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”

• how to get a medical marijuana card

  
  Dapx - Published news — Authority: 182
  Understanding how to get a medical marijuana card is essential to furnishing patients with access to medical marijuana doctors, medical marijuana treatments, ability to possess and grow marijuana plants, and protection from legal issues.
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• Colorado growers, our days could be numbered

  
  Marijuana Growing — Authority: 172
  Senator Romer is about to propose a bill to the Senate that if passed will be the end to small growers/caregivers in the state. If this passes next month mmj will ONLY be legally available from a dispensary. If you want to grow for anyone other than yourself you will have to get a growers license and only be able to ...
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• Green Kross Collective owner pleads guilty

  
  Last Blog On Earth — Authority: 131
  At the beginning of the month, the medical cannabis community scored a major victory when a jury acquitted Jovan Jackson of Answerdam Alternative Care of all criminal cannabis-related charges. Today, it’s the movement’s turn to take a hit. Joseph Nunes, the operator of Green Kross Collective and Downtown Kush ...
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• MPP’s Mike Meno Discusses Medical Marijuana in Nation’s Capital

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 440
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  17 hours ago

• Our updated medical-marijuana directory

  
  The Latest Word — Authority: 644
  Today, William Breathes, one of our new medical marijuana reviewers, samples the stock at Pain Management of Colorado, located in Cherry Creek North (with prices to match). But if that does...
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• Mile Highs and Lows: Pain Management of Colorado

  
  The Latest Word — Authority: 644
  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; others...
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• Jewish leaders testify for medical marijuana

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 440
  The Jewish Chronicle Damsker, a board member of the Jewish Social Policy Action Network in Philadelphia, testified in favor of House Bill 1393 . Rabbi Eric Cytrin of Temple Beth El in Harrisburg, a Conservative congregation, also testified that medical marijuana was consistent with Jewish values. In fact, medical ...
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• District funding of abortions, medical marijuana, needle exchange gets panel’s approval

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 440
  The Washington Post The compromise legislation, which must go before the full House and Senate and could be voted on by week’s end, would end decades of prohibitions that city officials and activists say increased the number of impoverished children, expanded the number of people infected by HIV and AIDS, and ...
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• First a Cannabis Café in Oregon, now a Ganja Gourmet Restaurant in Colorado… but are they “medical”?

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 440
  DENVER ( CBS4 ) ? A medical marijuana dispensary in Denver has decided to get creative and make the business into a full-service restaurant that caters to those who need to use medicinal marijuana to ease physical ailments. The owner of Ganja Gourmet located at 1810 South Broadway Avenue said the restaurant will ...
  22 hours ago

• Legalize It? Congress Might.

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 589
  ‘I guess it makes sense?’ courtesy of ‘yonas1′ It’s been 11 years since anyone has looked at the issue, but DC is on its way toward legalizing medical marijuana pending the passing of a federal bill . A huge government funding bill in Congress  will make or break the future of medical marijuana ...
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• Maximum number of medical marijuana shops is 70

  
  Pride News for Smart Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Transsexual, and Straight People — Authority: 144
  Los Angeles city council allows for 70 pot shops in Los Angeles as they work on other parts of the ordinance.
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• D.C. officials cautious on legal marijuana (Congress to remove roadblock)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  D.C. officials Wednesday said they would proceed cautiously if Congress lifts a federal roadblock to implementing a voter initiative approved more than a decade ago that called for legalizing medical marijuana. Congress is poised to pass an omnibus spending bill that will not include a rider known as the Barr ...
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• Times-Tribune: Rep. Cohen should keep on pushing the medical marijuana issue

  
  HealthPoint PA — Authority: 141
  Writes the Times-Tribune in an editorial today: There probably is little chance that the state Legislature will legalize medicinal marijuana any time soon. A bill to do so, introduced by Rep. Mark Cohen of Philadelphia, has just half a dozen cosponsors and it’s not at the top of the legislative agenda. Yet a ...
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  Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics — Authority: 435
  The LA City Council has yet again put off a vote on medical marijuana dispensaries.  At issue is the debate over the limit on where the collectives could be located.  A restriction limiting medical pot shops within 1000 feet of residential areas could effectively put them out of reach of... [[ This is a content ...
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• Marijuana might cause new cell growth in the brain

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 440
  New Scientist A synthetic chemical similar to the active ingredient in marijuana makes new cells grow in rat brains. What is more, in rats this cell growth appears to be linked with reducing anxiety and depression. The results suggest that marijuana, or its derivatives, could actually be good for the brain. In ...
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• Congress allows DC to implement 1998 medical marijuana law

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 440
  House and Senate negotiations for the 2010 Appropriations bill have been completed.  This is the huge federal budget bill and it just so happens that Washington DC is a federal district and its spending is controlled by Congress. In 1998, DC passed a medical marijuana bill overwhelmingly , but Congressional drug ...
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• Arrested L.A. Pastor says Medical Marijuana Prosecutions Have Gutted Freedom of Religion

  
  eNewsChannels — Authority: 140
  LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Pastor Craig Rubin and his Temple 420 have existed for 40 days and are one of the most famous religious institutions in the world. The Temple operated for 38 days in 2006 before the pastor was arrested and told by an LAPD officer, “The Judeo-Christian religion is not real and is not protected ...
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• Los Angeles to cap number of dispensaries at 70

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 440
  The Los Angeles City Council took several key steps Tuesday toward completing an ordinance that would regulate the city’s multiplying medical marijuana dispensaries, voting to sharply limit the number and location of stores. The council voted to allow 70 dispensaries. But it also decided to allow those dispensaries ...
  2 days ago

• L.A. acts to cap medical marijuana dispensaries

  
  Cop in the Hood — Authority: 127
  Im all for regulation. But a ban on locations within 1,000 feet of a residence could be the same as a ban. Well see. The story in the LA Times.
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• Medical marijuana among the booty in home invasion

  
  The Latest Word — Authority: 644
  Reports about medical marijuana-related crime are on the rise.Note our interview with Lt. Jerry Schiager, commander of the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force, who cited "at least five armed...
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