Doctors in Macon, Georgia, told Janea Cox that her daughter, Haleigh, might not live another three months. That was the middle of March, when Haleigh’s brain was being short-circuited by hundreds of seizures a day, overrunning the array of five potent drugs meant to control them. Worse, the drugs were …
Medical marijuana may be spreading across the nation, but it will not gain a Southern beachhead in Florida this year. Though Amendment 2 once appeared to enjoy huge support and did win a majority of votes Tuesday, it failed to clear 60 percent as required for constitutional amendments. “We are …
PRO (yes) CON (no) The Office of National Drug Control Policy stated in a Dec. 30, 1996 policy titled “The Administration’s Response to the Passage of California Proposition 215 and Arizona Proposition 200”: “[A] practitioner’s action of recommending or prescribing Schedule I controlled substances is not consistent with the ‘public …
The state of Colorado has been enjoying recreational cannabis from the flowers to the food, but the Marijuana Enforcement Division wants to make sure things don’t get carried away — particularly when it comes to children and young adults under the legal cannabis consumption age of 21. According to reports from …
While using, selling or growing marijuana is illegal in Germany, chronically ill patients will now be able to grow their own medicine without the threat of criminal punishment. A recent ruling from the administrative court in Cologne declared that certain pain sufferers may cultivate cannabis after five patients filed suits …
Although there have been major milestones in the political realm of cannabis legislation, there are still many patients throughout the country that are routinely denied access to non-pharmaceutical medication to help relieve their symptoms. Less than half of the states in the U.S. have approved the use of medical marijuana …
By Michael S. Rothman Cannabis has long been considered less harmful and less addictive than other legal substances like alcohol or tobacco. The plant offers a host of valuable medical benefits such as help in treating cancer, HIV, seizures and more. Science Daily has reported that marijuana’s active ingredient (THC) is less toxic …
Smoking Stems Re “Repeal Prohibition, Again” (editorial, July 27): Consumers have made marijuana a multibillion-dollar enterprise, as creative entrepreneurs will always provide for citizens’ desires, regardless of government approval. We should legalize marijuana, and add a sales tax. Revenues will cover the social costs of any abuse. Citizens have more …
America’s four-decade war on drugs is responsible for many casualties, but the criminalization of marijuana has been perhaps the most destructive part of that war. The toll can be measured in dollars — billions of which are thrown away each year in the aggressive enforcement of pointless laws. It can …
Medical marijuana bottled for patients in Los Angeles.Credit Frederic J. Brown/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Politicians who don’t want to take a clear position on marijuana legalization often say more research is needed on the effects of consuming the drug. Hillary Clinton called for more research just last month on …