Tag: raids

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May 3, 2013
05/03/2013
San Diego Rally Against Federal Interference: May 6th

San Diego Rally Against Federal Interference: May 6th

Join patients, medical professionals, lawyers, advocates, and concerned citizens for a rally at the San Diego Federal Courthouse on Monday, May 6th at 12pm (Noon), against the...
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May 2, 2013
05/02/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.01)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.01)

Lots of action in California this past week, including more raids and more threat letters, plus action in various state legislatures. Let’s get to it: California Last...
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May 1, 2013
05/01/2013
Dispensary Press Conference: One on One Patients Association

Dispensary Press Conference: One on One Patients Association

Last week, the Narcotic Task Force headed by the DEA conducted a raid on ‘One on One Patients Association’, a legal medical marijuana dispensary in Downtown San Diego....
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April 25, 2013
04/25/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.24)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.24)

The first dispensary in Phoenix has opened, dispensaries in Washington, DC, are ready to go, and there has been more federal enforcement activity in California. Let’s get...
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March 14, 2013
03/14/2013
British Soccer Club Uses Marijuana Heat Lamps Seized in Police Raids to Grow Field Grass

British Soccer Club Uses Marijuana Heat Lamps Seized in Police Raids to Grow Field Grass

English soccer club Notts County are using marijuana heat lamps confiscated in police raids to help maintain their field. The heat lamps are being deployed on lighting...
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March 11, 2013
03/11/2013
Grand Rapids Marijuana Dispensaries, Raided Wednesday, Still in Business

Grand Rapids Marijuana Dispensaries, Raided Wednesday, Still in Business

Grand Rapids police raided three medical marijuana dispensaries last Wednesday seizing nearly everything in sight; the Mid-Michigan Compassion Club, the Natural Wellness and Purple Med. GRPD believed they...
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February 21, 2013
02/21/2013
Overkill in Honolulu – Bamboo Confused for Marijuana

Overkill in Honolulu – Bamboo Confused for Marijuana

013 Dozens of Honolulu and Hawaii police used a battering ram in a pointless attack on a house, armed with a bogus affidavit from a helicopter pilot...
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February 13, 2013
02/13/2013
CO ‘Free’ Marijuana Delivery Service Raided, Could Face Life

CO ‘Free’ Marijuana Delivery Service Raided, Could Face Life

Billygoatgreen MMJ, the Colorado Springs delivery service that offered free marijuana in exchange for a delivery charge, has been raided by police. The owners now face serious...
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February 8, 2013
02/08/2013
DEA, Police Raid Three Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Plus Home in San Bernardino

DEA, Police Raid Three Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Plus Home in San Bernardino

Federal drug agents, local police, city attorney’s investigators and code enforcement officers fanned out across San Bernardino on Wednesday, raiding a chain of medical marijuana dispensaries and a...
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February 7, 2013
02/07/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.02.06)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.02.06)

The California Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a key case on whether localities can ban dispensaries, and medical marijuana bills died in two Midwest states, and...
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January 29, 2013
01/29/2013
HuffPost: Obama’s Big Cannabis Conundrum

HuffPost: Obama’s Big Cannabis Conundrum

Huffington Post reporters Ryan Grimm and Ryan Reilly publish one of the most comprehensive and insightful pieces to date on the current friction between state and federal laws regarding cannabis...
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January 18, 2013
01/18/2013
California Supreme Court Denies Review of Landmark Medical Pot Case, Huge Win For Dispensaries

California Supreme Court Denies Review of Landmark Medical Pot Case, Huge Win For Dispensaries

The California Supreme Court denied review yesterday of a landmark medical marijuana dispensary case, which drew widespread attention from prosecutors and policymakers across the state. The Fourth...
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January 14, 2013
01/14/2013
Medical Marijuana Advocates Hail San Diego Mayor’s Decision to Stop Crackdown on Dispensaries

Medical Marijuana Advocates Hail San Diego Mayor’s Decision to Stop Crackdown on Dispensaries

Advocates applauded the recent actions of San Diego Mayor Bob Filner in trying to put an end to the years-long crackdown on access to medical marijuana in...
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January 10, 2013
01/10/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.01.09)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.01.09)

Montana caregivers continue to get sentenced in federal court, an Arizona lawmaker wants a redo on medical marijuana, an Illinois bill is delayed, and the back and...
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January 10, 2013
01/10/2013
DEA Raids Three LA Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

DEA Raids Three LA Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

DEA agents raided three Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensaries Wednesday afternoon, according to a preliminary report from Americans for Safe Access California director Don Duncan. More details were not...
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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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November 30, 2012
11/30/2012
Chronicle DVD Review: Code of the West

Chronicle DVD Review: Code of the West

03:37pm DVD Review: Code of the West, directed by Rebecca Richman Cohen (2012, Racing Horse Films, 71 minutes) In Code of the West, Emmy nominated filmmaker Rebecca Richman...
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November 26, 2012
11/26/2012
Marijuana Dispensary Closed By Feds Re-Opens…Is the Crackdown Over?

Marijuana Dispensary Closed By Feds Re-Opens…Is the Crackdown Over?

San Francisco’s Shambhala Healing Center has decided to reopen its doors after Obama’s Justice Department assault on California’s medical marijuana dispensaries this summer. Recently there’s been no letters...
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November 15, 2012
11/15/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.11.14)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.11.14)

04:52pm All eyes may have been on the election last week, but the battles over medical marijuana didn’t go away. Here are the highlights from the...
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November 9, 2012
11/09/2012
Medical Marijuana Advocates Take Fight to DC

Medical Marijuana Advocates Take Fight to DC

As the Executive Director of Americans for Safe Access, it’s my privilege to meet and facilitate the work of medical cannabis advocates throughout the nation. In the week...
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