South Carolina lawmakers propose legalizing medical marijuana for PTSD-affected veterans. Advocates say it would offer potential relief for trauma survivors.
Minnesota became the 23rd state to legalize the use of recreational cannabis, leading to questions about how a rise in marijuana use could affect the economy, federal legislation and national health.
The creator of LSD, Dr. Albert Hofmann, believed that ingesting tiny amounts of the drug could have therapeutic value, and so-called “microdoses” have since been proposed as a substitute for everything from Adderall to marriage counseling. Now, as more states legalize marijuana, the trend that began with hallucinogens has grown to include microdoses of THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in weed.
VICE News traveled to Portland, Oregon, to meet Ethan Ernest, creator of marijuana microdose pills called Mirth Control, which contain a fraction of the THC found in a typical joint or batch of edibles. Earnest compares Mirth Control to “open-source Xanax. Other products in the new weed microdosing category push the envelope even further with suggestions about purported medical uses.
This course, presented by medical marijuana attorneys Christine Taylor Brann and William Roark, will explore the emerging cannabis industry in Pennsylvania by discussing the intersections between medical marijuana, hemp, and various legal practices. The course, the time for which is divided equally between Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act and Pennsylvania’s Industrial Hemp Program, includes a review of the past two years, a discussion of current events, and concludes with a review of issues for which lawyers in Pennsylvania need to be on the lookout.
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In a year that’s seen the Liberals taken to task on broken promises, legalizing marijuana would be a major promise kept, not to mention a potent tool to win approval with Canadians.
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