Tag: california

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April 10, 2013
04/10/2013
Why I Am Going to Sacramento – Medical Cannabis Policy

Why I Am Going to Sacramento – Medical Cannabis Policy

Nothing happens in the state legislature just because it should. Sometimes laws get passed because those with a financial interest in the outcome influence lawmakers. In some...
April 4, 2013
04/04/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.03)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.03)

Medical marijuana bills were laid to rest in two states this week, changes in the medical marijuana law went into effect in another, and Massachusetts now appears...
April 2, 2013
04/02/2013
Davidovich and Chipman Face Off on NBC Politically Speaking

Davidovich and Chipman Face Off on NBC Politically Speaking

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner recently proposed an ordinance to allow medical marijuana dispensaries to operate in commercial and industrial areas for a $5,000 yearly permit fee...
March 28, 2013
03/28/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.03.27)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.03.27)

There is plenty of action in state legislatures, the battle over rescheduling continues, a Maine dispensary gets called out for using pesticides, and much more. Let’s get...
March 27, 2013
03/27/2013
California Lawmaker Says Email Seizure Needs Warrants

California Lawmaker Says Email Seizure Needs Warrants

Law-enforcement agencies need warrants to seize the mail of U.S. citizens, and the same rule will apply to email under a new bill proposed to the California...
March 26, 2013
03/26/2013
Medical Marijuana Seminar: Law, Science and Advocacy

Medical Marijuana Seminar: Law, Science and Advocacy

This one day seminar will focus on medical cannabis law, science, and advocacy, featuring two expert attorneys, a doctor and a registered nurse. The experts will discuss...
March 25, 2013
03/25/2013
Weed Vending Machines Coming to California

Weed Vending Machines Coming to California

California weed-smokers no longer have to go through the grueling inconvenience of dragging themselves to a dispensary. Hurray, weed vending machines. At least three dispensaries in L.A. are...
March 21, 2013
03/21/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.03.20)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.03.20)

013 Medical marijuana action was concentrated in state legislatures this week, although there was also news from the Massachusetts attorney general’s office. California On Tuesday, Rep. Tom Ammiano...
March 21, 2013
03/21/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.03.20)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.03.20)

013 A Customs agent, a Texas deputy, and a small-town California cop all go down this week. Let’s get to it: In Yuma, Arizona, a US Customs and...
March 21, 2013
03/21/2013
California Bill Would Create New Regulations for Medical Marijuana Industry

California Bill Would Create New Regulations for Medical Marijuana Industry

California’s medical marijuana industry would be overseen by a Sacramento-level bureaucracy under AB 473, a reform bill introduced Tuesday by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco.
March 19, 2013
03/19/2013
$4 Million Marijuana Discovery on Santa Barbara Beach

$4 Million Marijuana Discovery on Santa Barbara Beach

Authorities in Santa Barbara County found about 2,000 pounds of marijuana next to a panga boat that washed ashore at Arroyo Quemada Beach. The pot was wrapped...
By: Lateralus
March 14, 2013
03/14/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.03.13)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.03.13)

There is action in various state houses, Michiganders continue to tussle over their medical marijuana law, and there’s an investigation going on in Maine. Let’s get to...
March 11, 2013
03/11/2013
Weedist Talks to Morgan Fox of Marijuana Policy Project

Weedist Talks to Morgan Fox of Marijuana Policy Project

Weedists: Meet Morgan Fox “Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories.” Morgan Fox is the Communications Manager for Marijuana...
March 8, 2013
03/08/2013
Company Hopes to Bring Marijuana-Dispensing Machines to San Diego

Company Hopes to Bring Marijuana-Dispensing Machines to San Diego

MedBox makes armored, 800 pound medical marijuana-dispensing machines, and hopes to bring 30 to dispensaries in San Diego. The machines operate with prepaid cards and patients’ fingerprints....
March 8, 2013
03/08/2013
LA Mayoral Frontrunner to Feds: End Marijuana Hypocrisy

LA Mayoral Frontrunner to Feds: End Marijuana Hypocrisy

Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles mayoral frontrunner and councilman, has been calling on the federal government to reclassify marijuana and finally accept the fact that marijuana has medicinal...
March 7, 2013
03/07/2013
Weedist Destinations: San Francisco, CA

Weedist Destinations: San Francisco, CA

San Francisco is the birthplace of the hippie movement, the Summer of Love, psychedelic music, and more recently, the medical marijuana movement that has changed so many...
March 7, 2013
03/07/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.03.06)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.03.06)

Legislatures are in session across the land, and that’s reflected in our update this week. Bills are moving, generally, but not always in the right direction. Meanwhile,...
March 5, 2013
03/05/2013
Petition – DEA, Stop Misleading the Public About Medical Marijuana

Petition – DEA, Stop Misleading the Public About Medical Marijuana

William R. Sherman, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) San Diego Field Division, has declared an outright war on medical marijuana patients...
March 5, 2013
03/05/2013
Medical Pot a Huge Part of Silicon Valley

Medical Pot a Huge Part of Silicon Valley

San Jose has 106 pot clinics, more than four times the number in San Francisco and twice as many per square mile as LA. Marijuana use is “extremely...
March 4, 2013
03/04/2013
The Haze Craze – Origins and Top Ten Strains

The Haze Craze – Origins and Top Ten Strains

Danny Danko @ High Times goes back to 1960s Santa Cruz to discuss the origins of the popular Haze strain and covers its history throughout the decades. Also included...