The White House can decriminalize medical marijuana in one easy step
As of Monday, marijuana is legal in the state of Colorado. Governor John Hickenlooperhas signed an official proclamation making Amendment 64, the voter-passed amendment that legalizes possession of up...
View ArticleLos Angeles Medical Marijuana Initiative Signatures Filed
Cannabis is legal in two states, but the metropolis of Los Angeles has yet to regulate medical access to the plant.Hoping to exit the quagmire, a coalition of medical cannabis patients, providers and...
View ArticleMedical marijuana dispensaries could be banned in Pittsburg
The Pittsburg Planning Commission will consider a staff recommendation to ban medical marijuana dispensaries.If commissioners on Tuesday approve the staff recommendation, the matter will go to the City...
View ArticleObama's Marijuana Comments Prompt Call For Official Policy From California...
President Barack Obama says he won't go after pot users in Colorado and Washington, two states that just legalized the drug for recreational use. But advocates argue the president said the same thing...
View ArticlePro-marijuana groups, others mixed on meaning of Obama's apparent...
Some local medical marijuana advocates see good things coming from President Barack Obama's comments that prosecuting recreational marijuana users in Colorado and Washington state should not be a "top...
View ArticleBattle over nation's largest pot dispensary heads to U.S. court
A showdown over the fate of the country's largest medical marijuana dispensary heads to federal court here Thursday, and the outcome could hint at what lies ahead as a growing number of states opt for...
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Top 10 Marijuana News Stories For 2012, LA Weekly-Style
If you like drama and marijuana together, then 2012 was the year for you: It was jam-packed with topsy-turvy cannabis news. As the Obama administration cracked down on medical marijuana dispensaries in...
View ArticleSignatures Submitted to Put Pot Shop Ballot Measure on May City Ballot
A group of medical marijuana advocates on Friday submitted more than 73,500 petition signatures to qualify a ballot measure that would allow pot dispensaries to operate in Los Angeles under specific...
View ArticleActivists to Push Legislature for Medical Marijuana in Georgia
A coalition of organizations that deal with marijuana policy reform have come together to push the Legislature to address the issue of medical marijuana in the upcoming 2013 Legislative Session.The new...
View ArticleInsuring medical marijuana: health coverage denied, commercial budding
The number of states that allow medical marijuana use has more than doubled since 2005, but while health insurance does not cover medical use of the drug, some property-casualty insurers are tapping...
View ArticleMedical Cannabis Unity
The advent of the Affordable Care Act and personalized medicine hold great promise for the1.2 million Americans living with HIV. Advances in HIV research, care, treatment and diagnostics yield...
View ArticleCity council approves third medical marijuana measure to appear on May ballot
After medical marijuana dispensaries were put in jeopardy of a ban last July, the Los Angeles City Council voted 8-4 to approve its own medical marijuana measure to appear on the May ballot.Ordinance...
View ArticleMedical marijuana bill unveiled in House
Flanked by more than 150 advocates from around the country, Oregon Democrat Earl Blumenauer on Monday put forward his legislation allowing states to legalize medical marijuana in an effort to end the...
View ArticlePot Sellers Unite
Medical-marijuana advocates lobbying Congress this week got powerful new allies to help them make the case for getting federal prosecutors to back off: labor leaders. The 1.3 million-member United Food...
View ArticleMedical marijuana: Truckee gets Americans for Safe Access chapter
Americans for Safe Access has expanded the Nevada County chapter of the national organization into the Truckee area. The first meeting is scheduled for noon March 9 and will continue to take place the...
View ArticleBlumenauer Pushes States Rights' Medical Marijuana Bill in Congress
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) Monday gave a public coming out event for a bill designed to stop federal government interference with medical marijuana patients and providers in states where it is legal....
View ArticleMarijuana poll: Californians' support for legalizing pot at record level
Californians support legalizing pot in greater numbers than ever -- and they want the federal government to cool it with the crackdowns on medical marijuana dispensaries.In a Field Poll released...
View ArticleThe right way to regulate pot
Political movements like the tea party may come and go, but the pot party seems to get stronger with every national election, putting the federal government in an increasingly untenable position.To...
View ArticleThe Politics of Weed: Congress Will Be Voting on Toking
A motorcycle accident when he was 19 left New Englander Scott Murphy with a steel rod attached to his femur and four metal plates in his hip. It wasn
View ArticleAnother Reminder of Why Changes in Medical Marijuana Policy Can't Wait
Earlier this week, while more than 200 citizen lobbyists were meeting face-to-face with their Congressional legislators in Washington, D.C. to change federal policy on medical cannabis, a series of...
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