijuana in New Jersey after her parents’ months-long push to get her the drug they believe will help treat her. Vivian Wilson was the first patient Monday when Compassionate Care Foundation opened in Egg Harbor Township, becoming New Jersey’s second legal medical marijuana dispensary. The girl’s parents led a successful push for New Jersey to allow more varieties of cannabis for patients and let children have it in edible form. They say [...]

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What is Marijuana “Abuse?”

October 28, 2013 at 6:36 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

America is reconsidering marijuana. But even as medical applications are recognized and Colorado and Washington roll out regulations for recreational use, the definition of “abuse” is still subject to debate. Until only a few years ago, any marijuana use was drug abuse. Refraining from pot was good. Using it was bad. Then, as medical marijuana gained recognition, users of marijuana ended up split into medical and recreational users, the worthy and the wayward, the legal and the criminal. Even with [...]

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Marijuana Dispensary Worker Arrested After Confronting Dealer

October 26, 2013 at 7:20 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies arrested a marijuana dispensary worker but not a suspected street dealer when the two got into a confrontation about drug sales outside the store. It started about 9:30 a.m. Thursday as customers waited outside the Higher Healing Medical Center marijuana dispensary in Hesperia for the shop to open, authorities said. A 41-year-old Phelan man drove into the parking lot and began offering the dispensary customers marijuana, according to a sheriff’s department news release. A worker [...]

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Professor: Pot Could Be Legal Nationally in 5 years

October 26, 2013 at 6:58 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

With sharply rising poll numbers for the full legalization of marijuana, Connecticut’s medical cannabis program may only be an incremental step, a UCLA professor said Friday. It’s time for a discussion on the possible cascade of public policy issues, from increased — or even decreased — alcohol consumption, to the inevitable availability of high-potency marijuana for stealthy children raiding their parents’ supply, said Mark A.R. Kleiman, an author and professor of public policy at UCLA. During a speech on Connecticut’s [...]

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58% of Americans Want Marijuana Legalized

October 23, 2013 at 8:09 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Gallup released new polling data today that shows an overwhelming majority of Americans want marijuana to be legalized. According to their survey, 58% of Americans support legalizing marijuana, while only 39% are opposed. This is up significantly from the last time Gallup polled the question in 2012, when only 48% of Americans were in favor and 50% were opposed. For historical perspective, the first time they surveyed this question in 1969 a paltry 12% of Americans were in favor of legalization. The support for [...]

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