Are you looking to ‘fly high’? The Oakland International Airport could be the nation’s only airport with a unique policy that allows medical marijuana patients travel with their medication. This policy has been spelled out in a document implemented in 2008 by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. Stating if deputies conclude a individual is a [...]
Inhaling marijuana smoke is the fastest route to the blood stream. Research shows that inhaling marijuana smoke causes more harm to the lungs. Studies conducted in Australia show that 95% of the THC in marijuana is absorbed in the first few seconds of inhaling. Holding the smoke a little longer permits more tar and other [...]
Marijuana or scientifically known as Cannabis, have been approved for medicinal usage in the US since 1996. Now, 13 years later, California is going further on its efforts to fully legalize the possession and usage of marijuana beyond medicine. From a recent count, more than a dozen states in the US have granted laws permitting [...]
On Sunday, July 5th 2009, California state lawmakers passed a bill that would soon require medical marijuana (a common prescription for cancer sufferers) to now carry a label warning consumers of it’s cancer-causing potential. This developed last month when environmental state regulators decided cannabis should be added to the official list of substances that may [...]
A new federal policy regarding medical marijuana was introduced to the legislation today. Bill “H.R. 2835″ will help change the Controlled Substance Act and protect patients in compassionate states from federal arrest and prosecution. The “Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act” will reschedule marijuana from a schedule one drug to a schedule two drug. Also allowing [...]