He faced 5 charges of sales, possession
By Greg Moran, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 12:01 a.m.
SAN DIEGO COURTS — A Navy veteran who was the manager of a medical marijuana dispensary was acquitted of five charges of possessing and selling the drug illegally yesterday, a verdict that emboldened medical marijuana activists and was [...]
By ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN
Published: November 4, 2009
AFTER Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced in March that he would end the Bush administration practice of frequently raiding medical marijuana dispensaries, the dispensaries have been growing, appropriately enough, like weeds.
Among the 14 states with medical marijuana laws, Colorado has experienced particularly brisk growth in the stores. [...]
Tim King Salem-News.com
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Studies indicate that 8 million American women smoked marijuana in the last year.
(LOS ANGELES) – It was interesting to watch Matt Lauer have to be “cool” about marijuana in this week’s NBC Today Show segment titled “Stiletto Stoners”, which related a story of growing numbers of women who prefer pot as a wind [...]
San Diego Government – City of San Diego
BY Landon Bright  Â
Monday, 02 November 2009 18:17
Last Friday, the city of San Diego Medical Marijuana Task Force held its second-to-last meeting for the calendar year. The meeting focused on what the permitting process should be for dispensaries and how far collectives and cooperatives should be kept [...]
By Alana Semuels
They flock to Hayfork to bask in the sunny, cool climate and the permissive rules on medical pot farming and possession.
Reporting from Hayfork, Calif. — Education has long been preached as a way to keep kids away from drugs. It’s the walk to school that has Supt. Tom Barnett worried.
This hardscrabble Northern California [...]
By R. Scott Moxley in Breaking News, Moxley, Yo Smoka Smoka
In a remarkable opinion issued today with potential Orange County implications, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit blasted the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for committing “highly objectionable,” “tainted,” “reckless,” “misleading” and “illegal” conduct in a 2005 attempt to seize more [...]
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By Steve Elliott
It’s a classic case of disconnect between public policy and public opinion. As District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis continues with her medical marijuana dispensary crackdown in San Diego, a new poll indicates that a hefty majority of city residents favor leaving the pot shops open and regulating them.
About 77 percent of San Diego’s adult residents [...]
By Marijuana Policy Project , Reforming U.S. Marijuana Laws – October 27, 2009
SACRAMENTO — On Wednesday, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee will hold a historic hearing on the implications of taxing and regulating marijuana similarly to alcoholic beverages.
The informational hearing marks the first time California’s legislature has considered ending marijuana prohibition since California first [...]
By Marijuana Policy Project , Reforming U.S. Marijuana Laws
Last week, I posted the results of the MPP-commissioned poll showing that despite outrageous claims being made by local officials, there is wide support for medical marijuana among Los Angeles County voters. A new poll now shows that support for medical marijuana access isn’t confined to Los [...]
By Craig Gustafson
Union-Tribune Staff Writer
11:19 a.m. October 28, 2009
As the city of San Diego struggles with how to handle medical marijuana dispensaries, a new poll shows that nearly two-thirds of the city’s adults favor allowing the shops as long as they are regulated.
Of those, 37 percent favor heavy regulations and 27 percent desire only a [...]