Medical Marijuana News

December 28, 2016

Judge Dismisses Suit Against Kansas Mom Who Used Medical Pot

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a western Kansas woman against the state and several agencies after her son was removed from her home in 2015 when he told school officials she used marijuana. Shona Banda, of Garden City, alleged in the lawsuit […]
December 27, 2016

Colorado: Child Welfare Cases Increase After Pot Legalization, But Is There a Connection?

Ever since Colorado launched its recreational marijuana market three years ago, there has been an increase in child protection cases related to the use of drugs, according to a report from the Denver Post. However, it remains uncertain just how many of these complaints were brought on by marijuana as […]
December 27, 2016

Bolivia: Mass Prisoner Pardon to Relieve Overcrowding

On Christmas Eve, Bolivian President Evo Morales pardoned 1,800 prisoners held in facilities across the country—part of his ongoing effort to curtail overcrowding in the Andean nation’s penal system. “The present decree’s aim is to give amnesty and total or partial pardons to people who have been deprived of their liberty,” Morales told a […]
December 27, 2016

Florida Facing Numerous Roadblocks with Medical Marijuana Legalization

Although over 71 percent of Florida voters approved constitutional Amendment 2 which legalized medical marijuana this past November, full legalization and implementation may still be months away. The good news is that patients who qualify for the MMJ program should be able to begin receiving their medication by January 3, according […]
December 27, 2016

This Hallucinogen Could Be the Next Tool for Psychiatrists

Eating mushrooms certainly changes the way you think, and the more you take, the wilder it gets. It’s hard to put a finger on exactly what happens, but a new study published in the journal Neuroimage Clinical has uncovered some interesting insight into how to brain processes stimuli while under […]
December 27, 2016

Mexico: Caravan for Missing Students Arrives in Capital

The case of 43 college students from the Mexican village of Ayotzinapa who disappeared in September 2014—and were allegedly murdered by a local narco-gang—continues to elicit outrage. Now, the parents of the missing students held a cross-country mobilization for justice in the case, arriving in Mexico City on Christmas Day. The “Caravan […]
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