Use the link below to download and print out the final revised bill to see what our lawmakers have done.

Colorado House Bill 10-1284

We hope you will enjoy this series of testimonies and that you will learn more about this medicinal herb. To view the videos click here: Medical Marijuana Testimonial Videos

Celebrate Your Birthday With Us!
The 1st weekend of your birthday month we will give you 1 free gram or 1 free edible (brownie or cookie)

Recycle Your Bottle
Bring in your empty bottle and receive a 5% discount on your next purchase.

Refer A Friend
Refer a friend and get 5% off the total purchase that you and your friend make that day. Ask your caregiver for details.

Drawing
Every time you make a purchase you get a free ticket to our drawing. The amount of your purchase is written on the back of the ticket. Every 2 weeks we will draw a ticket and that patient will receive 50% off whatever is written on the ticket on their next purchase.

Locations

Monument/Gleneagle Area Medical Marijuana Center
13832 Gleneagle Colorado Springs, CO
Monday – Friday 8am – 8pm
Saturday/Sunday: 2:00pm – 7:00pm
719-481-4761

Penrose/Canon City Medical Marijuana Center
Hwy. 115 & 50 Penrose, CO
Monday – Friday 8am – 8pm
Saturday/Sunday: 2:00pm – 7:00pm
719-963-8495

Colorado Springs Medical Marijuana Center
1402 W. Colorado Ave. Colorado Springs, CO
Monday – Friday 8am – 8pm
Saturday/Sunday: 8:00am – 2:00pm
719-635-5963

The American Medical Assn. on Tuesday urged the federal government to reconsider its classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use, a significant shift that puts the prestigious group behind calls for more research.

The nation’s largest physicians organization, with about 250,000 member doctors, the AMA has maintained since 1997 that marijuana should remain a Schedule I controlled substance, the most restrictive category, which also includes heroin and LSD.

In changing its policy, the group said its goal was to clear the way to conduct clinical research, develop cannabis-based medicines and devise alternative ways to deliver the drug.

“Despite more than 30 years of clinical research, only a small number of randomized, controlled trials have been conducted on smoked cannabis,” said Dr. Edward Langston, an AMA board member, noting that the limited number of studies was “insufficient to satisfy the current standards for a prescription drug product.”

This is a new position for the AMA and they do not directly advocate the use of medical marijuana directly. However they are in favor of more research on the benefits of medical marijuana. This is great news for medical marijuana advocates. The reason is that good quality clinical research has been hampered because of harsh drug laws in our country.

Because of the fact that the Obama administration has adopted a more relaxed policy toward medical marijuana, patients, caregivers and growers are not being prosecuted as often as they may have been in the past. It is still important to realize that even though states have relaxed or made “legal” medical marijuana, the federal law hasn’t changed. These laws are still severe and for now have simply had the enforcement of them altered. The hope of us all is that with the increasing number of voices advocating this change, which now includes the AMA, we will eventually be heard and recognized.

An interesting aspect of the AMA’s change in policy is that it fits in with a larger shift in the organization’s positions. Traditionally, the positions of the AMA have been on balance fairly politically conservative. However, this year, for example, the AMA has come out in favor of sweeping health care reform–despite its many years of trying to block similar reforms. This brings the position of the AMA more in line with the views of the physicians it represents. Arguably the most definitive survey on this subject to date (published last month in The New England Journal of Medicine) found that 72.5% of physicians support a public health care option (either or alone or with private options as well, the latter being by far the most popular view).

Congress: House Passes National Criminal Justice Commission Act - Thu, 29 Jul 2010
On Tuesday, Congressional Representatives passed by voice vote H.R. 5143, the House version of the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2010. NORML first blogged about this federal legislation back in November, and encouraged supporters to contact their members of Congress in favor of this much-needed reform. This week the House did their part. Now it [...]

Medical Cannabis Dispensaries Are Coming to The Nation’s Capitol - Tue, 27 Jul 2010
[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from this week's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To have NORML's media advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up for NORML's free e-zine here.] Members of Congress have declined to overrule legislation passed by the D.C. Council in May authorizing the establishment of regulated medical marijuana dispensaries in the [...]

Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) Sets Record Straight Regarding Prop. 19 - Thu, 22 Jul 2010
On Tuesday I penned a commentary for the Los Angeles Times rebutting Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s public condemnation of Prop. 19 — The Regulate, Control & Tax Cannabis Initiative of 2010. Now the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), which provides non-partisan fiscal and policy advice, has come out with their own repudiation of Sen. Feinstein’s claims. Specifically, [...]

NORML Opposes President Obama’s Pick To Head The Drug Enforcement Administration - Wed, 21 Jul 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 21, 2010 Following Recent Raids, Medical Marijuana Advocacy Groups Call on President Obama to Withdraw Nomination of Michele Leonhart to be DEA Administrator Obama’s DEA Head Must Follow Stated Medical Marijuana Policy, End Obstruction of Marijuana Research, and Base Marijuana Rescheduling on Science Rather than Ideology CONTACT: Allen St. Pierre, Executive [...]

