Ben Botkin at bbotkin@reviewjournal.com

 
They came from near and far. Las Vegas Valley developers, medical marijuana industry veterans from Colorado and area doctors were among them.
The odds were against them. Seventy-nine applicants — down from 81 — aiming for part of the region’s next industry: medical marijuana. And Clark County had just 18 slots for medical marijuana dispensaries.
There were familiar names among the winners that county commissioners picked Friday at the end of a three-day hearing. Longtime developer and gaming executive Randy Black, who retired last year as chief operating officer at Mesquite Gaming, for example, hopes to open a dispensary in Laughlin. He was the only applicant there.
 
Full Article:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/politics/government/clark-county-picks-18-applicants-medical-marijuana-dispensaries

Written by MEGHAN NEAL @meghannealmeghan.neal@vice.com

 
There’s a sense bubbling up in the cryptocorners of the internet that the trick to bitcoin might be that it doesn’t have to be a currency at all. Maybe cryptocurrency’s fundamental value is as a security protocol—a safe, anonymous, hack-proof network that decentralizes trust and democratizes power. And maybe a hitherto overlooked use of all that is politics, by using the bitcoin precedent to overhaul democratic voting.
 
Full Article:
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/read/bitcoin-could-change-voting-the-way-its-changed-money?utm_source=motherboardfb

By Drug Policy Alliance

 

Arizona On the Road to Becoming Twelfth State to Provide PTSD Patients Access to Medical Marijuana; Veterans, Medical Professionals and Advocates Winning in Three Year Quest To Change Arizona Law and Acknowledge Medical Marijuana’s Benefit for PTSD

PHOENIX, AZ – After years of hard-fought efforts a coalition of patients, medical professionals, and advocates succeeded in demonstrating the medical safety and efficacy of marijuana for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to the Administrative Law Judge who heard the case.

The Arizona Dept. of Health has denied all petitions submitted previously.

On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 Judge Thomas Shedden issued his ruling saying that “a preponderance of evidence shows medical marijuana provides palliative benefit to those suffering from PTSD.”

The decision is now in the hands of Will Humble, Director of Arizona Dept. of Health Services; Humble has until July 9th, 2014 to accept or appeal Judge Shedden’s decision.

Full Article:

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2014/33166/arizona-judge-orders-state-to-add-ptsd-to-medical-marijuana-program/

By JANE ANN MORRISON
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
 
The window of opportunity to submit applications for medical marijuana establishments at the city of Las Vegas runs from July 8 to July 17.
The Las Vegas Department of Planning’s office at 333 North Rancho Drive will accept the land use and licensing applications during that 10-day period. Last call is 3 p.m. July 17.
Don’t be hasty or slow. Applications received before or after the 10-day application period will not be accepted. Applications are expected to be available on the city’s website June 9.
 
Full Article:
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas-will-begin-taking-applications-pot-dispensaries-july-8

The Huffington Post  | By Matt Ferner & Christopher Mathias

Jars containing various strands of medical marijuana sit behind a display case at the River Rock Medical Marijuana Center in Denver, Colorado, on May 16, 2013. (Anthony Souffle/Chicago Tribune/MCT via Getty Images) | Chicago Tribune via Getty Images
 
On Wednesday, Cuomo announced that New York will be the second state to launch medical marijuana trials for children suffering from epilepsy. Those trials, however, are limited to Epidiolex, a drug developed by GW Pharmaceuticals that contains a plant-derived, highly purified form of cannabidiol, or CBD, a non-psychoactive compound found in cannabis. CBD is often used for medicinal purposes, but doesn’t produce the “high” sensation associated with marijuana.
While Epidiolex offers promising possibilities, medical marijuana advocates were outraged by the governor’s announcement, saying that limited trials don’t go far enough for patients in the state and that Cuomo needs to come out in strong support of the Compassionate Care Act now.
“We don’t need a limited research program that will only help the lucky few who can get in enrolled,” said Wendy Conte of Orchard Park, New York, whose daughter Anna suffers from a severe seizure disorder.
 
Full Article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/06/new-york-medical-marijuana_n_5446890.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

I am concerned about GW Pharmaceuticals’ high CBD drug for kids with seizures because they are partners with Bayer. Besides baby aspirin, there are a few other things Bayer is famous for. 
 
See article here:
http://www.i-lawsuit.com/the-dark-history-of-bayer-drugs/
 
Also read:

3 New Studies Link Bee Decline to Bayer Pesticide

Will they be using their pesticides on the pot they use to make the drug?

Ed Krayewski

gmeador/Foter.com
 

After a history of rejecting marijuana-related ballot measures at the certify-the-popular-name-and-ballot-title step of the process, Arkansas’ attorney general, Democrat Dusin McDaniel, is allowing the Arkansas Hemp and Cannabis Amendment to move forward.

Supporters of the measure now have until July 7to file the necessary petition signatures—78,133 of them. They have to hit a specified minimum number of signatures in 15 of the seventy five counties in Arkansas. The amendment was proposed by Robert Reed, whose medical marijuana amendment was rejected earlier this year at the same point in the process.

Full Article:

http://reason.com/blog/2014/06/05/will-arkansas-voters-be-next-to-legalize

By Natalie Cullen

 
The Las Vegas City Council made a number of decisions about the regulations of medical marijuana establishments that want to set up shop within city limits.

Among the decisions made during Wednesday’s four and half hour meeting, shops will be allowed to be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Shops will be allowed to deliver products to cardholders.
 
Full Article:
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/25694626/city-council-lays-out-regulations-for-medical-marijuana-businesses

The Associated Press

(Photo: Danny Johnston/AP)
 
The Arkansas attorney general’s office has certified the wording of a ballot proposal that would legalize marijuana in Arkansas.
The Wednesday opinion opens the way for the measure’s sponsor, Robert L. Reed, to begin gathering petition signatures in hope of placing the measure on the ballot.
 
Full Article:
http://www.baxterbulletin.com/story/news/local/2014/06/04/arkansas-ag-approves-wording-to-legalize-marijuana/9992039/

“This state-of-the-art device is unique in its design which utilizes increased water pressure to flush out harmful bacteria, plaque, and miniscule food particles which accumulate from millions of microscopic spaces located on the teeth and gum valleys where a toothbrush or floss can’t reach. Conveniently constructed for use in the shower, its design includes the dispensing of hemp oil, which is highly recognized for its numerous holistic attributes.

The Cannatizer thoroughly cleans teeth and gums by flushing fissures and pits in teeth (the most common place for cavities) to remove bacteria, residues, and other contaminants, leaving teeth absolutely sparkling; allowing re-mineralization to occur naturally and organically with the restorative and medicinal qualities that hemp oil provides.”

Full Article:

http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2014/06/02/LA39611