Excuse the personal reference but my introduction to Cannabis came in 1963 when I moved to California. In those days a friend would remove the top of ..

When we think of Cannibis and the Ancient World, it's easy to assume the 70's, Woodstock, or " Easy Rider ". But let's step a whole lot further back i ..

UPPER LAKE – A local man known for his medical marijuana activism has been sen¬tenced to a 10-year federal prison sen¬tence. Charles “Eddy” ..

SAN FRANCISCO< May 18th. US District Judge Marilyn Patel sentenced Eddy Lepp to ten years mandatory minimum for having grown over 1,000 marijuana pla ..

San Francisco -- Are Americans really ready to consider legalizing marijuana? This week, California's governor said it was time to debate the issue ..

California’s medical marijuana laws just received their latest legal vindication today - this time at the nation’s highest court. The U.S. S ..

Washington, D.C. -- Are the 305 million people living in the United States the most evil in the world? Is this the reason why the U.S., with 5 percen ..

Los Angeles, CA -- A federal judge said he is considering a reduced sentence for a medical marijuana seller whose case has become a rallying point, bu ..

Sacramento, CA -- Sparked anew by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's call for the state to study the legalization of marijuana, both sides in the smoldering ..

USA -- The criminal factor is being lifted from marijuana use in California. The other 12 states where marijuana is permitted for medical use can't b ..

Tucson, Arizona -- The one thing we hope that comes out of an effort to legalize medical marijuana in Arizona is a broader discussion on the risks and ..

California -- There is silence now where once loud huzzahs erupted from medical marijuana advocates in California after U.S. Attorney General Eric Hol ..

Los Angeles, June 4 (8 p.m. - midnight) The Dandy Warhols to perform + Fairuza Balk to host HunnyPot Radio + David J. (Bauhaus/ Love & Rockets) To DJ ..

Iowa -- A Polk County judge has ruled that the Iowa Board of Pharmacy must examine whether marijuana has an accepted medical use - a decision some sai ..

Harrisburg, PA -- A state legislator from Philadelphia said today it's time to get rid of the decades-old negative image surrounding marijuana and rep ..

Come See Dr. Eidelman Defend Himself Against Attack By Medical Board June 1-4, 9am-5pm Office of Administrative Hearings, 320 W 4th St # 630 Los Angel ..

One of the canards regularly raised by opponents of medical marijuana is that it just gets people high and doesn’t provide real medical relief. For ..

Washington, D.C. -- Justice Department officials this morning endorsed for the first time proposed legislation that would eliminate vast sentencing di ..

California -- It wasn’t as though Arnold Schwarzenegger held a press conference with Cheech and Chong in the back of a van and said, “Whoa, I have ..

New York -- Steps to legalize medicinal marijuana took a huge step forward last week. Assemblyman Richard Gottfried and Sen. Thomas Duane spoke abou ..

New Jersey -- The government shouldn't bar patients from using a substance that greatly reduces their pain. State Attorney General Anne Milgram sai ..

CBS -- Marijuana should never have been made illegal in the first place. Ask why it was made illegal - by many state governments and eventually the ..

World -- Last month, Mexico's Congress convened a special forum to consider marijuana policy reform as a remedy for that country's current crisis of v ..

Minnesota -- This may well be the year the Minnesota Legislature passes legislation to allow seriously ill patients to use medical marijuana without f ..

New York -- In response to a question taken at a town hall meeting regarding marijuana legalization, President Barack Obama was quick to say, "No, I d ..

California -- Many advocates of legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana feel Obama has abandoned them. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is a c ..

Arizona -- At long last, policymakers in Washington have begun to draw a line between illicit drug use and the legitimate use of drugs as medicine. I ..

Concord, NH -- The campaign in favor of letting the chronically and terminally ill legally use marijuana hit the airwaves Thursday. A 30-second comme ..

Portland -- Oregon’s medical marijuana program has received a second hit of official support with Portland Mayor Sam Adams’ decision to proclaim M ..

Iowa -- George McMahon is afflicted with Nail Patella Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that causes abnormalities of joints, kidneys and bones. It is ..

Washington, D.C. -- Gil Kerlikowske, the new director of the White House Office of Drug Control Policy sat down with The Wall Street Journal for his f ..

Laketown Township, MI — A Grand Valley State University student recovers from a gunshot wound while awaiting a court date on a charge of marijuana d ..

