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New Jersey Governor Christie: Rutgers leadership on pot 'disjointed'

Fri, 30/07/2010 - 16:52
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie said Friday he was surprised that Rutgers University turned down an opportunity to be the lone grower of the state's medical marijuana crop because it was thmore

Colorado pot shops face closure under tough new rules

Fri, 30/07/2010 - 15:13
DENVER — Nearly a fifth of Colorado's medical marijuana dispensary operators could be forced out of business in coming weeks because of new state rules barring some convicted felons from the pot busmore

Veteran Affairs right to OK pot use in states where it's legal

Fri, 30/07/2010 - 14:53
The decision by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to allow patients to use medical marijuana in the 14 states where it is legal, including Colorado, is a humane and just call.As it stood, VA patmore

Washington DC: District patients shouldn't expect legal sale of marijuana until early 2011

Wed, 28/07/2010 - 00:36
District leaders say it will be months before the city begins allowing the sale of medical marijuana, even though the law authorizing up to eight dispensaries took effect Tuesday after the Democratic-more

Washington DC Medical marijuana now legal

Wed, 28/07/2010 - 00:33
Medical marijuana is now legal in the District after the Democrat-controlled Congress declined to overrule a D.C Council bill that allows the city to set up as many as eight dispensaries where chronicmore

Dopey logic on Maine medical marijuana

Wed, 28/07/2010 - 00:32
It's easy to grasp the economics of the situation. It's the logic behind it that sets the mind spinning. The stories about the cost of medicinal marijuana, which soon can be sold to people with prescrmore

Santa Cruz City Council asked to lift smoking ban for WAMMFest

Wed, 28/07/2010 - 00:31
SANTA CRUZ — After the last several WAMMFests encountered challenges, organizers of Santa Cruz's annual medical marijuana awareness event appear to be in for an easier time getting the city's nod ofmore

Another Dance Around Oregon Marijuana

Wed, 28/07/2010 - 00:29
Oregonians will be asked this fall to approve an expansion of medicinal pot; if marijuana backers were more forthright, they'd call the question on legalization. Let the charades begin: Another "medicmore

Controversy flares over San Jose proposals to tax pot, tighten police and firefighter pay

Tue, 27/07/2010 - 08:23
Armed with a recent poll suggesting two-thirds of San Jose residents would approve, city officials have recommended a November ballot measure calling for a tax on medicinal marijuana. But the proposalmore

Medical marijuana for children: New trend in alternative medicine

Sun, 25/07/2010 - 13:12
Medical marijuana (cannabis), which is legally available in 14 states with a prescription, is used everyday by millions for a variety of ailments. Many adults turn to the controversial drug (as it ismore

Oregon Pharmacy Board Changes its Classification

Sun, 25/07/2010 - 13:08
Oregon -- With one hand, Lindsey Bradshaw hoisted his food bag onto his back, arranging the tube that has helped feed him since cancer ravaged his stomach seven years ago. In his other hand, he clutchmore

New Jersey’s Medical Marijuana Law Loses Planned Grower and Dispensers

Sat, 24/07/2010 - 12:01
Five months before its new medical marijuana law is set to take effect, New Jersey this week moved further away from having answers to basic questions about how the law will work — specifically, whomore

Colorado official works to regulate, legitimize medical marijuana industry

Sat, 24/07/2010 - 11:59
DENVER -- When Matt Cook was coaxed out of early retirement to become Colorado's chief revenue enforcer three years ago, he assumed his time would be spent overseeing the casinos, liquor stores and camore

Medical marijuana dispensaries could mean big changes for Oregon

Sat, 24/07/2010 - 11:56
With one hand, Lindsey Bradshaw hoisted his food bag onto his back, arranging the tube that has helped feed him since cancer ravaged his stomach seven years ago. In his other hand, he clutched a smallmore

Rutgers declines growing New Jersey medical marijuana to not risk federal funding

Sat, 24/07/2010 - 11:54
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie’s strategy to implement New Jersey’s controversial medical marijuana law was dealt a setback Friday when Rutgers University said it will not become the state’s somore

Medical marijuana not welcome in 'mellow' Marin

Sat, 24/07/2010 - 11:40
Here's a study in contrasts. The Oakland City Council just approved an ordinance which would allow large-scale marijuana growing operations to provide medical pot to Oakland's medical marijuana dispenmore

Veterans Association Easing Rules for Users of Medical Marijuana

Sat, 24/07/2010 - 11:38
DENVER — The Department of Veterans Affairs will formally allow patients treated at its hospitals and clinics to use medical marijuana in states where it is legal, a policy clarification that veteramore

Rutgers just says no to pot growing for New Jersey

Sat, 24/07/2010 - 11:35
TRENTON, N.J. -- Rutgers University will not be getting into the marijuana-growing business. New Jersey's largest university has declined a request from Gov. Chris Christie to become the only grower omore

Marijuana From Mom: Mother Says Drug Helps Son Cope with Severe OCD

Sat, 24/07/2010 - 03:53
Last year, 12-year-old Ryan Mendoza's obsessive compulsive disorder became so bad, his mother said, that his triggers -- the wind and spotting the number "6" -- would drive him to have crippling and vmore

Local sellers of medical marijuana see value in trademarking pot strains and problems

Fri, 23/07/2010 - 00:02
Marin County's doyen of medical marijuana, Lynette Shaw, said she was pleased when she read recently on the Web that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had created a new trademark category for medicmore