On Tuesday, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped a 4-year-long effort to shut down Harborside Health Center in Oakland, California, the largest marijuana dispensary in the US.
Employee Derek Flores, right, waits for a patient at a display case at the Harborside Health Center in Oakland, Calif. The center will be one of the models for Maine’s first medical marijuana dispensaries. Credit: John Patriquin/Staff Photographer
Another reason to legalize cannabis.
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An increasing number of doctors believe marijuana should be legalized.
Parents of children with epilepsy know that cannabidiol does an astounding job of reducing their kids’ seizures and symptoms, but most of them literally have to break the law in order to obtain this life-changing treatment.
The list of states that have decriminalized marijuana for medical use is growing, but there are still many rules and stipulations which make it incredibly expensive and difficult for patients to actually get their hands on cannabis. Marijuana’s classification as a Schedule I drug has been a major hurdle for drug researchers seeking to understand the full benefits of the herb, but that might change in a few short months.
Decriminalizing marijuana has been a boon to Colorado’s economy. Cannabis earned the state nearly $70 million in taxes in 2015, nearly double the $42 million collected from alcohol taxes. Legalization has also created thousands of jobs for residents. Now some of that tax money is going to a great cause: education.
New Jersey has one of the most restrictive medical marijuana programs in the nation, leaving no access to many who could be benefiting from the medicine. But now something is being done to change that – especially for women. Drawing inspiration from Whoopi Goldberg and California businesswoman Maya Elisabeth, Assemblyman Tim Eustace said he will be introducing legislation that would add women’s conditions to the approved list of ailments for medical marijuana.
Apparently, the internet can’t take a joke.
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In mid-March the Pennsylvania state House voted to legalize medical marijuana. If the Senate passes the bill and Gov. Tom Wolf signs it into law as he is expected to, it would make Pennsylvania the first state in the U.S. to allow medical marijuana as a treatment option for people with autism.
Quietly, with little fanfare or vocal opposition, the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program known as D.A.R.E. removed marijuana from its list of “gateway drugs” on its website. But that doesn’t necessarily mean D.A.R.E. no longer sees marijuana as a gateway drug, as some are reporting.
