Tag: medical marijuana dispensaries

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January 4, 2013
01/04/2013
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Prepares to Open in Washington DC

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Prepares to Open in Washington DC

By spring, the townhouse at 1334 N. Capitol St. will make a bold statement by becoming a symbol for Washington DC’s leap into the growth and sale...
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January 4, 2013
01/04/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.01.02)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.01.02)

It’s been fairly quiet over the holidays, but medical marijuana is legal in Massachusetts now! Let’s get to it: California On December 19, the Berkeley Patients Group dispensary...
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January 3, 2013
01/03/2013
Marijuana Initiative that Would Close Most LA Pot Shops Heads for City Council

Marijuana Initiative that Would Close Most LA Pot Shops Heads for City Council

The Committee to Protect Patients and Neighborhoods’ Initiative up for vote by the LA City Council would close down most of LA’s ~1,000 medical pot shops, leaving only...
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January 3, 2013
01/03/2013
2nd Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Tucson, Arizona

2nd Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Tucson, Arizona

The Green Halo Caregiver Collective opened in Tucson, on Arizona’s south side.  Green Halo currently has about 40 patients.
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December 21, 2012
12/21/2012
Seattle Medical Marijuana Dispensary Owner Sentenced in Federal Court

Seattle Medical Marijuana Dispensary Owner Sentenced in Federal Court

Brionne Corbray, known a year ago as a flashy medical marijuana entrepreneur, on Wednesday became the first Seattle dispensary owner to be sentenced on federal drug-dealing charges.
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December 21, 2012
12/21/2012
Harborside and the Feds’ Failed Medical Marijuana Communications

Harborside and the Feds’ Failed Medical Marijuana Communications

012, 07:10pm Harborside is in the news again today. Two weeks ago we noted the premiere (and largest) dispensary had won a battle in state court. Facing threats by federal authorities...
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December 20, 2012
12/20/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.19)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.19)

08:38pm Dispensary wars continue in California, a package of restrictive bills passes in Michigan, and DC’s long-awaited dispensaries are a step closer to opening. California Last...
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December 20, 2012
12/20/2012
Zen Healing: Veterans Get Free Marijuana at Los Angeles Dispensary With Proof of Military Service

Zen Healing: Veterans Get Free Marijuana at Los Angeles Dispensary With Proof of Military Service

West Hollywood medical marijuana dispensary Zen Healing announced this week that it’s giving vets a true “gift of appreciation:” Free weed!
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December 20, 2012
12/20/2012
First Rural Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Cochise

First Rural Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Cochise

Arizona owner and operator Cathy Mead is a breast cancer survivor who began to see marijuana in a different light when she witnessed how it helped her...
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December 18, 2012
12/18/2012
Oakland Insists It Can Defend Medical Pot Club

Oakland Insists It Can Defend Medical Pot Club

The city of Oakland renewed demands to stay forfeiture proceedings against a local medical marijuana dispensary whose business it defends as a matter of state’s rights. Though...
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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

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
Washington Medical Marijuana Dispenser’s Conviction Overturned

Washington Medical Marijuana Dispenser’s Conviction Overturned

The drug-trafficking convictions of the man who operated Spokane’s first medical marijuana dispensary were reversed Tuesday in a state Appeals Court ruling that also appears to clear...
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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 7, 2012
12/07/2012
Is 12/6 the New 420? Reflections on Being Legal in Olympia, WA

Is 12/6 the New 420? Reflections on Being Legal in Olympia, WA

Cannabis is now legal for all adults over 21 in Washington State. I voted against Initiative 502 because I thought it was a bad law but I cannot...
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December 7, 2012
12/07/2012
First Ounces Leave a New Jersey Medical Marijuana Dispensary

First Ounces Leave a New Jersey Medical Marijuana Dispensary

New Jersey’s first and so far only medical marijuana dispensary opened in downtown Montclair on Thursday, nearly three years after the law allowing such enterprises was passed.
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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 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Saugus, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen Bans Marijuana Dispensaries

Saugus, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen Bans Marijuana Dispensaries

The Saugus, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen took a strong position opposing medical marijuana dispensaries, voting 5-0 to prohibit the placement of marijuana distribution points in town.
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November 30, 2012
11/30/2012
Massachusetts Becomes the 18th Medical Marijuana State; Now Comes the Difficult Work of Implementation

Massachusetts Becomes the 18th Medical Marijuana State; Now Comes the Difficult Work of Implementation

Earlier this month, an overwhelming sixty-three percent of Massachusetts voters approved Ballot Question 3 and, in so doing, became the country’s 18th state to pass a medical marijuana law. Massachusetts is...
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