Cannabis set to be legalised in Ireland for medicinal use
Irish legislators have passed a bill to make cannabis legal for medicinal use after the government said it would not stand in the way. Read more »
The tax man cometh: California ponders legal pot, paying up
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s legal marijuana industry is expected to involve everything from backyard growers to sprawling fields in the farm belt, storefront sellers along rural roads to chain-store like outlets in Los Angeles. Read more »
On His Way Out the Door, Obama Suggests Marijuana Should Be Legal
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, President Obama comes as close as he ever has to endorsing marijuana legalization, saying, “I am not somebody who believes that legalization is a panacea. But I do believe that treating this as a public-health issue, the same way we do with cigarettes or alcohol, is the much […]
Health care refugees: Medical marijuana and new hope
(CNN)Rich and Kim Muszynski know when their 5-year-old daughter, Abby, is about to have a grand mal seizure because her pupils enlarge, and she’ll seem to fixate at something in the distance that only she can see. Read more »