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Lexington Reports
- Planing Board Report on Articles 30-32 (Mar 12, 2014). The discussion on Article 30, Amend Zoning Bylaw - Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers is found at p. 3.
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.
- Wiki Answers: What does marijuana have in it?
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
- Lexington Minuteman: Town Meeting limits medical marijuana locations in Lexington, by Dave Eisenstadter (Mar 28, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Complaints raised on marijuana dispensary investors, by Kay Lazar and Shelley Murphy (Mar 21, 2014)
- 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)
- Wggb.com: Advertisements, Questions Grow As Medical Marijuana Inches Closer, unattributed (Mar 5, 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)
- Boston Globe: Security questioned as dispensaries go forward, by Steven A. Rosenberg (Feb 13, 2014)
- Massmed.org: Massachusetts Medical Society Statement Regarding Medical Marijuana Dispensaries (Jan 31, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Banks shun fledgling marijuana firms in Mass., by Deirdre Fernandes (Jan 29, 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)
- Nashua Telegraph: Cannabis Care: Can NH patients get medical marijuana in other states? Not really, by David Brooks (July 21, 2013)
- Points: The Blog of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society: Notes from the Field as Massachusetts Does Medical Marijuana, by efcannon (Apr 30, 2013)
- Huffington Post: Adequate and Well-Controlled Studies Proving Medical Efficacy of Cannabis Exist but Are Ignored by Marijuana Schedulers, by Sunil Kumar Aggarwal and Amanda Reiman (Mar 15, 2013)
- Kpbs.org: The Odd History Of Marijuana In The U.S., by Maureen Cavanaugh and Pat Finn, with guests Richard Bonnie and Isaac Campos (Oct 7, 2010)
- Huffington Post: Massachusetts Towns Give Up On Marijuana Enforcement (Aug 23, 2010)
Mailing List Threads
- lex-tmma:
- Medical Marijuana Dispensary in Lexington (Mar 2014)
- "Don't Go to Pot" (Mar 2014)
- Article 30 amendment (Mar 2014)
- Position on Article 30 Medical Marijuana Treatment Center (Mar 2014)
- Medical Marijuana Distribution Centers (Mar 2014)
- lexParents (requires registration):
- Re: Medical Marijuana Dispensaries (Mar 2014)
- Medical marijuana dispensaries (Mar 2014)
- 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)