• Sara Rubin

 
In 1974, Albert Brett decided he wanted nothing to do with his fellow Vietnam War veterans. “I didn’t want to be associated with any of those crazy vets,” he says.
He wandered the west, then settled in Idaho. Then in 2013, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and went through surgery and chemotherapy at a Veterans Affairs clinic. His odds of survival were low. So low, he says, that out of desperation he decided to try every remedy he could. He hadn’t smoked weed since 1982, but Brett asked some hippie friends to hook him up. They procured a bag – he didn’t ask how – and Brett processed it into oil and started taking a gram a night in capsule form, like pills.
Now he’s 67 and cancer-free, and credits his recovery to cannabis. “I don’t expect a ticker tape parade, but I do expect an honest dialogue,” Brett says.
 
Full Article: 
http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/people/831/santa-cruz-veterans-plan-cannabis-expansion-to-monterey-county/article_d1af3a44-f136-11e5-8c53-77addafb87f1.html

BY WEB STAFF

 
In 1936, the movie Reefer Madness warned parents about the slippery slope of destruction smoking marijuana would cause in the lives of both them and their children.
Who would’ve guessed the bones and boards of a building from the Reefer Madness era might help change the message of marijuana entirely in Texas?
 
Full Article/Video: 
http://cw39.com/2016/03/24/reefer-madness-cannabis-oil-dispensary-coming-to-north-texas/
 
 

 
Authorities and representatives from different organizations supporting the medical use of marijuana started harvesting the largest legal marijuana field in Latin America, in a rural area in southern of Chile, close to the Andes Mountains.
The initiative, which has been authorized by the Chilean government, will transform the buds of 6,000 marijuana plants growing near the city of Colbun into different phytopharmaceuticals for 4,000 patients FREE OF CHARGE.
 
Full Article:
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v8/wn/newsworld.php?id=1227870

BY CBS NEWS

 
The Supreme Court has rejected an effort by Nebraska and Oklahoma to have Colorado’s pot legalization declared unconstitutional.
 
Full Article: 
http://5newsonline.com/2016/03/21/supreme-court-nixes-oklahoma-nebraska-challenge-to-colorado-marijuana-laws/

 
A new sustainable housing project in the northwest of Scotland will feature industrial hemp as a main building material, reports Green Building Press.
The eco-friendly material is the main component of a pre-fabricated wall system called Hempbuild – a mixture of the plant’s woody core and a lime-based binder. The system was supplied by Hemcrete Projects, an English housing company that specializes in hemp-based construction. So far, two prototype houses have been completed in the Achabeag township, both with very different designs.
 
Full Article:
http://myscienceacademy.org/2016/03/06/new-village-in-scotland-builds-houses-with-hemp/

By Pat Anson, Editor

 
One of the less publicized provisions in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s opioid prescribing guidelines is a recommendation that doctors stop urine drug testing of patients for tetrahyrdocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive ingredient that causes the “high” for some marijuana users. The guidelines also discourage doctors from dropping patients if marijuana is detected.
 
Full Article:
http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2016/3/18/45g7l80k0vufyjyhb06z2ttgxdj3vk

By Kentucky Dept. of Agriculture

 
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has authorized planting of nearly 4,500 acres of hemp for pilot projects this year, compared with about 900 acres of hemp production last year, and 33 acres in 2014, the first year of pilot projects. Since 2015, the number of university-led research projects has more than doubled, with the scope of research expanding beyond production research into hemp utilization. The KDA is offering multi-year partnerships with processors in order to develop meaningful data on processing and marketing.
 
Full Article:
http://www.wbko.com/content/news/Kentuckys-hemp-crop-research-enters-3rd-year–372618372.html

BY CHARLES BETHEA

 
In February, Tanner Hall, one of the greatest freestyle skiers of all time—he won seven X Games gold medals and four silver in the Big Air, SlopeStyle, and Superpipe events between 2001 and 2009—signed a deal with a Denver-based cannabis-accessories company called Black Rock Originals. Hall, who is now thirty-two and based in northern California, near Lake Tahoe, helped the company create the Skiboss Collection, which consists of rolling papers, a cheese-grater-like card for grinding nuggets on the go, and a lighter, all tucked inside a travel-friendly pouch.
 
Full Article:
http://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/tanner-hall-and-the-athletes-case-for-cannabis

By Thomas H. Clarke |  The Daily Chronic

 
While sick Pennsylvanians anxiously await the outcome of an expected vote to legalize medical marijuana in the Pennsylvania House, lawmakers in the Senate voted unanimously to approve a bill to create an industrial hemp cultivation pilot program on Wednesday.
Members of the Senate voted 49-0 to approve Senate Bill 50, the Industrial Hemp Act.  Over 20 states have adopted similar laws.
 
Full Article:
http://www.thedailychronic.net/2016/55228/pennsylvania-senate-unanimously-passes-industrial-hemp-bill/
 

By Oscar Pascual

 
Current NFL star Eugene Monroe is leading the league in medical marijuana advocacy.
The Baltimore Ravens lineman took to Twitter on Monday urging fellow players and commissioner Roger Goodell to match a $10,000 donation towards marijuana research,ESPN reports.
In a series of over 30 tweets, the impassioned defensive player advocated for medical research on cannabinoids, the therapeutic medicinal compounds found in marijuana that have been clinically proven to be effective against extensive brain trauma. Earlier that day, an NFL official admitted for the first time that there is a link between playing football and the devastating brain disorder known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
 
Full Article: 
http://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2016/03/16/nfl-lineman-gives-10k-to-marijuana-research-urges-league-to-match-donation/