Medical Marijuana

A survey shows that some 80 percent of Pennsylvanians are in favor of making marijuana legal for medical purposes. The survey, by two Franklin & Marshall College staff members, also showed that 33 percent of the state’s voters favor the outright legalization of marijuana.

New Jersey officials setting up the state's new medical marijuana program got a pipeful from people hoping to get one of the six Alternative Treatment Center Licenses that the new law calls for initially. It was a raucous assault on the recently revealed regulations crafted by Dr. Susan Walsh and her staff at the Department of Health and Senior Services.

Marijuana in Montana isn't just for legal medicinal or unlawful recreational purposes - it's also a booming business. That message was loud and clear among caregivers and others who attended the Medical Marijuana Growers Association gathering in Helena this week.

The question whether Bay State residents be allowed to use, grow and buy marijuana for medical use will be on the ballot next month. The Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition is behind the public policy question.

Using events in Colorado as a backdrop, Robert J. Corry, Jr., a criminal defense attorney, opines on President Obama's actions regarding medical marijuana policy. He says, in part, that "Obama has done the opposite of what we thought, and what he promised. Instead of caging that tiger, he has unleashed it."

To the rites of middle-age passage, some families are adding another: buying marijuana for aging parents.

Buoyed by signs and words of support from several hundred chanting demonstrators, 10 people appeared in court Thursday to be assigned future dates to challenge multiple charges of delivery of manufactured medical marijuana. All were arrested and charged following raids and seizures by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Narcotics Enforcement Team at a medical marijuana clinic and a compassion club and its related dispensary. A Michigan Court of Appeals judge last month urged lawmakers to clarify the state's medical marijuana law, saying the “inartfully drafted” measure has resulted in confusion and arrests that some have called an enforcement nightmare.