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Teen Drinking and Smoking Decline, Marijuana Use Up
Fewer teens drink and smoke cigarettes than in any time in the last 30 years, but the widespread availability of medical marijuana appears to be fueling a rise in pot use, health experts said Wednesday. One in four of the 47,000 teens … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, addict, addiction, addiction recovery, drug, Drugs, marijuana, medical marijuana, Nevada, recovery, Rehab, SOLUTIONS RECOVERY, Substance Abuse, treatment
Las Vegas Dr Charged With Illegally Distributing Prescription Drugs
A Las Vegas doctor who advocates medical marijuana therapy has been charged with illegally distributing prescription drugs. Federal agents arrested James Tinnell, 73, on Tuesday. He appeared Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence Leavitt and was released on his own … Continue reading
New Federal Crackdown Confounds States That Allow Medical Marijuana
Marijuana remains illegal under federal law, but that has not stopped a fuzzy industry of marijuana farms and dispensaries from rising to serve the 15 states that allow the drug to be used for medical purposes. Under President Obama, the federal government … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, addiction recovery, marijuana, medical marijuana, recovery, Rehab, Substance Abuse, treatment
Marijuana Infused Soda Hits Shelves
A California entrepreneur has plans to market a line medical marijuana soft drinks. Clay Butler says he plans to supply medical marijuana dispensaries with his soda pot, which contains the psychoactive marijuana ingredient THC. Marijuana drinks are already showing up … Continue reading
Police raid on Dr. Reefer, 12 arrested
Police official continued their raid on the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries Thursday with the arrests of 12 people, including the activist and convicted felon Pierre Werner, the owner of the notorious Dr. Reefer. The arrests followed the September raid of several … Continue reading
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Tagged Dispensary, Dr. Reefer, Las Vegas, medical marijuana, Pierre Werner, Police Raid
Medical Marijuana needs Safety Guidelines
Currently in the state of Colorado, regulators are collaborating to establish the union’s first medical marijuana standards in order for consumers to better understand what they are purchasing. So far, patients have no way of knowing what are the certain … Continue reading
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Tagged colorado, growing, hashish, legal, medical marijuana, regulations, standards
Legal Marijuana Cultivation Taxes
Many cities in the state of California are preparing to approve placing taxes on medical marijuana retailers, and several in Northern California are acting towards government assisted marijuana farms to help supply them. Even though medical marijuana has been legal … Continue reading
Time to Fix Marijuana Laws
CITYLIFE LAS VEGAS Leave aside for a moment the absurdity of the government ban on marijuana remaining illegal. It still makes no sense Nevada law permits the use of marijuana for medical purposes, but denies patients the most convenient and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, addict, addiction, addiction recovery, marijuana, medical marijuana, Nevada, recovery, Rehab, Substance Abuse, treatment, vegas
Raid on Valley Medical Marijuana Shops Sparks Call for Change to State Law
By SCOTT WYLAND LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Michael McAuliffe described Tuesday how gun-toting law enforcement officers in black masks stormed into his office as part of a crackdown on those suspected of illegally putting medicinal marijuana into patients’ hands. He pulled … Continue reading
Legalized Pot Concerns Growers
The smell of pot hung heavy in the air as men with dreadlocks and gray beards contemplated a nightmarish possibility in this legendary region of outlaw marijuana growers: legal weed. If California legalizes marijuana, they say, it will drive down … Continue reading
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