Health & Medicine
Ohio Attorney General Rejects Medical Marijuana Ballot Language
Efforts to put a medical marijuana measure on Ohio’s November ballot hit a snag Friday when Attorney General Mike DeWine ruled that a summary of the initiative provided by advocates is not fair and truthful. “There are a number of discrepancies between the summary and the proposed amendment,” DeWine wrote in a letter to Rob […]
Canadian Judge Rules in Favor Of Medical Marijuana Patients Right To Grow Their Own Medicine
Informing Justin Trudeau’s newly elected government that Canada’s ban on patients cultivating their own medical marijuana constituted an infringement on their rights, a federal judge in the Great White North has smacked down the loathsome regulations restricting the rights of patients to cultivate their own medicine. Per CBC News: In a ruling out of Vancouver on […]
Utah Lawmakers Consider Two Medical Marijuana Bills As Poll Shows 64% Approval For Medicinal Cannabis
As the newest poll demonstrates, there’s strong support for medical marijuana in the sometimes-regressive state of Utah, which has inspired a sense of vagrant optimism as politicians prepare for a critical vote today. Up for consideration are two competing medical marijuana proposals – including one that was trounced by the Mormon Church the moment it […]
Hybrid News: High Desert Town Goes From Prisons to Pot, Marijuana Found Innocent of Causing Anxiety or Depression
Helping to send real estate prices into the stratosphere in California’s high desert, the tiny town of Adelanto is hoping to enhance their prison-based economy with one supported by the cultivation of medical marijuana. And proving what most knew instinctively, new research published on Wednesday by JAMA established no cause-and-effect between the adult use of […]
Colorado Marijuana Businesses Respond to Concern Over Edibles and Kids
One of marijuana legalization opponents’ top talking points these days centers around what they see as the attractiveness of cannabis edibles to underage kids. Now, one group of Colorado marijuana businesses is taking action that could help take that argument off the table. The Colorado Cannabis Chamber of Commerce (C4) announced on Wednesday that its […]
Senate Bill 181: New Legislation Seeks to Allow Cannabis Oil for Children In Delaware Schools
Understanding that epileptic seizures in children don’t necessarily happen when it’s convenient. A newly introduced piece of legislation, Delaware’s Senate bill 181, would allow schools in the Small Wonder state to keep on hand and permit the administration of cannabis oil for those students in need. If passed, Senate Bill 181 would permit authorized caregivers to […]
Rhode Island Governor Wants to Tax Medical Marijuana Patients’ Plants
The governor of the the nation’s smallest state wants to raise a big chunk of revenue by taxing medical marijuana cultivation, including plants grown by individual patients for themselves. In a Fiscal Year 2017 budget released Tuesday night, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) proposes making the Ocean State the first in the nation to levy […]
Canadian Researchers Confirm Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) Impedes Weight Gain
According to a recent study published in the PLOS ONE journal, small daily doses of THC prevents weight gain in lab mice fed a typical American diet – one that’s high in fat. Providing a sliver of hypothetical hope for the 78.6 million U.S. adults who suffer from obesity, a group of Canadian researchers looked […]
Top Official Hints Mexico Could Legalize Medical Marijuana
A growing number of developments point to the increasing possibility that Mexico could soon pass legislation allowing the medical use of marijuana. “There seems to be a majority opinion, even at international level, about its therapeutic benefits,” Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, the country’s secretary of the interior, said on Tuesday. The high-ranking cabinet member made the […]
National Group Launches Ohio Medical Marijuana Effort
A major national organization has announced it will attempt to put a medical marijuana initiative on Ohio’s 2016 ballot. The move comes just days after a separate group behind 2015’s failed attempt to pass a measure legalizing marijuana in the state announced that it would not try again in 2016, and would instead defer to the legislature to take action on medical […]