Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Another suspected marijuana sales flyer found at university; police launch probe

MMP News AuthorOctober 23, 2023

This image of a flyer promoting “liquid weed” is captured from an online community of Hongik University. Yonhap Another flyer advertising suspected marijuana sales was found at Konkuk University in Seoul on Monday, prompting the police to search for the distributor. According to officials at the university, a business card-sized ... Read More

Smith Vocational students 1st in state to try Army National Guard’s Fatal Vision marijuana-impairment goggles

MMP News AuthorFebruary 17, 2023

NORTHAMPTON — Navigating on a pedal kart through a makeshift dirt obstacle course marked off with cones and LED lights indicating which direction to take wasn’t too challenging for 17-year-old Madison Gorrell, that is, until she strapped on a pair of marijuana simulation goggles. That, combined with the excessive honking ... Read More

House of Representatives looks to decriminalize marijuana with new bill, students respond

MMP News AuthorDecember 13, 2020

The United States House of Representatives passed new legislation Friday, Dec. 4 that would remove marijuana from the government’s list of scheduled substances and federally decriminalize the drug if agreed upon by the Senate. While Americans use marijuana at the same rate regardless of race, a Black individual is four ... Read More

Madison to decriminalize cannabis, move does not affect UW students

MMP News AuthorNovember 17, 2020

The City of Madison will vote on legislation to decriminalize the use of cannabis in the city of Madison during Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, is the author and co-sponsor of the legislation, which the Public Safety Review Committee recommended for approval to the Common Council ... Read More

Students must take risks of marijuana more seriously

MMP News AuthorOctober 26, 2020

The Daily Orange is a nonprofit newsroom that receives no funding from Syracuse University. Consider donating today to support our mission. College students must realize the negative effects of marijuana use, which is now at its highest in 35 years among teens and young adults in the United States. As ... Read More

Detectives hunt source of 'cannabis sweets' after 13 students at Catholic school taken to hospital

MMP News AuthorOctober 6, 2020

Police were working to identify the origin of cannabis-laced sweets which put 13 students at a top Catholic school in hospital. The female pupils at La Sainte Union Catholic School in Highgate, north London, fell ill yesterday morning after eating the sweets, believed to have contained THC, during morning break. ... Read More