Local Politics:Issues:Medical Marijuana

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:
  • Cannabis in Massachusetts
  • Massachusetts Sensible Marijuana Policy Initiative

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)
• WBUR: Mass. Patients Seek Relief At Medical Marijuana Clinics, by Deborah Becker and Lynn Jolicoeur (Feb 27, 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)
• 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).

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)