Jacob Goldstein
The Obama administration isn’t going to bust stores that are following state laws allowing the sale of marijuana when approved for use by a doctor. But the DOJ will go after stores being used as fronts for drug dealers, Attorney General Eric Holder said yesterday.
It’s been clear for a while that […]
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JGrimes
The use of marijuana for medicinal purposes became legal in Michigan on Thursday, but a bureaucratic snafu means patients found in the possession of the drug could face arrest and prosecution.
Last month Michigan voters
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Jacob Goldstein
In Michigan, embryonic stem cell research is more controversial than medical marijuana — but, ultimately, Michiganders approve of both.
Proposal 1, a medical marijuana initiative, passed by a margin of 63% to 37%, with 87% of precincts reporting, the Associated Press reports this morning. The bill legalizes the use of medical marijuana by […]
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Jonathan
Though they haven’t drawn much national attention, health-related issues are on ballots around the country today. We wrote about several last week, and the WSJ’s Melinda Beck writes about another in today’s paper. A recap:
Flouridation is on the ballot in 41 communities in Nebraska, one in New York state, one in Maine and […]
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Jacob Goldstein
Michiganders will vote next week on two hot-button health-care topics: medical marijuana and stem cell research. Here’s a link to the text of both ballot initiatives.
The medical marijuana measure would allow marijuana use, when approved by a physician, for “debilitating medical conditions” such as AIDS, cancer and glaucoma. A patient or the […]
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JGrimes
The circumstances around a one-year contract extension for Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams revealed an interesting piece of health trivia: He aspires to be an osteopathic physician after his pro football days are over.
In an interview with the Palm Beach Post after signing the extension, Williams said he decided to stay in […]
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JGrimes
Photo: Associated Press
California’s medical marijuana law got an endorsement yesterday from a state appeals court: A three-judge panel ruled that San Diego and San Bernardino counties, which have been fighting the state law, must issue government-sponsored ID cards to patients whose doctors say they can benefit from marijuana.
The counties had argued that there […]
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JGrimes
If there is such thing as a safe haven for marijuana farmers it is Mendocino County, Calif., home to a flourishing green-leaf economy that emerged in the past decade to supply patients who are legally prescribed the weed for medical uses.
A marijuana bud on a plant grown by George and Jean Hanamoto […]
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