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• Feds Threaten Landlords of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries with Forty Year Prison Sentences
  Picture: Anti-Pot DA Melinda Haag Go into any strip mall “pain clinic” and grab a bottle of Oxycontin. Wander into a corner liquor store and grab a few bottles of Everclear and a pack of cigarettes. Load up on McDonald’s and Burger King until your heart explodes. All of that is fine. Meanwhile, controversy continues over the sale of a readily available, easi […]
• Man Denied Life-Saving Liver Transplant Due to Medical Marijuana Usage
  Pic: Hupu2 (CC) Sick people being condemned to a painful, lingering death due to using a medicinal plant that doesn’t have the blessing of Big Pharma? It’s the American Way! Via Alternet: After being diagnosed with liver cancer in 2009, Norman B. Smith applied to the liver transplant list at Cedar-Sinai hospital. While waiting for a transplant, Mr. Smith und […]
• New York Republican Who Voted Against Medical Marijuana Busted For Pot
  The Wall Street Journal reports a pretty good example of political hypocrisy, with lawmaker Steve Katz, fresh off of helping defeat the legalization of medical marijuana in New York state for people who desperately need it: A Putnam County assemblyman received a ticket for marijuana possession Thursday after he was stopped for speeding on the New York State […]
• Should Medical Marijuana Be Legalized For Dogs?
  Pet website Dogster.com writes that veterinarians are awakening to the miraculous abilities of cannabis to heal sick animals: Christine L.’s Rottweiler, Sampson, had a rare form of blood cancer. After giving Sampson cannabis flower-bud material mixed with virgin coconut oil, whereas before Sampson had been too weak to walk, almost overnight he became a born- […]
• Marijuana The New Normal In California
  California often paves the way for cultural shifts in America and with the front page of the New York Times declaring that marijuana is so common that it might as well be legal in California,  should we expect the whole nation to follow? Let Colorado and Washington be the marijuana trailblazers. Let them struggle with the messy details of what it means to ac […]
• Seven Year-Old Girl Battles Leukemia With Medical Marijuana
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• Marijuana Dispensing Company’s Stock Is Way Too High
  O'Dea (CC) Last week we posted a story about legal ways to invest in the medical marijuana boom. One of the suggested companies whose stock is publicly traded, Medbox, says it’s stock price is now ridiculously high after climbing 3000%. Story from MarketWatch: A company that creates medical-marijuana dispensing machines says its stock is getting way too […]
• How To Invest (Legally) In Marijuana
  Mjpresson (CC) You know a tipping point has been reached when the financial press starts writing about ways to profit from legalized marijuana! From MarketWatch: Mark Twain is said to have remarked that a gold rush is a good time to be in the pick and shovel business. Investors may be able to apply that same bit of wisdom to the growing number of U.S. states […]
• Mounting Research Shows Marijuana Fights Cancer
  Will the jaws of future generations drop in amazement when they learn that marijuana was banned in our society as a criminal substance? Via the Daily Beast: Mounting evidence shows ‘cannabinoids’ in marijuana slow cancer growth, inhibit formation of new blood cells that feed a tumor, and help manage pain, fatigue, nausea, and other side effects. [This] offer […]
• Feds Continue Crackdown on California’s Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
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