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Medical Marijuana May Cost You Your Job

Companies say buzzed employees are a 'safety issue'

(Newser) - Talk about a buzzkill: Americans using doctor-prescribed marijuana are losing their jobs when they, somewhat predictably, fail drug tests. Though medical marijuana is now legal in 14 states, it remains unclear if employers are legally bound to keep pot-toking employees, notes the New York Times . '“It’s a safety...

Total Drag: Medical Pot Isn't Tax Deductible

(Newser) - After a little bit of confusion—thanks to a vaguely worded letter from the IRS on the use of an "herb"—it was re-confirmed marijuana is not eligible for deduction on citizens' personal tax returns. Even in states where it can be legally prescribed by a doctor. Read...

Marijuana Critic Gets High for a Living

He reviews product for a Colorado newspaper

(Newser) - Using the alias "William Breathes," a Colorado man has an occupation borne from the the legalization of medical marijuana. Remarkably, his job is to get high and write about it. Colorado legalized the medical use of marijuana a decade ago, and it now has approximately 100,000 licensed...

He Wants to Be the 'Two Buck Chuck' of Pot

Entrepreneur wants to transform marijuana growing

(Newser) - Jeff Wilcox is set to become pot's first great entrepreneur. The California businessman has convinced the Oakland city council to allow the construction of factory-style marijuana farms, aimed at producing decent-quality bud at below-average prices. For now, Wilcox is filling a niche in the local medical marijuana market. But he...

Patent Office Removes Marijuana Category

After getting a call from the Journal about it...

(Newser) - For three tantalizing months, the medical marijuana industry thought it had a chance to finally be recognized by a federal agency. The US Patent and Trademark Office had created a new trademark category specifically for medical marijuana, and dealers from all 14 states where the stuff is legal bombarded it...

Calif. Pot Dealers Fear 'Fast Food' Weed

Only major operations can afford Oakland fees

(Newser) - A tough Oakland bill demanding hefty taxes and licensing fees from pot distributors has small-time operations fearing a new era of "McDonald's-style" commercial weed that will drive little guys out of business. Under the bill, being debated tomorrow, 4 pot production plants would each have to pay $211,000...

Wal-Mart Sued Over Medical Pot Firing

Worker sacked for using prescribed pot for cancer

(Newser) - The ACLU is suing Wal-Mart on behalf of a Michigan man fired for using medical marijuana to ease the symptoms of sinus cancer and an inoperable brain tumor. Joseph Casias, a 30-year-old father of two, was fired after failing a drug test. Casias—a legally registered user of medicinal marijuana...

Need a Job? Go to Pot School
 Need a Job? Go to Pot School 
Jun 24, 2010 8:04 AM CDT

Need a Job? Go to Pot School

Medical Marijuana schools bring new industry to Michigan

(Newser) - Business is booming at Med Grow, a Medical Marijuana school just outside of Detroit. For $475, students get a six-week course on the finer points of growing top-quality weed, which can fetch as much as $500 an ounce. That’s an enticing proposition in a state with 14% unemployment—indeed,...

Duuuude: California Pot Goes Designer

Madison Ave gets ready for Golden State to legalize weed

(Newser) - Seems California can sex up anything from starlets to, well, anything, so why not something as basic as pot? With marijuana legalization drifting toward a ballot measure this fall, weed is becoming less hippie stoner and taking on more of a designer sheen, reports NPR. Some strands are being marketed—...

LA Shuts Down 439 Medical Marijuana Shops

City down to roughly 135 dispensaries

(Newser) - Yesterday was a bummer of a day for LA's potheads, as the city ordered 439 medical marijuana dispensaries to close. “As of today, they should have their boxes packed and their closed signs up,” Assistant Attorney General Asha Greenberg tells Reuters . The city voted to close the shops...

Thieves Tunnel Into Marijuana Dispensary

Suspects blamed for earlier pot heist

(Newser) - Four men have been charged with tunneling into an Orange Country marijuana dispensary and trying to make off with a stack of plants. The California gang was caught when the operation triggered an alarm—installed after a burglary two weeks ago, which is blamed on the same culprits. Responding officers...

