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Britain approves GW Pharma's cannabis drug Sativex

reuters.com — GW Pharmaceuticals Plc's (GWP.L) cannabis-derived medicine Sativex has been approved in Britain for treating spasticity in patients with multiple sclerosis, in a landmark decision for the small drugmaker.The much-delayed product was finally granted a British licence on Thursday, an official from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agen More... (Consumption)

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Devin Calloway submitted 75 days ago

Pot and Pesticides: A Bustling Illegal Trade

baycitizen.org — Pesticides not meant for use on consumable crops are available in “grow” shops throughout the Bay Area – a bustling market in which toxic substances are sold over the counter in unmarked vials. A Bay Citizen reporter was able to purchase substances identified by vendors as the pesticides Avid and Floramite at hydroponic gardening centers in San Fra More... (Consumption)

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Devin Calloway submitted 101 days ago

Medical Marijuana Required by People, but How to Get it Legally?

topnews.us — Toronto,Canada-When the police raided the club in Toronto named CALM, the mother of a son got worried as she feared about not getting marijuana anymore for her son. Storm Peschel is not a regular kid, he is suffering from Multiple Synostosis Syndrome and to acquire his dose of the medical marijuana, he and his mother would travel once in every two More... (Consumption)

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Logan Hamlin submitted 139 days ago

Brownie baker tests for safe weed, but pot treats can be potent

sacbee.com — Thumbnail image for MAJ ANDY REHM.JPGWhen your signature product contains the best of European chocolate, rich butter, prime California marijuana and a frosty top of hashish, the quality must be indisputable. At least that is the view of Andy Rehm, director of a Berkeley medical marijuana collective that runs a commercial kitchen to bake weed-infus More... (Consumption)

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Devin Calloway submitted 152 days ago

Health Canada’s weed is mostly shwag, critics warn

torontolife.com — Toronto,Canada-Last week’s police raid on Toronto’s Cannabis As Living Medicine (CALM), eastern Canada’s oldest medical cannabis club, had little in common with a blockbuster movie drug bust. In this surveillance video posted by CALM on YouTube, undercover officers flit past a parked disability scooter before taking one employee to the ground. Patr More... (Consumption)

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Logan Hamlin submitted 152 days ago

Auburn explosion blamed on hashish oil lab

sacbee.com — It was a recipe for disaster: A 3-foot-by-4-inch PVC pipe, a grocery bag full of marijuana and a half-dozen 16-ounce cans of butane open and filling the air of a small bathroom space. Authorities discovered the makings of a clandestine hashish oil laboratory in an Auburn apartment late Tuesday night – after it had blown up. The apartment's four oc More... (Consumption)

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Devin Calloway submitted 156 days ago

GW Pharmaceuticals expects approval for MS drug derived from cannabis

business.timesonline.co.uk — United Kingdom-GW Pharmaceuticals, which makes drugs derived from cannabis, is due to have its first medicine on the market within months. The British biotech company announced that regulators in the UK and Spain said that there were no quality, safety or efficacy issues with Sativex, its drug to treat spasticity in multiple sclerosis (MS). More... (Consumption)

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Logan Hamlin submitted 171 days ago

Diners hospitalized after eating pot brownies

abclocal.go.com — HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Several people had to be hospitalized in Huntington Beach after eating brownies laced with marijuana. Firefighters were on an unrelated call last night when they were approached by four people outside Mario's restaurant. They all complained of hallucinations, numbness and shortness of breath. More... (Consumption)

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Devin Calloway submitted 183 days ago

Free Cannabis iPhone App Shows Where the Grass Is Greener

gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com — Just in time for this week’s National Medical Marijuana Week, which is intended to make people aware of the therapeutic benefits of marijuana, comes an app designed to make patients aware of legal marijuana dispensaries. With the prosaic name “Cannabis,” the app maps the locations of doctors who prescribe, dispensaries, lawyers and advocacy organiz More... (Consumption)

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Devin Calloway submitted 201 days ago

Full Spectrum Labs takes the mystery out of those meds

blogs.westword.com — One of the biggest stumbling blocks with the local medical marijuana industry is the lack of quality control. Other than taking a dispensary worker's word for it, it's impossible to know just how powerful is that sample of OG Kush is -- or, for that matter, if it really is OG Kush. And as for the potency of those pot brownies behind the counter? Fo More... (Consumption)

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Devin Calloway submitted 256 days ago

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Britain approves GW Pharma's cannabis drug Sativex

Pot and Pesticides: A Bustling Illegal Trade

Medical Marijuana Required by People, but How to Get it Legally?

Brownie baker tests for safe weed, but pot treats can be potent

Health Canada’s weed is mostly shwag, critics warn

Auburn explosion blamed on hashish oil lab

GW Pharmaceuticals expects approval for MS drug derived from cannabis

Diners hospitalized after eating pot brownies

Free Cannabis iPhone App Shows Where the Grass Is Greener

Full Spectrum Labs takes the mystery out of those meds

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