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* Boston Globe: [https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/massachusetts/2014/01/13/advocates-marijuana-legalization-turn-attention-massachusetts/OeBlgcAC5MtWvNKYXoysAK/story.html Marijuana advocates lay groundwork for legalization in Mass.], by Joshua Miller (Jan 13, 2014) | * Boston Globe: [https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/massachusetts/2014/01/13/advocates-marijuana-legalization-turn-attention-massachusetts/OeBlgcAC5MtWvNKYXoysAK/story.html Marijuana advocates lay groundwork for legalization in Mass.], by Joshua Miller (Jan 13, 2014) | ||
* Daily Beast: [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/06/marijuana-fights-cancer-and-helps-manage-side-effects-researchers-find.html Marijuana Fights Cancer and Helps Manage Side Effects, Researchers Find ], by Martin A. Lee (Sept 6, 2013). Also reported in the Huffington Post: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/marijuana-and-cancer_n_1898208.html Marijuana And Cancer: Scientists Find Cannabis Compound Stops Metastasis In Aggressive Cancers], by Robin Wilkey (Sept 19, 2013). | * Daily Beast: [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/06/marijuana-fights-cancer-and-helps-manage-side-effects-researchers-find.html Marijuana Fights Cancer and Helps Manage Side Effects, Researchers Find ], by Martin A. Lee (Sept 6, 2013). Also reported in the Huffington Post: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/marijuana-and-cancer_n_1898208.html Marijuana And Cancer: Scientists Find Cannabis Compound Stops Metastasis In Aggressive Cancers], by Robin Wilkey (Sept 19, 2013). | ||
* Huffington Post: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/23/marijuana-enforcement-massachusetts-towns-give-up_n_691752.html Massachusetts Towns Give Up On Marijuana Enforcement ] (Aug 23, 2010) | |||
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Revision as of 01:13, 16 March 2014
Lexington Reports
- Board of Selectmen Mar 17, 2014 Packet. The Planning Board Report on Article 30, Amend Zoning Bylaw - Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers is found at p. 10 in the packet.
Massachusetts Reports
- Mass.gov Health and Human Services: Medical Use of Marijuana
- Wikipedia articles:
National & International Reports
- Wikipedia article on Cannabis in the United States
- Medical Use of Cannabis (marijuana) fact sheet at HereToHelp Canada. See about the HereToHelp organization.
Medical Studies
- Heavy marijuana users have abnormal brain structure and poor memory, announcement of article published Dec 16, 2013 in Schizophrenia Bulletin
- Harvard: Marijuana Doesn’t Cause Schizophrenia, by John M. Grophol (Dec 10, 2013), announcement of article published Dec, 2013 in Schizophrenia Bulletin
News & Editorials
- Boston Globe: Doctors open offices in Mass. to prescribe marijuana, by Liz Kowalczyk (Mar 16, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Cannabis-growing expertise barely rated by Mass. regulators, by Shelley Murphy and Kay Lazar (Mar 14, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Will Mass. legalize marijuana before happy hour?, by Dante Ramos (Mar 16, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Unsuccessful marijuana license bidders may get second chance, by Travis Andersen (Mar 14, 2014)
- Boston Magazine: Weeding Through the Rules for Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, by Steve Annear (Mar 4, 2014)
- Boston Herald: Medical pot shop ads to hit Mass., by Donna Goodison (Mar 3, 2014)
- WBUR: Mass. Patients Seek Relief At Medical Marijuana Clinics, by Deborah Becker and Lynn Jolicoeur (Feb 27, 2014)
- Boston.com: Former congressman’s unusual dealings with marijuana company detailed in lawsuit, by Kay Lazar and Shelley Murphy (Feb 25, 2014)
- Yahoo News: Colorado Girl Scouts told not to sell cookies outside pot shops, by Dylan Stableford (Feb 25, 2014)
- Los Angeles Times: Girl Scout sells cookies outside pot dispensary: 117 boxes in 2 hours, by Jenn Harris (Feb 21, 2014). Also reported on Yahoo News: Girl Scout sells 117 cookie boxes in two hours outside pot dispensary, by Eric Pfeiffer (Feb 21, 2014)
- Huffington Post: Massachusetts Weed Companies Threaten To Take Legal Action Against State, by Hunter Stuart (Feb 21, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Medical marijuana off to rocky start, by Adrian Walker (Feb 17, 2014)
- Huffington Post: Massachusetts Marijuana Dispensaries Will Make Home Deliveries, by Hunter Stuart (Feb 13, 2014)
- Massmed.org: Massachusetts Medical Society Statement Regarding Medical Marijuana Dispensaries (Jan 31, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Marijuana advocates lay groundwork for legalization in Mass., by Joshua Miller (Jan 13, 2014)
- Daily Beast: Marijuana Fights Cancer and Helps Manage Side Effects, Researchers Find , by Martin A. Lee (Sept 6, 2013). Also reported in the Huffington Post: Marijuana And Cancer: Scientists Find Cannabis Compound Stops Metastasis In Aggressive Cancers, by Robin Wilkey (Sept 19, 2013).
- Huffington Post: Massachusetts Towns Give Up On Marijuana Enforcement (Aug 23, 2010)
Mailing List Threads
- lex-tmma: Medical Marijuana Distribution Centers (Mar 2014)
- lexParents (requires registration): Medical marijuana dispensaries - location in Lexington (Mar 2014)
- lex-polrel (requires registration): Parents List and Marijuana dispensaries (Mar 2014)
- LexEngage: Where in Lexington do you believe a Medical Marijuana Treatment Center should be located? (Sept 2013 - Jan 2014)