Tag: california

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December 18, 2012
12/18/2012
Medical Pot Wars A-Bubble in California

Medical Pot Wars A-Bubble in California

A Northern California county last week barred medical marijuana cultivation in apartment complexes and mobile home parks – “unless park management sets up a designated garden area”...
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December 14, 2012
12/14/2012
ASA Comments on CA Sales Tax Exemption Proposal

ASA Comments on CA Sales Tax Exemption Proposal

Recently, the California State Board of Equalization asked for comments on a conceptual proposal to exempt terminally ill patients from paying sales tax on cannabis provided by dispensaries. In...
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December 14, 2012
12/14/2012
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Say County Changed the Rules

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Say County Changed the Rules

Two medical marijuana dispensaries sued Kern County, claiming they spent a total of $99,000 to set up under state and local laws, only to have the county...
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December 13, 2012
12/13/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.12)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.12)

06:21pm Lots of action–good, bad, and ugly–in California this week, plus a Washington appeals court ruling that appears to clear the way for dispensaries. Let’s get...
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December 13, 2012
12/13/2012

Sonoma’s Medical Pot Guidelines Stand

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has postponed the decision to repeal a 2006 medical marijuana ordinance, which was called “very permissive” by one of the leaders...
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December 13, 2012
12/13/2012
Pot Patient Wins Custody Case

Pot Patient Wins Custody Case

Defense Attorney Lauren K. Johnson won a major court victory for parents who legally use marijuana for medical purposes last week in Los Angeles.  In the case of Drake...
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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
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
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 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 5, 2012
12/05/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.12.04)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.12.04)

09:12pm Greed strikes down a pair of cops, including a Bay Area drug task force commander, and two more go down because of dope habits they...
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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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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
First Non-Violent Drug Offender Released Under CA Prop 36

First Non-Violent Drug Offender Released Under CA Prop 36

02:14pm It didn’t take long. Voters in California last month approved Proposition 36, which amends the state’s draconian Three Strikes law to require that a third...
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Medical Marijuana Advocates Urge Mendocino County Officials to Fight Federal Subpoena for Records

Medical Marijuana Advocates Urge Mendocino County Officials to Fight Federal Subpoena for Records

The Mendocino Board of Supervisors and County Counsel Thomas Parker are scheduled to meet in a closed-door session Tuesday to discuss a pending federal subpoena for records...
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Coast Guard Officer Killed By Drug Smugglers

Coast Guard Officer Killed By Drug Smugglers

01:13pm A member of the US Coast Guard was killed in the line of duty early Sunday morning when his vessel was rammed by a panga...
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November 30, 2012
11/30/2012
California Marijuana Decriminalization Drops Youth Crime Rate to Record Low: Study

California Marijuana Decriminalization Drops Youth Crime Rate to Record Low: Study

A new study “California Youth Crime Plunges to All-Time Low” shows between 2010 and 2011, California experienced a drastic 20 percent decrease in juvenile crime, a level...
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November 30, 2012
11/30/2012
Pot Seized at Border Will Not Be Used Against Teenager

Pot Seized at Border Will Not Be Used Against Teenager

A brick of marijuana that Border Patrol agents found in a boy’s pants while frisking him illegally should have been excluded as evidence, the 9th Circuit ruled...
By: Tim Hull
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November 29, 2012
11/29/2012
Mendocino Officials Mum on Federal Medical Pot Subpoena

Mendocino Officials Mum on Federal Medical Pot Subpoena

Both Federal and Mendocino County officials declined to comment on a federal subpoena for financial records regarding the county’s medical marijuana ordinance, a local paper reported. Under...
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November 29, 2012
11/29/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.11.28)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.11.28)

04:16pm Arizona marks a medical marijuana first, there’s an ominous move by the feds in Northern California, Illinois is considering a medical marijuana bill, and that’s...
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