Tag: Medical Marijuana

A memo written this week by U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Cole removes any doubt about how the federal government views medical marijuana, and it ain't pretty if you're someone who thinks following the law of the state is good enough.

Suit was filed in Denver District Court Thursday in an effort to overturn laws passed by the Colorado Legislature restricting patient access to medical marijuana.

As Montana's medical marijuana law is set to be constricted to the point where almost no one will have access to it, hope is rising that a judge may strike at least parts of the law this week.

"It was the humanitarian thing to do," said Dr. Chris Christensen about recommending cannabis for Cash Hyde. "There was a very high probability of fatality with any course of therapy," he said about the boy, who was one year old when he was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer.

He was lame, but now he walks. He was blind, but now he sees. He was deaf, but now he hears. Cash Hyde is a pretty normal little three-year-old. He looks around the room with curiosity. He shares his toys with a reporter. He runs around a room full of strangers with absolute glee. He couldn't do those things a few months ago because he was all but dead.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a man with a chronic disease that he opposes his right to use medical marijuana to help with his condition

The Colorado State Board of Health will host two public hearings today regarding medical marijuana rules.

As part of a feature article on the effect the Washington State Supreme Court decision that Colorado's TeleTech was within its rights in firing an employee for using medical marijuana, Time Magazine this week is featuring a photo essay taking readers behind the scenes of Colorado's medical marijuana industry.

A Montana legislator is floating a radical idea--that the feds should leave the states alone when it comes to medical marijuana. Specifically, she said marijuana should be delisted at the federal level.

The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that TeleTech, a Colorado-based company was within its rights when it fired a woman--with a valid medical marijuana card--when she tested positive for marijuana.