DC Council Approves Medical Marijuana

Distribution centers could be running within the year

(Newser) - Happy 4/20 day, America: Legal marijuana could be available in the nation's capital in a matter of months. The city council of Washington DC today approved the sale of medicinal pot from sanctioned distribution centers, the Post reports. People who have HIV, cancer, glaucoma and the ever-vague "chronic and...

Sorry, Potheads: Majority Still Against Legalizing
 Sorry, Potheads: Majority 
 Still Against Legalizing  
happy 4/20 anyway
Apr 20, 2010 7:48 AM CDT

Sorry, Potheads: Majority Still Against Legalizing

But majority back medicinal use

(Newser) - Enjoy your 4/20, stoners, but the cold reality is that a majority of Americans believe only sick people should be allowed to smoke (or otherwise ingest) marijauna. In a new AP -CNBC poll, 55% of those surveyed oppose full legalization, while only 33% are in favor. Some 60% favor allowing...

VA Doctors Can't Prescribe Medical Pot

New Mexico allows it for PTSD, but veterans can't get it there

(Newser) - New Mexico is the only state that explicitly allows people with PTSD to smoke pot under its medical marijuana law—and that's created a conundrum for the VA, which does not allow its doctors to prescribe pot because the drug is illegal in the eyes of the federal government. If...

Legalizing Pot Likely to Make California Ballot
Legalizing Pot Likely to
Make California Ballot
petition deadline today
Mar 24, 2010 7:22 AM CDT

Legalizing Pot Likely to Make California Ballot

Expect an all-out campaign brawl that could make history

(Newser) - A proposition to legalize pot in California is all but certain to garner enough signatures to appear on the ballot in November by today’s deadline. Supporters and opponents are already gearing up for the campaign, the LA Times reports. Proponents believe that California’s new, promiscuous medical marijuana culture...

Wal-Mart Fires Sick Worker Over Medical Pot

Employee with brain tumor won't be rehired

(Newser) - A rule's a rule, says Wal-Mart, and a little inoperable brain tumor isn't going to change its mind. The company fired a 29-year-old employee (he also has sinus cancer) who tested positive for pot—that is, the medical marijuana he legally uses for the pain. "We're sympathetic," said...

Medical Marijuana Backers Sue LA

Advocates complain new law will force legal shops to shut

(Newser) - Two medical marijuana dispensaries and an advocacy group are taking Los Angeles to court to challenge its crackdown on pot shops. The plaintiffs say the restrictions due to take effect this month would force law-abiding businesses to shut down, the Los Angeles Times reports. They're seeking an injunction and a...

'Budtenders' Craft Perfect High for Medical Pot Patients

Cannabis scholars line up to help the sick

(Newser) - For patients prescribed medical marijuana, picking from the hundreds of available strains can be daunting—variety, effects, and strength vary widely. The need for expert knowledge has given rise to a new job: "budtender," a pot gurus employed by a dispensary to help guide patients. "We get...

Pot Stops Pain, Spasms: Study
 Pot Stops Pain, Spasms: Study 
Feb 18, 2010 3:27 AM CST

Pot Stops Pain, Spasms: Study

Medical marijuana shown effective in clinical trials

(Newser) - Who knew? Marijuana actually does stop pain—and muscle spasms. A $8.7 million California study, including the first US clinical trials of marijuana use in decades, has found pot significantly relieves neuropathic pain and reduces muscle spasms in multiple sclerosis patients. A leading neuropsychiatrist found the studies so convincing...

Unruly Passenger Blames Medical Pot Cookies

Calif. man had double dose before in-flight freak-out

(Newser) - A San Francisco man who screamed, dropped his pants and attacked crew members on a US Airways flight now says it was the pot cookies that made him do it. Kinman Chan, who holds a valid medical marijuana card, told FBI agents that he ate a double dose of marijuana...

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