Feds Say City of Oakland Can't Stop Medical Pot Crackdown
The U.S. government told a federal judge that the city of Oakland lacks standing to try and block it from seizing a medical marijuana dispensary...
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Colorado Business Groups Ask Feds to Enforce Marijuana Laws
Some 20 Colorado business organizations wrote a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder last Friday urging him to enforce federal laws barring the sale...
Harborside Health Center Must Stay Open, Oakland Says
The city of Oakland says that forfeiture proceedings against Harborside Health Center, a medical marijuana dispensary should be stayed while a federal judge
Two of the Largest American Newspapers Opine in Favor of Allowing States to Legalize Marijuana
Editorials in favor of marijuana law reform featured this weekend by two of the US’ largest newspapers, the New York Times and the Washington Post...
MOMENTUM: Post Election, Marijuana Law Reform Bills to be Introduced at Both State and Federal Level
The message from the big marijuana wins on Election Day has already begun to reverberate around the nation. Right on the heels of the votes in WA and CO...
Law Enforcement Call on DOJ to Respect State Marijuana Laws
Tues morning Former Baltimore narcotics officer Neill Franklin delivered a letter signed by 73 current and former law enforcement, judges, prosecutors to...
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Marijuana Legalization: States Send Message, Feds Aren't Listening
Voters in Washington and Colorado didn't just pass historic measures legalizing recreational marijuana use last week.
WA Governor Meets with DOJ on Marijuana Legalization
Washington state Governor Chris Gregoire met Tuesday with Deputy Attorney General James Cole to discuss her state's passage last week of an initiative...
Bill Maher To Mason Tvert: Help Cali Legalize Cannabis and I'll Fund It
On last Friday's Real Time, Bill Maher offers to fund Mason Tvert if he'll move to California and replicate what we did in Colorado with Amendment 64.
Feds Unsure What to Do About State Legalization
A Washington Post story reports that federal officials don't know what they are going to do about marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington...
Expect Federal Fast Talking About CO and WA to Start Soon
If the state itself were to sell or traffic in marijuana, that would be a "positive conflict" with federal law. But CO and WA have no obligation to enforce
'No Grey Sky' Marijuana Dispensary Takes on Uncle Sam
A licensed medical marijuana dispensary sued the Justice Department and DEA, claiming that their illegal crusade threatens to cost thousands of patients...
Suit Before Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Seeks To Halt Federal Actions Against CA Medical Cannabis
A group of California medical cannabis providers and patients, as Plaintiffs, filed their Opening Brief before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San...
Initiative Watch (2012.10.17)
With less than three weeks to go until election day, there is a lot of activity on the state-level initiative front--but not everywhere...
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Obama Officials Stay Silent on Marijuana Initiatives
Despite pleas from drug enforcement experts, the Obama administration has not said how the federal government would deal with possible state marijuana laws.
Former DEA Heads Urge Holder to Oppose Marijuana Legalization Measures
Nine former US DEA heads urged Attorney General Eric Holder to oppose the November marijuana legalization measures in Colorado, Washington state and Oregon.
Old Hippie Asks Obama Some Hard Questions About Marijuana
Everybody talks about President Obama and his broken promises about marijuana, but nobody has gotten him to talk about it, until now.
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Feds File Lawsuits Against Six Marijuana Stores In Anaheim, California
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday expanded their crackdown on California medical marijuana dispensaries, filing three lawsuits and sending warning letters to more than 60 clinics in two Orange County cities.