Define the problem When it comes to higher education in the United States, inequalities often result in the poor not receiving the same opportunity to ..

Ohio -- Results from the University of Cincinnati’s Institute for Policy Research show that a strong majority of Ohioans polled support prescribing ..

High court refuses to hear state lawsuit brought by San Diego County Washington, D.C. -- Medical marijuana advocates celebrated today as the U.S. S ..

In these times of fear and terrorism, it’s puzzling to find that where the prosecution of marijuana offenders is concerned, no expense is too great ..

USA -- You know it's time to pay attention when liberals and conservatives begin to voice the same thought: How much longer can we afford to treat mar ..

Royal Oak, MI -- Some city officials want to weed out the possibility of medical marijuana suppliers growing 60 plants in their houses by requiring th ..

Sacramento -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday that California should study other nations' experiences in legalizing and taxing marijuana, alth ..

New York -- It's 3 p.m. on a Monday, and Joe Gamble is struggling to make a cup of tea. His arm flails away from the counter several times before h ..

Seattle, WA -- Former Seattle Police chief Gil Kerlikowske is making headlines by making clear the nation's new drug czar intends to scrap the frayed ..

Washington, D.C. -- Marijuana prohibition is unique among American criminal laws. No other law is both enforced so widely and harshly and yet deeme ..

Boulder, Colo. -- With all that's going on in the world and with the economy, a big shift in the national dialogue on illegal drugs has gone relative ..

Providence, R.I. -- Three years after legalizing medical marijuana in Rhode Island, House lawmakers Wednesday easily OK’d a plan to create dispensar ..

There are many types of people who oppose legalizing Marijuana for a variety of reasons. Many of these groups have some very strange reasons and self ..

California -- When California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana in 1996, the federal government responded by closing down pot clubs ..

Illinois -- If you’ve followed the debate regarding a bill to stop criminalizing seriously ill patients who rely on medical marijuana, you might bel ..

Illinois -- More than 60 religious leaders in Illinois are calling on state senators this week to pass a bill that would allow patients to use medical ..

USA -- The Obama administration is saying all the right things about the jumble of ineffective and vindictive laws, policies and practices that have m ..

California -- Many people blame the government for the war on drugs because the government refuses to legalize the drug. But the war on drugs isn� ..

- - The U.S. Supreme Court handed medical marijuana patients and advocates a resounding victory on Monday, refusing to hear a case brought by San Dieg ..

Infamous for being a narcotic agent, marijuana also has anti-cancer properties, which could be used to treat malignant cells in the brain, a new study ..

World -- The report I wrote for, and last month presented at, the Cato Institute on the success of full-scale drug decriminalization in Portugal spawn ..

The hemp plant (scientific name: cannabis, slang: marijuana) is one of the many useful herbs "yielding seed after its kind" created and blessed by God ..

Greetings in the name of the Most High, JAH Rastafari Selassie, or in whatever name you please to use for God. As our spiritual elder likes to say, " ..

USA -- Our nation is having the most intense debate about our marijuana laws in more a generation -- one that Minnesotans recently saw play out in ful ..

“This ain’t your grandfather’s or your father’s marijuana. This will hurt you. This will addict you. This will kill you.”Mark R. Trouv ..

Statewide -- Delawareans afflicted with a variety of chronic and painful conditions would be able to legally use medical marijuana to ease their suffe ..

Illinois -- A bill to legalize medical marijuana narrowly passed the Illinois Senate Wednesday by a vote of 30 to 28, with 1 'present' vote. The vo ..

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The advanced stages of many illnesses and their treatments are often accompanied by intractable nausea, vomiting, or pain. Thousands of patients with ..

The Senate Health Committee approved legislation today that would legalize marijuana for medical use. But the bill still has to go through the Senate ..

'Is the Government Going to Hand Out Free Marijuana to Those Who Can't Afford It?' On Friday the New York Times Freakonomics blog ran a debate abou ..

13 Legal Medical Marijuana States Laws, Fees, and Possession Limits I. Thirteen states have enacted laws that legalized medical marijuana: State Ye ..

Pharmaceutical drugs have been developed which either contain or have similar chemicals as those found in the marijuana (cannabis) plant. Some resear ..

June 1, 2009 – San Francisco, CA – Imagine not being able to read the newspaper, watch television, or drive your car. These are a few of the thin ..