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Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne touts benefits of medicinal cannabis

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I guess it matters in some ways, but not to me. I don't really care for titles and therefore I don't give much meaning or power to them. But I understand that others do. So the CEO of Overstock needs to add his two cents worth to the Medical Marijuana issue. Patrick Byrne, founder, and CEO of online retailer Overstock.com tells the Deseret News he has medicated with cannabis and that he is rooting for a ballot initiative legalizing its medical use to succeed in Utah this November. MIDVALE — Count Patrick Byrne among those rooting for cannabis to be legalized for medicinal use by Utah voters at the ballot box later this year. The Overstock.com founder and three-time cancer survivor say he has medicated with cannabis to help him neutralize the effects of his numerous health issues over the years. "It is so clear that we were designed for this stuff to work on us," Byrne told the Deseret News. "The evidence is just overwhelming, from a medical point of vi...

DPHHS releases changes to Montana’s medical marijuana rules

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BILLINGS – Montana’s medical marijuana industry continues to evolve with new changes to its rules outlined recently by the Department of Public Health and Human Services. In the latest changes, the state added mandatory testing again in place of randomized testing. Providers said they liked the revisions, and some called it a “great day for the industry.” Others expressed the need for more change. “It’s expensive. Random testing done by an inspection is a much better way to catch pesticides,” said Elizabeth Pincolini, owner of Alternative Wellness Montana. License costs for providers with 11 to 49 patients were lowered to $2,500. Providers with under 11 patients must pay $1,000 while providers over 49 must spend $5,000. “The revised provider’s fees for middle-sized providers is good and helps them stay in business,” Pincolini said. The state health department also outlined new rules for labeling marijuana items to ensure there is no confusion about the product. Among...

The Latest: State Health Council OKs medical marijuana rules

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The Associated Press LINKEDIN GOOGLE+ PINTEREST REDDIT PRINT ORDER REPRINT OF THIS STORY January 11, 2018  BISMARCK, N.D.  The Latest on developments in efforts to establish a medical marijuana program in North Dakota (all times local): 3 p.m. North Dakota's State Health Council has approved administrative rules for medical marijuana. They cover such things as lab testing, security requirements and transportation regulations.The approval by the Health Department's advisory group is another important step in the process as the department develops a medical marijuana program, which voters approved in November 2016. The department held public meetings on the administrative rules late last year. The process resulted in some changes, such as lengthening the time that law enforcement agencies will have to report to the state any problem incidents. The rules still need approval by the attorney general's office and the Legislature's...

Medical Marijuana legislation introduced in the House

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01/11/2018 04:03 PM by  Michon Lindstrom Source FRANKFORT - Representative John Sims, D-Flemingsburg, has filed legislation to make medical marijuana legal in Kentucky. House Bill 166 was unveiled Thursday by Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, D-Kentucky, and members of the medical marijuana task force. The bill includes proposals from the task force. “What started as a whisper years ago is now a loud chorus. Kentuckians have declared 2018 as the year they expect action on medical marijuana from their legislators,” Grimes said. “Now, with 29 states and the District of Columbia offering relief in the form of medical marijuana to their citizens, we must waste no more time. We’ve heard real, heart-wrenching stories from all over the Commonwealth about how access to cannabis can provide long-lasting and life-changing relief. The serious discussions this task force had have resulted in a solid piece of legislation that can change lives.” The bill would allow in...

Medical Marijuana Users ‘Have 30 Days’ To Turn In Their Guns

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Medical Marijuana Users ‘Have 30 Days’  To Turn In Their Guns Are you ready? What happens in one state will happen in other states. The Honolulu Police Department is ordering legal cannabis patients to “voluntarily surrender” any guns they own because pot is still considered an illegal drug under federal law. The initiative continues three months after Hawaii’s first medical marijuana dispensary opened for business. “Your medical marijuana use disqualifies you from ownership of firearms and ammunition,” Honolulu police Chief Susan Ballard wrote in a Nov. 13 letter to one medical marijuana card holder. “If you currently own or have any firearms, you have 30 days upon receipt of this letter to voluntarily surrender your firearms, permit, and ammunition to the Honolulu Police Department or otherwise transfer ownership.” In the letter, Ballard cites Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 134-7 (a) as the reason for the move. That section reads, “No person who is a fugitive f...

