MEDICAL MARIJUANA
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Marijuana bill moves
A House bill permitting seriously ill patients to use medical marijuana to ease pain is nearing a final vote. The measure, sponsored by DFL Rep. Tom Rukavina of Virginia, passed the House Finance Comm...
Posted on 5/8/09 at 6:21 PM
HEALTH BEAT Divided opinions on medical marijuana
West Central Tribune readers are weighing in on coverage of a medical marijuana bill making its way through the Minnesota Legislature. Judging from the responses, sentiments are similar to public opin...
Posted on 3/30/09 at 9:50 AM
Montana lawmakers consider regulating medical marijuana 
Some Montanans have had enough of medical marijuana, saying their state's image as a rugged cowboy frontier is being replaced by a fast-growing pot culture.
By Matt Gouras , February 18, 2011
Committee votes to outlaw synthetic marijuana in Minn. after it is called dangerous
It is sold as incense, but synthetic marijuana could be more dangerous than plant marijuana, a Minnesota House committee learned Thursday before voting unanimously to make possessing or selling it illegal.
By Don Davis , January 20, 2011
Proposed Colorado pot farm angers residents
The investor saw potential in the scrubby 67 acres tucked away amid multimillion dollar homes: He would turn the land into a vast pot farm and capitalize on the booming medical marijuana industry.
By Ivan Moreno , August 31, 2010
Medical marijuana cards don't offer legal exemption to job applicants
The California State Supreme Court has ruled that employers have the right to fire potential or current employees, regardless of whether they're medical-marijuana patients. Without this ruling, employers would risk violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.
By David Morrill , August 16, 2010
Looking for medical marijuana in New Mexico? Get in line
Len Goodman can’t grow enough marijuana to keep up with demand.
By Sue Major Holmes , July 16, 2010
Medical marijuana can cost parents in custody disputes
Nicholas Pouch runs an organic farm and a glassblowing studio on a 20-acre spread in southwest Washington’s timber country. Spicy mustard greens, tomatoes and corn sprout in humid greenhouses as chickens and sheep roam nearby.
By Gene Johnson , June 21, 2010
Have bud, will travel: Cannabis caravans fuel medical pot boom in Montana
To the dismay of state medical authorities and lawmakers, the medical marijuana caravans have helped the number of pot cardholders in Montana swell over the past year from about 3,000 to 15,000.
By Matt Volz , June 03, 2010
Pot enthusiasts gather at California cannabis expo
In 1996, California voters approved a measure that allowed sick people to use marijuana if they have doctor referrals and an identification card. But marijuana advocates want to take it a step further. In November, voters will consider a ballot measure on whether to legalize and tax pot in California.
By Associated Press , April 18, 2010
Many felony pot cases getting tossed out of court
Police in a northern California town thought they had an open-and-shut case when they seized more than two pounds of marijuana from a couple’s home, even though doctors authorized the pair to use pot for medical purposes.
By Paul Elias , March 28, 2010
California voters could legalize pot in November election
When California voters head to the polls in November, they will decide whether the state will make history again — this time by legalizing the recreational use of marijuana for adults.
By Cathy Bussewitz , March 25, 2010
JOINTS FOR SORE JOINTS: Marijuana use by seniors goes up as boomers age
Long a fixture among young people, use of the country's most popular illicit drug is now growing among the AARP set, as the massive generation of baby boomers who came of age in the 1960s and '70s grows older.
By Matt Sedensky , February 22, 2010
Steven Rahn, Mandan, N.D., letter: Let states legalize medical marijuana
More than 80 state and national health care organizations — including the American Nurses Association, American Public Health Association, the American College of Physicians, and The New England Journal of Medicine — support granting qualified patients immediate legal access to medical cannabis.
January 20, 2010
Oregon ballot measure seeks pot dispensaries
Medical marijuana advocates are seeking to put on the November ballot a measure to create a system in which state-licensed pot growers would distribute their crops to dispensaries where people could buy the drug to treat their ailments.
By Brad Cain , January 12, 2010
IN THE MAIL: Legalization solves ‘medical pot’ problem
We must get patients out of the drug war. The best way is to legalize pot. Decriminalization is not a compromise because it would do nothing to end the street market.
By John Chase , December 06, 2009
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