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Time for Legislature to Pass Medical Marijuana Law « CBS St. Louis

Time for Legislature to Pass Medical Marijuana Law « CBS St. Louis

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, who is the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, said Thursday that it's "time for the state legislature to step up" and pass a law allowing medical marijuana.Kander came out in support of medical marijuana in a statement through the secretary of state's office, not his Senate campaign.He was commenting on a judge's ruling Wednesday that a proposal allowing medical marijuana in Missouri won't go to voters because the number of petition signatures fell short.


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Medical Marijuana Seems to Reduce Deaths From Pharmaceuticals

Medical Marijuana Seems to Reduce Deaths From Pharmaceuticals

While sounding the alarm about an "opioid epidemic" that included a record number of painkiller-related deaths in 2014, the federal government insists marijuana has "no currently accepted medical use."As I explain in my latest Forbes column, that dogmatism may be deadly:Insys Therapeutics, the Arizona-based pharmaceutical company that recently became the biggest financial supporter of the campaign against marijuana legalization in that state, makes an oral spray that delivers the opioid painkiller fentanyl and plans to market another one that contains dronabinol, a synthetic version of THC.Insys says it gave $500,000 to the main group opposing Arizona's legalization initiative because the measure "fails to protect the safety of Arizona's citizens, and particularly its children."


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Colorado Poised to Add PTSD as Medical Marijuana Qualifier

Colorado Poised to Add PTSD as Medical Marijuana Qualifier

DENVER (AP) — Marijuana pioneer Colorado is poised to add post-traumatic stress disorder to its medical marijuana program, joining 18 other states that consider PTSD a condition treatable by cannabis.A panel of state lawmakers voted 5-0 Wednesday to endorse the addition of PTSD to Colorado's 2000 medical marijuana law.The vote doesn't have legal effect; it's just a recommendation to the full Legislature, which resumes work in January.