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Conference to Discuss the Future of Medical Marijuana in Florida Happening This Week

By William Breathes on December 17, 2014 Legislation, Medical, News

Florida For Care, the group that put together a bipartisan Blue Ribbon Committee to dictate regulatory standards had the medical marijuana amendment passed back in November, is hosting a couple of conferences they’ve dubbed “The Future of Medical Marijuana in Florida.”
With Amendment 2 defeated in the polls in November, the group is moving forward to start, as they put it, “strategizing and planning in advance of Florida’s Legislative Session.”
The next legislative session is scheduled for March.

Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome and Other Alleged Impacts of Colorado Pot Legalization

By William Breathes on December 12, 2014 Medical, Say what?

The Journal of the American Medical Association has published a report penned by three emergency room physicians at the University of Colorado hospital in Aurora about the health-related fallout from marijuana legalization in the state. And while there are some positives to be found in the material, most of the focus is on negative impacts, including an increase in a condition referred to as cyclic vomiting syndrome.

Native Americans Can Grow and Sell Marijuana Without Government Interference, Justice Department Says

By William Breathes on December 12, 2014 Medical, News, Say what?

Florida remains one of the last few states where growing and selling marijuana in any capacity is still illegal. But that might change, at least in one aspect, according to a report by the L.A. Times that says the U.S. government will not stop Native American tribes from growing or selling pot on sovereign land.
The report says the Justice Department will not try to enforce federal marijuana laws on Native American reservations, even if it’s otherwise illegal in a respective tribe’s state. Which essentially means tribes can grow and sell weed on their land without government interference. Broward-Palm Beach New Times has more.

Is L.A.’s Pot Shop Scene Is Half of What It Used to Be?

By William Breathes on December 5, 2014 Medical, News

Since voters passed Proposition D in 2013, which limited the number of dispensaries in L.A. to about 135, the count on registered stores actually ballooned to 1,140 before settling down to 972, far more than you’ll find in the entire state of Colorado. Feuer has furthermore previously said that at least 100 have shut down, thanks to the efforts of his office.
On Tuesday, the top city prosecutor said that the number of shops in L.A. has now been cut in half, with 402 taken out by criminal cases, civil action and more. LA Weekly has the full story.

Big Pharma is Working on Medical Marijuana Gum

By William Breathes on December 4, 2014 CBD, Global, Medical

MartialBacquet/commons, edited by TokeoftheTown.com.

A New York and Netherlands-based biotechnology company focusing on medical cannabis research says they plan to start making pot-infused bubblegum in the Netherlands that they plan to sell internationally.
Axim Biotechnologies, which already makes a product called CanChew that contains CBD, say they will manufacture CanChew and a new product, MedChew, which will contain THC. Officials with the company tell in-PharmaTechnologist.com they are already conducting clinical trials on patients with Multiple Sclerosis as well as inflammatory bowel problems and Crohn’s disease in Amsterdam.

Charlotte’s Web: Untangling One of Colorado’s Biggest Cannabis Success Stories

By William Breathes on December 4, 2014 CBD, Medical

Charlotte’s Web, a high-CBD strain has become such a buzz-word for all things CBD-related in this country that it has even been included in the language of medical cannabis legislation in other states. This week, Denver’s Joel Warner takes a look an excellent look at the strain, it’s origins, it’s supporters and it’s critics.
Eric Prine’s uncontrollable seizures began in late 1992, not long after the six-month-old’s parents, Ronnie and Jennifer, took him to the doctor for routine vaccinations. The near-constant seizures soon left Eric a shell of his former self. “We lost every bit that was him,” says Ronnie. “We never saw any more smiles or crying or anything like that, just seizures.” Ultimately, mounting medical bills forced Ronnie and Jennifer to declare bankruptcy. They sold the home they’d built in Lucedale, Mississippi, and in 2004 moved to the Denver area so that Jennifer could take a nursing job; Ronnie became their son’s full-time caregiver.

Minnesota’s Medical Marijuana Industry Launches New Pot Labs

By William Breathes on December 3, 2014 Medical, News

Wikimedia, family photo courtesy of Jessica Hauser.

Wyatt Hauser, 2, suffers from constant severe seizures. His parents plan to enroll him in Minnesota’s medical marijuana program once dispensaries open in July.

The idea is to put pot in the pocket of every Minnesotan who is in pain. If all goes according to plan, the nation’s 22nd state to legalize medical marijuana will start distributing cannabis pills and liquids to thousands of patients by mid-summer.
On Monday the state Department of Health charged two labs located in Cottage Grove and Otsego with producing Minnesota’s entire supply of medical marijuana products. LeafLine Labs and Minnesota Medical Solutions are responsible for opening four distribution centers each by July 1. For a hookup, individuals need only a doctor’s recommendation to register with the state’s medical marijuana program.

Defiant Boston Man Vows to Keep Selling CBD Pills Despite Legality Issues

By William Breathes on December 3, 2014 CBD, Medical, Say what?

CBD oil.

Technically, CBD-only pills extracted from legal hemp grown in Europe isn’t cannabis. At least, that the argument from Boston’s Bill Downing, who operates the CBD Please store that sells CBD-only oils despite an order from the state Health Department to shut down his operations.
But Downing, who isn’t a medical cannabis patient, says he doesn’t care what the heald department says, he’ll keep selling his CBD.

Lack of Realistic Cannabis Regulation Leads to High Crime in San Diego

By Jack Daniel on December 3, 2014 Legalize It, Media, Medical

San Diego Police Department

Evidence photo from an October 15th raid on Market Greens marijuana dispensary in San Diego, CA

Another week means another horrible round of cannabis-related headlines coming out of sunny San Diego, California. In an attempt to turn America’s Finest City into the nation’s Ground Zero in the War on Weed, San Diego city officials, backed by a militant branch of the DEA and weed-hating local law enforcement, have almost totally shut down any idea of safe access to medical marijuana.
San Diego’s scene has been slashed from over 300 storefront medical marijuana dispensaries in 2011, to less than 40 in operation today – and not one of those 40 is operating with the consent of the city.

High Number of Arizona Medical-Pot Certifications by Naturopaths No Big Deal, Says Board Director

By William Breathes on December 1, 2014 Medical, News

The head of the Arizona Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board isn’t concerned with a new report that shows naturopaths make most of the states medical-marijuana recommendations.
“Yes, our doctors are the top prescribers,” says Gail Anthony, the board’s executive director. “I don’t think it would be a big deal.”
Anthony does, however, recommend that licensed naturopaths follow state rules concerning written medical-marijuana certifications — even if a recent court ruling states they can’t be prosecuted for flouting those rules. More at the Phoenix New Times.

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