Medical Marijuana

Marijuana as a medicine remains a subject of intense debate, but roughly a dozen states now allow doctors to prescribe marijuana or THC in cases where it is medically indicated, such as glaucoma and the nausea associated with intensive chemotherapy. Because of medical marijuana usage at the state level, blogs have sprung up to provide information and debate the merits of state medical marijuana initiatives.

In California, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the most commonly reported used of medical marijuana are for the treatment of chronic pain, AIDS, and anxiety-related mood disorders. Despite federal opposition, more than a dozen states have signaled a willingness to move toward medical marijuana by enacting more liberal marijuana enforcement policies. All of these efforts eventually collide with the war on drugs. It is possible that states will continue to push back, resisting federal efforts to nullify state changes in marijuana enforcement policy.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Medical Marijuana”

• Marijuana school opens in Michigan

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 567
  11-29-2009 • United Press International DETROIT, Nov. 29 (UPI) — A 24-year-old aspiring businessman says he’s teaching Michigan residents how to grow medical marijuana at his new “ Med Grow Cannabis College.” Nick Tennant founded his school this year after an auto-detailing business he ...
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• Support for legal marijuana growing

  
  Cop in the Hood — Authority: 128
  Or so says the Washington Post . "Seriously," said Bruce Merkin, communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project, an advocacy group based in the District, "there is a reason you dont have Mexican beer cartels planting fields of hops in the California forests."
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• Pots potential to help pay state bills

  
  Don't Mess With Taxes — Authority: 599
  Ive blogged repeatedly about the dire financial straits most states find themselves in nowadays. If things dont change, and soon, some state officials might decideto follow Colorados latest revenue-raising move: taxing medicalmarijuana. Colorados Attorney General John Suthers has informedGov. Bill Ritter ...
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• Cannabis College in MI

  
  Marijuana Growing — Authority: 167
  At This School, It’s marijuana in Every Class By TAMAR LEWIN Published: November 28, 2009 SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — At most colleges, marijuana is very much an extracurricular matter. But at Med Grow Cannabis College , marijuana is the curriculum: the history, the horticulture and the legal how-to’s of ...
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• Rocky Mountain Medical High

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  DENVER -- Inside the green neon sign, which is shaped like a marijuana leaf, is a red cross. The cross serves the fiction that most transactions in the store -- which is what it really is -- involve medicine. The U.S. Justice Department recently announced that federal laws against marijuana would not be enforced for ...
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• kearns to LA city council: observations on the medical cannabis dialog in my absence (2072)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 128
  [november 24, 2009] good morning president pro tem perry, distinguished council members. i have given the clerk copies of my prepared remarks. my name is richard kearns. i am a 58-year- old gay man living with AIDS in los angeles for more than 20 years — a long-term survivor & AIDS activist, a medical ...
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• don duncan at about medical marijuana: LA city atty misrepresents CA atty general’s position on cannabis “sales” (2071)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 128
  LA City Attorney wrong about AG by Don Duncan November 25, 2009 The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office misrepresented the position of California Attorney General Jerry Brown today, implying that the state’s top law enforcement official said that all sales of cannabis are illegal. That never happened. On ...
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• nora proops, the AIDS beacon: global fund to fight HIV/AIDS, TB & malaria approves $2.4 billion in grants worldwide (2070)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 128
  Global Fund Approves $2.4 Billion For Global HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Programs By Nora Proops Nov 21, 2009 On November 12, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria approved grants worth $2.4 billion to support treatment of these diseases worldwide. Although it is the second ...
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• Stoners looking to make “pot” a career: There’s a school for you

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 525
  Medical marijuana enthusiasts in Michigan can take six weeks of classes at the Med Grow Cannabis College, where you can get high on learning or something. SOURCE
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• DC: Gay Marriage Vote Expected Next Week

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  The District of Columbia Council is expected to vote next week to legalize same-sex marriage in the nations capital. While Congress could use its power to overturn the law, local and national factors appeared to be aligned against any effort to do so. Ten of the councils 13 members have co-sponsored the ...
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• what causes me to vomit sometimes after smokeing....

  
  Marijuana Growing — Authority: 167
  half a gram of medical marijuana . is it not eating before smoking or? as much help as possible thanks...
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• How long does a medical marijuana card last before you have to renew it?

  
  http://diddy.name — Authority: 170
  I am wondering how long a medical marijuana card lasts before it "expires" and you have to pay to get it renewed. I am planning on getting one for my backpains I have from a past accident and I would like to know how often I have to pay to get the card renewed. (unless there is a way to get a card that does not ...
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• AL Sen. Paul Sanford (R-Madison) on Medical Marijuana

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 533
  I will say that I have not been a supporter of medicinal marijuana, but I am open to researching the merits of it as a medicine. If you have any data from studies that have been conducted I will certainly look them over. One of my greatest concerns is the use of medicinal marijuana by individuals within the work ...
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• Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) on Medical Marijuana

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 533
  Thank you for taking the time to contact my office about H.R. 2835, the Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act. Your input is important to me, and I appreciate the time you took to share your thoughts. I appreciate you bringing this situation to my attention, and I agree with you that a person should not be ...
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• Medipot task force recommendations

  
  Last Blog On Earth — Authority: 128
  If you haven’t seen the five-page report from the Medical Marijuana Task force report that will be presented to the City Council on Dec. 8, you can download it right here . Here’s how John R. Lamb summarized it back on Nov 11. – A two-tiered permitting system, allowing collectives with fewer than 100 ...
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• Mile Highs and Lows: Highland Health

  
  The Latest Word — Authority: 654
  As Colorados medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; othe...
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• Our updated medical-marijuana directory

  
  The Latest Word — Authority: 654
  Todays just-published review of Highlands Health is only the start of our information about medical marijuana in Colorado. Were continuing to regularly update our directory of dispensarie...
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• LA Council Still Unsettled about Marijuana Dispensaries – Cash Is Ok, Security Guards Needed, Has to be Grown Locally, and Cap on Wages Earned at 100k a Year

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 533
  When you read all of this, they are spending a lot of time on this subject.  The guards are to be unarmed, and make the cash deposits for the facility.  The amusing and most interesting part though of all of this is putting a cap on wages earned by workers, no more than 100k a year, that’s good income in ...
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• Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) on Medical Marijuana

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 533
  Thank you for contacting me with your support for H.R.2835, the Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act. I appreciate the opportunity to respond to you on this issue. As you may be aware, marijuana is a Scheduled I substance under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. Marijuana was placed in this most restricted ...
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• Keneh Bosem Study and other Reverend Ryan updates

  
  X Cannabis — Authority: 110
  Keneh Bosem Study and other Reverend Ryan updates, point of sales business started to help dispensaries to conform to state [...]
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