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Proposed Bill Would Regulate Cannabis In Ireland Luke “Ming” Flanagan, Teachta Dála (TD), published the Cannabis Regulation Act 2013 on Thursday, according to Irish Times. The bill will be debated in the Dáil – Ireland’s lower house of parliament – on November 5th and 6th. According to Flanagan, decriminalizing cannabis in Ireland could generate €300 million (≈ $414,060) in tax revenue. He did, however, stress that the number is an estimate. Nonetheless, he believes the revenue would be of benefit to the country. “Ireland is ready for the legalization …

Illinois Bill Would Ease Veteran Access To Medical Marijuana The Illinois House Judiciary Committee voted (10 to 6) Tuesday to pass an amendment to Representative Lou Lang’s (D-Skokie) House Bill to the House Floor for consideration. If passed, the changes must be approved by the Senate before being forwarded to Governor Pat Quinn (D). The amendment, which was filed on October 18, would allow military veterans easier access to medical marijuana when the state’s medical marijuana law goes into effect January 1, 2014. “The [Illinois] Department of Health would be permitted to …

FDA Approves Studies For Marijuana-Based Epidiolex The US Federal Drug Association approved clinical studies that aim to determine whether purified cannabidiol (CBD) is a viable anti-seizure treatment. Physician investigators will be provided with Epidiolex, a new 98% CBD product made by GW Pharmaceuticals, and conduct Investigational New Drug studies involving epileptic children. According to O’Shaughnessy, the clinical studies will be sponsored by Orrin Devinsky, MD, at the NYU School of Medicine, and Roberta Cilio, MD, PhD, at University of California, San Francisco. Both are …

Town Council Passes Medical Marijuana Moratorium The Town Council in West Hartford, CT unanimously voted to adopt a nine-month moratorium on medical marijuana cultivation and dispensaries Tuesday. The moratorium is meant to allow city officials enough time to review and write zoning regulations to regulate “marijuana dispensary facilities, marijuana production facilities [or] pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities.” However, it could be lifted sooner if provisions are made in less than nine months West Hartford’s decision came after a public hearing, in which State Consumer Protection Commissioner William Rubenstein and Tracey Gamer-Fanning – a terminal brain cancer …

Poll Shows American Support For Legal Marijuana A recent Gallup poll released on Tuesday found that a majority of Americans are in support of legal cannabis. This is the first time in Gallup’s history that a poll has revealed majority American support for legalizing marijuana. According to Gallup, 1,028 Americans were asked, “Do you think the use of marijuana should be made legal, or not?” Reportedly, 58% answered ‘Yes’. “58% of Americans favor legalizing marijuana.” – Gallup This is almost a 50% increase from when Americans were first asked the same …

Delaware Proposed New Medical Marijuana Regulations Earlier this month, the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services issued their proposed medical marijuana regulations. Under the regulations, the state would only allow the operation of one dispensary, or compassion center. Further, the sole location would be limited to 150 plants and 1,500 ounces of cannabis at any given time. Subsequently, the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) submitted comments about the regulations on behalf of medical marijuana patients and “potential providers” to the Division of public health on Monday. According to …

Washington State Agencies Recommend Tighter Restrictions Representatives from the Washington State Liquor Control Board, Department of Revenue, and Department of Health released their draft recommendations for medical marijuana on Monday. The group’s proposal involves lowering the amount of cannabis that patients are allowed to possess and restricts qualifying patient conditions more tightly. Further, the suggestions would force medical marijuana patients to obtain their cannabis from locations licensed under Washington’s recreational marijuana law. As we know, Washington voters approved the use, and sale, of recreational marijuana nearly a year ago and the Liquor Control …

Uruguay Drug Czar: Cannabis Sales To Begin In 2014 According to the Associated Press, Uruguay’s drug chief Julio Calzada told a local newspaper that legal cannabis will be sold in the country as early as mid 2014. He also added that the country plans to sell the marijuana for as low as $1. “The move would make Uruguay the first country in the world to license and enforce rules for the production, distribution, and sale of legal marijuana.” A bill to legalize and regulate cannabis in Uruguay has already passed through the …

Ancillary businesses provide inventors, entrepreneurs, and investors with a legal window to capitalize on the booming cannabis industry. You may not be aware, but there were more fortunes made by merchants than by miners during the California Gold Rush. In fact, even the man – John Sutter – who discovered the first two gold nuggets on his California property died a broke man. Although you may not have heard of Sutter, the names ‘Strauss’, ‘Wells’ & ‘Fargo’ might ring a bell. After the initial boom, nearly one in 90 people in the United States were living in California. Many businessmen …

California Poll Shows Support For Cannabis Regulations California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom and Americans for Civil Liberties Union representatives released the results of a recent California poll in a news conference Thursday. The poll, which was conducted by Tulchin Research, found that 65% of prospective California voters would support regulating cannabis in a similar fashion to alcohol. “65% of prospective California voters would support regulating cannabis in a similar fashion to alcohol.” Tulchin Research conducted the survey from September 26 – October 6, 2013. In doing so, they performed professional phone interviews with …