Tag: medical marijuana dispensaries

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August 29, 2012
08/29/2012
Berkeley Marijuana Dispensary Closed by Feds to Reopen Down the Street

Berkeley Marijuana Dispensary Closed by Feds to Reopen Down the Street

Berkeley Patients Group, the city’s largest medical marijuana dispensary which industry insiders say sold about $15 million in weed a year before being forced to close by...
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August 28, 2012
08/28/2012
Video: Young Turks Talk With StoptheDrugWar Founder On Obama Pot Raids

Video: Young Turks Talk With StoptheDrugWar Founder On Obama Pot Raids

In this six minute news segment, The Young Turks talk about the flurry of California medical pot raids, look back on four years of war on medical...
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August 24, 2012
08/24/2012
DEA Sends Warning Letter to 23 Seattle Area Medical Pot Dispensaries

DEA Sends Warning Letter to 23 Seattle Area Medical Pot Dispensaries

Yesterday, the DEA sent letters to 23 medical marijuana dispensaries in the Seattle area determined to be located within “1,000 feet of a school, playground or other...
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August 24, 2012
08/24/2012
Attorney General Files to Halt Licensing of Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Attorney General Files to Halt Licensing of Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensaries are at risk as Attorney General Tom Horne argues that voters are legally powerless to authorize anyone to sell marijuana as long as it...
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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 17, 2012
08/17/2012
Facing Orders to Close, Los Angeles Marijuana Dispensary Owners Vow to Overturn Ban

Facing Orders to Close, Los Angeles Marijuana Dispensary Owners Vow to Overturn Ban

Despite threats of fines and jail time, some Los Angeles marijuana dispensary owners have vowed to stay open. They say they are working hard to qualify a ballot measure...
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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 10, 2012
08/10/2012
Arizona Governor Signs Waiver Allowing AG to Attack Medical Marijuana

Arizona Governor Signs Waiver Allowing AG to Attack Medical Marijuana

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed a waiver that will allow Attorney General Tom Horne to try to close down the marijuana dispensaries that her state health...
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August 9, 2012
08/09/2012
North Dakota Medical Marijuana Measure Expands Health Department Duties

North Dakota Medical Marijuana Measure Expands Health Department Duties

The North Dakotan medical marijuana measure puts the Health Department in charge of vetting the business plans of dispensaries, checking home pot gardens and reviewing the drug’s labeling and potency.
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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 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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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 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 26, 2012
07/26/2012
L.A.’s reefer madness

L.A.’s reefer madness

Amanda Reiman writes an opinion piece on The Los Angeles Times about the recent LA ban on medical marijuana dispensaries and the devious “constant framing of dispensaries as...
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July 25, 2012
07/25/2012
Medical Marijuana Advocates Decry Los Angeles Dispensary Ban Vote, Announce Referendum Campaign

Medical Marijuana Advocates Decry Los Angeles Dispensary Ban Vote, Announce Referendum Campaign

Today’s City Council vote disregards public health needs of thousands of patients, makes city legally vulnerable. Los Angeles, CA — After more than four years of attempting to craft...
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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 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Will Los Angeles Ban Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Today?

Will Los Angeles Ban Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Today?

The Los Angeles City Council is set to vote today on a proposed measure that would make LA’s medical marijuana dispensaries illegal. Read more at Village Voice...
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