Reality Check: MN’s New Restrictive Medical Marijuana Law

Minnesota just became the 22nd state in the nation to legalize medical marijuana. Without public fanfare, Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill Thursday morning that legalizes medical cannabis for specific illnesses, but includes some of the strictest controls in the country. Of the 22 states and the District of Columbia …

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MN Medical Marijuana Law

A bill for an act 1.2relating to health; providing for medical cannabis registry program; authorizing 1.3rulemaking; establishing duties of patients, health care practitioners, and 1.4manufacturer of medical cannabis; establishing patient protections; imposing 1.5penalties; establishing fees; requiring impact assessment of medical cannabis 1.6therapeutic research; requiring audits; appropriating money;amending Minnesota 1.7Statutes 2012, …

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Old News For Newbies

Pain Clinics Test Patients for Marijuana Use By Dale Gieringer, California NORML From O’Shaughnessy’s, Reprint Summer 2009 Like many medical marijuana users, Kristin Redeen needed additional prescription medications for her severe chronic pain. For seven years she had been treated at a private pain clinic in the Central Valley, where …

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Petition: Vote to Prevent the DEA from Arresting Patients

Petition: Vote to Prevent the DEA from Arresting Patients in Medical Marijuana States By Barry Bard Despite saying they’d leave Washington and Colorado alone, the Obama administration really hasn’t. And the DEA’s policies and invasion of patient rights in all medical marijuana state remains a serious issue and an affront …

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States Marijuana-Cannabis Resource Guide

“Should  Marijuana Be a Medical Option?“ “I very much welcome any potential change to the law, providing the results of the clinical trials are positive. Some patients have already reported an improvement in pain but it is too early to draw any conclusions… If we are to provide the evidence …

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State and Relevant Medical Marijuana Laws

1. Alaska Ballot Measure 8 (100 KB) — Approved Nov. 3, 1998 by 58% of voters Effective: Mar. 4, 1999 Removed state-level criminal penalties on the use, possession and cultivation of marijuana by patients who possess written documentation from their physician advising that they “might benefit from the medical use …

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