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Daily Archives: August 18, 2010
Featured Post: Mapping The Legal Marijuana Industry
If a November proposition passes, plenty of moneymakers will want in. OAKLAND, CALIF. — Welcome to Oaksterdam, California’s newest, least orthodox tourist attraction. Welcome, possibly, to the future of a multibillion-dollar business around legal marijuana. Spread over an eight-block area of formerly disused downtown Oakland, the self-described Oaksterdam district neighborhood includes clinics and dispensaries for [...]
Germany plans to legalize medical marijuana
The German health ministry has announced plans to legalize medical use of marijuana, prompting praise from advocates for patients with chronic pain and terminal illnesses. Top policy makers in the German government have agreed on plans to allow prescriptions for Medical Marijuana for seriously ill patients, according to an announcement by the German health ministry. [...]
B.C. police find bears guarding pot crop
CHRISTINA LAKE, B.C.—Marijuana growers in the B.C. Interior are using a new kind of bear trap, but its not bears they’re trapping. Police uncovered two separate outdoor marijuana crops of about 2,300 plants near Christina Lake, just a few kilometres from the Canada, U.S. border. When officers arrived in the area two weeks ago ,they [...]
VA to allow veterans to use medical marijuana at clinics in the 14 states where it’s legal
WASHINGTON – Patients treated at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics will be able to use Medical Marijuana in the 14 states where it’s legal, according to new federal guidelines. The directive from the Veterans Affairs Department in the coming week is intended to clarify current policy that says veterans can be denied pain medication if [...]
Medical marijuana is facing a backlash; civic leaders complain of an overdose of pot shops
HELENA, Mont. – HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The vandals struck in the middle of the night, hurling Molotov cocktails through the windows of two Medical Marijuana businesses and spray-painting “NOT IN OUR TOWN” just before the Billings City Council was supposed to take up a ban on any new pot shops. Montana and other states [...]
Colorado pot shops face closure as tough state rules take effect
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 business, federal drug authorities say. The Drug Enforcement Administration reviewed requirements under a new state law to see how many felons could be [...]
In DC, no such thing as too poor for medical pot; City is first to give discounts to the needy
WASHINGTON – No one should be too poor to buy pot if they live in Washington, at least if the marijuana is for a medical condition. That’s the conclusion of a new Medical Marijuana law enacted in the nation’s capital. The District of Columbia passed a law earlier this year that allows residents to legally [...]
Montana health officials say loophole allows out-of-state residents to get medical marijuana
HELENA, Mont. – A person doesn’t have to live in Montana to receive a Medical Marijuana card from the state, health officials said Friday. The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services discovered what it calls a loophole in state law after reviewing plans to require Medical Marijuana applicants to have a Montana driver’s [...]