When the Drug Enforcement Agency released its 2015 National Drug Threat Assessment, the acting head of the DEA made a controversial comment. While the DEA official said that marijuana extracts showed promise, he went on to indicate that smoking marijuana had never been shown either safe or effective as a…
The Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act (MMRSA) has been controversial since the Act’s inception and now that the law has passed, the controversy has not faded. In fact, a lawsuit has been filed by the operator of a medical marijuana collective. The plaintiff in the litigation seeks to overturn…
When a state opens up the medical marijuana market by approving medicinal use of cannabis, explosive growth generally follows. The legal cannabis industry nationwide has more than doubled in the past two years, and in 2015 the industry is expected to bring in around $3.5 billion. Clearly, the rapid growth…
A study was recently conducted at McGill University Health Center in Montreal. The focus of the study was on the safety of long-term use of medical marijuana among chronic pain sufferers. According to WebMD, the trial conducted was the “first and largest study of the long-term safety of medical marijuana…
Medical marijuana is increasingly becoming the subject of scientific studies as more and more locations throughout the United States make cannabis accessible to patients with medical needs. Even as new health benefits are discovered every day, research is still lagging and the full potential of cannabis has not yet been…
As of earlier this year, the official count of registered medical marijuana users exceeded 1.1 million. That figure could easily exceed 2.5 million if marijuana were legal for medicinal purposes in all 50 states plus D.C., as there are an average of 7.7 patients for every 1,000 population right now.…
Drug-free school zone laws are in place all over the country. In an effort to keep illicit drugs and illegal prescriptions out of the hands of pupils, state laws multiply the fines and penalties for anyone caught violating drug statutes on school property – or even within a certain radius.…
Marijuana was known as medicine centuries before lawmakers in the U.S. sought to stamp it out. But in the last two decades, it seems Americans are finally coming around, as 23 states plus the District of Columbia have passed laws that make it legal to use marijuana for medicinal treatments.…
It is well known that many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and actresses and the nation’s music performers support the use of medical marijuana and legalization of marijuana in general. Some of the first names that come to mind are actor Woody Harrelson and musicians Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg.…
With all of the progress across the nation in legalizing or even decriminalizing medical marijuana, sometimes new problems and issues arise that were never even contemplated before legalization. According to a recent news feature from NJ.com, a teen medical marijuana patient is now fighting for her right to use medical…