A recent study has found that the hemp seed pill (HSP) relieves a form of constipation known in traditional Chinese medicine as “excessive syndrome”. This is when the bowels dry out and cause problems such as dry mouth, abdominal swelling and pain along with trouble sleeping.
Medical marijuana growers in the state of Maine are forming a trade group to help shape future policies and to protect their rights. A formal announcement of the new group will be made at a news conference tomorrow in Augusta. That came from a notice by e-mail from Jonathan Leavitt of the Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine.
University of Central Florida student, David Cole, pleaded guilty in Sanford state circuit court to racketeering after a drug bust back in March. The state dropped all but two counts in exchange for a five-year prison term to be followed by five years of prohibition.
In downtown Oakland you can see small coffee shops where people sit outside enjoy the sun and read the paper. To the unsuspected eye these look like regular businesses, but they are really supporters of marijuana with signs, banners, and posters that say “control and tax cannabis.”
The approval came as a surprise to most people because at one point during Election Day the medical marijuana measure trailed about 7,200 votes. The ballot measure won by just 4,341 votes out of more than 1.67 million ballots counted, which was announced on Saturday.
Deep in the Emerald Triangle, where everything magical is created, marijuana farmers have been making a decent living illegally off marijuana crops. The medical marijuana boom in 1996 when Prop 215 was passed made these farmers even richer. Is it a surprise they voted no? When it came to Prop 19, they had to consider the law, which would tax and regulate this crop that makes them rich. The growers of Humboldt, Mendocino, and Trinity counties decided that Prop 19 wasn’t right for them and all because they never had to pay taxes before for their crop.
Supporters of legalizing marijuana in California spent the day after their electoral defeat laying the groundwork to rebound in two years with a new ballot.
Measure 74 got defeated 42% to 57% along with many other states that had marijuana on their ballots. While this was not an outcome advocate of marijuana reform wanted in Oregon, there has been real progress made over these past few months. Continue reading →
We all know that Prop 19 was huge not only for the state of California, but for citizens throughout the rest of the country. Prop 19 got so much attention these past couple of months that the international attention rose as well. Continue reading →
Well this isn’t the first time medical marijuana has been on a ballot in South Dakota. Yesterday medical marijuana was rejected once again in the state, which was an effort to allow patients suffering from debilitating medical condition legal access to marijuana. The vote on the supporter side received about 48% of the vote and lost to those opposed to it, which received 65%. The last time the vote went up in smoke like this for South Dakota was four years ago. Continue reading →
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