Items tagged with medical cannabis
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| Rival marijuana measures thrown into the electoral pot [20.04.2013] | Dozens of medical marijuana activists rallied outside Los Angeles City Hall, declaring war on an enemy. Their target was not the federal government, ... |
| Denver's 4/20 pot parties a "coming out for cannabis" [14.04.2013] | Tens of thousands of people will attend Saturday's "4/20" rally in Denver, creating perhaps the largest collectively produced cloud of marijuana smok ... |
| Bill introduced in Congress would fix conflict between state, federal marijuana laws [12.04.2013] | A bill introduced in Congress would fix the conflict between the federal government’s marijuana prohibition and state laws that allow medical or recr ... |
| A map that shows the dramatic spread of legal weed in the US [07.04.2013] | Looking at the recent spread of liberalized marijuana laws across the United States, it's hard not to think we're entering some kind of Weed Spring. ... |
| Scathing audit throws Colorado recreational marijuana rules into chaos [27.03.2013] | Colorado's under-construction plan for regulating recreational marijuana nearly came unglued when lawmakers questioned whether the agency that would ... |
| Audit: Serious flaws in Colorado's regulation of medical marijuana [25.03.2013] | State regulators charged with watching over Colorado's medical marijuana industry have fallen short on everything from tracking inventory and managin ... |
| Medical marijuana dispensaries: High-tech tracking system unfulfilled [24.03.2013] | The technology was supposed to efficiently track medical marijuana from seed to sale — the catch-phrase that came to define Colorado's efforts to reg ... |
| Wall Street sees opportunity in marijuana [22.03.2013] | A number of businesses in the burgeoning U.S. cannabis industry are trying to enlist Wall Street's help. Some entrepreneurs see marijuana heading dow ... |
| French court rejects sick man's cannabis plea [12.03.2013] | A French man suffering from a muscular disease since childhood had his request to be given the right to use cannabis for medicinal reasons rejected b ... |
| Colorado medical-marijuana businesses have declined by 40 percent [02.03.2013] | In the summer of 2010, after legislators passed a law legitimizing dispensaries, there were 1,117 medical-marijuana businesses in Colorado. By the en ... |
| New Health Canada marijuana regulations may drive some into the bush [20.02.2013] | The Conservative government's new medicinal pot system may lead some patients to illicitly grow their pot outdoors. Under proposed changes taking eff ... |
| U.S. can proceed with plans to close Oakland pot shop, court says [14.02.2013] | A U.S. magistrate judge on Thursday sided with federal prosecutors in dismissing a lawsuit by the city of Oakland that challenged as illegal federal ... |
| Battle over medical marijuana [11.02.2013] | More than a decade ago, after several court rulings, the federal government was forced to create regulations allowing people with legitimate needs to ... |
| California high court seems inclined to uphold bans on pot shops [06.02.2013] | The California Supreme Court appeared inclined to uphold municipal bans against medical marijuana dispensaries. Meeting for oral arguments, the state ... |
| Medical marijuana is greenlit [05.02.2013] | Medical marijuana may soon be legally sold and available via doctors' prescriptions, with senators overwhelmingly approving the legislation in a 60-7 ... |
| Ontario’s top court upholds country’s marijuana laws in medicinal pot case [31.01.2013] | Canada’s ban on marijuana was effectively upheld when Ontario’s top court struck down the country’s laws related to medicinal pot much to the chagrin ... |
| Czech Parliament backs medical marijuana, with a catch [29.01.2013] | The Czech Senate approved a bill allowing for the legal sale of cannabis for medical purposes, affirming a decision of the country’s lower house of p ... |
| The DEA's marijuana mistake [24.01.2013] | A pro-marijuana group lost its legal battle when a federal appellate court ruled that marijuana would remain a Schedule I drug, defined as having no ... |
| Marijuana still a drug with no accepted medical use, court says [23.01.2013] | Marijuana will continue to be considered a highly dangerous drug under federal law with no accepted medical uses, after a U.S. appeals court refused ... |
| In California, it’s U.S. vs. State over marijuana [12.01.2013] | In a case that highlights the growing clash between the federal government and those states that have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational ... |
| Judge in San Francisco lets biggest medical pot shop stay open [08.01.2013] | A federal magistrate judge ruled that a medical-marijuana dispensary that bills itself as the world's largest can continue to operate, at least for n ... |
| Rocky Mountain high: Pot a $200M industry in Colorado [04.01.2013] | Vigorous regulation of a thriving medical-marijuana industry in Colorado offers the best glimpse of what is coming to Washington when it launches its ... |
| Studying marijuana and its loftier purpose [31.12.2012] | Marijuana is illegal in Israel, but at a government-approved medical marijuana farm at a secret location near the city of Safed, is at the cutting ed ... |
| Parts of Colorado's pot legalization strategy exported to other states [29.12.2012] | The sequential strategy will look familiar to Coloradans: first, pass a medical-marijuana law; then put dispensaries in place; then go for recreation ... |
| Battle over nation's largest pot dispensary heads to U.S. court [18.12.2012] | A showdown over the fate of the country's largest medical marijuana dispensary heads to federal court, and the outcome could hint at what lies ahead ... |
