Tag: federal government

(353 posts)
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 6, 2012
08/06/2012
US Tax Court: No Medical Marijuana Dispensary Tax Deductions

US Tax Court: No Medical Marijuana Dispensary Tax Deductions

A new US Tax Court decision is slapping San Francisco’s already-forced-to-shutdown Vapor Room dispensary with a massive tax bill by disallowing tax deductions. It sets a scary legal...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012
Weedists, We’re Still Being Called Bitches (at the Polls)

Weedists, We’re Still Being Called Bitches (at the Polls)

Prompted by Libertarian 2012 POTUS nominee Gary Johnson‘s statement in Seattle last week that marijuana will be legalized by 2016, Examiner.com writes “by going to pot, Gary Johnson has assured he will...
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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
Cannabis Prohibition Now Seventy-Five Years Old

Cannabis Prohibition Now Seventy-Five Years Old

Infamously, America’s federally created Cannabis Prohibition marks its seventy-fifth anniversary this August 2, 2012. The so-called ‘great failed social experiment’ of Alcohol Prohibition of the 1920s barely...
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July 27, 2012
07/27/2012
Is the CIA a drug cartel?

Is the CIA a drug cartel?

A Mexican government official has told reporters that the CIA and other international security forces are not fighting drug traffickers, but rather they are managing the trade that...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Marijuana Legalization Could Set Up State Versus Federal Showdown

Marijuana Legalization Could Set Up State Versus Federal Showdown

Governing.com ponders what kind of federal response and ultimate showdown we may see after the November elections if at least one of the three states (Colorado, Oregon...
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July 17, 2012
07/17/2012
Have the Feds Finally Taken Medical Marijuana Assault Too Far?

Have the Feds Finally Taken Medical Marijuana Assault Too Far?

Scott Morgan poses the question have “the feds have finally taken things too far” with their coordinated attacks on legitimate medical marijuana businesses? Read Scott’s convincing answer at...
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July 16, 2012
07/16/2012
There’s Been a Tectonic Shift on Marijuana Across the US, Except in Washington — Why Can’t We Pop the Beltway Bubble?

There’s Been a Tectonic Shift on Marijuana Across the US, Except in Washington — Why Can’t We Pop the Beltway Bubble?

Paul Armentano, deputy director of NORML, writes a great piece on the rapidly growing support amongst the people and local politicians to end marijuana prohibition. Read Paul’s deep insights...
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July 13, 2012
07/13/2012
Owner Of Nation’s First Marijuana Pharmacy Now Broke And Fighting IRS

Owner Of Nation’s First Marijuana Pharmacy Now Broke And Fighting IRS

Lynnette M. Shaw, who opened the 1st licensed medical marijuana dispensary in the US, has filed for personal bankruptcy after the federal government shut down her Marin Alliance for...
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July 7, 2012
07/07/2012
Credit Card Transactions Canceled at California Medical Pot Dispensaries

Credit Card Transactions Canceled at California Medical Pot Dispensaries

The Feds have informed credit card merchant service providers that they must no longer process medical marijuana transactions or risk losing their relationship with Visa and Mastercard...
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June 23, 2012
06/23/2012
Feds Harass Robert Platshorn aka The Black Tuna

Feds Harass Robert Platshorn aka The Black Tuna

“Famed marijuana smuggler turned tireless pot activist Robert Platshorn (a.k.a. The Black Tuna) has been facing a series of threats from federal parole board officials in recent...
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June 22, 2012
06/22/2012
Can Marijuana save the United States Postal Service (USPS)?

Can Marijuana save the United States Postal Service (USPS)?

The Dec 15 2011 Daily Show skit Too Big To Mail lovingly poked fun at the continued dismantling by Congress of the 236 year old United States Postal...
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