Tag: Melinda Haag

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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 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 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 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 18, 2012
07/18/2012
Video: San Francisco’s HopeNet Cooperative Forced by DOJ to Shutter Its Storefront

Video: San Francisco’s HopeNet Cooperative Forced by DOJ to Shutter Its Storefront

HopeNet Cooperative, San Francisco’s oldest continuously operating storefront medical marijuana dispensary recently announced the Department of Justice is forcing them to close its doors at 223 9th...
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July 16, 2012
07/16/2012
NorCal Medical Marijuana Enemy #1: US Attorney Melinda Haag

NorCal Medical Marijuana Enemy #1: US Attorney Melinda Haag

Melinda Haag, United States Attorney 450 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 436-7200 Melinda.Haag@usdoj.gov  So why is Melinda Haag medical marijuana’s enemy number 1 and...
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July 13, 2012
07/13/2012
Obama’s War On Medical Marijuana Just Got Even Uglier

Obama’s War On Medical Marijuana Just Got Even Uglier

10:28pm One month ago, Eric Holder testified before Congress that the Dept. of Justice is only targeting medical marijuana businesses that violate their state’s laws. Anyone who didn’t...
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July 12, 2012
07/12/2012
Feds Target California’s Highest Profile Dispensary

Feds Target California’s Highest Profile Dispensary

09:54pm, (Issue #742) Harborside Health Center, California’s largest and most well-known medical marijuana dispensary, has been targeted for closure by federal prosecutors. Workers at the dispensary’s...
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July 11, 2012
07/11/2012
First Vapor Room, Now Feds Target Beloved Harborside Health Center

First Vapor Room, Now Feds Target Beloved Harborside Health Center

KQED reports U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag’s office has threatened to seize the property of Harborside Health Center’s Oakland and San Jose locations. The Vapor Room in the...
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July 10, 2012
07/10/2012
Obama Administration Forces Closure of One of Most Popular San Francisco Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Obama Administration Forces Closure of One of Most Popular San Francisco Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

The Vapor Room, a popular San Francisco medical marijuana dispensary in the Lower Haight is being forced to shut down from continued pressure from the U.S. Attorneys’...
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