The highly influential Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) is asking shoppers to boycott Wal-Mart for firing Joe Casias, a 29-year-old cancer survivor and LEGAL medical weed patient from Michigan with an inoperable brain tumor. He worked at the mega chain for five years, but was fired after testing positive for THC during a drug test. In 2008, he was named Associate of the Year, but a spokesperson for Wal-Mart says the company can discriminate all it wants, even if the medicine is legal: Read more »
Despite Attorney General Eric Holder’s federally mandated directives, the DEA continues to raid medical dispensaries in states where it’s legal, prompting lawmakers in Colorado to ask them to cut the shit, via email. They sent a letter to Holder and CC’d President Obama, along with lots of DEA officials. |AP|
Last month, New Jersey became the 14th state in the nation to legalize medical weed and farmers there want in on the action. The legislation signed into law was a little ambiguous about providers, but they’re hopeful about the future prospects of growing what could be the state’s most popular herb and one “nurseryman” had this to say: “We would all like to grow it because we think it would be a good cash crop—literally.” Totally cliché, but true. |TheDailyJournal|
So that $8.7 million study confirming all the medicinal benefits of medical weed? It also discusses vaporizers and the German-made, Volcano is once again getting the thumbs up from acclaimed physicians, creating what will eventually be the best testimonials page for a brand ever, like this excerpt from the report: Read more »
Researchers presented a report on medical weed to the California State legislature on Wednesday and guess what? That’s right, once again, science is proving that cannabis does have medicinal benefits for patients and can help treat a range of ailments. The findings were part of an $8.7 million study that is consistent with past research and Peter Tosh’s lyrics from 1979.
A new medical weed dispensary is opening in Michigan and remarkably, it’s not around or near Detroit, but to the west in the zany named city of Kalamazoo. Apart from a geographic advantage over other caregivers in the state, it also has one of the most ingenious business plans ever devised in that a doctor opened it. Read more »
Last time we left off, New Jersey became the 14th state in the nation to allow for medical weed and now a potential 15th has stepped up to bat: Kansas. State representative Gail Finney (D-Wichita) introduced a bill that would give patients access to the herb without fear of prosecution, but it doesn’t look like she’s going to get any support from her colleague, Scott Schwab (R-Olathe). Read more »
Taking advantage of the one trademark not likely to be pursued by Apple, iGrow is a 15,000 square foot, weed superstore in Oakland, California. CNN paid a visit to the Home Depot of medical cannabis that has just about all the hydroponic equipment one could ever need to ensure a steady flow of medication. Read more »
Now that New Jersey did it will New York become the next state to legalize medical weed? With all the dysfunction in Albany, it’s hard to believe that anything can get done, but there are some measures currently floating around, offering a glimmer of hope, despite the leanings of Michael Long, chairman of the state’s Conservative Party. Read more »
Polls are mostly bullshit, except when they yield results that we agree with, like this one conducted by ABC News/Washington Post. It found that a startling 81% of Americans are now in favor of legalizing cannabis for medicinal purposes. As the Raw Story notes, that “up from 69% in 1997 and 75% in 2003. |Raw Story|
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