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House Bill Would Legalize ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Medical Marijuana
Article by Matt Ferner, Huffington Post – July 28, 2014 A bipartisan bill introduced in the House of Representatives on Monday would legalize a compound in marijuana used to treat severe epilepsy. The legislation, called the “Charlotte’s Web Medical Hemp Act
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Advocates Welcome New York as 23rd Medical Marijuana State but Object to Overly Restrictive Law
Albany, NY — Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law today that makes New York the 23rd medical marijuana state. Patient advocates celebrated a deal struck last month between Gov. Cuomo and the state legislature that will protect qualified patients from arrest,
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Pot Smoke And Mirrors: Vaporizer Pens Hide Marijuana Use
Article by Miles Bryan, Health News from NPR – April 18, 2014 It’s a sunny afternoon at Kelly’s Collective, a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, and Nikki Esquibel is getting stoned. But you wouldn’t know it. The 19-year-old, who
Read MoreLegal marijuana goes on sale in Washington
Washington became the second state Tuesday to allow people to buy marijuana legally in the U.S. without a doctor’s note. People bought pot at 8 a.m. at Bellingham’s Top Shelf Cannabis, one of two stores in the city north of
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Marijuana Legalization ‘Inevitable’: But How & When Will Weed Become Hassle-Free?
This Saturday, stoners celebrating the unofficial pot holiday known as 4/20 will have even more reasons to smile. Across the country, the liberalization of strict marijuana laws is accelerating. The trend reached a new peak in November when voters in
Read MoreThe Future Of Legal Weed Is Bright. Here’s Where It’s Headed Next
After a year of preparation, Colorado opened its doors to the legal marijuana business last week, serving thousands of customers and racking up more than $5 million in taxed and regulated sales in just seven days. It was a promising sign that
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Colorado Marijuana Industry Gets $1 Million
Investors looking for high returns took to Colorado this week and poured more than $1 million into the burgeoning legalized recreational marijuana industry in the state. In Denver, more than 60 investors from The ArcView Group met with 22 startup marijuana companies — including
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Marijuana Brownies: The Best Way To Make Them
Few drugs are as rewarding as cannabis cooked up in brownies. You’ve got the rich brownie itself as a fitting sendoff, then a half-hour to an hour-and-a-half later, the thing descends on you like a ton of feathers, pouncing rather
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Medical Marijuana Pros and Cons
Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option? In 1972, the US Congress placed marijuana in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act because they considered it to have “no accepted medical use.” Since then, 22 of 50 US states and DC have
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Cannabis Foods, Wikipedia
Cannabis foods (including hash brownies and space cakes), more informally known as edibles, are food products made with cannabis in herbal or resin form as an ingredient. They are consumed as an alternate delivery means to experience the effects of cannabinoids without smoking or vaporizingcannabis or hashish. Instead, the cannabinoids are put into
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