Low or No THC, High CBD Medical Marijuana Bills: Leaving Most Patients Behind In August 2013, CNN correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta filed a report on medical marijuana explaining that he had a change of heart and announcing his support for using marijuana for medical purposes. While Dr. Gupta mentioned multiple …
JENKS v. STATE 582 So.2d 676 District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District. Kenneth L. JENKS and Barbara J. Jenks, Appellants, v. State of Florida, Appellee. No. 90-2462. June 13, 1991. Defendants were convicted in the Circuit Court, Bay County, Clinton Foster, J., of cultivating cannabis and possession of …
Ring Lardner on How Medical Marijuana Saves Alcoholics This article originally appeared in O’Shaughnessy’s and is republished with special permission. The legendary sports and screenwriter Ring Lardner Jr. explains how marijuana rescued his friends. Screenwriter Ring Lardner, Jr. won an Oscar in 1938 for “Woman of the Year” and another in …
A broad smile spreads across the face of shopkeeper James Lathrop as he surveys his shiny new store, for he knows he’s about to become the most popular man in Seattle. On Tuesday the state of Washington will become only the second in the US, after Colorado, to allow the …
Known by many names — like cannabis and THC — marijuana is gaining attention for its policy changes and also its medical benefits. The most common reason people receive medical marijuana is as a treatment for pain, Barth Wilsey said to WebMD. The source of such pain could be headaches, …
Cannabis is likely to become an annual billion-dollar legal industry in the state of Colorado by next year after officials suggested greater volumes of the drug are being sold than anticipated. Colorado was the first state in the US to licence and tax sales of the drug for recreational use, …
A local pharmacist who wants to open two medical marijuana dispensaries in Brevard County plans to give county commissioners a lesson in the pot industry. Eric Luzar, a resident of Satellite Beach, asked for a spot on Tuesday’s County Commission agenda to discuss medical marijuana dispensary zoning and regulation. Luzar …
As a teenager and later, as a wife and mom, Mary Greene never considered trying marijuana for any purpose. That was before she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis 10 years ago. Now 57 and a grandmother, she lives in constant pain but doesn’t want to be heavily medicated, she said. …
By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 16 (Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a law on Monday allowing for the limited use of a special strain of marijuana to treat epileptic seizures and other diseases. State lawmakers passed the measure this spring with bipartisan support after impassioned appeals from …
Paul Petroff, right, smells a cannabis sample at recreational marijuana store ‘Cannabis City’ on the first day in which retail marijuana sales are made legal in Seattle, Washington.Picture: STEPHEN BRASHEAR/EPA Bob Leeds, left, owner of Sea of Green Farms, hands boxes containing packaged recreational marijuana to Tom Beckley, right, the …