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Grassroots lobbyists garner support for legalizing medical marijuana in Texas

kens5.com — Support is building, for a push to legalize medical marijuana during this year's legislative session.Grassroots lobbyists include those who are terminally ill as well as veteran police officers from around the state. More... (Local - State)

Nation's Largest Indoor Medical Marijuana Grow Proposed In Chico

krcrtv.com — CHICO, Calif. -- A southern California business is hoping to capitalize on the medical marijuana movement by opening a 600,000-square-foot indoor medical marijuana grow in Chico. Plant Properties Management, LLC is asking to use the Koret building near the Chico airport, which has been vacant since 2007, to house what would be the nation's largest More... (Economy - Business)

Maine OKs Down East marijuana dispensary

bangordailynews.com — AUGUSTA, Maine — State health officials on Tuesday selected a Portland-based nonprofit to open a medical marijuana dispensary in the small Washington County town of Whitneyville. Primary Organic Therapy Inc. hopes to operate one of eight tightly regulated facilities in the state where qualified patients or their caregivers can legally purchase mari More... (Local - State)

Proposed Colorado pot farm on countryside angers residents

bradenton.com — The investor saw potential in the scrubby 67 acres tucked away amid multimillion dollar homes: He would turn the land into a vast pot farm and capitalize on the booming medical marijuana industry. But Scott Mullner, a city councilman from Laramie, Wyo., infuriated his Colorado neighbors with his plan to place a marijuana farm in the midst of their More... (Economy - Business)

New Mexico proposes changes to medical cannabis

businessweek.com — New Mexico is proposing an increase in fees on medical marijuana producers to help fund administration of the state's program. The New Mexico Department of Health, which operates the program, wants to increase the application fee on would-be producers from the current $100 to $1,000 and establish a new annual fee on the licensed nonprofits that gro More... (Local - State)

Montana panel makes progress to fix medical marijuana law

billingsgazette.com — We’re encouraged by last week’s legislative action moving the process forward to tighten Montana’s medical marijuana regulations. Granted, this is just a little step in what will be a long legislative effort that could bring more restrictions to the state’s medical marijuana program that voters placed into law in 2004 The Children, Families, Health More... (Local - State)

Smoking cannabis may ease chronic pain

cnn.com — People with chronic pain who aren't getting enough relief from medications may be able to ease their pain by smoking small amounts of marijuana, a new study suggests. Marijuana also helps pain patients fall asleep more easily and sleep more soundly, according to the report, one of the first real-world studies to look at the medicinal use of smoked More... (Studies - Research)

Medicine Users and Medicine Millionaires: Wanna Make a Lot of Money?

salem-news.com — (MOLALLA, Ore.) - As a physician/pharmacologist I retain a great interest in what is going on in the pharmaceutical industry. I search the Internet to see what drugs are used the most. The listings are quite variable depending on who does them. It is often surprising to see the differences. One list of 50 shows four for pain with, Hydrocodone bein More... (Economy - Business)

Medical Use of Marijuana Costs Some a Job

nytimes.com — Residents in 14 states and Washington can now appeal to their doctors for prescriptions for medical marijuana to help them with their pain. Their employers, however, may not be so understanding. In some cases, workers have been fired for failing drug tests despite having prescriptions saying, in effect, that what they are doing is legal according t More... (People)

Can medical marijuana aid the prescription addiction epidemic?

gazette.com — For months, media reports have chronicled fiery debates over marijuana’s medicinal utility and its impact on our broader communities. But what about those constituencies who don’t have a lobbyist down at the Capitol or City Hall? What about our veterans? National polls consistently show support for medical marijuana rights at over 60 percent. A May More... (People)

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