State Sen. Mike McGuire has introduced a sweeping bill that would legalize and regulate the medical marijuana industry from cultivation to consumption and all the steps in between. The bill, SB 643, passed out of the state Senate’s Business and Professions Committee on April 20 and will receive a hearing in the Senate’s Governance and […]
New Attorney General Will Let States Legalize Marijuana
Although she personally opposes legalizing marijuana, new U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch thinks her predecessor’s policy of allowing states to implement their own cannabis laws without federal interference is “effective, consistent and rational.” Lynch, who was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday, defended the hands-off policy the Justice Department enacted under Eric Holder in response […]
Spice Synthetic Marijuana Sends Hundreds To Hospitals: What Should You Know About This Dangerous Drug
Health officials in the United States have discovered a significant increase in the number of visits to emergency rooms and calls to poison control centers in the past few weeks, and they believe it is caused by more lethal versions of the popular drug “spice.” Spice, also known as K2, is a synthetic drug made […]
University of Akron students invent device to detect marijuana in drivers
AKRON, Ohio — Two University of Akron students won a $10,000 inventors’ award for developing a sensor that they say will allow police to determine in minutes if a driver is under the influence of marijuana. Mariam Crow and Kathleen Stitzlein, graduate students in biomedical engineering, hope to eventually market their roadside testing device, the Cannibuster, […]