{"id":2342,"date":"2013-12-06T15:47:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T15:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=21840"},"modified":"2013-12-06T15:47:26","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T15:47:26","slug":"marijuana-industry-news-december-6-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/marijuana-industry-news-december-6-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana Industry News December 6, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/marijuana-industry-news-december-6-2013\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/family.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"family\" title=\"family\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-21841\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/marijuana-industry-news-december-6-2013\/attachment\/family\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-21841\" title=\"family\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/family-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>New Family Networks Develop in Colorado&#8230;<br \/> <\/strong><br \/> Families from all over the United States are migrating to Colorado in order to treat their children with marijuana. \u00a0While controversial to some, many families feel they are without any other options. \u00a0The New York Times has recently published an article that examined some of the \u201cmarijuana refugees\u201d. \u00a0The article describes a new network being created by these families. \u00a0The network is made up of people from varying political and ethnic backgrounds as seeking relief for an ailing child is a universal instinct. \u00a0Families are sharing recipes for marijuana edibles, baby sitting for each other and doing other activities together. \u00a0This development embodies much of the compassion that has fueled the medical marijuana movement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobile.nytimes.com\/2013\/12\/06\/us\/families-see-colorado-as-new-frontier-on-medical-marijuana.html?hpw=&amp;rref=us\" target=\"_blank\"> For the entire New York Tines article click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Proposed Law Would Permit Dispensaries and Edibles in Michigan<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Michigan&#8217;s House Committee debated a new medical marijuana bill. \u00a0Activists and patients believe \u00a0Michigan courts and authorities have placed too many restrictions on the voter approved medical marijuana laws. \u00a0Many are also concerned that safe access has been compromised.\u00a0 Not every resident is adept at growing marijuana and there are certain dangers including pesticides and mold that can be an issue for novice growers. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gophouse.org\/representatives\/southwest\/callton\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Mike Callton<\/a>, (R-Nashville) sponsored House Bill 4271 and believes individual communities should dictate what they want. \u00a0&#8220;Local control will allow cities, townships and villages to regulate the level they feel most comfortable with,&#8221; Callton said in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. &#8220;And for those communities who feel it is inappropriate, it allows them to opt out all together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/politics\/index.ssf\/2013\/12\/michigan_bills_would_allow_med.html\" target=\"_blank\"> For more on this article click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Need for Marijuana Lab Testing Highlighted This Week\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This week many news outlets were reporting on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newhaven.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of New Haven<\/a> study that showed marijuana can sometimes be contaminated with mold, mildew and insect parts. \u00a0Heather Miller Coyle, a forensic botanist and associate professor at UNH worked on the study and would like to see universal testing.\u00a0 &#8220;If there&#8217;s no certification &#8230; it&#8217;s like saying we don&#8217;t check our meat for mad cow disease,&#8221; Coyle said. &#8220;That&#8217;s our goal as a private university, to develop the tools to address or mediate this issue.&#8221; We at marijuana.net have been advocating for lab testing for several years.\u00a0 Medicine is not effective and even dangerous without the proper safety regulations.\u00a0 Labs such as <a href=\"http:\/\/thewercshop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Werc Shop<\/a> have excellent track records in testing and can ensure safety.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/marijuana-contaminated-with-mold-mildew\/\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/family.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"family\" title=\"family\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-21841\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/marijuana-industry-news-december-6-2013\/attachment\/family\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-21841\" title=\"family\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/family-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>New Family Networks Develop in Colorado&#8230;<br \/> <\/strong><br \/> Families from all over the United States are migrating to Colorado in order to treat their children with marijuana. \u00a0While controversial to some, many families feel they are without any other options. \u00a0The New York Times has recently published an article that examined some of the \u201cmarijuana refugees\u201d. \u00a0The article describes a new network being created by these families. \u00a0The network is made up of people from varying political and ethnic backgrounds as seeking relief for an ailing child is a universal instinct. \u00a0Families are sharing recipes for marijuana edibles, baby sitting for each other and doing other activities together. \u00a0This development embodies much of the compassion that has fueled the medical marijuana movement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobile.nytimes.com\/2013\/12\/06\/us\/families-see-colorado-as-new-frontier-on-medical-marijuana.html?hpw=&amp;rref=us\" target=\"_blank\"> For the entire New York Tines article click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Proposed Law Would Permit Dispensaries and Edibles in Michigan<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Michigan&#8217;s House Committee debated a new medical marijuana bill. \u00a0Activists and patients believe \u00a0Michigan courts and authorities have placed too many restrictions on the voter approved medical marijuana laws. \u00a0Many are also concerned that safe access has been compromised.\u00a0 Not every resident is adept at growing marijuana and there are certain dangers including pesticides and mold that can be an issue for novice growers. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gophouse.org\/representatives\/southwest\/callton\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Mike Callton<\/a>, (R-Nashville) sponsored House Bill 4271 and believes individual communities should dictate what they want. \u00a0&#8220;Local control will allow cities, townships and villages to regulate the level they feel most comfortable with,&#8221; Callton said in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. &#8220;And for those communities who feel it is inappropriate, it allows them to opt out all together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/politics\/index.ssf\/2013\/12\/michigan_bills_would_allow_med.html\" target=\"_blank\"> For more on this article click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Need for Marijuana Lab Testing Highlighted This Week\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This week many news outlets were reporting on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newhaven.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of New Haven<\/a> study that showed marijuana can sometimes be contaminated with mold, mildew and insect parts. \u00a0Heather Miller Coyle, a forensic botanist and associate professor at UNH worked on the study and would like to see universal testing.\u00a0 &#8220;If there&#8217;s no certification &#8230; it&#8217;s like saying we don&#8217;t check our meat for mad cow disease,&#8221; Coyle said. &#8220;That&#8217;s our goal as a private university, to develop the tools to address or mediate this issue.&#8221; We at marijuana.net have been advocating for lab testing for several years.\u00a0 Medicine is not effective and even dangerous without the proper safety regulations.\u00a0 Labs such as <a href=\"http:\/\/thewercshop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Werc Shop<\/a> have excellent track records in testing and can ensure safety.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/marijuana-contaminated-with-mold-mildew\/\" target=\"_blank\">For more on this story click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52,166,56,9,196,2228,2229,51,70,227,1,3,2230,143,2231,61],"tags":[2632,2744,2636,2774,4795,4796,2631,5,2805,4797,2721,4798,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}