| For medicinal use only? [17.12.2012] | The Czech Republic already has one of the world’s most liberal approach to recreational drug possession. And it will get more liberal still: beginnin ... |
| President's pot comments prompt call for policy [14.12.2012] | President Barack Obama says he won't go after pot users in Colorado and Washington, two states that just legalized the drug for recreational use. But ... |
| Support growing for medical marijuana in Israel [01.11.2012] | More than 10,000 patients who have official government permission consume marijuana in Israel, a number that has swelled dramatically, up from servin ... |
| Medical marijuana: disabled veteran's appeal could change US drugs policy [22.10.2012] | A disabled veteran has told an appeals court that the department of veteran affairs policy on medical marijuana has caused him pain and significant e ... |
| Medical Marijuana: Will Colorado's "green rush" last? [20.10.2012] | When people go to the polls two weeks from now they won't just be voting for candidates, in some states, they'll be passing judgment on social issues ... |
| Medical marijuana advocates seek reclassification of drug [15.10.2012] | A medical marijuana advocate urged a federal appeals court to require the U.S. government to relax, or at least rethink, a more-than-40-year-old rule ... |
| Oakland sues U.S. to halt closure of marijuana dispensary [10.10.2012] | The city of Oakland has sued to block U.S. authorities from closing down a medical marijuana dispensary that bills itself as the world's largest, mar ... |
| Powerful Court quietly takes marijuana case that could shatter federal prohibition laws [10.10.2012] | On October 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the federal appeals court that usually handles cases involving government regulations, ... |
| Marijuana only for the sick? A farce, some Angelenos say [06.10.2012] | One year after federal law enforcement officials began cracking down on California’s medical marijuana industry with a series of high-profile arrests ... |
| Medical marijuana advocates hope lawsuit relaxes US drugs policy [06.10.2012] | Advocates for medical marijuana will go before the US court of appeal as part of a historic lawsuit that they hope will challenge the federal governme ... |
| Pot dispensaries clouding medical marijuana's image [05.10.2012] | Seattle's first-ever Medical Cannabis Cup — part gourmet weed contest, part trade show, part smoke-in — showcased the entrepreneurial drive and explo ... |
| Marijuana: A failure to regulate, but not by dispensaries [02.10.2012] | The Times' Sept. 27 editorial, "In a haze on pot policy," says, "In the face of this chaos, the federal crackdown is, to some, good news -- finally, ... |
| L.A. repeals its ban on pot stores [01.10.2012] | After struggling for years to regulate storefront pot shops, the Los Angeles City Council retreated Tuesday, voting to repeal the carefully crafted b ... |
| In a haze on pot policy [26.09.2012] | Late last year, U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. affirmed the Obama administration's long-standing policy of taking a hands-off approach to states ... |
| U.S. raids L.A. marijuana shops [26.09.2012] | Federal officials brought their war on medical marijuana dispensaries to Los Angeles, raiding several shops and issuing warning letters to dozens mor ... |
| Bid to overturn L.A. pot shop ban qualifies for ballot [18.09.2012] | Activists seeking to strike down a ban on medical marijuana outlets in Los Angeles saw their challenge qualify for the ballot, dealing a setback to t ... |
| Medical marijuana backers seek inroads in South [02.09.2012] | This fall, Arkansas will be the first Southern state to ask voters whether to legalize medical uses for pot, a move that offers supporters a rare cha ... |
| Bid to repeal L.A.'s ban on pot shops may be headed for ballot [29.08.2012] | A referendum to repeal a ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles appears to be headed for the ballot, with pot shop supporters saying th ... |
| Los Angeles sued over crackdown on medical marijuana shops [17.08.2012] | A medical marijuana trade group and 11 patients sued the city of Los Angeles, seeking to block enforcement of an ordinance that would shut down most ... |
| L.A.'s medical marijuana mess [25.07.2012] | The Los Angeles City Council is plainly out of its depth when it comes to regulating medical marijuana. This was already clear after years of fumblin ... |
| L.A. City Council bans medical marijuana dispensaries [24.07.2012] | In what could be a turning point in the city's seemingly unending battle to regulate the distribution of medical marijuana, the Los Angeles City Coun ... |
| Oakland protests U.S. attorney's crackdown on large medical marijuana dispensary [13.07.2012] | A day after federal prosecutors moved to shutter the country's largest medical marijuana dispensary, city leaders and other officials came to the def ... |
| U.S. cracks down on "world's largest" medical marijuana dispensary [10.07.2012] | Federal prosecutors have filed civil forfeiture actions against an Oakland medical marijuana dispensary that bills itself as the world's largest, as ... |
| Medical marijuana growers uninspected by Health Canada [03.07.2012] | More than 15,000 people are licensed to grow medical marijuana in Canada, but Health Canada has no record of staff ever inspecting any of the growers ... |
| Some Southern California 'nonprofit' pot shops make big money [16.06.2012] | Many medical marijuana dispensaries have been making huge sums of money even as they claim to be nonprofit, according to court and law enforcement re ... |
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