medical marijuana

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is becoming the first Deep South state to dispense medical marijuana on Tuesday, four years after state lawmakers agreed to give patients access to therapeutic cannabis. Nine pharmacies are licensed to dispense medical marijuana across Louisiana and most are expected to open this week. Louisiana joins more than 30 […]

The USDA  has approved the importation or medical marijuana from Canada for California for research. DL asks, ” Why do we need weed from Cananda? We have plenty of it here!” But it seems like since marijuana has been legalized in certian places it’s only legal when white people profit from it. But when it […]

  HOW DID YOU AND YOUR FAMILY GET INVOLVED IN THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA BUSINESS? While my sister and I were still in residency, our mom started evaluating patients for cannabis use after being asked to fill in at a card clinic in Portland. She had been retired from 32 years of anesthesia for a few […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Can legalizing marijuana fight the problem of opioid addiction and fatal overdoses? Two new studies in the debate suggest it may. Pot can relieve chronic pain in adults, so advocates for liberalizing marijuana laws have proposed it as a lower-risk alternative to opioids. But some research suggests marijuana may encourage opioid […]

The state of New Jersey has now joined the ranks of states that have legalized the use of medical marijuana. NJ.com reports that doctors are now allowed to prescribe their patients marijuana for medicinal use. They can use it for problems with anxiety, chronic pain, migraines and Tourette’s Syndrome. These ailments were added under Gov. […]

Republican lawmakers denied a bill that would have let veterans get medical marijuana through federal and state doctors. They could get it if they pay for it. DL says that lawmakers, “don’t do anything that doesn’t fit their narrow perspectives”. Hear what else DL says about this. Don’t Miss Out! Follow The D.L. Hughley Show […]

Medical marijuana doesn’t only fight cancer and increase appetite for those who have trouble consuming the correct nutrients- it can also spice things up in the bedroom! Click on the audio player to hear more on this story in this edition of The Jazzy Report on The D.L. Hughley Show. Listen to the “The D.L. Hughley Show” LIVE weekdays 3-7 […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida measure that would allow the use of medical marijuana has cleared its final hurdle and will be on the November ballot. The state Supreme Court on Monday approved the language for the proposed constitutional amendment. The justices gave its approval by a 4-3 vote just three days after a […]

Dr. Sanjay Gupta has figured out what a lot of people know already – smoking weed can be a good thing. Yes, Dr. Gupta says the sticky icky, the oooh weee and hip-hop’s favorite mood adjuster is sometimes OK, and he’s hosting an hour-long TV show to prove it. “Weed,” airs on CNN on Sunday, […]