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  First Major Hemp Crop in 60 Years Planted in Southeast Colorado

  May 13, 2013 at 5:48 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

  Springfield, Colo., farmer Ryan Loflin on Monday planted the nation’s first industrial hemp crop in almost 60 years. Loflin’s plans to grow hempalready have been chronicled, and Monday’s planting attracted the attention of more media in southeastern Colorado and a documentary film crew. Hemp is genetically related to marijuana but contains little or no THC, the psychoactive substance in marijuana. Hemp has dozens of uses in food, cosmetics, clothing and industrial materials. Its cultivation in small test plots became legal last year under [...]

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  Medical Marijuana Will Create 1,500 Jobs in Arizona

  May 13, 2013 at 9:04 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

  When Arizona voters approved the use of medical marijuana in 2010, Steve Cottrell saw a way to combine his laboratory background and his interest in the plant he’d been studying since his 11-year-old son died of cancer more than a decade before. Cottrell is now the owner of AZ Med Testing, a medical marijuana testing laboratory in Tempe. Dispensaries pay Cottrell and his business partner, Brenda Perkins, to test marijuana samples for mold and pesticides. “We’re making money, but we [...]

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  Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Turn to Charity to Improve Image

  April 25, 2013 at 10:06 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

  Recreational weed may be a reality in Colorado in the wake of Amendment 64, but its older brother, the medical-marijuana industry, continues to face financial and public-relations hurdles in winning acceptance from the wider business community. Few know that better than the owners of Colorado’s 675 medical-marijuana dispensaries, many of which have met heated opposition when trying to become established in neighborhoods across the state. “A couple of years ago, there was nothing in place to normalize the industry and keep [...]

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  2013 US Cannabis Cup Recap [PHOTOS]

  April 23, 2013 at 4:52 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

       

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  Why It’s So Hard For Scientists To Study Medical Marijuana

  April 19, 2013 at 8:30 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

  Eighteen states (plus the District of Columbia) allow cannabis use for certain medical conditions. Despite that, scientists have a harder time doing research on the potential medical benefits of marijuana than they do on “harder” drugs like ecstasy or magic mushrooms. The public may think of pot use as no big deal, but federal laws make it difficult for researchers to obtain legal supplies. Clinical researchers can get permission from the DEA to grow or create restricted compounds like LSD, MDMA or [...]

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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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  Mendocino County Refuses Federal Demands for Records on Marijuana Growers

  January 22, 2013 at 1:14 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Medical Marijuana

  Mendocino County is resisting demands by federal prosecutors for records on medical marijuana growers who registered for permits to cultivate up to 99 plants. Mendocino County is fighting efforts by federal prosecutors to get records on medical marijuana growers who signed up for a program intended to sanction their businesses under state law. The county’s resistance creates a rare legal clash between local and federal authorities over conflicting marijuana laws. The U.S. Justice Department has been targeting growers and purveyors [...]

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  Legalizing Pot. Could It Happen In Texas?

  December 13, 2012 at 9:46 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

  CORPUS CHRISTI — Last month voters approved the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in two states. And one of the groups that pushed for that change is now lobbying Texas lawmakers to consider similar legislation here. But, it may be a while before Texans can legally light up. People in Washington state counted down the seconds before they could legally smoke marijuana. It’s a dream Josh Schimberg — Executive Director of Texas Chapter of the National Organization for the [...]

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