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Smoking marijuana can relieve muscle tightness, spasticity ( contractions ) and pain often experienced by those with multiple sclerosis, says research out of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The findings, just published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal...

Smoking marijuana can relieve muscle tightness, spasticity ( contractions ) and pain often experienced by those with multiple sclerosis, says research out of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The findings, just published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal...

Rickey Logan Simpson, 62, was charged with the production of cannabis marijuana, possession of cannabis marijuana for the purpose of trafficking and possession of cannabis marijuana and possession of cannabis resin following a raid of his Athol Road home in November 2009. Simpson was in...

Rick Simpson

Medical marijuana laws in Oregon and California, enacted by voters with the best of intentions, are running into trouble. The details differ because the laws do, but the root causes are the same: The impulse to make money is stronger than the desire to help suffering patients, and "back door...

Richmond - After months of an undercover investigation in 2008, a York County sheriff's deputy finally had enough evidence to charge Brandon Gomez, then 18, with intent to distribute marijuana. "I had actually been just basically the middleman," Gomez said, describing himself as an...

Three Congressmen want the U.S. Department of Justice to keep its hands off medical marijuana. Reps. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, Dana Rohrabacher, R-Costa Mesa, and Maurice Hinchey, D-New York, Tuesday introduced a bill that would cut off funding for federal enforcement of drug laws against medical...

Three Congressmen want the U.S. Department of Justice to keep its hands off medical marijuana. Reps. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, Dana Rohrabacher, R-Costa Mesa, and Maurice Hinchey, D-New York, Tuesday introduced a bill that would cut off funding for federal enforcement of drug laws against medical...

Zen Healing Medical Marijuana Collective

The federal government has launched "Operation Mercury" which trumps state law in a new effort to eradicate an out of control marijuana problem in areas such as Squaw Valley. Since a Supreme Court ruling in 2010 that permits the growth of marijuana fields for medicinal purposes, groves have...

After nine months of study, the City Council on Monday voted 6-1 to adopt permanent regulations allowing medical marijuana "collective gardens" within city limits. The council had adopted interim regulations in August, which limited collective gardens to light industrial zones and further...

After nine months of study, the City Council on Monday voted 6-1 to adopt permanent regulations allowing medical marijuana "collective gardens" within city limits. The council had adopted interim regulations in August, which limited collective gardens to light industrial zones and further...

Patients, dispensary owners and pretty much anyone else who regularly turns to medical marijuana seems to feel burned by President Barack Obama. Their beef? Obama stated during his presidential campaign four years ago that he'd more or less take a hands-off approach to regulating medical...

Patients, dispensary owners and pretty much anyone else who regularly turns to medical marijuana seems to feel burned by President Barack Obama. Their beef? Obama stated during his presidential campaign four years ago that he'd more or less take a hands-off approach to regulating medical...