New research finds that cannabis has become a significant alternative to drinking alcohol. A working study from the University of Connecticut and Georgia State University has observed a 15 percent drop in alcohol sales in states that legally allow medical …
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Paraguay Congress legalizes planting of medical marijuana
ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguay’s Congress passed a bill on Tuesday creating a state-sponsored system to import marijuana seeds and grow the plant for medical uses, a decision that followed other countries in Latin America. The landlocked South American nation had …
Read More »Shoppers Drug Mart Wants to Sell Weed Online in Canada
Canada’s largest pharmacy chain has just entered into a partnership that could see the retailer selling medical marijuana online across the country. Shoppers Drug Mart has a retail footprint of over 1,200 stores in the Great White North and it’s …
Read More »Michigan Releases Emergency Medical Marijuana Regulations Ahead of Application Deadline – News
Michigan officials have released a set of emergency regulations for their medical marijuana program, just days before the state begins accepting licenses for MMJ businesses on December 15th. The state’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) released the regulations …
Read More »Maryland Dispensaries Are Open for Business But Low on Products
Maryland officially rolled out their first medical marijuana sales last week, but for some dispensary owners and their cash-strapped patients, the euphoric feeling was short-lived. Last Friday, after nearly five years of political infighting and bureaucratic delays, an excited crowd …
Read More »The Army is allowing more recruits who used marijuana
(photo via Drug Policy Alliance) As cannabis laws continue to reform, one branch of the U.S. military is lifting its ban on enlisting marijuana users. The Army is now granting hundreds of waivers to recruits excusing them from a history …
Read More »Alcohol Sales Dropped Significantly in States With Medical Marijuana, Says Market Study – News
Lead photo via Flickr user Elvert Barnes Outside of overtly racist political posturing and genuine generational disconnect, cannabis prohibition has continued as long as it has largely because of lobbying from the pharmaceutical and alcohol industry, with both multi-billion-dollar behemoths …
Read More »Oklahoma Gov Says Medical Marijuana Vote Coming in 2018
A vote deciding the fate of Oklahoma’s medical marijuana initiative – better known as State Question 788 – will occur on or before November 2018. Announced via the Governor’s Facebook and Twitter account, Gov. Mary Fallin revealed her intention to …
Read More »Marijuana use may not aid patients in opioid addiction treatment
Research by Wilson, WSU College of Nursing, shows that frequent marijuana use seems to strengthen the relationship between pain and depression and anxiety. Credit: Washington State University Many patients who are being treated for opioid addiction in a medication-assisted treatment …
Read More »Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Debating Pot in America
Only the weather seems to change more frequently than marijuana laws have in recent years. The constant flux around governance of the drug, whether for medical or recreational use, is kept churning by impassioned activism on all sides of the …
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