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Sacramento County to Limit Indoor Marijuana Growth
Sacramento County, California supervisors are expected today to limit the indoor growth of marijuana to nine plants per house in unincorporated areas.
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Colorado Law Sets Up Marijuana Banks; Feds Must OK
Seeking to move marijuana businesses away from cash-only operations, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed legislation Friday that tries to establish the world’s first financial system for the newly legal industry in Colorado. It would allow pot businesses to pool money in cooperatives, however, without the blessing of the Fed, it's more of a symbolic action.
DEA Leaning on Massachusetts Docs With Dispensaries Ties
The Boston Globe is reporting today that the DEA has been visiting Massachusetts doctors involved with yet-to-open medical marijuana dispensaries and giving them an ultimatum: Cut your ties with the dispensary or…
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Colorado: Firing Quadriplegic Med MJ Patients Okay?
Brandon Coats never expected he would end up as the test case pitting Colorado’s medical marijuana laws against the right of employers to have zero-tolerance marijuana policies. But now the Colorado Supreme Court will be hearing his case against Dish Network, the company that had employed him as a telephone operator at its call center, then fired him when he tested positive for marijuana on a random piss test.
Drug Testing and the Demise of National Security
We, as a nation, are addicted to workplace drug screenings. This is clearly becoming a larger problem when it's affecting national security. The fact of the matter is that many, if not most,
"Vote Medical Marijuana" Campaign Airs TV Ads Calling Out Congressional Opponents of Medical Marijuana
The medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is running 30-second TV advertisements on MSNBC in Maryland and South Florida over the next few days to draw attention to Members of Congress who opposed medical marijuana reform in last week's House vote.
NORML PAC Endorses Troy Jackson in Maine 2nd CD Primary
NORML PAC is endorsing state Senator Troy Jackson in his campaign to represent the 2nd Congressional District of Maine...
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Texas GOP Convention Moves to Add Medical Marijuana to Platform
The Temporary Platform Committee of the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) today passed an amendment to the Healthcare and Nutritional Supplements plank of the proposed 2014 RPT Platform that would allow Texas doctors to prescribe marijuana.
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.06.04)
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of June 4, 2014:
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Lake County California Bans Outdoor Medical Marijuana Grows
Medical marijuana growers in northern California's Lake County were banned from growing cannabis outdoors Tuesday when voters approved an outdoor-growing restriction proposed by county supervisors.
Federal Medical Marijuana Defendant Returns to Washington, D.C. to Lobby Senate Ahead of Imminent Vote
Medical marijuana patient Larry Harvey, 70, has returned to Washington, D.C. this week to persuade the U.S. Senate to vote for an end to the type of Justice Department (DOJ)
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Minnesota Seeks Medical Marijuana Boss
The Minnesota Department of Health is seeking a director for its new Office of Medical Cannabis, which will implement the medical marijuana bill signed into law last month by Gov. Mark Dayton.
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Marijuana Business Auction: 3 Stores, 3 Grow Operations Seized From VIP Cannabis for Back Taxes
VIP Cannabis' three retail marijuana stores and three growing operations in Denver are now up for auction on the internet over the next few weeks, after the DEA seized the facilities to pay for back taxes.
Acting Right: Operation Grow4Vets
Roger Martin, founder of a Colorado organization aptly named Operation Grow4Vets believes that, "anyone who would deny treatment with marijuana to a seriously or terminally ill person is either incredibly uniformed, or simply lacks any measure of compassion for his or her fellow human beings."
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Medical Marijuana Scores Big House Win, But Still Faces Hurdles
Cannabis reform won a historic vote in the House last week, which approved language blocking the federal government from interfering with state medical marijuana laws
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Pot Shops in Denver's Suburbs Fewer and Farther Between Than in City
Denver's 650,000 residents are serviced by 75 recreational marijuana dispensaries (1 shop for every ~8.7k residents). Whereas the 2 million living in the suburbs have just 21 recreational shops...
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'Weed for Votes' Campaign Staged in San Jose by Marijuana Collective
A consortium of about a dozen San Jose marijuana shops are handing out free pot in exchange for your ballot stub or “I voted” sticker on June 3, which is election day for local races and battles for governor and secretary of state. The "Weed for Votes" coordinators are also handing out a voter guide, so people know when and who to vote for on marijuana-related issues.
US House Votes to Prohibit DOJ From Interfering With State Medical Marijuana or Industrial Hemp Programs
After a long debate that had the US House of Representatives in session until after midnight, the lower chamber of Congress cast a historic 219 to 189 vote to restrict the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration from using taxpayer funds to interfere in state-sanctioned medical marijuana programs in the 20+ states that have enacted them.