People who were hoping for medicinal marijuana to become legal in the state of New Hampshire are waking up to dashed hopes today. The Senate fell short by two votes to be able to pass the bill. This happened despite the House’s clear message to pass (240 to 115) even over the Governor’s objections. (Please note that this is a corrected version – it is NH, not New Jersey, as originally posted. – Marijke)
As usual, the opponents to legalizing medicinal marijuana say that there is the potential for abuse, use would set a “bad example” to children, and that the …read more

New Hampshire won’t be joining 13 U.S. states in allowing the use of medical marijuana – at least not any time soon. The governor, John Lynch, vetoed the bill that would have allowed the use of medicinal marijuana by severely ill people.
I’ve written about legalizing marijuana for medical reasons (It’s time to legalize marijuana for pain control, Marijuana may be effective for neuropathic pain, and Author of How-To Marijuana, Step-by-Step Guide to Medical Marijuana, to list a few). It has so many uses in helping people with serious illnesses and chronic pain. Opponents bring up the safety issue of carrying …read more

Canada’s rules for using medicinal marijuana, medicinal pot, may be changing in order to clarify *where* registered medicinal marijuana users may smoke.
According to this article at Canada.com, Rules may be tightened on smoking medical marijuana , people with chronic diseases who use marijuana to relieve symptoms are being challenged even by federal workers if they’re found smoking in public. One gentleman had his pot taken from him and trampled by a park employee while the man was out hiking. He uses the pot to relieve his cancer symptoms.
I can see both sides of the story – and then some. …read more

If you are ill and depend on medicinal marijuana to be able to function, because of nausea, chronic pain, no appetite, or overwhelming fatigue, and you live in the state of New York – there may be some good news for you.
According to this article, N.Y. poised to OK marijuana for medicinal use, there’s hope that law can be passed for medicinal pot before legislature closes for the summer holidays.
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