Marijuana as Medicine

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A panel that met Wednesday to explore whether Maryland should modify its marijuana laws may have come up with the most practical proposal yet to allow the medical use of marijuana by people suffering from chronic pain or illness, while discouraging the abuses that have plagued other states’ efforts to legalize the drug. The plan, [...]
August 19, 2011 · Posted in Baltimore, Highlight, Medical Marijuana Laws, Medical Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana Patients, United States Cannabis News  
　　　　

Md. Begins Process To Legalize Medical Marijuana

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A Maryland commission will take its first step Wednesday toward developing a plan to legalize medical marijuana in the state. The 18-member, state-appointed group is scheduled to work through May 2012 on the feasibility of legalizing the drug for medical use. Medical marijuana is now legal in 17 states and D.C. Medical marijuana has received [...]
August 17, 2011 · Posted in Highlight, Maryland, Medical Marijuana, Medical Marijuana Legalization, United States Cannabis News, Washington D.C.  
　　　　

Group Submits Petitions To Legalize Marijuana

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A group supporting legalization of medical marijuana in Ohio has taken the first steps to place a Constitutional amendment on the November 2012 ballot. Supporters turned in 2,143 signatures on petitions containing summary language of the proposed amendment to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, who has sent the signatures out to local boards of election [...]
August 1, 2011 · Posted in Dayton, Highlight, Medical Marijuana Legalization, Ohio, United States Cannabis News  
　　　　

Official: Medical Marijuana in D.C. by May 2012

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A year after the District legalized medical marijuana, nobody is legally growing or selling it. Patients once thought they would be receiving the drug by early 2011, but bureaucratic delays and the city’s caution in implementing its drug law have caused some would-be patients and entrepreneurs to fume. But things appear to be picking up. [...]
July 29, 2011 · Posted in Highlight, Medical Marijuana, Medical Marijuana Laws, Medical Marijuana Legalization, United States Cannabis News, Washington D.C.