New York State's Medical Marijuana Challenges

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As NY expands medical marijuana program, few doctors in Rochester area are able to prescribe The state is expanding the list of qualifying illnesses for medical marijuana. This means more people may be interested in trying it. But, the public list of doctors willing to prescribe it locally isn't exactly long. The state maintains a website that shows which practitioners are certified to prescribe medical marijuana. In Monroe County, there are eight on that site compared to Erie and Onondaga Counties, which both have more than 25 providers. Matt Hellaby has been living with PTSD. "There are a lot of people suffering," he says. He's been interested in medical marijuana for months. "Really, just to get off the other medicine, sometimes I might sleep the whole day and I'm just tired, I don't like the side effects." He wasn't eligible until the state recently added PTSD to the list of qualifying conditions. "I was waiting, I didn...

WHERE IS MARIJUANA LEGAL? PERU THE LATEST COUNTRY TO LEGALIZE

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WHERE IS MARIJUANA LEGAL? PERU THE LATEST COUNTRY TO LEGALIZE Newsweek The president of Peru signed a bill on Thursday legalizing medical marijuana across the country, a historic move that came a few weeks after the Peruvian Congress voted to approve it. The legalization allows possession, sale, and transport of cannabis for medical purposes, but it’s still illegal to cultivate the plant. The government will develop a list of official importers or growers who are authorized to supply the nation’s new medical marijuana patients, who will be given prescriptions for conditions like Parkinson’s, cancer, epilepsy or other chronic or terminal illnesses. Peru is the latest Latin American nation to legalize marijuana in some form, but where else is cannabis legal? In many countries, marijuana is only legal on a strict basis. In Australia, Greece, Croatia, Israel, Poland, Mexico, Finland, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Macedonia and Italy, consumers need prescriptions ...
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You can find the story click here . The Kingdom of Lesotho is made up mostly of highlands where many of the villages can be reached only on horseback, by foot or light aircraft. Resources are scarce - a consequence of the harsh environment of the highland plateau and limited agricultural space in the lowlands. The former British protectorate has been heavily dependent on the country which completely surrounds it - South Africa. Over the decades' thousands of workers have been forced by the lack of job opportunities to find work in South African mines. And the Lesotho Highlands Water Project was completed in the 1990s to export water to South Africa.

Cleveland City Council approves zoning legislation for medical marijuana

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Cleveland City Council approves zoning legislation for medical marijuana Yes, I am going to continue to beat this drum. I am hoping that some people who read this will get a clue. So many of us are smoking the product and missing out on the business end of this movement. There are four ways to make a ton of money in the Medical Marijuana field. Okay, five ways but one is STILL illegal (selling it out of your home). Do what I do and market the CBD end of the business (see My Ganja Supplies on this site) Open a Dispensary  and sell Marijuana that way Buy ONLY Stocks that have to do with Medical Marijuana research Find a local Dispensary that is not a part of a chain and talk to them about becoming an investor  It's all good money and you could make enough money to support your smoking habit and you could become a millionaire in just a few years. Now I know that you don't have the funds just laying around but what if I helped you just a li...

Marijuana not an ideal anxiety treatment option

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Dear Dr. Roach:  I am hoping you can weigh in on the use of cannabidiol (hemp-derived) for managing anxiety. My son has diagnoses of major depression and ADD. He has done a lot of online research and is interested in using CBD to manage periods where his anxiety is elevated, as he does not like the side effects of the typical pharma meds. We were hoping you could add medical depth to CBD usage. I have had a many of these since 9/11 (I share my story on my main website http://MasteringYou.us ). I want you all to know what it looks like and how it can immobilize you. This is a full-blown Anxiety Attack. Paul Shaw Published on Apr 23, 2016   It's humbling and somewhat embarrassing to post a video at my most vulnerable. To this date, I have never watched this. However, I believe it is important for those that maybe don't suffer from anxiety to see the often DAILY struggle many go through. I've worked really hard to do what I can to alleviate my anxiety. Medicat...