By Stonegait Institute The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners met Thursday night to vote on a one-year moratorium for all medical marijuana facilities within the county. The Stonegait Institute was out in front of this issue, informing the public of what was going on, and sending activists to the meeting to speak out against…
On Wednesday night, The Hill reported that Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) signed a bill allowing doctors to prescribe medical marijuana as a treatment for health conditions. The law will take effect in 90 days and medical marijuana must be made available within two years. “This is a joyous day for the thousands of Ohioans…
New data released from the United States Border Patrol shows that marijuana seizures along the border have fallen to their lowest level in a decade, indicating that the illegal supply of cannabis coming from Mexico into the U.S. is on the decline. So what happened? Why would the cartels be sending less marijuana into the…
Voters in Massachusetts are set to decide on the legalization of cannabis for recreational purposes this fall, prompting the state’s governor, attorney general, and the mayor of Boston to come out against the idea in a recent op-ed for The Boston Globe. While it’s unlikely these officials actually wrote the op-ed – the real author is…
Things are becoming so nationally okay for diverse marijuana use that even West Virginia politicians are starting to warm up to it. In a recent report from the local Charleston Gazette, it was revealed that new delegate Bill Flanigan’s very first speech on the House of Delegates floor. The Gazette reported that Flanigan had a…
Guy Bentley Taxing medical marijuana could generate tens of millions of dollars and sustain 10,000 jobs for the state of Michigan, according to an economic impact analysis. Director of economics at Hillsdale College Dr. Gary Wolfram believes taxing marijuana could rake in between $44.3 and $63.3 million per year for the state. “It will…
Meet Sister Kate and her apprentice, Sister Darcy. They are not affiliated with any religious organization, but they do feel they serve a higher calling: to bring cannabis-based medicine to the sick in order to propagate relief and healing. The sisters grow CBD-rich cannabis plants in Merced, California, then use the plants to make cannabis…
In 2014 the Florida Legislature passed what is known in the medical cannabis community as a “CBD-only law.” This law was aimed at helping sick children; two years later, those sick kids are still waiting. CBD (Cannabidiol) is one of several dozen cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant. It gained some measure of fame through…
Guy Bentley Medical marijuana could provide significant pain relief for those consistently suffering from migraines, according to a new study. Published in the journal Pharmacotherapy, the research found migraine frequency was cut in half in subjects treated with medical marijuana from 10.4 times a month to 4.6 times per month. Out of 121 patients,…
After a three month sales tax “holiday,” recreational marijuana consumers in Oregon began paying a 25% sales tax on January 1, 2016. Yes, you read that correctly: 25 PERCENT. For those of you who went to public school and didn’t bother augmenting your economics education any further, this means that the actual price of recreational…