L.A. Times: “Feinstein’s Misguided Opposition to Marijuana Legalization” - Tue, 20 Jul 2010
Last week California’s senior senator, Democrat Dianne Feinstein cosigned the ballot argument against Prop. 19, The Regulate, Control & Tax Cannabis Initiative of 2010, which would allow adults 21 years or older to privately possess and cultivate marijuana for personal use. Senator Feinstein’s public opposition is hardly surprising. After all, if there is one thing about [...]

Medical Cannabis Research

American Medical Association Opposes the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 - Sat, 24 Jul 2010

American Medical Association
Bureau of Legal Medicine and Legislation
Chicago, July 10, 1937
Hon. Pat Harrison
Chairman, Committee on Finance, United States Senate
Washington D.C.

SIR: I have been instructed by the board of trustees of the American Medical Association to protest on behalf of the association against the enactment in its present form of so much of H.R. 6906 as relates to the medicinal use of cannabis and its preparations and derivatives.

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Cannabis & Neuropathic Pain, Dr. Abrams, Part 1 & Part 2 - Sat, 05 Jun 2010

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UC Studies Find Promise in Medical Marijuana/Cannabis - Wed, 26 May 2010

Thursday, May 27, 2010

As an $8.7-million state research effort comes to an end, investigators report that cannabis can significantly relieve neuropathic pain and reduce muscle spasms in MS patients. More research is urged.

Los Angeles Times - By John Hoeffel

With an innovative but little-known state program to study medical marijuana about to run out of money, researchers and political supporters said Wednesday the results show promise.

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Cannabis Beneficial for Multiple Sclerosis Patients, Study Finds - Sun, 07 Feb 2010

Sunday, February 7, 2010

by: Aaron Turpen

A systematic review conducted by The Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation found that five of six controlled trials reported a reduction in spasticity and an improvement in mobility amongst multiple sclerosis patients using cannabis extracts.

The two researchers, Shaheen Lakhan and Marie Rowland from the Los Angeles-based foundation, searched for trials evaluating cannabis extracts. Specifically, they were looking for extracts known as delta 9 - tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). Their study was published in the December 2009 issue of BMC Neurology.

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Pot and pop: New research finds stronger link between music and marijuana use among teens - Mon, 04 Jan 2010

esciencenews.com

Published: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 12:47 in Psychology & Sociology

Teens who frequently listen to music that contains references to marijuana are more likely to use the drug than their counterparts with less exposure to such lyrics, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study online now in the journal Addiction. "Based on an analysis of survey data from 959 ninth-graders, we found that students who listen to music with the most references to marijuana are almost twice as likely to have used the drug than their peers whose musical tastes favor songs less focused on substance use, even after controlling for confounding factors," said Brian Primack, M.D.,Ed.M., M.S., lead author of the study and assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics at Pitt's School of Medicine.

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General Medical Marijuana Information

Medical Marijuana for Children: New Trend in Alternative Medicine - Mon, 26 Jul 2010

Monday, July 26, 2010

Medford Parenting Examiner

Medical marijuana (cannabis), which is legally available in 14 states with a prescription, is used everyday by millions for a variety of ailments.  Many adults turn to the controversial drug (as it is illegal in most parts of the United States) to treat cancer side effects, fibryomyalgia, migraines, anxiety - the list is endless.  But one mother has made a provocative public admission: she is administering medical marijuana to her 11-year-old son, Ryan Mendoza.

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V.A. Easing Rules for Users of Medical Marijuana - Sun, 25 Jul 2010

Sunday, July 25, 2010

By Dan Frosch

DENVER — The Department of Veterans Affairs will formally allow patients treated at its hospitals and clinics to use medical marijuana in states where it is legal, a policy clarification that veterans have sought for several years.

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Oakland Marijuana Law Passes: 'Pot Factories' Coming to East Bay - Wed, 21 Jul 2010

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

By Peter Jamison/sfweekly.com

The Oakland City Council last night approved an ordinance allowing industrial-scale marijuana growing operations to set up shop in town, supplying the city's medical pot dispensaries. The measure is expected, by some estimates, to generate up to $2 million in tax revenue for the cash-strapped city. Yet not everyone is celebrating.

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Oakland Pot-Growing Plan Worries Small Bud Tenders - Sun, 18 Jul 2010

Sunday, July 18, 2010

KTVU.com/AP Contributed

OAKLAND, Calif. -- After weathering the fear of federal prosecution and competition from drug cartels, California's medical marijuana growers see a new threat to their tenuous existence: the "Wal-Marting" of weed.

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Israeli Medical Marijuana Patients to Pay As Pot Proves Popular - Sun, 18 Jul 2010

Sunday, July 18, 2010

By  JOSIAH DANIEL RYAN/www.jpost.com

In several weeks patients in Israel who take medical marijuana as treatment will pay a NIS 360 monthly service charge to cover administrative and distribution costs, a source inside Tikkun Olam, the nonprofit organization that produces the country's medical marijuana,

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Simple Brownies

Ingredients:
1 Box of your favorite brownie mix (pick one that requires oil)
4-18 grams of marijuana (experiment till you find the right dosage for you)

Directions:
The brownie mix should call for oil.
Chop up the marijuana very fine.
Add chopped marijuana to the oil in a saucepan.
Cook on medium-low for 30 minutes (DO NOT let it boil – the time is important)
Strain out marijuana and follow the instructions on the box to finish making the brownies.

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Medical Marijuana Benefits

How To Know If Medical Marijuana Is Right For You

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