CHICAGO (AP) — Smoking a joint once a week or a bit more apparently doesn’t harm the lungs, suggests a 20-year study that bolsters evidence that marijuana doesn’t do the kind of damage tobacco does. The results, from one of … Read More »
Fed’s Criterion For Busting Medical Marijuana Industry
By Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director To: DEA, HIDTA, Federal task force partners in California for internal law enforcement use only. Not for public use or circulation [Editor’s note: Hah!Also, this memo is only applicable in California—not Colorado, New Mexico and … Read More »
Two Governors Petition Federal Government To Allow For Medical Marijuana
November 30th, 2011 By: Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director The governors of Rhode Island and Washington have both signed a petition asking the Obama Administration to re-schedule cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule II, effectively ending the federal government’s … Read More »
Reefer Madness
By ETHAN NADELMANN (NYT) Published: November 6, 2011 MARIJUANA is now legal under state law for medical purposes in 16 states and the District of Columbia, encompassing nearly one-third of the American population. More than 1,000 dispensaries provide medical … Read More »
Medical pot trade show breaks new ground
Users of medicinal marijuana get their first trade show in Maine, working with police in ‘a step forward’ for all patients in the state. By KEITH EDWARDS Kennebec Journal Chris Kenoyer uses a vaporizer to inhale marijuana during the … Read More »
Medical marijuana to be used in open at event
Certified patients OK to use at Augusta Civic Center trade show By Betty Adams badams@centralmaine.com Staff Writer AUGUSTA — Certified patients will use medical marijuana in an outdoor tent on public property as part of a trade show at the … Read More »
Maine slaps 7% tax on pot brownies sold to medical marijuana patients
After Mainers approved medical marijuana, lawmakers decided that marijuana sold for medicinal purposes would be subject to the 5 percent state sales tax. Now Maine Revenue Services has issued an opinion that prepared foods such as brownies that include medical … Read More »
Science Vs. Stigma Trailer
SCIENCE VS. STIGMA Trailer from Dave Wilkinson on Vimeo. Don’t miss the premier of this new film by the great guys of Maine Green Cross (www.mainegreencross.org), showing at the Home Grown Maine event at the Augusta Civic Center on November … Read More »
Support for legalizing pot hits all-time high
Author Dr. Christopher Gleen Fichtner talks about “cannabinomics” and explains whether American is ready to legalize marijuana. 50 percent of Americans favor the legalization of marijuana, up from 46 percent last year, according to a new Gallup poll. It was … Read More »
California Medical Association calls for legalization of marijuana
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s largest doctor group is calling for legalization of marijuana, even as it pronounces cannabis to be of questionable medical value. Trustees of the California Medical Association, which represents more than 35,000 physicians statewide, adopted the position … Read More »
