medical marijuana

UCSF to Study Marijuana-Based Drug for Children

UCSF to study marijuana-based drug for children

Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Colorado

Children as young as a year old are receiving a marijuana-derived drug at UC San Francisco, where over the next year researchers will conduct the world's first study of the banned plant's ability to treat severe forms of epilepsy. The children enrolled …
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Antonio Cromartie says the NFL shouldn't ban marijuana

Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Colorado

Medical marijuana grows, May 15 at the River Rock Medical Marijuana Center's natural light cultivation site in Denver. (MCT) … During a recent interview for an entertainment website, the Jets cornerback said the league is wasting its time by banning …
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ROBINSON: Hoffman's death shows drug policy isn't working

Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Colorado

Hoffman had lived through a familiar pattern: experimentation, addiction, rehab, abstinence, relapse, more rehab, more abstinence, another relapse. Why would … For marijuana, we should follow Colorado and Washington toward decriminalization …
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Bail Jails Are a Bad Idea

Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Colorado

States such as Colorado, Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, Ohio, Virginia, as well as Washington, D.C., have all saved significant amounts of money and reduced the return rate to prison through innovative pretrial practices; seven other states have programs …
Read more on Boston magazine’s Boston Daily (blog)