The following sources were used by ProCon.org to compile information for our Legal Medical Marijuana States and DC resource: Alaska Ballot Measure 8 (100 KB), Nov. 3, 1998 Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics, “Marijuana Registry,” Department of Health and Social Services website (accessed Nov. 24, 2010) Alaska Senate Bill 94 …
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A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health – which is an update of a 2011 study – has found that states which have legalized medical cannabis have seen a significant reduction in suicides, especially among young adults aged 20 to 29. For the study, researchers “obtained state-level suicide data from the National Vital Statistics …
A New Leaf: The End of Cannabis Prohibition by Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian New Press, 264 pp., $17.95 (paper) Jeff Chiu/AP Images Medical marijuana patient Kevin Brown at the Apothecarium, a medical cannabis dispensary in San Francisco, December 2011 In the summer of 2006, a young scientist from Israel …
by Patrick Radden Keefe Washington’s law gave state officials only a year to answer difficult questions: Who could grow legal pot? Who could sell it? How much would an ounce of the drug cost? Photograph by Maureen Drennan. Keywords One morning in August, Mark Kleiman, a professor of public policy …
http://www.myvoicenation.com/knowa1 Great Resources This is the Scientific justification of 40 yr. of #1 scheduling. Trillions wasted 25 million arrests one every 40 seconds. CNN: On August 14, 1970, the Assistant Secretary of Health, Dr. Roger O. Egeberg wrote a letter recommending the plant, marijuana, be classified as a schedule …
Recreational MARIJUANA: A Third State May Join Colorado And Washington According to the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska may have an all-time high voter turnout for August’s election. That’s because legalizing marijuana for recreational use is on the ballot along with the primary for a senate seat and several other highly …
Missouri Rep Tells Marijuana Patient To “Get A Job And Get Off Dope” Posted by Russ Belville Medical Marijuana Policy A Missouri State Representative named Bill Lant is a Republican who represents Missouri’s 159th District. It’s a small, rural district dominated, if you can call it that, by the little …
Meet Carl Hart, the Scientist Debunking America’s Myths About Drugs By Gabriel Grand Dr. Carl Hart defies all preconceptions of the word “neuropsychopharmacologist.” With thick dreadlocks that dangle well below his shoulders, a penchant for studded earrings, and a gold incisor that flashes when he grins, Hart, 47, was the …
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A prominent Jamaican scientist and entrepreneur is launching a company that aims to capitalize on medical marijuana, a growing global industry that he asserted Wednesday could be a boon for the island’s chronically limping economy. Henry Lowe, a researcher who specializes in medicinal chemistry and the chairman …