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Illinois pharmacist wants medical marijuana sold only in pharmacies

By William Breathes on January 15, 2014 Medical, News, Say what?

Joseph Friedman deals drugs. Oxycontin, valium, morphine, even cocaine are things that he can get his hands on for a price. The one thing he can’t sell, though, is marijuana. Friedman is a pharmacist in Illinois who is helping to lead the charge to change marijuana from a Schedule I controlled substance (meaning it’s federally illegal to prescribe or dispense) to a Schedule II substance that he can legally sell over the counter.
Friedman is part of a growing interest by Big Pharma in the plant, including a push by lawmakers in Michigan to allow for “medical grade” cannabis to be sold in pharmacies, and he made his case Tuesday before the Illinois State board of Pharmacy.

ESPN columnist: NFL should change medical marijuana policy

By William Breathes on December 11, 2013 Opinion, Stoned Sports

In his weekly ESPN The Magazine column this week, NFL commentator Howard Bryant argues that the NFL is in the position to “actually lead, to open a discussion about medicinal marijuana and about the culture of pain maintenance among its players.”
Instead, he says, they’re blowing it like a bad fourth-down, goal-line play with little time left on the clock.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer wants to puff MMJ while in uniform

By William Breathes on November 29, 2013 Global, Say what?

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A medical marijuana using Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer has kicked off a media storm in Canada this week after publicly admitted his cannabis use while on the job, notably while in the iconic red uniforms Mounties are known for wearing.
This caused outrage from the RCMP, but not so much about Cpl. Ronald Francis using ganja itself. He can do that and even while on the job, they say. But the Yukon will thaw before he’s allowed to light up while wearing his Red Serge.

Michigan lawmakers propose selling medical marijuana in pharmacies

By William Breathes on November 6, 2013 Legislation, Medical, News, Say what?

Could medical marijuana be sold through actual pharmacies in Michigan? That’s the hope of a few Michigan lawmakers, who say that the plant should be rescheduled to include it along with other beneficial medicines and have it sold over-the-counter in licensed pharmacies.
The only catch: the feds would have to give their okay first.
Senate Bill 660, written by Michigan state Sens. Roger Kahn and Randy Richardville, would reschedule marijuana as a Schedule II drug, alongside drugs like morphine and OxyContin. Cannabis is currently a Schedule 1 drug, which means it has no medicinal value whatsoever in the eyes of the (clearly shortsighted) federal government.

Study: marijuana is the most popular drug in the world

By William Breathes on August 30, 2013 Global, News

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In news-you-already-knew news today, a study out of the University of Washington found that marijuana is the most popular drug in the world (alcohol was not included).
The study of illicit drugs also found that prescription painkillers used illegally are the most deadly drugs in the world with more than 78,000 deaths worldwide in 2010. For those keeping count that is 78,000 more people than cannabis killed that year or any year in recorded history.

Colorado THC DUI bill hearing set for Tuesday

By William Breathes on February 25, 2013 Legislation, Medical, News

The Colorado legislature will take up discussions on a proposed THC DUI bill that would set blood-THC limits for impaired driving if passed.This is the third time in three years that legislators have pushed for a limit of five nanograms of active THC for every milliliter of blood.

Poll: 2/3 of New Hampshire Voters Support Medical Marijuana

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on January 10, 2013 Legislation, Medical, News

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Survey also finds 62 percent would support decriminalizing marijuana and a majority would support regulating it similarly to alcohol

More than two-thirds (68 percent) of New Hampshire voters think the state should enact a law allowing seriously ill patients to use medical marijuana if their doctors recommend it, according to a survey conducted this week by Public Policy Polling (PPP). Just 26 percent said they were opposed.

The poll, which is being released just as state lawmakers prepare to consider a medical marijuana bill in this year’s legislative session, also found that 52 percent of voters would be more likely to vote for a state legislator if he or she voted for such legislation. Just 27 percent said they’d be less likely.

Police Drug Search Interrupts Man’s Final Moments With Deceased Wife

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on January 9, 2013 News

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Barbara Mahaffey in an undated photograph

A Utah man said police interrupted a private moment of mourning with his just-deceased wife of 58 years when they searched his house for her prescription medication without a warrant, within 10 minutes of her death.

Ben D. Mahaffey, 80, said he was distraught and trying to make sure the body of his wife, Barbara Alice Mahaffey, would be taken to the funeral home with dignity, reports Dennis Romboy at Deseret News. Instead, police officers insisted that he help them “look for the drugs.”

“I was holding her hand saying goodbye when all the intrusion happened,” Mahaffey said.

Barbara died at 12:35 a.m., with Mahaffey, a Korean War veteran, and his friend, an EMT, at her side. Police, a mortician and a hospice worker arrived at the home about 12:45 a.m., Mahaffey said; he didn’t know how police came to be there.

New ‘Good Samaritan’ Overdose Prevention Law Kicks In Jan. 1

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on December 17, 2012 Legislation, News

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California Becomes Largest State in U.S. to Enact Legislation Aimed at Curbing National Overdose Crisis

Those of us in the cannabis community are very fortunate — even a bit spoiled, one might say — in that we don’t have to deal with life-threatening overdoses when it comes the herb. But even when people choose to use other, dangerous substances — you know, actual drugs — such as alcohol, heroin, or OxyContin — and accidentally take too much, they don’t deserve to die.

A new law in California that encourages witnesses at the scene of a suspected drug or alcohol overdose to seek emergency assistance right away without fear of arrest for minor drug law violations goes into effect on January 1. The law, commonly referred to in other states as ‘911 Good Samaritan,’ was introduced by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano and passed in 2012 with bipartisan support.

Three Years, Man! Toke Of The Town Born On This Day In 2009

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on November 23, 2012 Culture

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Toke of the Town editor Steve Elliott celebrating three years of high points and big hits

Three years ago today — actually, three years ago tonight, at 7:08 p.m. Pacific time — my THC-stained fingers hit the “Post” button for the first-ever story on Toke of the Town.

“The good thing about a free marketplace of ideas is,” I wrote, in the first sentence ever to appear on this site, “despite the best efforts of prohibitionists and their fear-mongering propaganda, the truth eventually prevails.”

More than 3,600 stories later — and with hundreds of joints, medibles, and bongloads littering my path — I’m still loving this gig, and judging by pageviews, so are close to half a million of you every month.

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