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Colorado medical marijuana shops in federal crosshairs
Los Angeles Times
Earlier this month, federal prosecutors sent letters to 23 medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado, ordering them to shut down or face criminal charges. Now the owners must decide: stay and fight, or go? "I feel like fighting," Diane Irwin, ...
Marijuana at the Crossroads: Event asks if MMJ lawyers are breaking oathWestword (blog)

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Medical Marijuana Resource Doobons.com Announces Live Agent Customer Service ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Last year, Doobons.com started a revolution in the way patients find local medical marijuana dispensaries, doctors and clinics, and other resources by combining state-of-the-art geotargeting technology with an approachable, user-friendly web design.

Medical Marijuana Resource Doobons.com Announces Live Agent Customer Service ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Last year, Doobons.com started a revolution in the way patients find local medical marijuana dispensaries, doctors and clinics, and other resources by combining state-of-the-art geotargeting technology with an approachable, user-friendly web design.

Last medical marijuana dispensary in La Puente to shut its doors
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
By Juliette Funes, Staff Writer LA PUENTE - A federal crackdown on illegal medical marijuana dispensaries has forced the last three remaining collectives in the city to shut down. After the US Attorney's Office last week began sending warning letters ...
San Jose to drop pot club rulesSan Jose Mercury News
City Raises White Flag on Medical MarijuanaSan Jose Inside (blog)

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Former Drug Smuggler Leading "The Silver Tour" for Medical Marijuana
NBC 6 Miami
Now, after spending 30 years in prison, Platshorn, 70, is a book author, subject of a documentary film – and an activist trying to make medical marijuana legal in the Sunshine State. During a recent speaking engagement on legalizing marijuana, ...

Can a Strong Coalition of Pot Activists Define Medical Marijuana Regulation ...
AlterNet
A coalition of advocates has filed a statewide medical marijuana regulation initiative aimed at ending the years-long confusion over what is and what is not allowed. Sign up to stay up to date on the latest Drugs headlines via email.

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Medical Marijuana Banks? Colorado Lawmakers Propose Financial Co-Ops For MMJ ...
Huffington Post
In September of 2011, the last bank in Colorado to openly work with medical marijuana businesses closed those accounts and shut its doors to working with dispensaries due to increased federal pressure. This left Colorado dispensaries between a rock and ...
University of Denver law school holding summit on federal and state marijuana lawsThe Republic
Marijuana at the Crossroads: Event asks if MMJ lawyers are breaking oathWestword (blog)

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SeaTac extends medical marijuana moratorium
Highline Times
By Eric Mathison While expressing sympathy for medical marijuana patients, SeaTac council members unanimously agreed Jan. 24 to extend for another six months a ban on medical cannabis dispensaries and collective gardens in the city.

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SeaTac extends medical marijuana moratorium
Highline Times
By Eric Mathison While expressing sympathy for medical marijuana patients, SeaTac council members unanimously agreed Jan. 24 to extend for another six months a ban on medical cannabis dispensaries and collective gardens in the city.

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Former AG Mike Cox: Michigan legislature should clarify law, allow medical ...
MLive.com
By Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com AP File PhotoFormer Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox Former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox agrees with his successor: The state's medical marijuana law needs clarification. But unlike current Attorney General Bill ...
Former attorney general says marijuana laws reflect our society's view of ...Southgate News Herald
Marijuana Legalization Debated at Wayne StateMyFox Detroit
Wayne State to host marijuana legalization conference as state petition drive ...Detroit Free Press
Michigan Radio -CBS Local -Huffington Post
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'Enormous' Idaho pot bust stems from Oregon medical marijuana laws
KTVB
He was actually pulled over twice; the first time he was let go in Oregon because the suspect carried a medical marijuana card. Idaho State Police accuse Justin Brownrigg, of Eugene, Oregon of bringing three duffel bags full of marijuana into Idaho.
Traffic stop leads to seizure of almost 70 pounds of marijuanaKIVI-TV
KPTV - FOX 12I-84 traffic stop yields nearly 69 lbs. of marijuanaKPTV.com
ISP: Oregon man busted with 68 pounds of potKLEW
The Register-Guard -The Columbian
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'Enormous' Idaho pot bust stems from Oregon medical marijuana laws
KTVB
He was actually pulled over twice; the first time he was let go in Oregon because the suspect carried a medical marijuana card. Idaho State Police accuse Justin Brownrigg, of Eugene, Oregon of bringing three duffel bags full of marijuana into Idaho.
ISP: Oregon man busted with 68 pounds of potKLEW
Eugene man jailed in Idaho on drug chargeThe Register-Guard
OR man with med marijuana card has 69 lbs of potThe Columbian
Idaho Press-Tribune
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Will the California Supreme Court save medical marijuana?
Sacramento News & Review
Long Beach By David Downs Last October, the city of Sacramento temporarily suspended its medical-cannabis-dispensary permitting process. The reason: An unexpected court ruling from down south that put the legality of all California pot ordinances into ...
Take Action To Support Safe And Legal Cannabis Access In San FranciscoTHE Weed Blog (blog)

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SeaTac extends medical marijuana moratorium
Highline Times
By Eric Mathison While expressing sympathy for medical marijuana patients, SeaTac council members unanimously agreed Jan. 24 to extend for another six months a ban on medical cannabis dispensaries and collective gardens in the city.

and more »

SeaTac extends medical marijuana moratorium
Highline Times
By Eric Mathison While expressing sympathy for medical marijuana patients, SeaTac council members unanimously agreed Jan. 24 to extend for another six months a ban on medical cannabis dispensaries and collective gardens in the city.

and more »