Category: Medical Marijuana

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Medical marijuana news and commentary

December 13, 2012
12/13/2012
Washington Medical Marijuana Dispenser’s Conviction Overturned

Washington Medical Marijuana Dispenser’s Conviction Overturned

The drug-trafficking convictions of the man who operated Spokane’s first medical marijuana dispensary were reversed Tuesday in a state Appeals Court ruling that also appears to clear...
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December 12, 2012
12/12/2012
“The Medicated Chef” TV Host Contest in CO and WA

“The Medicated Chef” TV Host Contest in CO and WA

Attention Cannabis Chefs! No Excuses Entertainment and M2j Media Group need a host for the upcoming TV series “The Medicated Chef“ “The Medicated Chef” is a cannabis cooking...
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December 12, 2012
12/12/2012
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Could Be Banned in Pittsburg California

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Could Be Banned in Pittsburg California

The Pittsburg, California Planning Commission will consider a staff recommendation to ban medical marijuana dispensaries.
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December 12, 2012
12/12/2012
6-year-old California Boy’s Violent Seizures Dramatically Subside With Help of Liquid Marijuana

6-year-old California Boy’s Violent Seizures Dramatically Subside With Help of Liquid Marijuana

Child’s father said seizures were a daily nightmare for Jayden David before the medical marijuana treatment. But medical experts question risks of treating children with the drug.
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December 12, 2012
12/12/2012
Cato Institute Policy Analysis and Forum on State Legalization and Preemption

Cato Institute Policy Analysis and Forum on State Legalization and Preemption

06:02pm The libertarian Cato Institute has published a Policy Analysis, “On the Limits of Federal Supremacy: When States Relax (or Abandon) Marijuana Bans.” The author of...
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December 12, 2012
12/12/2012
LA Medical Cannabis Advocates Submit 70,000 Initiative Signatures

LA Medical Cannabis Advocates Submit 70,000 Initiative Signatures

A coalition of medical cannabis patients, providers, and organized labor submitted 70,000 signatures on Friday to qualify a voter initiative for the May ballot in Los Angeles. The Committee...
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December 11, 2012
12/11/2012
Austin Lawmaker Says Timing Right for Medical Marijuana Bill

Austin Lawmaker Says Timing Right for Medical Marijuana Bill

State Rep. Elliott Naishtat (D-Austin) has tried to pass legislation concerning medical marijuana in the past and plans on submitting a new bill in the upcoming 83rd...
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December 11, 2012
12/11/2012
Feds Say City of Oakland Can’t Stop Medical Pot Crackdown

Feds Say City of Oakland Can’t Stop Medical Pot Crackdown

The U.S. government told a federal judge that the city of Oakland lacks standing to try and block it from seizing a medical marijuana dispensary. Harborside Health...
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December 11, 2012
12/11/2012

Medical Marijuana Moving in Czech Republic

11:21am The Czech Republic took a big step last week toward becoming the next European country to approve the use of medical marijuana. Last Friday, the...
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December 10, 2012
12/10/2012
Help Put White House Petition For Medi-Pot Prisoner Over-the-Top

Help Put White House Petition For Medi-Pot Prisoner Over-the-Top

At the dawn of the cannabis legalization epoch that was ushered in on election night when the commonsense-minded voters of both Colorado and Washington elected to end...
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December 7, 2012
12/07/2012
Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Law Upheld

Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Law Upheld

Arizona’s medical marijuana law is not pre-empted by federal drug laws because it does not stop the federal government from enforcing its laws, a Superior Court judge...
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December 7, 2012
12/07/2012
First Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensary Set to Open

First Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensary Set to Open

Arizona’s first legal medical marijuana dispensary is to open in Glendale two years after voters approved the use of the drug to treat certain health problems such...
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December 7, 2012
12/07/2012
Is 12/6 the New 420? Reflections on Being Legal in Olympia, WA

Is 12/6 the New 420? Reflections on Being Legal in Olympia, WA

Cannabis is now legal for all adults over 21 in Washington State. I voted against Initiative 502 because I thought it was a bad law but I cannot...
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December 7, 2012
12/07/2012
Ithaca Mayor: Legalize Marijuana in New York

Ithaca Mayor: Legalize Marijuana in New York

Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick has called on New York lawmakers to allow medical marijuana and consider legalizing marijuana in general.
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December 7, 2012
12/07/2012
First Ounces Leave a New Jersey Medical Marijuana Dispensary

First Ounces Leave a New Jersey Medical Marijuana Dispensary

New Jersey’s first and so far only medical marijuana dispensary opened in downtown Montclair on Thursday, nearly three years after the law allowing such enterprises was passed.
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December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
TGA Subcool School of Dank in Seattle Raises $10k for Autism

TGA Subcool School of Dank in Seattle Raises $10k for Autism

The Green Avengers Subcool School of Dank in Seattle Nov. 16-18, raised over $10K for homeless teens and needy families with autistic children. It combined the strongest...
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December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Bill to Be Considered in 2013 – Maybe

Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Bill to Be Considered in 2013 – Maybe

Over the last four years, two medical marijuana bills have sat in the Pennsylvania legislature, just waiting to come up for a vote. And they haven’t. Not...
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December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.05)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.05)

03:42pm Yes, it’s true, medical marijuana dispensaries really are coming in Arizona, and in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, Harborside wins in state court, and Mendocino County ponders a...
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December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Saugus, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen Bans Marijuana Dispensaries

Saugus, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen Bans Marijuana Dispensaries

The Saugus, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen took a strong position opposing medical marijuana dispensaries, voting 5-0 to prohibit the placement of marijuana distribution points in town.
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December 5, 2012
12/05/2012
Landlord Can’t Evict Harborside Health Center, Oakland’s Largest Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Landlord Can’t Evict Harborside Health Center, Oakland’s Largest Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Ana Chretien, the landlord for Harborside Health Center (Oakland’s largest medical marijuana dispensary), cannot evict the business just because the federal government has threatened to seize the...
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