Tag: california

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August 3, 2012
08/03/2012
13 Year Old Madera Boy Arrested Facing Felony Drug Charges

13 Year Old Madera Boy Arrested Facing Felony Drug Charges

KSEE24 News reports a 13-year old Madera, California boy is facing felony drug charges for cultivation of marijuana for one full grown and some starter plants. Crazy.
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Exclusive Video: Funeral for Shuttered SF Dispensaries

Exclusive Video: Funeral for Shuttered SF Dispensaries

San Francisco, CA – On August 1, 2012, San Francisco weedists rallied with a funeral procession to mourn the shuttering of two medical marijuana dispensaries that have served the...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.01)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.01)

06:32pm, (Issue #745) What!? No DEA raids? Not this week, but the federal crackdown on dispensaries continues, and cities and localities in medical marijuana states continue...
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August 1, 2012
08/01/2012
Pharmacy Hoax on U.S. Attorney Revealed

Pharmacy Hoax on U.S. Attorney Revealed

San Diego, CA – The San Diego chapter of Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the nation’s largest medical cannabis advocacy group, working with LGBT activism group Canvass for...
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July 31, 2012
07/31/2012
Los Angeles City Councilman Takes Medical Marijuana

Los Angeles City Councilman Takes Medical Marijuana

Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, a longtime proponent of legalizing pot nationwide, has had his own medical marijuana prescription for a decade, relying on the drug to...
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July 31, 2012
07/31/2012
Closure of More Permitted SF Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Marked by Funeral Procession and Press Conference

Closure of More Permitted SF Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Marked by Funeral Procession and Press Conference

San Francisco, CA — As two city-permitted dispensaries are shut down today after 9 years of service to thousands of medical marijuana patients, a coalition calling itself San Francisco...
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July 31, 2012
07/31/2012
Is It Legal to Sell Pot On Craigslist in California?

Is It Legal to Sell Pot On Craigslist in California?

The legality of selling marijuana on Craigslist under Prop 215 in California is being hotly debated. Read more about these murky legal waters at The Press Democrat.
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July 30, 2012
07/30/2012
Marijuana Dispensaries in North Hollywood Do NOT Impact Crime

Marijuana Dispensaries in North Hollywood Do NOT Impact Crime

In light of the recent LA City Council ban, Patch investigates the actual impact of medical marijuana dispensaries in North Hollywood. They cite a new UCLA and National Institute...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
Video: DEA Politely Threatens Del Mar City Council Before Medical Marijuana Vote

Video: DEA Politely Threatens Del Mar City Council Before Medical Marijuana Vote

Patrick Kelly, Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the DEA San Diego Field Division and for the San Diego Narcotic(s) Task Force, paid a special visit...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
Video: HD Closeup of 5 Strains from 

Alpha Medic Delivery Service

Video: HD Closeup of 5 Strains from 

Alpha Medic Delivery Service

Gil from WeedMaps does a Chronic Close-Up with his high definition camera on 5 different strains from Alpha Medic, a San Diego, California delivery service. Highlights: Shaman strain 360...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
‘Stirring the Pot’ Forum Panelists Say Regulation Is Key in Legalization of Marijuana

‘Stirring the Pot’ Forum Panelists Say Regulation Is Key in Legalization of Marijuana

Last night, ‘Stirring the Pot‘, a public forum focused on life post-legalization in 2016 California, met for two hours of heated debate covering topics such as taxation,...
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July 26, 2012
07/26/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.07.25)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.07.25)

06:22pm, (Issue #744) Harborside fights for its life, LA bans dispensaries, and Oregon transplant hospitals are lightening up on medical marijuana patients. Those are the big...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Federal Judges Dismiss Every Lawsuit Filed by California Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Seeking Protection

Federal Judges Dismiss Every Lawsuit Filed by California Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Seeking Protection

Federal judges reinforced marijuana’s Schedule I status under the Controlled Substances Act by dismissing lawsuits advocating for dispensaries in all four California court districts. Medical marijuana supporters sought to stop...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
CAMP, California’s Annual Pot Eradication Program Scaled Back

CAMP, California’s Annual Pot Eradication Program Scaled Back

CAMP (The Campaign Against Marijuana Planting), California’s 28-year-old marijuana eradication program that has destroyed millions of pot plants in public and private wilderness areas is no more. It is...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Oakland to President Obama: Change Your Ways!

Oakland to President Obama: Change Your Ways!

02:33am Several hundred — perhaps as many as a thousand — medical marijuana patients, providers, and supporters took to the streets of Oakland Monday afternoon to...
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July 23, 2012
07/23/2012
‘Stirring the Pot’ Forum Puts Discussion of Legalized Marijuana on Front Burner

‘Stirring the Pot’ Forum Puts Discussion of Legalized Marijuana on Front Burner

In an attempt to understand and discuss what life in California might be like if marijuana were legal (versus should be legal), the Santa Barbara Foundation and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History are...
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July 19, 2012
07/19/2012
Texas Man Arrested for Trying to Receive Some California Buds Via USPS

Texas Man Arrested for Trying to Receive Some California Buds Via USPS

USPS inspectors in conjunction with Texas’ Williamson County Sheriff’s Office arrested William Richard Black after he accepted delivery of marijuana from California. Black said he paid $2,000 for...
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July 19, 2012
07/19/2012
Federal Medical Marijuana “Truth in Trials Act” Reintroduced

Federal Medical Marijuana “Truth in Trials Act” Reintroduced

08:25pm, (Issue #743) US Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) Tuesday introduced House Resolution 6134, the Truth in Trials Act, which would allow defendants in federal criminal prosecutions the...
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July 18, 2012
07/18/2012
Discovery Channel Filming Show In Siskiyou County California

Discovery Channel Filming Show In Siskiyou County California

ABC’s KDRV 12 News reports The Discovery Channel will be filming a show in Siskiyou County California  “on the multiple problems posed by large-scale marijuana growers,” such...
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July 18, 2012
07/18/2012
Bipartisan Group of House Members Introduce Bill To Give Some Protection Against Federal Medical Marijuana Charges

Bipartisan Group of House Members Introduce Bill To Give Some Protection Against Federal Medical Marijuana Charges

Yesterday the Truth in Trials Act, H.R. 6134, was introduced by Rep. Sam Farr (D-Calif.), and 15 other House Democrats such as Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), and three...
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