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Behind the Lack of Medical Marijuana Research: Feds Disallowing Initiatives

It’s the “catch-22″ that has plagued medical marijuana advocates and patients for decades. Lawmakers and health regulators demand clinical studies on the safety and efficacy of medical cannabis, but the federal agency in charge of such research bars these investigations from ever taking place. But it took until now for the federal government to finally [...]

California’s Medical Marijuana Law

The medical marijuana debate is gathering steam in California, as two disparate engines are catapulting headlong down parallel paths that appear destined to collide in the distance. The impending collision could chart the future course on legalization of marijuana in America. In just the past year, California has seen a proliferation of “pot doc” clinics [...]

American Medical Association Reverses Position, Calls For Review of Medical Pot

For years, one of the main arrows in the quiver of anti-pot zealots in arguing against medical marijuana (along with the federal pot prohibition, recently blunted by the Obama Administration) has been “But the American Medical Association says pot has no medical value.” As of today, that’s no longer true. In a move considered historic [...]