Push for legalization of medical marijuana gaining support Paul Marini | January 24, 2014 Brenda Camp Yarbrough, CrossRoadsNews The family of 12-year-old Victoria Elizabeth Williams and others across Georgia are pushing for the legalization of medical marijuana to treat severe seizure disorders and other illnesses in children. Read more
Mother advocates for boys who have persistent seizures Paul Marini | January 23, 2014 Bethany Rodgers, The Frederick News-Post Shannon Moore's twin boys had their first seizures at home, when they were just 4 months old. And at the hospital, where Moore and her husband hoped to find help for their sons, doctors couldn't... Read more
City Attorney Mike Feuer has filed criminal charges against 70 marijuana dispensaries in less than a year and compelled several Westside clinics to shutter Paul Marini | January 22, 2014 Gary Walker, The Argonaut Medical marijuana dispensaries operating outside the letter of the law beware: Los Angeles City Attorney Michael Feuer has you in his sights. Read more
Parents ask legislators for medical exception for marijuana Paul Marini | January 19, 2014 Emma Witman, Gainesville Times For Oakwood mother of five Sarah Caruso, it’s hard to understand why a possible treatment for her daughter’s seizures is illegal. Read more
Medical marijuana lobbyists will be in Richmond on Monday Paul Marini | January 17, 2014 Prue Salasky, Daily Press T.J. Thompson, chair of Safe Access Virginia, the newly formed state chapter of Americans for Safe Access, the national group advocating for medical cannabis (it prefers the "scientific" term over marijuana), will be leading a lobbying... Read more
Forsyth family’s plight ignites Georgia medical marijuana debate Paul Marini | January 17, 2014 Maggie Lee, The Telegraph Haleigh Cox’s seizure disorder makes all her days hard. She has up to 100 seizures a day. When her breathing stopped earlier this month, her mom, Janea Cox, thought she had lost her only child. Read... Read more
Advocates push to repeal Lake County marijuana ordinance Paul Marini | January 15, 2014 Glenda Anderson, The Press Democrat Marijuana advocates on Wednesday submitted thousands of signatures in an effort to qualify a Lake County referendum for the June ballot. Read more
Cherokee County mom advocating for medical marijuana in Georgia Paul Marini | January 11, 2014 Joshua Sharpe, The Marietta Daily Journal Corey Lowe doesn’t know if medical marijuana can help her daughter, but as a mother she said she is willing to fight for a chance to make her child’s life better — no matter... Read more
N.Y. hospitals left out of loop on Cuomo's medical marijuana plans Paul Marini | January 07, 2014 Jaimy Lee, Modern Healthcare Reports that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is planning to designate 20 hospitals in New York to dispense medical marijuana was news to them. Read more
Union hoping issue moves forward, creating middle-class jobs Paul Marini | January 06, 2014 Rick Karlin, Times Union If there's any doubt that legalized marijuana has a future in New York and elsewhere, consider this: The United Food and Commercial Workers Union, which represents thousands who work in grocery stores and food processing plants... Read more