Purple Kush News Round-Up 11/17/2011

AP Enterprise: Pot growers move to Calif. farms San Francisco Chronicle By GOSIA WOZNIACKA and MARCUS WOHLSEN, AP Gary Kazanjian / AP Fresno County Sheriff Officer, Lt. Richard Ko sifts through marijuana in the back of a trailer which was confiscated from a field Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 in Sanger, Calif. ...

California Medical Association Wants to Legalize Marijuana ABC News (blog) Advocates for the legalization of marijuana got a new, unprecedented member of their ranks: the California Medical Association. They adopted an official policy that recommends the legalization and regulation of cannabis. They are the largest physician ... ABC News (blog)

Up in smoke: Counselors warn against synthetic marijuana risks Northwest Herald By CHELSEA McDOUGALL - cmcdougall@shawmedia.com It looks like marijuana, only it's not. It is said to produce the same high as marijuana, only it doesn't. When smoked, synthetic cannabinoids mimic the effects of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, ...

Marijuana bad for Fort Collins' business health The Coloradoan The issue is commercialized, for-profit marijuana dispensaries. According to the Denver Post, 75 other cities and counties across the state have elected to prohibit them (make that 76 since Longmont recently passed their own ordinance). ...

MEDICAL MARIJUANA - BEHIND THE SMOKE: Law enforcement consistent despite ... Southgate News Herald Despite the growing network of medical marijuana dispensaries in Washtenaw County, Hiller said he hasn't noticed a trend upward or downward for marijuana-related cases and, for the most part, he sees law enforcement evaluating arrests on a case-by-case ...

Ohio's Bath Salt Ban Goes Into Effect WLWT Cincinnati John Kasich in July adds synthetic marijuana known as K2 or spice and six synthetic derivatives of cathinone that have been found in bath salts to the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances. The products have been sold legally at convenience stores, ...

WORCESTER COUNTY Fake marijuana ban considered Delmarva Now SNOW HILL -- The public has the opportunity to weigh in on Worcester County's proposed ban on fake marijuana and similar hallucinogens. The Worcester County Commissioners are scheduled to consider emergency legislation Tuesday that would ban ...

Check Up: Temple scientists explore marijuana derivative without the high ... Philadelphia Inquirer Federal prosecutors have alleged that some California dispensers of medical marijuana are peddling their product to recreational users. Meanwhile, a medical-marijuana program with stricter controls is getting under way in New Jersey. ... See all stories on this topic »

Marijuana, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HEMP) Funds and Brings to Market the Eco-Harmony ... Marketwire (press release) LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - Oct 17, 2011) - Marijuana, Inc. ( PINKSHEETS : HEMP) is proud to announce that after over two years in the development, and the funding, costing over $1.2 million dollars, it has completed the Eco-Harmony Loyalty Benefits ...

Marijuana users more than two times more likely to crash eMaxHealth Smoking or ingesting marijuana is becoming more and more common, and an online study from Epidemiologic Reviews shows that drivers who smoke marijuana before getting behind the wheel are at roughly twice the risk of crashing motor vehicles than those ...