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Advocates Fight to Pursue Medical Marijuana Research

Paul Marini | April 06, 2015

https://cronkitenewsonline.com/2015/04/advocates-fight-to-pursue-medical-marijuana-research/index.html Local veterans and doctors traveled to Washington D.C. to lobby for marijuana research and support legislation like the Carers Act, which would permit veterans affairs doctors to prescribe medical marijuana for chronic conditions. Cronkite News Correspondent Nihal Krishan has...

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Congressmen Say DOJ's Interpretation Of Their Medical Marijuana Amendment Is 'Emphatically Wrong'

Paul Marini | April 04, 2015

By Matt Ferner Huffington Post The lawmakers behind a recent congressional amendment protecting medical marijuana operations in states where the drug is legal strongly rebuked the Department of Justice for trying to continue to crack down on some medical marijuana...

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Fired-Up Pot Patients, Parents Trade Tips to Prevent Confiscation of Kids

Paul Marini | April 02, 2015

By Steven Nelson U.S. News and World Report About a dozen parents and medical marijuana activists gathered in the nation’s capital Monday to share horror stories and advice on how to shield families from authorities who wield the power to...

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Sweeping New Marijuana Reform Bills Introduced In Congress

Paul Marini | March 26, 2015

Marguerite Arnold, Main Street March will stand in history as the month that Congress finally considered changing its tune on marijuana.  In mid-March, an odd political troika consisting of marijuana's superheroes on a national political level, introduced the most sweeping and...

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Lawmaker: Misinformation about issue creating 'frenzy'

Paul Marini | March 23, 2015

Lauren Dake, The Columbian Washington’s unregulated medical marijuana market has repeatedly been described as the wild, wild West.

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Senator Boxer Joins Bill to End Federal War on Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | March 19, 2015

David Downs, East Bay Express California Senator Barbara Boxer has signed on as a major co-sponsor to curtail the federal war on medical marijuana.

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MMJ Patients Form International Coalition at UN

Paul Marini | March 13, 2015

Michael Krawitz, The Leaf Online Patients in need of cannabis treatment from 13 different countries, including those represented by KOPAC from the Czech Republic, met at the “Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Policy, Research and Medical Practice” conference in Prague March 4-7, 2015...

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The Federal Government Wants Those Eastern Washington Medical Marijuana Growers in Jail Right Now

Paul Marini | March 11, 2015

Heidi Groover, The Stranger In a federal courtroom last week, onlookers were silent as a court clerk read a verdict that almost entirely exonerated an Eastern Washington family—the "Kettle Falls Five"—that was facing 10 years in prison for growing marijuana...

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US Senate Step Promises Peace for Medical Marijuana Patients

Paul Marini | March 11, 2015

Steph Sherer (Op-Ed), Huffington Post Medical marijuana patients just got a step closer to what we need, with the introduction yesterday of a historic medical marijuana bill in the U.S. Senate. The bipartisan bill sponsored by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ),...

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FDA Brings Down Hammer on CBD Companies

Paul Marini | March 11, 2015

Steven Nelson, US News & World Report The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on several companies selling products advertised as containing cannabidiol (CBD), a compound in marijuana widely used without FDA approval to treat epilepsy and other conditions –...

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