Another BC Medical Marijuana Grow-op Busted for Too Many Plants
A legal medical pot grow-op that has raised the ire of a Port Coquitlam neighbourhood has been shut down indefinitely by the city.
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Doctors Debate Telling Patients to Smoke Marijuana
Perhaps you know whether you’d want to use marijuana to relieve severe pain or nausea. But if you were a doctor, what would you tell patients who asked about taking something that’s against federal law?
Mayor Bloomberg Makes a Small Step Toward a Rational Policy on Marijuana
In his final state of the city address as Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg made the welcome announcement that anyone caught in possession of marijuana would no longer have to spend a night in jail.
Pot Tourism in Colorado? Marijuana Regulators OK Idea
Marijuana tourism is on the way to Colorado, under a recommendation made Tuesday by a state task force to regulate the drug made legal by voters last year.
Hundreds of Medical Marijuana Advocates to Gather in Washington, D.C. for National Conference
Father of 'Superstring Theory' Dr. John Schwarz to headline conference featuring scientists, medical and legal experts, policymakers.
Why the Pot Business Needs Unions to Survive
Quick, name the one interest group that would love the most to partner with marijuana distributors! Did you say snack food companies? The Comedy Central network? Well, you would be wrong, fictional straw man who obviously doesn’t read article headlines before reading them. It’s labor unions! And it has been a great match, so far.
The War on Drugs Is a War on Kids
On a warm spring afternoon at American colleges, the intoxicating aroma of surely medicinal marijuana will be floating like a soft caress in the breeze, and hard-working students will be stocking up on amphetamine cocktails to sharpen their overstressed young minds for the coming exams.
Marijuana Triggers License Confusion For Doctors, Cops in Massachusetts
Tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents could be at risk of losing their jobs if they use marijuana for medical relief, as government agencies work to balance the new state medical marijuana law with federal law, which says the drug is illegal under all circumstances.
Supreme Court Upholds Drug Dog Search of Truck
The US Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the use of police dog's sniff of a truck, arguing that training and testing records indicated the dog's reliability and gave police probable cause for the search. The high court in 2005 upheld the legality of highway drug dog searches; in this case, the court focused on the reliability of drug dog searches.
Washington House Panel Hears Bill To Tax Medical Marijuana Sales
A House committee held a public hearing Monday on a measure to tax medical marijuana dispensaries, an effort to undermine any black market when sale of state-taxed recreational marijuana starts at the end of this year.
