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Promised medical
marijuana regulation
still far away in San
Mateo, California

When federal drug enforcement agents raided three medical marijuana dispensaries in San Mateo last year, county officials responded to the outcry from local cannabis patients by calling for guidelines to distribute the controversial medication.

But the Peninsula's last remaining dispensary was raided by federal agents two weeks ago, and the county is still far from creating a promised model ordinance designed  Read More...

Added: 21 days ago

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Oregon Court of Appeals
protects medical
marijuana

PORTLAND — The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that an employer must make a reasonable accommodation for medical marijuana use for a disability.

In an opinion issued Wednesday, the appeals court upheld a ruling by the state Bureau of Labor and Industries.

The agency said that Emerald Steel Fabricators in Eugene violated state laws barring discrimination against the disabled by discharging  Read More...

Added: 22 days ago

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Study: Marijuana potency
reaches 30-year high in
2007

 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Marijuana potency increased last year to the highest level in more than 30 years, posing greater health risks to people who may view the drug as harmless, according to a report released Thursday by the White House.

A report says marijuana potency has increased, posing health risks to people who may view the drug as harmless.

The latest analysis  Read More...

Added: 22 days ago

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Will Marijuana be on the
November Ballot Too?

In November, Californians will vote on an amendment change to the California constitution that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, there for stopping same-sex marriages from occurring (they begin June 17). Similarly, a 2003 amendment change by state legislatures to the 1996 voter-approved Compassionate Use Act was found unconstitutional by a Court of Appeals  Read More...

Added: 24 days ago

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Will Marijuana be on the
November Ballot Too?

In November, Californians will vote on an amendment change to the California constitution that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, there for stopping same-sex marriages from occurring (they begin June 17). Similarly, a 2003 amendment change by state legislatures to the 1996 voter-approved Compassionate Use Act was found unconstitutional by a Court of Appeals  Read More...

Added: 24 days ago

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Tags  :  november elections ballot marijuana

New Brief in Medical
Marijuana Challenge

San Diego: New Brief in Medical Marijuana Challenge
A group of California medical marijuana patients Tueday filed a legal brief opposing San Diego County's attempt to overturn state law on the issue.

In February 2006, San Diego County filed a lawsuit challenging  Read More...

Added: 6 months ago

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Among Calif. Pot Clubs
There Stirs a Budding
Rebellion

When the Drug Enforcement Administration sent letters last year to California landlords who rent to marijuana dispensaries, reminding them -- not so subtly -- that it's a federal crime to do so, they opened another front in the battle to define how pot clubs operate in the hazy border between state and federal law.

The letters state that "federal law  Read More...

Added: 3 months ago

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Jury acquits
medical-marijuana grower

Jury acquits medical-marijuana grower

OROVILLE -- After an hour-long deliberation Friday afternoon, a jury found a Chico man not guilty of charges he cultivated marijuana and stored it illegally.

It's thought by attorneys to be the first case tried in Butte County Superior Court under California Senate Bill 420, which allows people with medical  Read More...

Added: 6 months ago

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