Tag: california

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September 4, 2012
09/04/2012
$1 Million L.A. Pot Farm Seized

$1 Million L.A. Pot Farm Seized

In a posh Southern Los Angeles county, investigators seized a pot farm worth $1 million dollars. They also arrested two men for growing, selling, and transporting the marijuana,...
By: Lateralus
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September 4, 2012
09/04/2012
Last Medical Marijuana Dispensary in San Diego Closes

Last Medical Marijuana Dispensary in San Diego Closes

The Mother Earth Alternative Healing Co-operative. the last medical marijuana dispensary licensed in San Diego County, closed its doors to customers yesterday after pressure from US Attorney Laura...
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August 30, 2012
08/30/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.29)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.29)

04:56pm The battle of Los Angeles continues, Arizona prosecutors don’t like their medical marijuana law, and a bill is pre-filed in Kentucky. There’s also lots more...
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August 30, 2012
08/30/2012
Marijuana Elimination Program Is Smaller but Still Helicoptering in California

Marijuana Elimination Program Is Smaller but Still Helicoptering in California

The Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP) is dead. CAMP is indeed gone, but the helicopters — and the Drug Enforcement Administration agents, U.S. Forest Service wardens, and other...
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August 29, 2012
08/29/2012
California Drug Overdose Prevention Bill Passes

California Drug Overdose Prevention Bill Passes

04:18pm A bill aimed at saving the lives of drug overdose victims by protecting those who would come to their assistance from prosecution on drug charges...
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August 24, 2012
08/24/2012
California Supreme Court Throws Out Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ban Case As Moot

California Supreme Court Throws Out Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ban Case As Moot

The California Supreme Court dismissed review yesterday of an important appellate court ruling affecting medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the state. Specifically, the High Court threw out the...
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August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
Blunt Force: San Diego Landlord Cleared to Evict Marijuana Dispensary

Blunt Force: San Diego Landlord Cleared to Evict Marijuana Dispensary

The US Bankruptcy Court in San Diego has granted the landlord of Mother Earth Alternative Healing Cooperative’s headquarters permission to move forward with evicting the medical marijuana...
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August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
Want to Open a Medical Marijuana Dispensary in SF? The DEA Is Onto You

Want to Open a Medical Marijuana Dispensary in SF? The DEA Is Onto You

DEA Special Agent David White in June requested and received the applications, including personal contact information, for all proposed San Francisco medical marijuana dispensaries. Nine of the Bay...
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August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.22)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.22)

05:46pm The feds strike again in California, this time in Orange County, and meanwhile, the battle over the LA dispensary ban heats up. There’s plenty more...
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August 22, 2012
08/22/2012
$1 Billion in Marijuana Plants Seized From Public Lands in Western States

$1 Billion in Marijuana Plants Seized From Public Lands in Western States

More than 550,000 marijuana plants seized with an estimated street value of $1 billion during an eight-week crackdown targeting illegal marijuana growing operations on public lands across...
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August 22, 2012
08/22/2012
Feds File Lawsuits Against Six Marijuana Stores In Anaheim, California

Feds File Lawsuits Against Six Marijuana Stores In Anaheim, California

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday expanded their crackdown on California medical marijuana dispensaries, filing three lawsuits and sending warning letters to more than 60 clinics in two Orange...
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August 16, 2012
08/16/2012
LA Warns Marijuana Dispensaries to Close by Sept. 6 or Face Fines, Jail

LA Warns Marijuana Dispensaries to Close by Sept. 6 or Face Fines, Jail

The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office sent out a letter this week to dispensary operators and landlords advising them that medical marijuana dispensaries must be shut down by...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
10 Years to Life for Medical Marijuana: The Aaron Sandusky Trial

10 Years to Life for Medical Marijuana: The Aaron Sandusky Trial

All eyes should be focusing on the Aaron Sandusky trial, a man who faces a federal sentence of 10 years to life for running the G3 Holistic medical marijuana...
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August 10, 2012
08/10/2012
Online Cartoon Casts Critical Light on Obama’s Failed Medical Marijuana Policies

Online Cartoon Casts Critical Light on Obama’s Failed Medical Marijuana Policies

No matter the media medium, the tragic story of the federal government’s war against a beloved plant and the people who’re keen to it, can’t be told...
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August 10, 2012
08/10/2012
Usain Bolt OG Strain is Speeding Off Shelves

Usain Bolt OG Strain is Speeding Off Shelves

Olympian Usain Bolt, one of the fastest runners in the world, has a strain named after him that has become extremely popular in California medical marijuana dispensaries. It is...
By: Lateralus
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August 9, 2012
08/09/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.08)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.08)

05:52pm, (Issue #746) The end of dispensaries in LA looms, more federal threat letters in Colorado, and a medical marijuana initiative in North Dakota!? That’s just...
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August 8, 2012
08/08/2012
Voter Approval Sought for Long Beach Medical Marijuana

Voter Approval Sought for Long Beach Medical Marijuana

Medical Marijuana advocates in Long Beach filed documents yesterday notifying the City of their intent to collect signatures to authorize a Ballot Initiative. The proposed measure would...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012
The Last Word: Rewriting the Cost of the War on Drugs

The Last Word: Rewriting the Cost of the War on Drugs

What is the real cost of the war on drugs? How long do you fight a war that cannot be won? Lawrence O’Donnell (The Last Word, NBC News)...
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August 3, 2012
08/03/2012
Congresswoman Introduces Bill to Protect Landlords of Compliant Medical Marijuana Businesses

Congresswoman Introduces Bill to Protect Landlords of Compliant Medical Marijuana Businesses

Washington, D.C. — Late yesterday, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and seven initial co-sponsors introduced HR 6335, the States’ Medical Marijuana Property Rights Protection Act, in an attempt...
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August 3, 2012
08/03/2012
Bill Maher Reviews ‘Too High to Fail’ by Doug Fine

Bill Maher Reviews ‘Too High to Fail’ by Doug Fine

Longtime marijuana advocate and weedist Bill Maher reviews Doug Fine‘s latest book Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution. Read Bill’s great thoughts at...
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