S.D. Mayor Backs Medpot Distributor in federal Case
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner took the unusual step this week of injecting himself into a federal criminal prosecution, encouraging jurors to find the former owner of medical marijuana dispensaries not...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana: L.A. voters approve measure to limit number of...
The overwhelming approval of Proposition D on Tuesday's ballot - and the rejection of two competing proposals - could result in the shutdown of hundreds of marijuana dispensaries around Los Angeles,...
View ArticleCalifornia lawmakers considering new rules for medical marijuana
A pair of bills that would enhance the legal standing of medical marijuana providers have advanced in the Legislature following this month's landmark court ruling that affirmed the rights of local...
View ArticleJerry Duval, Medical Marijuana Patient, Headed To Same Federal Prison...
In the face of public pressure, the Department of Justice will allow Jerry Duval, a seriously ill medical marijuana patient, to serve his 10-year sentence for marijuana-related offenses in a federal...
View ArticleMan Obeyed Mich. Laws, But Will Serve 10 In Federal Prison For Family Pot...
Despite obeying state law, several Michigan marijuana patients are heading to prison because they violated federal marijuana laws.As WWJ
View ArticleMedical marijuana rally protests 10-year prison sentence for Monroe-area farmer
Medical marijuana users have long decried Michigan
View ArticleMedical Cannabis Treatment for Cancer and HIV/AIDS?
Today, there are at least 17 states, including the District of Colombia, where cannabis is legal. Ohio, South Carolina, Colorado, New Jersey, California, and Michigan are just a few states that...
View ArticleFederal government still targeting California medical marijuana
Berkeley Patients Group, widely regarded as a model community citizen, has become the latest target of the federal government's war on medical marijuana dispensaries.During the 2008 presidential...
View ArticleNH Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill, But...
The New Hampshire Senate last Thursday approved medical marijuana legislation, but removed language allowing patients to grow their own and protecting them from arrest before state ID cards are issued....
View ArticleDEA letters: Is this how the feds might fight state
A series of letters from the DEA that have effectively closed a handful of medical marijuana storefronts in Seattle might be an indication of how the feds will fight back against Washington state
View ArticleCities crack down on medical marijuana shops as court decision, ballot...
The crackdown against medical pot shops across Southern California began as soon as the state's highest court ruled last month that cities could enforce their dispensary bans,Police have raided a...
View ArticleNo balance, no justice
The power to prosecute is an awesome power that confers the ability to ruin people's lives, which is why an attorney general should use that power judiciously.There should be, to borrow from language...
View ArticleA Marijuana Lawmaking Recap
California medical marijuana regulations failed in the state legislature last week, but advocacy groups helped advance a bill to better protect collectives, and helped defeat a bill that would have...
View ArticleCan't Stop The Pot: Driver Defies Ban On Medical Marijuana Delivery
It may be as popular as pizza, but pot can no longer be delivered in Riverside. That isn't stopping one driver, who says his services are vital. Last week, the city banned all medical marijuana clinics...
View ArticleSan Diego's medicinal-pot people mellow
The businesses in San Diego that specialize in distributing medicinal cannabis have taken a decidedly less combative tone when it comes to dealing with city leaders.Many still remember the bitter fight...
View ArticleMobile medical marijuana dispensaries look to be next big issue
Two green crosses frame an announcement that Lima Collective Inc. in Running Springs is closed, and -- technically -- medical marijuana is no longer sold inside, said Mitchell Blanda, who ran the...
View ArticleMayors Approve Marijuana Resolution Telling Feds To Butt Out
The United States Conference of Mayors passed a resolution on Monday urging the federal government to let states decide for themselves how to handle marijuana policy.The bipartisan resolution passed on...
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