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Canada: Toronto Man taking ‘Catch 22’ of Growing Medical Marijuana to Court
November 29, 2011 – A Toronto man vowed to challenge a city bylaw that he said stops people from growing medical marijuana at home, on the same day a charge against him was dropped for creating a fire hazard by growing pot in his apartment. Although William Palmer was charged under the Fire Protection and…
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Canada: Doctors Refuse to Authorize Marijuana use for Pain Relief
November 1, 2011 – A decade after Canada legalized the medical use of marijuana, most doctors are still refusing to sign the declarations patients need to get legal access to pot — meaning patients in pain risk being jailed if they use a drug that helps them function. It’s a predicament that threatens to become…
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Michigan: Medical Marijuana as a Treatment for Cancer
September 30th, 2011 – FERNDALE — When his cancer came back for a fifth time, Michael McShane was desperate for treatment outside of traditional medicine. The last time squamous cell carcinoma left lumpy tumors around his mouth, doctors cut it away and reconstructed his bottom lip by turning out a portion of its inner layer.…
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Czech Republic To Legalize Medical Marijuana
September 27, 2011 – The Czech Ministry of Health has said it will take marijuana off the list of banned substances and for the first time allow it to be prescribed as medicine by doctors. “By the end of this year we will submit to Parliament an amended law on addictive substances which will move…
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Want More Crime in Your City? Close Your Local Medical Marijuana Dispensary, Says Study
September 26, 2011 – Medicinal (and, ahem, recreational) marijuana aims to soothe, ease, and relax users; take away said users’ pot and be prepared to face the consequences. A report released Tuesday by the RAND Corp., a Santa Monica-based think tank, revealed that after hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries were forced to close in Los…
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Michigan: Patients Rally for Medical Marijuana
September 9, 2011 – Lansing, Michigan— They came by the busload to the Capitol lawn toting signs such as “Patients are not Criminals” and “Weed Deserve Better.” The spirited gathering of about 1,500 people — one of the largest pro-medical-marijuana rallies in Michigan — featured the young, old and sick, some in wheelchairs. “This has…
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Medical Marijuana Store gets Discovery Channel Reality Show
July 21, 2011 – Discovery Channel is set to announce a potentially controversial new series: A docu-soap reality show set in the country’s largest medical marijuana distributorship and starring a pot reform activist. This fall, the network will unveil Weed Wars, where cameras follow the day-to-day dealings of a California ganja store. The show follows…
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Marijuana May Be Studied for Combat Disorder
July 19, 2011 – DENVER — For years now, some veterans groups and marijuana advocates have argued that the therapeutic benefits of the drug can help soothe the psychological wounds of battle. But with only anecdotal evidence as support, their claims have yet to gain widespread acceptance in medical circles. “There is a widely accepted…
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Federal Government Rules Marijuana Has No Accepted Medical Purpose
July 10, 2011 – The federal government ruled on Friday that marijuana has no accepted medical use and should remain in the same class of drugs as heroin. The decision comes nearly nine years after marijuana supporters asked the government to reclassify the drug to take into account the growing body of research conducted across…