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Medical Marijuana – There’s an App For That

A medical marijuana app for growers and patients is in the making. According to this timesharoldonline.com article Fairfield real estate investor David Kling, a 38 year old self-described business man, has developed a new app for medical marijuana that will bring marijuana directly from grower to buyer. Medical Marijuana iPhone App “I’m a real estate investor, and as a businessman, there are (mobile) apps that I depend on for my business that are oriented toward real estate, specifically foreclosures,” said Kling during a recent interview.  Kling further states: “So, really, what I did…

Medical Marijuana Legislation For Patient Treatment Supported by Illinois Doctors

Medical Marijuana Legislation making its way through several states. These states are becoming more lenient in allowing seriously ill patients to obtain medical marijuana.  One example of a state in the process of making a legal decision to allow medical marijuana for patients with illnesses is Illinois. WBBM Newsradio Political Editor Craig Dellimore reported that Illinois “physicians have signed on as members of the “Marijuana Policy Project.”” Further, CBS noted:  “Dr. Burak Emin Gezen, of Chicago, was among the doctors …

Marijuana Crackdown to Continue Despite White House Directive

Marijuana Crackdown, despite White House directives to the contrary will continue largely unchanged in California. This means that despite a historic new memo from the White House announcing that it will not stand in the way of marijuana legalization in Colorado or Washington State, it will be (anti) business as usual here in California. Why? Because in spite of a guidance regarding marijuana enforcement memo sent by Deputy…

US Policy Clouds Approvals of Medical Marijuana

Doctors at Massachusetts community health centers have been advised not to authorize any of their more than 638,000 patients to obtain marijuana for medical purposes because the centers fear they would lose their federal funding. The Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers has advised its 36 federally funded facilities to hold off on issuing patient marijuana certifications under the state’s new medical marijuana law, because use remains illegal under federal law. Health center physicians who believe marijuana might be beneficial for …