Medical Marijuana News

Peruse the headlines as they are told, keep abreast of the issues as they unfold. Keep up with the ever-changing policies that govern our regions, and the political directives that affect our lives.

December 1, 2016

Study: Psilocybin Helps Depression in Cancer Patients

Can magic mushroom ease the pain of cancer patients suffering from depression? A new study, featured on the front page of the New York Times, suggest that they can: Published Thursday, the results from that study, and a similar small, controlled trial, were striking. About 80 percent of cancer patients […]
December 1, 2016

Bolivia, Ecuador Give U.S. the Finger

  In open defiance of the international ban, Bolivia has just announced that it is preparing to export coca-leaf products—initially mates (herbal teas) and liqueurs—to its Andean ally Ecuador. Didi Mercado, head of the Industrialization Unit at Bolivia’s Vice-Ministry of Coca, told the Bolivian Information Agency Nov. 28 that exports are to begin under a trade deal […]
December 1, 2016

America’s Earliest Wake ‘n’ Bake Still Being Held Back by Lawmakers

There has been a lot of talk in Cannabis news about the unincorporated U.S. territory of Guam and how its people have begun to throw off the yolk of prohibition by legalizing medical marijuana. Unfortunately, that is not quite the full story. To find the 212-square-mile island on a globe, […]
December 1, 2016

Coming: Official Hunter S. Thompson Cannabis!

Hunter S. Thompson—an outsized character with an intellect to match—was a man with a keen appreciation for the finer things. Though he is most famous today for Gonzo journalism—the hellbent brand of first-person, possibly drug-induced writing immortalized in Fear and Loathing and Las Vegas—and for having an insatiable appetite for […]
November 30, 2016

Cops: Weed in the Mail on the Rise

Picture this: You’re at home, trimming the Christmas tree, when you go to collect the mail. You find a package on your porch (one that the local Amazon-package-thieving crew missed that day). It doesn’t have your name on it, but it has your address. Huh. Odd. So you do what […]
November 30, 2016

Five Lessons All Progressives Can Learn from the Pot Movement

Excerpted from: How to Smoke Pot (Properly): A Highbrow Guide to Getting High (Penguin / Random House – 2016) When I first became involved in cannabis activism twenty years ago, people invariably asked: Why waste your time trying to legalize marijuana? It’s never going to happen. Well, it’s happening now, […]
November 30, 2016

Barack Obama’s Marijuana Legacy: Thanks for Nothing

Barack Obama was America’s first black president and America’s first Generation X president, yes, but he was more than that: He was the first president to have unquestionably been, even briefly, a legitimate stoner. The time “Barry” Obama spent hanging with the Choom Gang back on Oahu, intercepting joints mid-session […]
November 30, 2016

MDMA Approved for Final Stage of Clinical Trials

People suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) could soon be prescribed MDMA, commonly referred to as ecstasy or molly, to help ease the debilitating symptoms of this severe anxiety disorder. A report from the New York Times indicates that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the drug for […]
November 30, 2016

3 Stoners Arrested for Trying to Steal Hops They Thought Were Weed

Three Prince Edward Island residents were arrested last weekend after breaking into a hops farm and causing extensive damage. The reason? They apparently thought the 20-foot tall hop bines were huge marijuana plants and were intending to walk away with the stash of the century. The hops farmer called the […]
November 30, 2016

Scientists Develop New Life-Saving Vaccine That Destroys Opioids Before Reaching the Brain

As the United States government struggles to come up with effective methods to combat the opioid crisis, scientists have emerged with a new vaccine designed to not only prevent folks from suffering a fatal overdose, but one that will also stop prescription painkillers from producing the feel good effects that […]
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