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Stash for Thu, Dec 17, 2009
Download Link: Secret Stash - Register to access Download audio file (NORML_Daily_AudioStash_2009-12-17.mp3) Hemp Headlines NJ MS patient John Ray Wilson acquitted of most serious felony drug charge Three injured in armed robbery of Denve...
No dispensaries allowed near McDonald’s?!?
South Whittier (MyFOXLA)- A medical marijuana dispensary in unincorporated South Whittier was ordered today to close for operating in violation of county rules. The Starlight 420 Center had been selling marijuana at 15640 Leffingwell Road for more t...
Congress allows DC to implement 1998 medical marijuana law
House and Senate negotiations for the 2010 Appropriations bill have been completed. This is the huge federal budget bill and it just so happens that Washington DC is a federal district and its spending is controlled by Congress. In 1998, DC passed ...
Los Angeles to cap number of dispensaries at 70
The Los Angeles City Council took several key steps Tuesday toward completing an ordinance that would regulate the city’s multiplying medical marijuana dispensaries, voting to sharply limit the number and location of stores. The council voted ...
San Diego collective manager Jovan Jackson found not guilty
SAN DIEGO (760 KFMB) – The manager of a San Diego medical marijuana collective was acquitted Tuesday of possessing marijuana and selling the drug for profit. The jury, however, convicted 31-year-old Jovan Jackson of possession of ecstasy and X...
Denver Post’s alarmist worries about a “marijuana minefield”
(Denver Post) As we’ve said before, lawmakers need to shape regulations that hew closely to the intent of Amendment 20, which voters passed in 2000. We do not believe the escalation in the number of certified medical marijuana users — now mo...
LA City Council does not explicitly ban medical marijuana sales
(Los Angeles Times) Dispensaries in Los Angeles could continue to accept cash for medical marijuana under a provision approved by the City Council on Tuesday, after it adopted language carefully crafted to maneuver past the city attorney’s ada...
Stash for Tue, Nov 17, 2009
Download Link: Secret Stash - Register to access Download audio file (NORML_Daily_AudioStash_2009-11-17.mp3) Hemp Headlines Los Angeles committees reject ban on dispensaries “But legalizing marijuana will cost society more than it earns in taxes...
Los Angeles committees reject ban on dispensaries
(The Snitch) Ignoring the advice of anti-pot City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, two Los Angeles City Council committees yesterday rejected a proposed ban on sales of medical marijuana. Anti-pot zealots within L.A. city government had coordinated an 18-...
Colorado Health Board pulls last second “emergency” meeting tomorrow to weaken medical marijuana law
In an underhanded move, the Colorado Board of Health will be voting to weaken the medical marijuana law at an “emergency” meeting on Tuesday, November 3 at 10:30am in Denver. At this stealth meeting the Board will be voting to redefine ...
Los Angeles NORML letter-writing campaign coverage
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Maine citizens to vote on registry cards and dispensaries for medical marijuana tomorrow
For our readers in Maine, don’t forget to get out and vote tomorrow on Question 5. Here’s a summary from Maine Citizens for Patient Rights: Current law allows a person who has been diagnosed by a physician as suffering from certain medi...
Stash for Thu, Oct 22, 2009
Download Link: Secret Stash - Register to access Download audio file (NORML_Daily_AudioStash_2009-10-22.mp3) Hemp Headlines LA City Council rushing new ordinance that could wipe out dispensaries 9th Circuit Court rules cops can’t use dispensaries ...
San Bernadino County Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt’s reefer madness defense of banning medical marijuana dispensaries
It’s long and it’s rambling and it’s chock full of reefer madness. It’s an op-ed called “In defense of banning marijuana dispensaries” by San Bernadino County Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt, a man who took a sacred o...
Los Angeles County DA vows to take down “about 100%” of dispensaries “dealing marijuana illegally”
OK, when I get really pissed , I like to turn the sarcasm knob to eleven… (Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley said Thursday he will prosecute medical marijuana dispensaries for over-the-counter sales, targeting a p...
