VIDEO: Minnesota Mom Facing 2 Years In Jail For Treating Sons Seizures With Cannabis Oil

“I broke the law, but I did it to save my son. … We are good hard working people that were just trying to save our son’s life. It has been a living hell since his injury and this just adds to our ever growing stress.”

Matt Agorist
By Matt Agorist
Capture

Reports: Madison, MN — A mother of two is facing jail time for seeking out life saving cannabis oil to treat her son’s horrifying seizures. This nightmare for the Brown family started 3 years ago, when their son Trey, then 12, was hit in the head with a baseball causing a traumatic brain injury. The brain injury has caused severe tremors

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1000 Veterans Line Up For Free Marijuana

The Gazette reports that veterans were given a bag of items that included cannabis oil, an edible chocolate bar and seeds to grow plants.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.  -- A marijuana giveaway for veterans attracted about 1,000 people to a Colorado hotel. The "Grow 4 Vets" giveaway in Colorado Springs aimed to bring cannabis-based treatments to veterans with service-related conditions as an alternative to pain medications. The Gazette reports that veterans were given a bag of items that

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The Truth About Pot In Uruguay

There’s a lot of outrageous buzz about the country’s marijuana revolution. Let’s take a sober look at some rather implausible claims.

Will Carless
By Will Carless
Uruguay Marijuana

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay has become the Great Green Hope for legal marijuana proponents across the globe. Pot is now all-but-completely legal in this little South American country, and the government has started rolling out the rules and bureaucracy for its extraordinary experiment. But, as pot proponents in the United States and

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Seattle Police: Homeless Ticketed Most For Pot

An analysis of the first six months of Seattle police enforcement under new marijuana laws finds homeless people and African-American males are more likely to be ticketed for public pot use than anyone else.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

SEATTLE  — An analysis of the first six months of Seattle police enforcement under new marijuana laws finds homeless people and African-American males are more likely to be ticketed for public pot use than anyone else. Officers issued 82 tickets for public possession and use between Jan. 1 and June 30, according to the report released Wednesday.

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5 Things To Know About Washington Legal Pot Sales

Here are five things to know about challenges facing the industry.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Bob Leeds

SEATTLE  — The nation's second legal recreational marijuana market is opening in Washington state next week, but it might not be what voters expected when they legalized the sale of heavily taxed pot a year and a half ago. FEW STORES: The state's Liquor Control Board plans to issue up to 20 marijuana retail licenses on July 7, and stores can

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Pot Farmers Have ‘Right To Farm,’ Officials Say

The Oregon law that protects the customary farming practices of producers of grains, vegetables, fruits and livestock makes it hard to pass nuisance laws against marijuana grows, Jackson County officials say.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

MEDFORD, Ore. — The Oregon law that protects the customary farming practices of producers of grains, vegetables, fruits and livestock makes it hard to pass nuisance laws against marijuana grows, Jackson County officials say. The southern Oregon county officials have been fielding complaints about traffic and noise from marijuana gardens and

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