Medical Cannabis

By L. P. Langdon — Marijuana and hemp have been a part of our world’s culture for nearly 12,000 years. After the new Marijuana laws passed for Colorado and Washington, there has been much ambiguity about the fact that marijuana is still on the federal list of controlled substances. U.S. Representative Jared Polis {D-CO}, in an interview with President Obama, ...

Bill Maher talks pot progress seriously progressively in this video. His entire rationale is that we should stop taking it for granted that marijuana is always going to be around given the USA’s behavior on recent laws such as abortion. He says it’s a far way away from being a “done deal”, but that it definitely should be for all ...

There are several types of vaporizers on the market that have heat temperatures which can be set to keep cannabis from combusting. Although there is limited research into the effect of smoking cannabis and the correlation to cancer, it’s advisable that having a non-combustible vaporizer at hand when smoking cannabis can lessen the likelihood of irritation to the throat, mouth ...

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has introduced a bill that would end federal prohibition of marijuana, marking the latest move the Democratic presidential candidate has made toward ending the war on drugs. The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act, introduced Wednesday, is modeled after a bill first proposed by Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) in 2013, which was reintroduced this year as the ...

The National Cancer Institute is an organization mandated by U.S. law to educate Americans about cancer and the latest research efforts. According to its website, NCI is touted as “the U.S. government’s principal agency for cancer research.” And recently, it quietly admitted that cancer cells have been killed by cannabis in a lab setting. NCI’s website has a section that ...

After an unprecedented losing streak on Capitol Hill, the once-untouchable Drug Enforcement Administration suffered last week what might be considered the ultimate indignity: A Senate panel, for the first time, voted in favor of legal, recreational marijuana.Last Thursday, the Appropriations Committee voted 16-14 on an amendment to allow marijuana businesses access to federal banking services, a landmark shift that will ...

Cops in Santa Ana, California, donned ski masks to break and enter into a local medical marijuana dispensary, raiding it with guns drawn in a May 27 police action. They then proceeded to remove surveillance cameras and recording equipment, but they didn’t remove it all. Video from a camera they didn’t disable also caught the officers eating what appear to ...

Medical marijuana patients will now be able to consume marijuana — and not just smoke it — as well as use other extracts and derivatives, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled today. The unanimous ruling against the federal government expands the definition of medical marijuana beyond the “dried” form. The country’s highest court found the current restriction to dried marijuana violates the right to liberty and security “in ...

Lisa Smith was there with her 14-year-old daughter, Haley. Beth and Patrick Collins were there too, accompanied by their 15-year-old daughter Jennifer. Later, they would be joined by Teresa Elder, her daughter Ashley, and Teresa’s 22-year-old son, Tommy. Haley, Jennifer and Tommy are desperately ill with extreme forms of epilepsy. They have illnesses so insidious they have stymied a virtual ...

By Raylan Campbell — Just in case anyone was unclear that the federal government is on the wrong side of the fence concerning cannabis, the Department of National Intelligence recently issued a statement reminding all federal employees that at no time and under no circumstances are they allowed to use cannabis, even if they are residents of states that have legalized recreational cannabis or ...