by Vann R. Newkirk II // The Atlantic Recent studies indicate that the drug is making seniors healthier and helping stem the tide of the opioid epidemic—all while making their health care cheaper. Things aren’t going so hot in the public-health war against the opioid epidemic that is sweeping America right now. Deaths from opioid overdoses hit an all-time high…
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Joint Legislative Committee Hearings on Adult Use of Marijuana Act
by Dale Hieringer, Cal NORML SACRAMENTO May 24th – The California legislature heard testimony from supporters and opponents of AUMA at a joint legislative hearing of the Assembly Business and Professions Committee, Health Committee, Revenue and Taxation Committee, and Senate Business, Professions and Economic Commttee. The hearing was held under a new law requiring that ballot initiatives be heard by…
NIDA Director Says Cannabidiol Is A “Safe Drug”
by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The director of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Nora Volkow, believes that cannabidiol (CBD) – a nonpsychotropic cannabinoid – is “a safe drug with no addictive effects.” Volkow made the comments in an op-ed published by The Huffington Post. Volkow further acknowledged, “[P]reliminary data suggest that it may have therapeutic value…
White House Takes Huge Step Forward In Fight Over Marijuana Research
h/t Huffington Post Politiucs WASHINGTON — The White House took a major step forward on Monday to support research into the medical properties of marijuana, lifting a much-maligned bureaucratic requirement that had long stifled scientific research. By eliminating the Public Health Service review requirement, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), also known as the drug czar’s office, will…
How Jewish Woman Became Snoop Dogg’s ‘Pot Doc’ Read more: http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/310023/las-reigning-queen-of-cannabis-is-a-pot-doctor-to-the-stars/#ixzz3d9Sed91T
h/t Forward.com (JTA) – Stepping into the lobby of the West Hollywood medical marijuana dispensary where Dina Browner serves up buds to movie stars, it’s hard to miss the name Snoop Lion splashed across a hydroponic grow box painted red, green and gold. The Rastafarian rapper formerly known as Snoop Dogg didn’t have anyone to operate the custom-made indoor marijuana…
Medical marijuana crackdown continues in California
h/t Blog @ SF Gate Law enforcement raided a state-legal medical cannabis cooperative in the Lake Tahoe area Monday, in a chilling reminder that the four year-old joint federal-state attack on medical marijuana continues despite widespread opposition. Several reports trickled in Monday of the raid at Tahoe Wellness Collective in South Lake Tahoe. Police took cash, cannabis, computers, keys, phones…
Will Marijuana for Sick Kids Get Government to Rethink Weed?
h/t National Geographic The drug’s ability to reduce seizures in some children has softened opposition to research and may someday lead to changes in government policies. Holli Brown comforts her daughter, Sydni Yunek, who is having a seizure at a medical marijuana support group picnic in Colorado, while Sara Lightle and her daughter, Madeline, stand by. Both mothers moved to…
Legal Marijuana In Colorado Has Already Generated $15 Million For Schools
h/t Huffington Post Politics by Matt Ferner Legal marijuana in Colorado has already generated more than $15 million in tax revenue that is specifically earmarked for public schools, according to the latest data from the state’s Department of Education. Since Jan. 1, 2014, when the state’s first retail marijuana shops opened, $15.6 million has been generated for the Building Excellent…
FDA Brings Down Hammer on CBD Companies
h/t US News by Steven Nelson Matt Figi hugs his once severely ill daughter Charlotte inside a greenhouse growing a special strain of marijuana known as Charlotte’s Web near Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 7, 2014. Charlotte’s mother says it’s a good thing the FDA went after some CBD producers. The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on several…
In a first, senators plan to introduce federal medical marijuana bill
h/t Washington Post by Niraj Chokshi In what advocates describe as an historic first, a trio of senators plan to unveil a federal medical marijuana bill Tuesday. The bill, to be introduced by Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), would end the federal ban on medical marijuana and implement a series of reforms long sought…