Smoked Marijuana May Ease Chronic Nerve Pain

Monday, August 30, 2010 17:03

World — Smoking cannabis, also known as marijuana, reduced pain in patients with nerve pain stemming from injuries or surgical complications, new research shows.
Twenty-one adults with chronic nerve pain were taught to take a single inhalation…

Vegas Voters Reject Hash Bars, Hookers, Poll Says

Monday, August 30, 2010 15:18

An 8 News Now/Las Vegas Review-Journal poll has found little support for legalizing Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes or prostitution. Only 30% of respondents supported retail marijuana sales and only 19% supported l…

L.A. Times: Some Facts For The Drug Czar — Marijuana’s Social Costs Are Far Less Than Those Of Legal Intoxicants

Monday, August 30, 2010 14:53
L.A. Times: Some Facts For The Drug Czar — Marijuana’s Social Costs
Are Far Less Than Those Of Legal Intoxicants

Last week I posted a brief response to the Los Angeles Times commentary authored by Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske (along with five previous drug czars) condemning California’s Prop. 19.
Today the Los Angeles Times has posted my full rebuttal, which I’ve excerpted below.
Some marijuana tax revenue is better than none
via The Los Angeles Times
… Kerlikowske’s opposition [...]

Medicinal Marijuana: Just a Smokescreen? – HealthNews

Monday, August 30, 2010 13:09
Medicinal Marijuana: Just a Smokescreen? – HealthNews

Daily MailMedicinal Marijuana: Just a Smokescreen?HealthNewsThere are places in the United States that have medicinal marijuana laws in place without overwhelming hard evidence. California was the first state to pass …The haze surrounding medical mar…

Wilton Pot Bust Tests Feds

Sunday, August 29, 2010 23:19

The shift by some states to legalize marijuana is being invoked by a pair of New York City attorneys who are challenging whether a Saratoga County man implicated in a coast-to-coast drug smuggling case should be subjected to severe federal penalties at…

Cannabis Capitalists Speak With Conviction

Sunday, August 29, 2010 22:16

The District is writing strict new rules to regulate its nascent medical marijuana industry, but some of the entrepreneurs best positioned to lead the way have blemished backgrounds – including drug convictions at odds with the city’s vi…

LA Strictly Interprets Restriction on Dispensaries

Sunday, August 29, 2010 21:15

Calif. — When the Los Angeles City Council adopted its medical marijuana ordinance, it aimed to rout unscrupulous dispensary operators whose unruly customers irritated residents and operators who opened up willy-nilly across the city, ignorin…

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