BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WZZM) - Now that medical marijuana is legal in Michigan, can an employer fire a worker who tests positive for the drug?

WalMart says it can, so it did.

"I was terminated because I failed a drug screening," says former WalMart employee Joseph Casias.

In 2008, Casias was the Associate Of The Year at the WalMart store in Battle Creek, despite suffering from sinus cancer and an inoperable brain tumor.

At his doctor'...

Written by Cliff Kincaid Sunday, 07 March 2010 20:03
   
The left says he was a right-winger; the conservatives say that he was a leftist. What is abundantly clear, from reading his Internet commentaries, is that Pentagon shooter John Patrick Bedell was a psychotic pothead. He hated a government that he believed was standing in the way of his desire to use, grow and glorify marijuana. He virtually worshipped the drug. "I'm a cannabis enthusiast," he ...

By Peter Mucha -Inquirer Staff Writer

Federal agents are cracking down on imports of a synthetic marijuana that has started appearing in the Philadelphia area.

It is not illegal in any state to possess the substance, but Food and Drug Administration regulations bar its import and sale because it is not a tested and approved drug.

Eighty-five parcels arriving from Amsterdam at a UPS facility at Philadelphia International Airport were detained and then seize...

By MOLLY HOTTLE

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy on Wednesday unanimously recommended that the Legislature legalize marijuana for medical uses.
In a 6-0 vote, the board also called for lawmakers to change the classification of marijuana to a Schedule II drug. Such drugs have the potential for abuse but also have accepted medical uses.

The board's action makes it the first state pharmacy panel to take such a stance before either legislators or voters took steps to ...

PITTSTON, PA (wvia) - Should marijuana be available to Pennsylvanians who suffer from cancer, AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses? We will discuss this issue on the next State of Pennsylvania Thursday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. on WVIA-TV.

Recent testimony before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (www.youtube.com/pa4mmj) supports the practice of using marijuana as a safe and effective means to manage the p...

By Joel Warner in Follow That Story, MarijuanaFri., Feb. 12 2010 @ 2:29PM



Michael Lee's lab, Genovations, was raided yesterday by the DEA.
We recently wrote about how a DEA raid at Full Spectrum Laboratories, a Denver medical marijuana testing facility, was triggered by the lab applying for an analytical lab licensure through the DEA. Now DEA...

Action alert for all members: Sign the PETITION!

We need 5,000 signatures. As of this writing, we are at 3,241. Media who pick and choose what their audience sees based on some outdated, insane 'morality' which often times is against the true morals and interests of the media entity in question, should be punished. CBS thinks people ...

Folks,
We here at PhillyNORML want to apologize for any inconvenience caused by our recent site downtime. As you may have noticed our site has been offline over the weekend due to a problem we were having on the site. We are remedying the situation and the full site should be back up. Any emails sent to us should have come through, but we may not have received them until today so there may be a delay in responding.
Thanks for understanding.
-Rob Dougherty on behalf of the PhillyN...

By PETER JACKSON Associated Press Writer
Updated: 01/29/2010 10:09:18 PM EST

HARRISBURG, Pa. - In the first debate of Pennsylvania's gubernatorial campaign, the four Democratic candidates for governor jousted Friday night over some of the hottest issues at a gathering sponsored by labor unions and citizen activist groups.

Questions posed by some of the roughly 300 people at the first Pennsylvania Progressive Summit illuminated differences among the candidate...

How this list came about-

"If the truth won't do, then something is wrong!"

Those were the furious words of my grandfather to my Mother.  I had walked in from joyfully stuffing my face with red raspberries in the garden, straight into "war zone"! My gentle grandfather in a fury, his hand raised! Mom was just beginning to shrink back away from him. ...

PA ponders medical marijuana

New Jersey is poised to become the next state to allow marijuana use for medical purposes. It took advocates years to push the bill through the General Assembly - and the result is a compromise that would create the most restrictive medical marijuana law yet. Meanwhile, Pennsylvania lawmakers just kicked off their debate last month. For the Health and Science Desk, Taunya English reports on worries from opponents and one patient's story.

Wal...

By Ellen Leyva
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LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. -- It's the last place you might expect to find hundreds of people smoking pot: But seniors living at the Laguna Woods Village retirement community -- also known as "Leisure World" -- have formed a non-profit, patient-run medical marijuana collective.

Golf is a way of life at Laguna Woods Village, also known as "Leisure Worl...

By ASA Medical & Scientific Advisory Board Member Jahan Marcu

As a member of ASA's Medical & Scientific Advisory Board, I've been actively engaged in pursuing further evidence of the medical efficacy of cannabis-based medicine. Some of this work occurred while I was working at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute (CPMCRI), and yesterday the findings of that work were published by the peer-reviewed journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. With this stud...

By Adrienne Lu - Inquirer Trenton Bureau

TRENTON - New Jersey is set become the 14th state in the nation to allow medical use of marijuana, under a bill approved yesterday by legislators.

Gov. Corzine is expected to sign the bill during his last week in office. The law, which advocates have worked for years to get passed, would go into effect six months later.

Last February, the state Senate approved a medical-marijuana bill with bipartisan support. But af...

