Johnnie Scott Rice has held a lot of titles in her life: director of constituent services, advisory neighborhood commissioner, D.C. Council candidate. But there is one title she covets that has eluded her: District pot dealer. Rice, 71, is part of the Green House, a self-proclaimed “group of old ladies,” that the city recently turned [...]
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The Joint Committee on Public Health will hold a public hearing on a bill that mirrors the ballot question on medical marijuana.
A copy of the ballot question can be accessed through this link.
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Waiting to Inhale – Marijuana, Medicine and the Law (Full)
Waiting to Inhale examines the heated debate over marijuana and its use as medicine in the United States. Sixteen states plus DC have passed legislation to protect patients who use medical m…
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The long-term administration of delta-9-THC, the primary psychoactive compound in marijuana, is associated with decreased mortality in monkeys infected with the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a primate model of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) disease, according to in vivo experimental trial data published in the June issue of the journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses.
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Posted in NewsPhil Ting Is a Buzz Kill, Talks About Extra Tax on Medical MarijuanaSF Weekly (blog)But when Ting recently took stock of the Bay Area tax scene on medical marijuana, he realized that San Francisco could be bringing in more cash. Every other major Bay A…
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