cannabis

  1. Katelyn Baker

    IA: Grassley Is Wrong On Medical Cannabis

    Senator Chuck Grassley is moving too slowly. Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to meet with our U.S. Senator from Iowa to discuss medical cannabis. Sen. Grassley was receptive to hearing about how my 4-year-old son Abram, who suffers from an extremely rare genetic mutation that causes...
  2. Katelyn Baker

    CA: Web Thin Case Leads To Another 10 Minute Acquittal In Medical Cannabis Trial

    The thin-as-air manufacturing case against medical cannabis patient and collective operator, Shaun Smith swept so quickly through trial that before we knew it, Attorney Michael Cindrich had queued up his third cannabis-related not guilty verdict in four months. The Cindrich winning streak...
  3. Katelyn Baker

    CA: Web Thin Case Leads To Another 10 Minute Acquittal In Medical Cannabis Trial

    The thin-as-air manufacturing case against medical cannabis patient and collective operator, Shaun Smith swept so quickly through trial that before we knew it, Attorney Michael Cindrich had queued up his third cannabis-related not guilty verdict in four months. The Cindrich winning streak...
  4. Katelyn Baker

    Dope Reads - Publishers Have High Hopes For Marijuana Books

    Where there's smoke there's fire, and if this season's marijuana-related books are any indication, the topic of weed - once alternative, now increasingly mainstream - is burning up. Forthcoming titles include user's guides, cocktail recipe books, takes on the global legalization debate, and...
  5. Katelyn Baker

    AK: Borough Talks Cannabis CafAs

    The borough assembly met Thursday night for a work session on a proposed ban for cannabis cafes. Draft regulations proposed by the state Marijuana control board show that a café would look something like a bar. People 21 and over could purchase marijuana to consume onsite. To avoid over...
  6. Katelyn Baker

    UK: Saltney Man Grew Cannabis In His Bedroom In Medicinal Fight Against Cancer

    A MAN who believed that a constituent of cannabis could cure cancer decided to grow his own. Police found five cannabis plants growing in a hydroponics system inside a tent in the bedroom at his home. It was accepted the drugs were all for his own use, Flintshire Magistrates' Court at Mold was...
  7. Katelyn Baker

    UK: Saltney Man Grew Cannabis In His Bedroom In Medicinal Fight Against Cancer

    A MAN who believed that a constituent of cannabis could cure cancer decided to grow his own. Police found five cannabis plants growing in a hydroponics system inside a tent in the bedroom at his home. It was accepted the drugs were all for his own use, Flintshire Magistrates' Court at Mold was...
  8. Katelyn Baker

    GA: Delayed Marijuana Ruling Frustrates Patients Using Cannabis

    Atlanta — Proponents of the use of medical cannabis anxiously await word on a federal agency's decision on how to classify marijuana. The Drug Enforcement Administration said earlier this year that it may loosen restrictions on marijuana, although its self-imposed June 30 deadline for a...
  9. Katelyn Baker

    GA: Delayed Marijuana Ruling Frustrates Patients Using Cannabis

    Atlanta — Proponents of the use of medical cannabis anxiously await word on a federal agency's decision on how to classify marijuana. The Drug Enforcement Administration said earlier this year that it may loosen restrictions on marijuana, although its self-imposed June 30 deadline for a...
  10. Katelyn Baker

    NS: New Halifax Cannabis Clinic Hopes To Be Alternative To Opioids

    A new medical marijuana clinic will open its doors in Halifax later this summer, with its director hoping to offer an alternative to opioids and other pharmaceuticals. "We want to be able to provide a really sound and thorough method so people will understand that there are very significant...
  11. Katelyn Baker

    NS: New Halifax Cannabis Clinic Hopes To Be Alternative To Opioids

    A new medical marijuana clinic will open its doors in Halifax later this summer, with its director hoping to offer an alternative to opioids and other pharmaceuticals. "We want to be able to provide a really sound and thorough method so people will understand that there are very significant...
  12. Katelyn Baker

    These Martial Artists Use Marijuana To Get To A Higher Level

    On a Sunday afternoon in Santa Monica, dozens of men and women in rash guards and bathing suits grappled on the mats they'd set up at the beach. "If you want to roll, just fill out a waiver," one woman told a curious young man who'd approached. "The snacks are communal. Help yourself," she...
  13. Katelyn Baker

    Marijuana Kills Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

    When antibiotic drugs were first discovered in 1928, they revolutionized healthcare. By the end of World War II, their production had exploded. And then things got a little out of hand. Today, according to an estimate from the CDC, about half of antibiotic prescriptions in the United...
  14. Katelyn Baker

    Marijuana Kills Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

    When antibiotic drugs were first discovered in 1928, they revolutionized healthcare. By the end of World War II, their production had exploded. And then things got a little out of hand. Today, according to an estimate from the CDC, about half of antibiotic prescriptions in the United...
  15. Katelyn Baker

    PEI, Canada: Charlottetown Medical Marijuana Wellness Centre Opens

    P.E.I. military veterans now have a place to get medical marijuana advice and assistance after the Island's first Marijuana Trauma Wellness Centre officially opened Wednesday in Charlottetown. "The main goal is to have a safe place for vets. First and foremost, that is what we do," said...
  16. Katelyn Baker

    PEI, Canada: Charlottetown Medical Marijuana Wellness Centre Opens

    P.E.I. military veterans now have a place to get medical marijuana advice and assistance after the Island's first Marijuana Trauma Wellness Centre officially opened Wednesday in Charlottetown. "The main goal is to have a safe place for vets. First and foremost, that is what we do," said...
  17. Katelyn Baker

    Ahead Of Legalization, Lobbyists For The Marijuana Industry Jostle For Say In Ottawa

    In another sign that Canada's booming marijuana industry has gone corporate, dozens of companies have registered as paid lobbyists ahead of Ottawa's plan to legalize the drug's recreational use next spring. As of March 19, the federal government's lobbyist registry listed 88 paid positions...
  18. Katelyn Baker

    Remove Cannabis Roadblocks In New Mexico

    Last week, UNM's Integrative Medicine de Taos hosted a large and successful Taos Health Symposium at the Sagebrush Inn. A significant part of the agenda was devoted to a cannabis panel that discussed the restrictions on and effectiveness of the plant, also known as marijuana, and how it can...
  19. Katelyn Baker

    Remove Cannabis Roadblocks In New Mexico

    Last week, UNM's Integrative Medicine de Taos hosted a large and successful Taos Health Symposium at the Sagebrush Inn. A significant part of the agenda was devoted to a cannabis panel that discussed the restrictions on and effectiveness of the plant, also known as marijuana, and how it can...
  20. Katelyn Baker

    Ireland: Bill To Legalise Medicinal Cannabis Tabled In Dáil

    An opposition TD has introduced a bill in the Dáil that would see cannabis legalised for medicinal use. Anti-Austerity Alliance/ People Before Profit deputy Bríd Smith said there is demand for such medication by a number of specific groups of ill-health sufferers. She said that she has...
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