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Ask Dr. Mitch: Smoking Out the Facts
Dr. Mitch Earleywine, the author of Understanding Marijuana and The Parents’ Guide to Marijuana, dishes on PMS, bipolar disorder,…
January 19, 2017
German Lawmakers Back Plan for Pot Prescriptions
BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have approved legislation that would allow some patients to get cannabis as a…
January 19, 2017
Forget the Feds: Across the Country, State Lawmakers Are Delaying Marijuana
The existential angst that for years has been a way of life for the cannabis industry—and anyone whose…
January 19, 2017
Medical Marijuana on Probation? Courts Saying Yes!
Probation is a far preferable alternative to incarceration for minor crimes. It’s 20 times cheaper for the state, which…
January 18, 2017
Marijuana Compounds Show Promise in Treating Heart Failure
Though even the federal government’s National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) concedes cannabis has medical potential, there’s no…
January 18, 2017
State Lawmakers Push to Allow Medical Marijuana Use in Schools
It took a long time for John Barclay’s daughter, River, to be healthy enough to attend school again…
January 18, 2017
Cannabis Can! How Pot Helps Create a More Tolerant World
These days, most of you have heard about how cannabis can heal a myriad of maladies—from its astounding…
January 17, 2017
What NIDA Isn’t Telling You About Pot and Pregnancy
In December, the Journal of American Medicine (JAMA) published an op-ed by Nora Volkow, the director of the…
January 17, 2017
North Dakota Lawmakers Want More Time on Medical Pot Rules
BY JAMES MACPHERSON ASSOCIATED PRESS BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Caught off-guard by voters in this highly conservative state…
January 16, 2017
Marijuana For Addicts: The Case For Cannabis’s Place in a 12-Step Program
Drugs are commonplace in recovery circles, and are considered indispensable tools for addicts, by the addicts themselves and…
January 13, 2017