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    Arizona: Marijuana Legalization Campaign Nearing Signature Goal, Supporters Say

    A marijuana legalization campaign is nearing its goal of gathering 150,000 valid signatures to get on the November ballot. The initiative would ask Arizona voters to legalize marijuana for recreational use and establish a network of licensed cannabis shops where sales of the drug would be...
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    After Alaska Legalization, Can My Employer Suddenly Just Start Testing Me For Pot?

    Mark asks, "If your employer doesn't already drug test, can they start immediately and just start testing anyone at random, or is there a process they must go through, like a notice to employees the policy is going to change and random testing will begin in xx amount of days?" Luckily...
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    EU Drug Agency Sees No U.S.-Like Cannabis Legalization Moves

    European Union countries are unlikely to legalize marijuana any time soon as some parts of the United States have done recently, EU drug monitoring agency chief Wolfgang Gotz said on Thursday. He did not spell out why he expected no corresponding EU moves. But in a statement, his agency said...
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    The NCAA Does Many Things Wrong, But Shockingly, They're a Drug Policy Pioneer

    Mark Emmert does not look like a particularly radical man, and the organization over which he presides, the NCAA, is a paper lion whose own self-interest is in preserving the illusion of its own authority. So of all America's institutions, the NCAA would rank low when it came to "likelihood...
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    Three Biggest Reasons Tobacco Giants Eye Lucrative $50 Billion Marijuana Market

    Big tobacco conglomerates are positioning themselves to muscle into the growing marijuana business if the drug wins nationwide legal status, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation. Cigarette smoking has been declining for years, so the tobacco giants see at least three huge...
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    Epilepsy: Latest Cannabis Trials Show Promise

    The trials, across 11 centres, also show that liquid cannabidiol - a derivative of cannabis - may have an adequate safety profile. Researchers, led by the New York University Langone Medical Center, evaluated 162 children and young adults aged from one to 30 over 12 weeks. They were all treated...
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    Epilepsy: Latest Cannabis Trials Show Promise

    The trials, across 11 centres, also show that liquid cannabidiol - a derivative of cannabis - may have an adequate safety profile. Researchers, led by the New York University Langone Medical Center, evaluated 162 children and young adults aged from one to 30 over 12 weeks. They were all treated...
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    Colombia To Regulate Manufacture And Sale Of Medical Marijuana

    Colombia has become the latest Latin American country to legalize medical marijuana, President Juan Manuel Santos announced Tuesday. The document - signed by the president and the minister of health -- regulates the possession of seeds and plants, as well as their production, distribution...
  9. OlderGrower

    Ever meet one of these?

    A few years back, my wife and I went to a party at a friends house. There was a nice couple we were chatting with when one of them broke out a pipe and started to load a bowl. Now both my wife and I work in industries where we are frequently drug tested so we told the couple we would have to...
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    Remove Barriers To Marijuana Research

    Sen. Chuck Grassley is no fan of legalizing marijuana. He has criticized the Obama administration for not enforcing federal drug laws and opposed reclassifying marijuana, which could make it easier to use as a medicine. The Republican senator has repeatedly said studies suggest the drug may...
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    Colombia Fully Legalises Medical Marijuana

    Colombia's president has signed a decree fully legalising medical marijuana in a shift away from preventing drug crop production. Juan Manuel Santos said the move put Colombia "in the group of countries that are at the forefront...in the use of natural resources to fight disease". But, he...
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    Colombia Fully Legalises Medical Marijuana

    Colombia's president has signed a decree fully legalising medical marijuana in a shift away from preventing drug crop production. Juan Manuel Santos said the move put Colombia "in the group of countries that are at the forefront...in the use of natural resources to fight disease". But, he...
  13. Jacob Redmond

    New York: Medical Marijuana Making Gains, Still Too Restricted

    Finally, the state Legislature has legalized the medical use of marijuana. However, it is with such restrictions on manufacture, implementation, prescription and locations for distribution that the medical benefits of cannabis will be severely restricted. All because of a public fear that access...
  14. Jacob Redmond

    New York: Medical Marijuana Making Gains, Still Too Restricted

    Finally, the state Legislature has legalized the medical use of marijuana. However, it is with such restrictions on manufacture, implementation, prescription and locations for distribution that the medical benefits of cannabis will be severely restricted. All because of a public fear that access...
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    Very faint line on my drug test - Not sure about it

    I have been clean for 3 weeks now, I work as a roofer in Florida so I sweat a lot and I usually drink about 1 and a half gallons of water a day. But the second line is waaay to faint for me to be sure about it.
  16. Jacob Redmond

    Uruguay To Sell 3 Types Of Marijuana In Drug Stores

    Registered Uruguayan consumers will be able to access three types of marijuana in drug stores with high, medium and low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol and correspondent levels of cannabidiol, said Milton Romani, president of the country's national drug office, on Saturday. "There are three...
  17. Jacob Redmond

    Chile: Marijuana No Longer On 'Hard Drug' List

    Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has signed a decree that removes marijuana from the country's list of hard drugs. The decree also authorizes the sale of cannabis-derived medicines at pharmacies. The document hasn't been published officially, but a copy was obtained Friday by The Associated...
  18. Jacob Redmond

    Parent Of N.Y. Medical Marijuana Company Seeks To Make FDA-Approved Drugs

    The parent of a new Fulton County business has its sights set on being the first state-licensed medical marijuana company to develop medicines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA approval could make medical cannabis eligible for prescription drug coverage. The drug is not...
  19. Jacob Redmond

    Parent Of N.Y. Medical Marijuana Company Seeks To Make FDA-Approved Drugs

    The parent of a new Fulton County business has its sights set on being the first state-licensed medical marijuana company to develop medicines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA approval could make medical cannabis eligible for prescription drug coverage. The drug is not...
  20. Jacob Redmond

    Mexico Inches Toward Legalizing Marijuana

    The United States has a very sensitive relationship with Mexico pertaining to illegal drugs. It is constantly claiming that Mexico has been lax in assisting in the interdiction of illegal drugs that are produced or staged in Mexico and shipped to destinations within the U.S. American...
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