Tag: california

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October 8, 2012
10/08/2012
Tax Cheat or Hero? Medical Marijuana Tax Revolt Brewing

Tax Cheat or Hero? Medical Marijuana Tax Revolt Brewing

According to California, Dave Hodges of the All American Cannabis Club in San Jose owes almost $250,000 in back taxes. Hodges says the state owes him about $11,000 in...
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October 8, 2012
10/08/2012
Aaron Sandusky Faces Federal Marijuana Trial Tuesday in LA

Aaron Sandusky Faces Federal Marijuana Trial Tuesday in LA

Aaron Sandusky, founder and owner of G3 Holistic medical marijuana dispensaries in Upland, Colton and Moreno Valley CA, is facing six felony counts at his federal trial starting...
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October 4, 2012
10/04/2012
LA Marijuana Ban Retreat Shows Clout of Pot Activists

LA Marijuana Ban Retreat Shows Clout of Pot Activists

The Los Angeles City Council’s decision to repeal its ban on medical marijuana dispensaries underscores the political savvy of the increasingly organized and well-funded network of marijuana...
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October 4, 2012
10/04/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.03)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.03)

03:24am Mitt Romney (mis)speaks out on medical marijuana, the LA dispensary ban is repealed, and the feds keep on grinding away at medical marijuana providers with...
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October 2, 2012
10/02/2012
Breaking: LA City Council Reverses MMJ Dispensary Ban!

Breaking: LA City Council Reverses MMJ Dispensary Ban!

50,000 signatures from medical marijuana activists, supports, and everyday voters apparently got the attention of the Los Angeles City Council. The LA Times is reporting that they...
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October 1, 2012
10/01/2012
Veteran Emerald Triangle Pot Growers See Their Way of Life Ending

Veteran Emerald Triangle Pot Growers See Their Way of Life Ending

Since the mid-1990s, the price of outdoor-grown marijuana has plummeted from more than $5,000 a pound to less than $2,000, and even as low as $800. Economics...
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September 27, 2012
09/27/2012
Initiative Watch (2012.09.26)

Initiative Watch (2012.09.26)

07:56pm We’re a little more than a month from election day. Here’s what’s going on with the state-level initiatives. California Last Thursday, LA County DA candidates gave...
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September 27, 2012
09/27/2012
Officials Seize Less California Marijuana, But See More

Officials Seize Less California Marijuana, But See More

As California’s outdoor marijuana growing season nears its end for 2012, drug officials are reporting a sharp decline in crop seizures for the second year in a...
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September 27, 2012
09/27/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.09.26)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.09.26)

03:27am The DEA strikes again in Los Angeles, and the feds are moving to eliminate dispensaries in downtown LA. But the push-back against the crackdown continues....
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September 20, 2012
09/20/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.09.19)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.09.19)

07:36pm Last issue, we reported that the DEA had taken the week off. Well, they’re back, and so is the push-back. Let’s get to it: National...
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September 20, 2012
09/20/2012
Chronicle Video Review: Lynching Charlie Lynch

Chronicle Video Review: Lynching Charlie Lynch

5:48 PM Lynching Charlie Lynch: A Film by Rick Ray (2012, Rick Rays Films, 1:40, $29.95 DVD) Of all the various fronts of the war on drugs,...
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September 19, 2012
09/19/2012
California Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Bill Signed Into Law

California Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Bill Signed Into Law

03:06pm California Gov. Jerry Brown Monday signed into law Assembly Bill 472, the “911 Good Samaritan Bill,” aimed at reducing fatal drug overdoses by removing the threat of...
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September 18, 2012
09/18/2012
Pepperdine University Denies Student Internship at MPP

Pepperdine University Denies Student Internship at MPP

Last week, the deans of Seaver College internship program at Pepperdine University officially refused to approve the application of sophomore political science major Victoria Stanzione to intern...
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September 17, 2012
09/17/2012
Tales of California Medical Marijuana | Family Road Trip Vacation

Tales of California Medical Marijuana | Family Road Trip Vacation

Being a transplant to California, many things out here catch me a bit off-guard, but our California medical marijuana system, now that’s something special. I was a...
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September 17, 2012
09/17/2012
Senior Citizens and Cannabis Patient Advocates Brave San Diego Federal Courthouse

Senior Citizens and Cannabis Patient Advocates Brave San Diego Federal Courthouse

by Terrie Best, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Over 60 senior citizens put the Edward Schwartz Federal Courthouse on its ear by forming a long line...
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September 14, 2012
09/14/2012
Palo Alto City Council Opposes Measure to Permit Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Palo Alto City Council Opposes Measure to Permit Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

The Palo Alto City Council established its opposition this week to a controversial November ballot measure that aims to make it legal for medical marijuana dispensaries to...
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September 13, 2012
09/13/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.09.12)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.09.12)

05:48pm No DEA raids or federal threat letters to report this week, but the battles over medical marijuana continue on many fronts. Let’s get to it:...
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September 7, 2012
09/07/2012
Drug Policy in the 2012 Elections I: The Initiatives

Drug Policy in the 2012 Elections I: The Initiatives

10:28am The Labor Day weekend has passed, summer is behind us, and the November elections are just two months away. When it comes to drug policy...
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September 6, 2012
09/06/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.09.05)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.09.05)

07:59pm Los Angeles dispensaries got a reprieve last week–or did they? The busts there continue, despite the ban on the ban. And there’s more news from...
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September 5, 2012
09/05/2012
California Cops Kill Man, Seize Ecstasy Tablets

California Cops Kill Man, Seize Ecstasy Tablets

04:56pm Police in the gritty San Francisco Bay area suburb of Vallejo shot and killed one man and wounded another early Sunday morning and seized about...
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