DENVER (AP) – Poor medical marijuana patients in Colorado won’t have pay state marijuana registration fees or sales tax on the pot they buy. The Colorado Board of Health approved a plan Wednesday to waive the $90 registration fee for indigent medical marijuana patients, starting Dec. 1. Patients who want their fees waived will have [...]
LAKEWOOD (AP) – Marijuana regulations for the commercial sale of medical pot are nearing completion with Monday’s final meeting of the group writing rules for how dispensaries operate. The regulators are planning to require pot shops to install expanded video surveillance to allow state officials to see everyone coming and going from a storefront marijuana [...]
As medical marijuana legalization spreads across the country, there is some confusion about the different types of marijuana and the specific medicinal effects. Indica vs Sativa Marijuana is found in two distinct types: indica and sativa. All different strains, both pure and hybrid, can be traced back to one of these two families. While indicas [...]
Once you get you medical marijuana registry application approved, you’ll probably be wondering how long you will have to wait to get your actual card in the mail. The official word from the CDPHE is that the wait time for new patients is currently up to 6 months. I have found that the actual wait time [...]
California – Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger says no one really cares if you smoke marijuana. Recently, Schwarzenegger signed a new bill that made possession of up to 1 ounce of weed the same penalty as a parking ticket. That means there are no fines greater than $100 and no arrest are to be made. Also there will be [...]
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The key to Medical Marijuana in Colorado rests with the protections provided by Colorado Amendment 20, which states, among other things, that medical use means the acquisition, possession, production, use, or transportation of marijuana or paraphernalia. In essence, state laws and local ordinances that ban the sale, or acquisition of MMJ fly directly in the face of Amendment 20, and would most likely, be considered unconstitutional according to a recent article entitled, Marijuana Stores Are A Bit Like Churches from Cannabis News: Amendment 20 of the Colorado Constitution is typical of constitutional law because it enhances freedom for individuals and limits the authority of government. It’s true the amendment doesn’t specify a right to medical marijuana stores.
It’s been said a lot about medical marijuana and its use in the medicine lately.
Even if you live in one of the states that hasn’t yet looked into, or already legalized, the use of medical marijuana, there’s no doubt, you’ve probably been hearing some of the talk about it on your nightly news. Currently, fourteen U.S.
The medicinal uses of cannabis, more commonly known as marijuana, dates back thousands of years. One of the first known uses of cannabis was by the Chinese physician Hoa-tho in the early 2nd century as a surgical anesthesia. Today many experts recognize that medical marijuana (MMJ) and the healing properties of cannabis offer relief for a variety of crippling medical conditions like nausea from chemotherapy, chronic pain, HIV/AIDS, and glaucoma.