This article was originally published on the Marijuana Patients Organization site on September 12, 2012. Irv Rosenfeld, the longest surviving FEDERAL medical marijuana patient…
Ramblings
Making Marijuana Suckers
Are you looking for an alternative to smoking? Suckers are a great alternative and depending on which flavor you use, the taste of the medicine can easily be masked. Medicine always goes down best with a little sugar.
Officials say intense marijuana smell emanating from home violates zoning Ypsilanti
For months, a flag bearing a marijuana leaf flew above Ypsilanti Township resident Michael Engle’s home.
And for months, neighbors have complained about the “intense” marijuana odor being pumped from his home.
The Healthiest People in the World
People who live in the healthiest countries have long life expectancies and low infant mortality rates. The lifestyle characteristics in the countries with the healthiest citizens are not surprising. Try adopting some healthy living habits from the world’s healthiest countries. Many of the citizens in the healthiest countries consume fish and tofu rather than heavily processed meat and choose walking over any other forms of transportation.
Marijuana: Friend or foe? How can we evaluate medical potential without enabling addiction?
With National Recovery month beginning in September, Jon Weeldreyer, an addictions counselor at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, looks at the ways attitudes toward marijuana have evolved since the 1980s.
Although medical marijuana has provided relief to some patients’ medical disorders, he sees challenges with the growth in medical marijuana laws.
Weeldreyer, a counselor and manager of the Pine Rest Kalamazoo Clinic, explores these questions and challenges in the following column:{jcomments on}
Motivation
This article was originally published on the Marijuana Patients Organization site on August 28, 2012. While the name implies a sativa and you will…
La Dolce Vita
This article was originally published on the Marijuana Patients Organization site on August 28, 2012. In Italian, La Dolce Vita translates to “the good…
Study Shows Dispensaries Do Not Increase Crime
Nancy J. Kepple M.S.W. and Bridget Freisthler, PH.D of the University of California, Los Angeles, Luskin School of Public Affairs have published a scientific report titled “Exploring the Ecological Association Between Crime and Medical Marijuana Dispensaries“
The study uses the premise of routine activity theory to analyze how dispensaries might contribute to criminal activity.
Romney Not So Bad for Medical Marijuana Reform?
Most marijuana patients cringe at the prospect of Mitt Romney controlling federal medical marijuana policy in the United States. Many would assume he is the big bad Republican looking to steal your rights and medicine? Would he really be that bad as president, or more specifically, would he even have a negative impact on medical marijuana?
MI House Passes Medical Marijuana Bills
It was no surprise that medical marijuana regulations would come to fruition. Our “perfect” law currently affords us patients the most rights. It is not like our law is a “helmet law” that affords bikers the chance to ride free of a helmet and avoid the horrors of a civil infraction. This medical marijuana law allows the sick, legal protection from law enforcement and protects their property and medical information. It is not just escaping a ticket for us, literally, our law does one thing, protects us from jail time, that’s it.
Why do our legislators feel the need to turn back the clocks on a law that works perfectly fine? After all what has been the net effect of this marijuana law since passage in 2008, who has been harmed? Let us look at the facts before we disect the four Michigan House Bills being delivered to the Michigan Senate.
MH and HPS bulbs during flower
This article was originally published on the Marijuana Patients Organization site on August 14, 2012. I know that I need to change my bulbs…
The Universal Life Church Supports Medical Marijuana Reform
The Universal Life Church Monastery is contacting you to ask for your support and partnership as part of a major pro- medical marijuana policy statement we will be making this September. Our statement is significant because we are the largest online church in the world and the first of such organizations to make a policy statement on the subject of medical marijuana.