James DeHaven

 
Medical marijuana patients in much of rural Nevada will have a long drive to get their medicine, based on where applications for dispensaries were filed by groups seeking to enter the business.
Eleven of Nevada’s 17 counties, all of them rural, saw no dispensary applications at all. No applications for other related businesses, such as grow houses, were submitted either.
The counties with no applications filed with the state Division of Public and Behavioral Health Medical Marijuana Program are Douglas, Elko, Esmeralda, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing and White Pine.
Esmeralda and Humboldt county officials indicated a willingness to have a medical marijuana dispensary, while most others had rejected the idea.
State Sen. Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, who authored the legislation creating the medical marijuana dispensary program during the 2013 legislative session, said geographical issues exist in Nye County as well. Pahrump and Tonopah have applications for dispensaries, but the county is allowed only one under the law, he said. It is a three-hour trip between the two cities.
 
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http://www.reviewjournal.com/political-eye/long-pot-drive-ahead-rural-nevadans

By BEN BOTKIN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

 
They came from near and far, converging in Las Vegas for a green-tinged celebration of hemp.
Some had green T-shirts or green socks. Images of marijuana plants were everywhere, on signs and T-shirts for sale.
One said “free my meds” above a picture of a marijuana plant. On the back it said: “We the people. Not the government.”
The occasion was the first Las Vegas HempFest, which unfolded at the Clark County Government Center’s amphitheater.
The upcoming start of the medical marijuana industry in Nevada gave attendees a reason to celebrate. Dispensaries will open, most likely in early 2015, after receiving approval from the state. Clark County and Southern Nevada cities already have approved applications for medical marijuana businesses.
 
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http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/pot-news/thousands-drawn-vegas-green-hempfest

http://lasvegashempfest.com/

By Jamie Ludwig

 
In his workshop in a 200-year-old barn in rural Quebec, Boyd Pellow handcrafts electric guitars using traditional luthier methods to create beautiful instruments with optimal sound. The guitars are uniquely designed, using classic styles of the 50s and 60s for inspiration, and aside from the marijuana leaves emblazoned on each headstock, there’s no indication that there is anything at all out of the ordinary about the instruments… until it comes out that they’re built from hemp.
 
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http://noisey.vice.com/blog/canadian-hemp-guitars-give-literal-meaning-to-stoner-rock

Anna Staver, Statesman Journal

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Television and radio personality Rick Steves plans to visit 10 cities in Oregon during the second week of October to talk about travel and marijuana reform.
 
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http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/09/24/travel-guru-rick-steves-launches-oregon-marijuana-tour/16177325/

Mike Lawrence

Houses made from hemp could mitigate climate change. Photograph: Roy Morsch/Corbis
 
How can buildings help with climate change? It’s all about renewables and “sequestered carbon”.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ 2010 report on Low Carbon Construction concluded that construction was responsible for around 300m tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, which is almost 47% of the UK’s total. Of this, around 50m tonnes is embedded in the fabric of buildings.
 
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http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/sep/25/hemp-wood-fibre-construction-climate-change
 

by: Carolanne Wright

 
Instead of opting for chemotherapy and radiation in an attempt to shrink an inoperable brain tumor, the father of an eight-month-old baby pushed for alternative treatment with cannabis oil. The baby’s physician, Dr. William Courtney, was initially skeptical early in his career about cannabis as medicine but has since seen such impressive results that he’s now a staunch advocate for its use.
“They were putting cannabinoid oil on the baby’s pacifier twice a day, increasing the dose… And within two months there was a dramatic reduction, enough that the pediatric oncologist allowed them to go ahead with not pursuing traditional therapy,” said Dr. Courtney in an interview with The Huffington Post.
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http://www.naturalnews.com/046994_cannabis_cancerous_tumors_miracle_baby.html#

 
A Mexican state could approve medicinal use of marijuana by the end of this year, paving the way for further steps toward legalising the drug, former Mexican President Vicente Fox said on Monday.
Political pressure inside Mexico to liberalise its stance on marijuana has been rising since the U.S. states of Washington and Colorado legalised possession and sale of the drug for recreational use in 2012.
 
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/61446412/mexican-state-likely-to-change-marijuana-law

By ERIN CLEMENTS FOR MAILONLINE

 

Marijuana has been known to increase one’s appetite for pizza – and now the two have been rolled into one.

Stoned Oven Gourmet Pizzas is selling cannabis-laced frozen pizzas in medical marijuana dispensaries around Los Angeles.

Each six-inch pie contains 250 mg of ethanol-extracted THC concentrate and costs $10.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2765590/Now-s-pot-pie-California-entrepreneur-creates-cannabis-infused-gourmet-pizzas-saving-stoners-late-night-trip-deli.html