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Several organizations in Utah would prefer neither medical marijuana bill gain approval by the state Legislature this year, but grudgingly support the more conservative of the two bills if one is to become law. Senate Bill 73, sponsored by Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Saratoga Springs, would allow...

Former CTU president Helen Kelly has mounted a campaign that seeks to reform the government's procedures over medicinal cannabis. Kelly has blogged about her predicament and campaign — see: Life and death and Cannabis. This must-read post sets out her problems with getting appropriate treatment...

Online peddlers of hemp-based cure-alls got another round of warning letters from the Food and Drug Administration earlier this month, the latest in federal efforts to push back on post-modern snake oil salesmen. In letters dated February 4, the FDA warned eight online hemp oil sellers – ABC...

A campaign to legalise the medical use of cannabis is being launched amid warnings that up to 1.1 million people across Britain are currently breaking the law by taking the drug to combat the pain of chronic conditions. The drive, which coincides with a Coronation Street storyline focusing on...

While the drug is currently illegal in Australia, two states?? Are discussing whether to allow people to use it therapeutically. The bill which the Liberal Party introduced to the country's parliament will change the Narcotics Drugs Act 1967. It looks likely to become law, as the main...

New draft laws to allow Australians to legally grow medicinal cannabis do not meet the "key criteria" of letting doctors prescribe the drug to patients, Greens Leader Richard Di Natale said Wednesday. Health Minister Sussan Ley on Wednesday introduced a bill into the lower house to nationally...

Abby Conforti was two years old when she was diagnosed with severe autism. Shortly after her third birthday, she began repeatedly biting her right arm and violently screaming. Jennifer and Bryan Conforti characterized their daughter's meltdowns as "demonic," and said they were afraid to hold...

I have a drug test coming up what's the best way to clean my self out.. any help???

Hi, I took drug test this Monday for pre employment drug screen, and the result came back as dilution. So, I'm gonna have to retake it tomorrow, but I can't decide if I should do substitution or just use my urine. I've been clean for 23 days now and I only smoked for a month before that. I...

In a move that could have implications for federal marijuana laws, 21 members of Congress are urging the Department of Veterans Affairs to do away with a policy that bans VA doctors from discussing medical marijuana treatments with patients. According to the lawmakers, the prohibition creates...

Assemblyman Richard Gottfried has introduced legislation that would double the number of medical marijuana manufacturers and dispensaries in the state in the hopes of giving more people better access to the drug. The legislation, introduced Friday, would enable the state health commissioner...

New South Wales's roadside drug testing laws have been thrown into doubt after a magistrate acquitted a man who tested positive for cannabis he had smoked nine days before he was pulled over. Lismore magistrate David Heilpern yesterday found Joseph Ross Carrall not guilty of driving with an...

In a few months, the state Department of Health will select the state's first licensees for medical marijuana dispensaries. The application process closed just Friday. On Saturday, hundreds of people stopped by the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall for this year's Hawaii Cannabis Expo being held over...

A small number of children with drug-resistant epilepsy will soon be able to access a new cannabis-based drug in New South Wales which is showing promise in relieving the symptoms. The pharmaceutical drug, Epidolex, is still in a trial phase and has not yet received full approval from...

New York's Department of Health is sponsoring research on the use of a pharmaceutical-grade medical cannabis drug to treat children with severe epilepsy. The department announced the studies Wednesday. They'll be open to 100 children and young adults whose epilepsy has resisted other...

For many decades in the U.S., marijuana has been painted as the psychedelic drug of hippies and stoners who lay around smoking dope to the detriment of their cognitive function. This image of marijuana use can certainly be attributed to one aspect of its culture, but Cannabis – a category of...

TERRITORY stoners and medicinal marijuana smokers are becoming increasingly paranoid they will be caught out by tougher drug-driving laws. But Police Minister Peter Chandler said there would be no leniency for medicinal marijuana smokers when the new laws come into effect on February 1...

Medical, social and legal attitudes to cannabis in NSW are changing. As jurisdictions around the world, including Portugal, Switzerland, Alaska, California, Hawaii, and Washington DC (to name a few) increasingly acknowledge the valuable medical applications of the plant as well as the basic...

The bogus 'get tough on drugs' '80s and '90s appear to be over. President Obama opened his annual state of the union address to the nation last night with an unprecedented call for tackling America's prescription drug abuse epidemic as well as its mass incarceration epidemic. On the same...

I'm really just trying to get some peace of mind.. I'd really appreciate anyone's thoughts