Senior Citizens and Cannabis Patient Advocates Brave San Diego Federal Courthouse
Over 60 senior citizens protested at the Edward Schwartz Federal Courthouse, donning green medical cannabis ribbons to challenge the legality of a wiretap.
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Medical Marijuana Update (2012.09.12)
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of September 12, 2012.
ACLU Fights Decision in Cell Phone Tracking Case
The ACLU is challenging a federal appeals court ruling that it is legal for the DEA and other agencies to use cell phone tracking without a warrant.
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Montana Supreme Court: No Constitutional Right to Medical Marijuana
The Montana Supreme Court ruled there is no fundamental right for patients to use any drug, like medical marijuana, that’s illegal under federal law on Tues
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Pot Smoking Driver in Saskatoon Canada Deemed Not Impaired
A Canadian woman who admitted to using marijuana before getting into her car has been acquitted of impaired driving as judge didn't see relevant evidence.
US Tax Court: No Medical Marijuana Dispensary Tax Deductions
A new US Tax Court decision is slapping SF's already shutdown Vapor Room dispensary with a massive tax bill by disallowing tax deductions.
Woman Walks After Prosecutorial Perfidy in Tucson
Aurora Lopez-Avila is back home in Mexico after sitting for more than two years in a Tucson, Arizona prison on drug charges.
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Federal Judges Dismiss Every Lawsuit Filed by California Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Seeking Protection
Federal judges reinforced marijuana’s Schedule I status under the Controlled Substances Act by dismissing lawsuits advocating for dispensaries in all four California court districts. Medical marijuana supporters sought to stop the federal…
A Wrong Reading of the Right Ruling
Mike Riggs at Reason writes about an important decision recently handed down by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals but the article also gives an excellent example of poor decision reading. It…