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, …
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. …
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 …
How Cannabis Acts as a Substitute for Alcohol and a Cure for Alcoholism 0 By O’Shaughnessy’s Online on June 19, 2014 Features, Health & Medicine The name of Tod Mikuriya, MD (1935-2007), may be unfamiliar to many people who have recently gotten interested medical marijuana —joined the movement, in a sense. Tod …
Marijuana prohibition is a racist policy. If you are a minority, you are almost four times as likely to be arrested for marijuana compared to non-minorities, even though consumption rates are the same. Biased marijuana arrest rates have been prevalent in New York City for decades. Reform supporters were hopeful …
Florida man arrested for beating his brother with a pot plant Under normal circumstances, marijuana is a weed of pacifists and does not, in any way, lead to the shrieking threat of violence. However, in the lunatic clutches of two brothers with more red-eyed testosterone than anything resembling common sense, …
By O’S News Service April 24, 2014 The title once claimed by Terence Hallinan of San Francisco now goes to Kenneth P. Thompson, the district attorney of Brooklyn. According to a piece by Stephanie Clifford in today’s New York Times, Thompson has notified the New York Police Department that …
By David Downs in the East Bay Express, April 15 Even though polls show that most Americans support the legalization of marijuana, corporate America continues to censor pot-related speech. Legal reformers are banned from issue-advocacy advertising; major websites such as Google, Facebook, and Yahoo prohibit the listing of legal marijuana …