Originally seen on Cannabis Culture| A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, examined whether marijuana lowered intelligence levels in users. The study was largely ignored by US media, while within Canada, the results seemed to depend on which newspaper headline you read.

Marijuana advocates have launched a legal challenge to Clearlake’s ban on cannabis cultivation.

“The Clearlake ordinance is not only extremely cruel, but it is also illegal under California law,” which legalized pot for medical use, attorney Joe Elford said.

The lawsuit is backed by Cal NORML — National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Elford said he filed the suit Thursday afternoon on behalf of all the city’s medical marijuana patients.

HARTFORD - A state supreme court ruling is opening the door for those with marijuana possession convictions to have their records cleared.

Now a Hartford lawyer will help those with convictions free of charge.

Attorney Corey Brinson said there are likely thousands of people in Connecticut with convictions for possession of a small amount of pot, and many probably have no clue they’re eligible to have it expunged.

“We all make mistakes and unfortunately for some people who make mistakes, they are forever tarred and feathered and branded with a criminal conviction,” said Brinson on Thursday.

On Monday the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled unanimously that convictions prior to the 2011 decriminalization of marijuana could be overturned.

A Georgia Senate committee passed a medical marijuana bill on Thursday, but hurdles remain before it can become law.

ATLANTA -- A Georgia Senate committee passed a medical marijuana bill on Thursday, but hurdles remain before it can become law.

The bill is similar to a House bill that passed weeks ago.

Addiction specialists took turns telling the Senate committee why legalizing medical marijuana could have consequences.

Former Governor Gary Johnson, President and CEO of Cannabis Sativa, Inc. (Stock Symbol OTCQB:CBDS), compared the legal marijuana industry to a dam about to burst and warned lawmakers opposing legalization to start packing their bags.

"The smart money has been waiting for the first big brand to emerge." The former Republican governor and 2012 Libertarian Presidential candidate spoke to an estimated 750 marijuana industry representatives attending a two-day conference at the Oregon Medical Marijuana Business Conference. "Green Rush investors have been blue in the face waiting for a front-runner, but the starter's pistol is now raised and ready to sound the biggest bang since the end of Prohibition."

Canada’s high court on Friday will contemplate whether it’s a constitutional right to munch cookies, brownies and oils laced with medical marijuana.

Federal regulations restrict authorized users of physician-prescribed cannabis to consuming only dried marijuana plants. Brewing pot in tea, baking it into a brownie or any form of consumption other than smoking the dried plant buds can trigger criminal trafficking and narcotics possession charges under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

The question before the Supreme Court of Canada, in its first foray into the medical marijuana debate, is whether the Health Canada regulation violated medical marijuana users’ constitutional right to life, liberty and safety.

The Illinois Department of Agriculture must turn over some of the applications it considered during the time it awarded medical marijuana growing licenses to various bidders, two courts ruled Thursday. The decisions centers on a lawsuit filed in February claiming state regulators may have mishandled the process of granting licenses and have kept the process secret. Turning over some of the applications would give lawyers a chance to review the process, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Kevin Sabet has become synonymous with the opposition to  marijuana legalization in the US. As a former drug policy adviser to the White House and co-founder, with Patrick Kennedy, of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), Sabet has long acted as a major counterpoint to pro-legalization groups like the Marijuana Policy Project and Drug Policy Alliance.

But it's been a rough battle for Sabet and SAM in recent years. Since 2012, four states and Washington, DC, have legalized marijuana by varying degrees, with Colorado, Washington, Alaska, and Oregon allowing retail sales and DC only permitting growing and gifting. The tide of victories appears set to continue: surveys show most Americans, particularly millennials, support legalization.

In Florence arrives the cannabis Army: they produce a ton a year, but the demand is growing and the greenhouse could triple production.

FLORENCE - The greenhouse is complete at 250 square meters and 3 meters heigh. The lamps are installed in special frequency, the irrigation system is connected to the computer, the soil is in the plastic pots. Already today the Cra-Cin Rovigo should start a van, escorted, with 100 cuttings in cannabis. The destination is Florence, where the headquarters of the Military Chemical pharmaceutical plant are.

March 19, 2015

Medical Marijuana Inc. finally has a new man at the helm. Dr. Stuart Titus, Ph.D, has been named president and CEO of the publicly traded company, and will also serve as one of the board members.