Ep. 109 - i on PA episode
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i on Pennsylvania is a biweekly video podcast of public policy issues in Pennsylvania.

Imagine living in constant pain and discomfort from a debilitating disease or the side effects of powerful prescription drugs. The safest relief you can get is from the controlled use of medical marijuana, but you could get arres...

By Penny Coleman, AlterNet. Posted December 29, 2009.

Medical marijuana may have a host of advantages over other treatments for traumatized vets, but the VA won't even study its efficacy.

"There's a lot of things I'm passionate about, but getting a prescription for my marijuana from the VA is probably at the top of my list. I'd be like a kid waiting up for Santa if I thought he might be bringing me one of those. Haha!"

On top of a...

By Derek Rosenzweig

Consistent with previous polls, medical marijuana remains an idea that Pennsylvanians support. Today, Quinnipiac Univeristy Polling released the results of its latest poll of PA politics and issues. Directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., Quinnipiac conducts public opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio and the nation as a public service and for research.

Polling shows a total 59% in favor of medical marijua...

By BRIAN THOMPSON

A judge reversed course today, allowing a man on trial for possession of 17 marijuana plants that he was growing during the summer of 2008 to testify about his medical condition.

Judge Robert Reed had earlier ruled that defendant John Ray Wilson could not present a defense based on this medical condition.

But then, after taking the stand in his own defense today, and after multiple conferences among the lawyers and the judge, Wilson was a...

When PhillyNORML/PA4MMJ put out the call for written submissions on HB 1393 one of the nation's foremost experts on medical cannabis responded: Paul Armentano of National NORML.

Paul is also the co-author of the recent book Marijuana is Safer.

Here is his written testimony in full, as submitted to the PA House H...

I attended yesterday's meeting in Harrisburg, and as always was prepared to be opened minded on both sides of the issues.  I am sure it is no wonder that I thought the points raised by 1393 supporters were much stronger than those presented by its detractors. 

First off, for all of you stoners out there let me clarify that this is for medicinal purposes only.  You may consider this legislation "gateway" legislation for generalized legalization, but those pure...

Sarah Arbogast Staff reporter - 5:23 PM EST, December 2, 2009

HARRISBURG, PA - The push for legalizing marijuana for medical use moves into Pennsylvania.

Lawmakers, patients, and health experts gather at the state capitol to push for House Bill 1393. The proposal would give seriously ill patients across the state access to marijuana.

"With having progressive MS, the drugs I was on did damage to my heart. At the time I didn't have the choice of me...

It was standing room only as those for and against lined up to deliver tales and pleas.

By Amy Worden - Inquirer Harrisburg Bureau

HARRISBURG - The heart-wrenching stories came from both sides.

A Pittsburgh man testified of wishing he could have used pot to ease his dying mother's "excruciating pain." Parents of drug-addicted children said the last thing the state should do is join the 13 others that allow medical use of marijuana.

11/26/09 - PA4MMJ is pleased to report that the AIDS Law Project sent in their comments for the HB 1393 legislative hearings next week. Here they are in full. - Chris Goldstein and Derek Rosenzweig
http://www.aidslawpa.org/
COMMENTS ON HB 1393 SUBMITTED BY: AIDS LAW PROJECT OF PENNSYLVANIA

The AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania supports clients and others affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic by urging the passi...

November 10th, 2009 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director

The Schedule I federal classification of cannabis - which states that, by law, the marijuana plant and its natural compounds have "no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States" - has long since passed the point of farcical. Nevertheless, defenders of the so-called 'Schedule I lie' have possessed, for nearly 30 years, one prestigious ally that they could always rely on to endorse their absurd po...

November 9, 2009 - Chris Goldstein, Communications Director PhillyNORML

WHO: Pennsylvania House Health and Human Services committee
WHAT: Public Hearings on HB 1393, medical marijuana in PA
WHEN: December 2, 2009, 11:00 AM
WHERE: Room 140, Main Capitol, Pennsylvania Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA
CONTACT: media@phillynorml.org

Philadelphia - Pennsylvanians for Medical Ma...

Punishment for drug sales within 1,000 feet of schools has unintended consequences
By Holly Herman
Reading Eagle

A Berks County judge called for immediate action from legislators to repeal a law allowing prosecutors to seek mandatory sentences for drug dealers selling within 1,000 feet of a school.

"We cannot continue to fill up the prisons with nonviolent people who sell marijuana," Judge Linda K.M. Ludgate said. "We are in a state budget cr...

By DEVLIN BARRETT (AP) - 36 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday.

Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict complian...

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
 
CONTACT: Megan Chiplock <chiplock@temple.edu> 215-707-1731

In lieu of curing a debilitating disease, the next best thing scientists can do is slow its progression and create better treatments.

Armed with a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant, Temple researchers are studying more...

Thanks to the generosity of our membership and their friends and family, Team PA4MMJ was able to raise $540 for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk!

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By Marcus Wohlsen

Advocates are seeking to get measures on the ballot in California.

Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO - Marijuana advocates are gathering signatures to get as many as three pot-legalization measures on the ballot in 2010 in California, setting up what could be a groundbreaking clash with the federal government over drug policy.

At least one poll indicates voters would support lifting the pot prohibition, which would make the state of mor...