California Marijuana Growers Reel From Cannabis Farms Consumed By Wildfires
Mike Ray got the call one afternoon in mid-September, while he was in San Francisco working at Bloom Farms, the medical marijuana company he founded. The Butte Fire, which has been burning in Calaveras County northeast of the Bay Area for over a week, was moving toward his family’s 300-acre farm. The operation, at the foot […]
Federal court tells the DEA to stop harassing medical marijuana providers
In a scathing decision, a federal court in California has ruled that the Drug Enforcement Administration’s interpretation of a recent medical marijuana bill “defies language and logic,” “tortures the plain meaning of the statute” and is “at odds with fundamental notions of the rule of law.” The ruling could have a broad impact on the DEA’s […]
Report: US government impedes medical marijuana research
The U.S. government’s classification of cannabis as a Schedule I drug is impeding medical marijuana research, a leading think tank said Tuesday, in what it called a misstep that could impact advancements in health care. Read more »
Marijuana use more than doubles in just 12 years
The number of adults using marijuana more than doubled in recent years, according to new research culling data from two massive surveys. In 2001, just 4.1 percent of adults said they used marijuana. That increased to 9.5 percent by 2013. The findings were published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry. Read more »