Medical marijuana patients in Colorado whose physicians have recommended increased plant counts beyond the legally allotted six are on their own in court, since state officials said last week that they will no longer defend the practice.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment sent a notice to physicians and patients alike on April 30 letting them know that the state will no longer be able to officially register increased plant counts. Because there is no scientific data on effective medical marijuana dosing, the notice states, the state can’t stand behind doctors who recommend increased plant counts for patients who often use the larger amounts to make concentrates or edibles.

Suicide and drug overdose deaths are major issues facing the veteran community in this country, and too often vets fall through the cracks without any help or support. Operation Grow4Vets hopes to change that one person at a time by offering free marijuana, pot-infused foods and growing equipment to Colorado veterans.

The big medical marijuana compromise announced last week by Minnesota House leaders has gone over about as well as the Hindenburg with medical marijuana activists, but state Sen. Scott Dibble (D-Minneapolis) says a more liberal version of the bill in his chamber is still very much alive.
The House bill isn’t opposed by law enforcement, and Gov. Mark Dayton has said that’s a necessary condition for him to sign medical marijuana legislation into law. But in related news, the bill wouldn’t allow anybody to actually smoke marijuana. Qualifying patients would be able to use a vaporizer, “but only under direct, in-person supervision and the control of a licensed health care provider.”
Minneapolis City Pages has the local angle.

Florida wants medical marijuana. Days after the state legislature for the first time sent a bill to the governor’s desk legalizing some pot — namely, a low-THC strain used to help children with epilepsy — a new poll out this morning makes it crystal clear where voters stand on the full legalization of medical marijuana.
The latest poll from Quinnipiac University shows 88 percent of voters support the idea. A majority of those polled also backed legalizing small amounts of weed for personal use.