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Washington state Senate OKs new medical marijuana rules

Happy Valentines Day, everyone! Hope you’re staying warm inside during this blizzard. The people of Washington state have had legal recreational marijuana for a year now, but the state has also been working to improve it’s current medical marijuana situation. One of these new rules includes allowing medical patients to purchase more than those purchasing […]

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N.C. Legislators file medical marijuana bill

Some fresh hope for North Carolina patients in the news today! Hopefully it passes down there. Best of luck to patients there. You can read more about the proposed bill here.

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No Quick Decision On Medical Marijuana For Pain

The decision has been held off another year in Minnesota on whether or not sufferers of chronic pain will be eligible within the state for medical marijuana cards. To most of us, this seems a bit ridiculous. Pain relief is one of the major applications of medical cannabis, and we recently covered types of strains […]

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Debate rising over proposed marijuana law in the Granite State

A bill has been filed in New Hampshire that would allow patients to grow their own plants until a medical marijuana dispensary opens within 30 miles of their home. Similar legislation is already in place in many other states that have medical marijuana, including Massachusetts. Garry Rayno does a great write-up on the issue over […]

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Stay Optimistic, Massachusetts

Hello, and here’s hoping everybody’s able to stay warm and safe inside during this blizzard! Medical  Marijuana in the Bay State has been, admittedly, somewhat of a struggle. Getting marijuana legalized for medicinal use was only one part of the battle- patients also have had to deal with a long series of delays and set […]

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Massachusetts Marijuana: Keep Your Heads Up

All the recent articles and headlines in the medical marijuana industry of Massachusetts could very well leave a hopeful patient feeling rather blue. More and more people are becoming so concerned with the process of selection when it comes to the application that they’re forgetting the real issue here: getting patients safe, lab-tested medical marijuana […]

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Doctors open offices in MA to recommend medical marijuana

While the licensing process of medical marijuana dispensaries in Massachusetts remains under speculation from the public, a breath of fresh air in the local medical marijuana industry has come to the state. Doctors are opening offices around the state to help patients who feel they could use a recommendation for use of the drug. These […]

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American Attitude Towards Marijuana Changing

The results of a recent survey by NBC and the Wall Street Journal showed a surprising shift in American attitude- people rated sugar above marijuana in terms of how dangerous they perceived the item to be. The other two items on the list were tobacco and alcohol, both of which were also rated above marijuana, […]

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State defends medical marijuana licensing process

Anyone who has been keeping tabs on the medical marijuana business in Massachusetts can tell you that there have been some qualms over the process used by the DPH to award licenses to dispense medicine. It’s been brought into question and some groups have mentioned filing lawsuits over a selection process they deemed unjust and […]

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Michigan Medical Marijuana Review Recommends Adding PTSD

According to an article found here, it’s being considered to add PTSD to the list of problems medical marijuana can be recommneded for.  Very good new, considering the mental health benefits cannabis has been shown to have. “The Michigan Medical Marijuana Review Panel appointed by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has decided to […]

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