The Weed Blog Daily Update

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• Workers’ Compensation To Cover Medical Marijuana In New Mexico
• Chile To Start Growing Medical Marijuana
• Help Investigate Anti-Marijuana Crusaders
• Baltimore Police Publicly Sodomize Man During Drug Search
• International Cannabis Business Conference Is This Weekend
• Oregon Marijuana “Education” Only Occurs When Marijuana’s On The Ballot

Workers’ Compensation To Cover Medical Marijuana In New Mexico Posted: 13 Sep 2014 05:00 AM PDT According to the Courthouse News Service, medical marijuana recommended by a physician for an injured patient’s pain must be paid for by the patient’s employer and insurer, the New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled. Despite marijuana’s federal classification as a controlled substance, the court concluded that New Mexico law grants Gregory Vialpando reimbursement for medical [...]

Chile To Start Growing Medical Marijuana Posted: 12 Sep 2014 10:44 AM PDT Marijuana reform is sweeping across South America. Even before Uruguay legalized recreational marijuana, momentum to legalize medical marijuana in the region was growing. Chile recently announced that it has approved it’s first medical marijuana farm to grow marijuana for research. Per Latino Fox News: The governor of Metropolitan Santiago, Claudio Orrego, announced on Monday the [...]

Help Investigate Anti-Marijuana Crusaders Posted: 12 Sep 2014 10:30 AM PDT Something stinks in Oregon. Marijuana opponents likely have broken election laws. The only way to know for sure is to get public records, which is not a cheap thing. Valued contributor to The Weed Blog Russ Belville is investigating elections violations by people that have been fighting marijuana reform in Oregon for years. Below is [...]

Baltimore Police Publicly Sodomize Man During Drug Search Posted: 12 Sep 2014 08:26 AM PDT I just read a horrific story out of Baltimore, where a man was cavity searched during a drug search, during which no drugs were found. This is a story that every drug war supporter should be forced to read and explain. This is not the first time someone has been cavity searched during a drug [...]

International Cannabis Business Conference Is This Weekend Posted: 12 Sep 2014 07:24 AM PDT The International Cannabis Business Conference starts tomorrow in Portland, Oregon. If you are trying to get into the cannabis industry, or are already in the cannabis industry and want to network with the best people in the industry, you should be attending this event. Speakers include United States Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Brian Vicente from the [...]

Oregon Marijuana “Education” Only Occurs When Marijuana’s On The Ballot Posted: 12 Sep 2014 06:16 AM PDT Help us fight the use of public funds to defeat marijuana legalization in Oregon – donate to http://www.gofundme.com/fightsabet today! My colleague Jennifer Alexander has been doing incredible work digging through the internet archives to expose so-called community education on marijuana for what is – blatant political propaganda funded by taxpayers to defeat marijuana legalization. First, Jennifer uncovered the [...]