A dried flower bud of the Cannabis plant. Credit: Public Domain A new study conducted in a cancer center in a state with legalized medicinal and recreational marijuana found that approximately one-quarter of surveyed patients used marijuana in the past …
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Medical students need training to prescribe medical marijuana
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Although 29 states and the District of Columbia allow marijuana use for medical purposes, few medical students are being trained how to prescribe the drug. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis surveyed …
Read More »Is this mid-west state next to legalize medical marijuana?
Published: Sep 8, 2017, 8:22 am • Updated: Sep 8, 2017, 8:22 am By Tribune News Service, The Cannabist Staff After years of firm opposition from the Indiana Statehouse, the tides may be turning on the issue of legalizing medical …
Read More »Delaware cannabis task force eyeing host of legalization issues
Published: Sep 6, 2017, 12:14 pm • Updated: Sep 6, 2017, 12:14 pm By Randall Chase, The Associated Press DOVER, Del. — A task force formed to study how legalization of recreational marijuana use in Delaware would be implemented if …
Read More »Medical marijuana advocates cautiously optimistic Congress will resist Sessions
Published: Aug 23, 2017, 11:20 am • Updated: Aug 23, 2017, 11:20 am By Paige Winfield Cunningham, The Washington Post Congress will likely renew protections next month for state medical marijuana laws — but pro-pot lawmakers and advocates are still …
Read More »Feds Drop Charges Against D.C. Marijuana Activist Who Offered Congressional Staffers Free Weed – News
A District of Columbia-based marijuana activist who handed out free joints earlier this year during a protest near the U.S. Capitol will no longer have worry about facing federal charges. According to a report from the Washington Post, all of …
Read More »Charges dropped against marijuana activist who gave out joints in front of Capitol
Published: Aug 17, 2017, 8:25 am • Updated: Aug 17, 2017, 8:25 am By Perry Stein, The Washington Post WASHINGTON – On April 20, an unofficial holiday for marijuana users, Capitol Police arrested eight protesters for handing out marijuana joints …
Read More »Little evidence shows cannabis helps chronic pain or PTSD
(Reuters Health) – Even though pain and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are among the most common reasons people use medical marijuana in the U.S., there isn’t much proof cannabis works for either one of these conditions, two research reviews suggest. …
Read More »New Jersey weighs in on Cory Booker’s marijuana legalization bill
Published: Aug 7, 2017, 9:35 am • Updated: Aug 7, 2017, 9:36 am By Michael Catalini, The Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. — An effort to legalize marijuana at the federal level inched ahead as New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker …
Read More »EPA won’t regulate marijuana pesticides, leaving consumers at risk
Published: Aug 7, 2017, 8:06 am • Updated: Aug 7, 2017, 8:07 am By Jack Kaskey, Bloomberg Whenever Josh Wurzer buys legal California pot, he makes certain it was grown without pesticides. That’s because Wurzer, as president of cannabis-testing company …
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