First Day of Summer: Got Your Hemp Pack?

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 11:31
First Day of Summer: Got Your Hemp Pack?

Today marks the first day of summer and the last days of NORML’s 2011 spring membership drive, this week featuring a NORML & Rick Steves Travel Hemp Backpack for 50% off.
There are hardly better ambassadors for cannabis consumers than the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) and best-selling travel author and [...]

Lax Rules Let City Go To Pot

Monday, June 20, 2011 22:16

We’ve all been there.  With the best of intentions, we do something and then discover our actions were a bad idea.  It takes courage, maturity and humility to admit one’s mistakes and try to correct the situation. That’s what Reddin…

Medical Marijuana Ban Hearing Draws Big Crowd

Monday, June 20, 2011 20:15

A proposed ban on dispensing medical marijuana without explicit federal approval drew medical marijuana users, legalization activists and residents from across the North Shore into the District of North Vancouver’s council chambers Tuesday night …

The Record: Time To Exhale

Monday, June 20, 2011 18:46

Former Gov. Jon Corzine signed the medical marijuana law on his last day in office. Governor Christie has fiddled with the legislation for a year-and-a-half, making it the strictest medical marijuana law in the country. Still he hasn’t implemente…

India Court Nixes Mandatory Death Penalty for Drug Offenses

Monday, June 20, 2011 18:44

In a decision handed down last Thursday, the Bombay High Court struck down the mandatory death penalty for some drug offenses as unconstitutional. It becomes the first court anywhere in the world to do so, accordi…

Feds Threaten to Extinguish California’s Pot Boom – California Report

Monday, June 20, 2011 17:12

Feds Threaten to Extinguish California's Pot BoomCalifornia ReportReporter: Michael Montgomery With demand for medical marijuana surging around the country, some cities and states are looking to license commercial growing, including in California. …

Cannabinoid Administration Delays Huntington’s Disease Progression In Animals — Time To Initiate Human Trials

Monday, June 20, 2011 15:38
Cannabinoid Administration Delays Huntington’s Disease Progression In Animals — Time To Initiate Human Trials

The combined administration of the plant cannabinoids THC and CBD (cannabidiol) provide neuroprotection in rat models of Huntington’s Disease (HD), according to experimental data to be published in the Journal of Neuroscience Research.
Huntington’s Disease is an inherited degenerative brain disorder characterized by motor abnormalities and dementia produced by selective lesions in the cerebral cortex and, [...]

Scott Suspends Florida State Employee Drug Testing

Sunday, June 19, 2011 17:01

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has suspended his March executive order mandating random drug testing of state employees. He quietly sent a memo to agency heads on June 10 announcing the decision, but the move wasn&#3…

Pfenninger: Nothing Medical About Medical Marijuana – Midland Daily News

Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:44

Pfenninger: Nothing medical about medical marijuanaMidland Daily NewsIn our outpatient psychiatric practice we are seeing growing numbers of people with Michigan medical marijuana cards and many more still in the Midland mental health inpatient unit. T…

Call Off The Global Drug War

Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:33

In an extraordinary new initiative announced earlier this month, the Global Commission on Drug Policy has made some courageous and profoundly important recommendations in a report on how to bring more effective control over the illicit drug trade. The …


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