New marijuana laws boost sales for Iowa greenhouse maker DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — A greenhouse maker in northeast Iowa has reported a boost in sales as more states legalize the medical use of marijuana. A corporate official at Engineering Services & Products Co. said demand from marijuana growers has caused …
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 …
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, …
Posted by CN Staff By Froma Harrop Source: Spokesman-Review USA — A plague of heroin addiction is upon us. Another plague. Heroin was the crisis that prompted Richard Nixon to launch the war on drugs in 1971. Time marched on. Cocaine and then crack cocaine and then methamphetamine overtook heroin …
Please download PDFs of the front and back of this card to pass it out in your community. JURORS HAVE THE POWER The trial jury created by our Constitution is a judicial body with more power than Congress, the President, or even the Supreme Court. Judges frequently say the “issue of law” is for …
Take Action Online Now Action Alerts Support SB 1193 in California – Americans for Safe Access May 02, 2014 12:52 PM Don Duncan SB 1193 is a bill by California Senator Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) that would require that law enforcement return wrongfully-confiscated medical cannabis or plants or pay the …
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 …
“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 …
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 …
Personal Liberty Digest Should health care facilities have the power to make lifestyle decisions for you — and punish you when your choices don’t measure up to their ideals? More and more hospitals are making exactly those kinds of decisions when it comes to people who choose to use marijuana …