An incremental acceptance of medical marijuana has spurred a cottage industry of business ventures — from iPhone applications to lobbyists — whose expansion shows no sign of slowing despite the recession. Instead, pot is the new growth industry.
The market began to take off in 1996, when California became the first state to approve the sale of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Today, medical marijuana sales in California are estimated at $700 million to $2 billion per year. Profits... Read Full Story
Medical marijuana: Legal as long as you don't actually buy it anywhere? Photo: Coaster420, Wikimedia Commons By Steve Elliott in Chronic City It's a classic case of disconnect between public policy and public opinion. As District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis continues with her medical marijuana dispensary crackdown in San Diego, a new poll indicates that a hefty majority of city residents favor leaving the pot shops open and regulating them. About 77 percent of San Diego's adult residents agree... Read Full Story
DIGITAL JOURNAL ONLINE Opinion: US Government Holds Patent For Medical Marijuana, Shows Hypocrisy Opinion: US Government Holds Patent For Medical Marijuana, Shows Hipocrisy By Michael Billy. Subscribe to author Published Jul 7, 2008 by ■ Michael Billy - 63 votes , 7 comments ShareThis Listen - Email - Print Recipient email: You can enter up to 10 comma-separated email addresses. Your email: optional Message: optional On the one hand, United States federal government officials have... Read Full Story
Dear Weed: We love you, and we don't want you to go away. Signed, California (Photo by Coaster 420) By Steve Elliott in Chronic City Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley may have believed he was safely playing to the grandstands when he promised to shut down all of L.A.'s estimated 800 to 1,000 medical marijuana dispensaries, magnanimously declaring that "approximately zero" of the dispensaries were operating legally in exchanging weed for cash. But perhaps Cooley should check... Read Full Story
L.A. Medical Marijuana Scene in Tumult - City of Angles L.A. Medical Marijuana Scene in Tumult By Brian Doherty The medical marijuana scene in Los Angeles gets more uncertain, with judges knocking down the existing moratorium, the city attorney threatening a severe crackdown, and the city council ready to act on a new wave of restrictions. First on the court action, from the L.A. Times account : A Superior Court judge concluded today that Los Angeles' moratorium on new medical... Read Full Story
L.A. Medical Marijuana Scene in Tumult - City of Angles L.A. Medical Marijuana Scene in Tumult By Brian Doherty The medical marijuana scene in Los Angeles gets more uncertain, with judges knocking down the existing moratorium, the city attorney threatening a severe crackdown, and the city council ready to act on a new wave of restrictions. First on the court action, from the L.A. Times account : A Superior Court judge concluded today that Los Angeles' moratorium on new medical... Read Full Story
Majority in the West favors taxing marijuana sales to boost state revenues by Lydia Saad PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup's October Crime poll finds 44% of Americans in favor of making marijuana legal and 54% opposed. U.S. public support for legalizing marijuana was fixed in the 25% range from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, but acceptance jumped to 31% in 2000 and has continued to grow throughout this decade. "The highest level of support for decriminalizing the use of marijuana today is seen with... Read Full Story
Under a voter-approved medical marijuana program set up by the Legislature in 2001, 2,416 Nevadans are registered to grow as many as three mature and four immature marijuana plants. They may possess no more than 1 ounce of usable marijuana at any one time.
Kieckhefer said the number of Nevadans receiving medical marijuana cards has been growing by about 100 per month over the last six months.
These Nevadans’ physicians stated in writing that their patients need marijuana to... Read Full Story
For those about to Spark, Read this before you get distracted! Not only is April 20th traditionally a day where pot smokers smoke the pot that they already intended to smoke in the exact same quantity that they normally would, but it is a day when you can say, "4:20 Dude" while doing so. However, this year, 4/20 has even more significance. Today, The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Foundation (NORML Foundation) has launched a nationwide ad campaign to promote awareness... Read Full Story
Face transplant patient regains self-confidence The woman who received the first-ever near-total face transplant in the United States told her doctor she has regained her self-confidence, said Dr. Maria Siemionow, head of plastic surgery research at the Cleveland Clinic and leader of the transplant team.
The patient, who prefers to be anonymous, is finally able to breathe through her nose, smell, eat solid foods and drink out of a cup, Siemionow told participants of the annual meeting of... Read Full Story
