By April M. Short, AlterNet

 
 
The editors of Scientific American—the 168-year-old magazine to which scientists like Albert Einstein have contributed—this week called for an end to the national ban on psychoactive drug research, noting that LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and cannabis all “had their origins in the medical pharmacopeia.”
 
Full Article:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/30/prestigious-scientific-american-calls-on-u-s-to-open-doors-to-lsd-mdma-pot-research/

Posted by: Charles Moore

 
“In ancient medicine, cannabis was widely used to treat and cure bowel disturbances and inflammation, and a recent clinical study now shows that the medicinal herb Cannabis sativa lived up to expectations and proved to be highly efficient in cases of inflammatory bowel diseases.”
 
Full Article:
http://bionews-tx.com/news/2014/01/29/cannabis-proves-effective-treating-crohns-disease-according-new-study/

By Jim Gearhart Show

David McNew, Getty Images
 
Ed Forchion, otherwise known to many NJ residents as NJ Weedman, an advocate for the legalization of medical marijuana, spoke with Jim this morning.
Forchion, who currently is serving a 9-month sentence for possession of marijuana, is out of jail at the moment as part of his suspended sentence to receive medical treatment for cancer.
Full Article:
http://nj1015.com/nj-weedman-im-enjoying-watching-christie-go-through-this-audio/?trackback=fbshare_mobile

By SARA SMYTH

Sir Stuart Rose has said he smoked cannabis while he was at the helm of Marks & Spencer
 
‘This box of cigars went round, cigarettes, and I was fumbling around, and I found this thing and said, “What’s that?” And my host said, “Shut up and smoke it”.
‘So I did, and I giggled a lot, and he gave me two to go  away with, and I smoked the other one the following day, and the following one about two months later, and I have to say, it was great! And I’ve never had one since.’
 
Full Article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545679/Ive-smoked-cannabis-great-Former-M-S-chief-Sir-Stuart-Rose-admits-smoking-drug-helm-store.html

Added by Lara Stielow

 
 
A medical cannabis throat lozenge may help prevent deaths from the swine flu according to Robert Melamede, owner of Cannabis Science, a pharmaceutical cannabis company. If Melamede is correct the large number of deaths among young adults from a 1918 swine flu outbreak could have been prevented with a cannabis throat lozenge. With FDA approval the lozenge could be used to prevent deaths from organ failure that can result from particularly virulent strains of the flu.
 
Full Article:
http://guardianlv.com/2014/01/medical-cannabis-for-influenza/

By Chase Olivarius-Mcallister Herald staff writer

 
 
What can you serve after a dinner party? It could be marijuana-infused brownies, lollypops, lozenges or just an old-fashioned joint. With the legalization of marijuana in Colorado, pot-etiquette questions have arisen.
 
Full Article:
http://durangoherald.com/article/20140127/NEWS01/140129594/-1/News/Being-pot-polite-

By John Ingold, The Denver Post

 
 
In a move that could have major impacts for how employers treat marijuana use by workers, the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday announced it will review the case of a fired medical marijuana patient.
The patient, a quadriplegic man named Brandon Coats, lost his job for using marijuana off the clock. But, in taking up the case, the Supreme Court announced it would look not just at whether a special Colorado law that protects legal off-the-clock activities covers marijuana. For the first time, the court announced it will also look at whether Colorado’s constitution gives medical marijuana patients a right to cannabis.
 
Full Article:
http://www.thecannabist.co/2014/01/27/colorado-supreme-court-to-review-firing-over-marijuana-brandon-coats/3309/

By KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press
 
Hemp — marijuana’s non-intoxicating cousin — could soon be cultivated in 10 states under the farm bill agreement reached late Monday.
 
Full Article:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hemp-legit-pot-22268103

BY FERNANDA DESOUZA

This came from the smoking section. (Justin Walker)
 
Smell that?
That’s the scent of Sinsemil.la opening up its doors as New York City’s first marijuana menu-driven supper club.

The restaurant released a smoky video to announce their entry into the food scene. “Sinsemil.la isn’t about getting high—it is about haute cuisine,” the description reads. According to the menu, different strains of marijuana are cooked into various dishes, chosen to bring balance to each plate’s flavor.
 
Full Article:
http://observer.com/2014/01/holy-smokes-nycs-marijuana-supper-club-opens-for-high-rollers/