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Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Initiative Gathers 20,000 Signatures

The last few months of 2011 weren’t exactly fun for advocates of medical marijuana in California. The federal government threatened to seize properties being used for illegally cultivating or dispensing marijuana, media organizations including this one…

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Medical Marijuana Makes for Sober, Safer Drivers, Study Says

While medical marijuana advocates will politely ask them to stop talking whenever the subject arises, there are many cannabis users who will claim that the task of operating a motor vehicle is safer when the driver is a bit stoned.blogs.sfweekly.com

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Marijuana Prosecution Memo From Feds Indicates 999 Plants is Okay, 1,000 is Not

Marijuana advocates today circulated a transcript of a memo that appears to define U.S. Department of Justice guidelines…blogs.laweekly.com

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Medical Marijuana Advocates to Protest Obama’s Visit to San Francisco

€Lunch with the president isn’t cheap — it also doesn’t come without some clamor.About 200 diners will munch on…blogs.sfweekly.com

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California Medical Association Wants Marijuana Legalized

Advocates for the legalization of marijuana got a new, unprecedented member of their ranks: the California Medical Association, which has adopted an official policy that recommends the legalization and regulation of cannabis.abcnews.go.com

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Obama Called ‘From First To Worst’ On Medical Marijuana

After presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged to stop interfering with state medical marijuana laws in states where the medicinal use of cannabis has been legalized, advocates were hopeful that they could at last concentrate on getting medicine saf…

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Legalize Marijuana Across The Land Via Constitutional Amendment? Yeah, Right …

A group of pro-pot advocates has launched a petition, but with a HUGE twist: They want Obama to consider the idea of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would end marijuana’s status as a federal outlaw drug and stop prosecution of users.blogs.la…

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Commissioner Directs NYPD To Stop Improper Marijuana Arrests

Could the NYPD finally be onboard with pot decrim, 34 years later? Responding to Public Pressure, Police Ordered To Not Arrest People if Marijuana Not in Plain View. Advocates Applaud New Directive, Which Could End Tens of Thousands of Illegal Arrestsw…

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Federal Medical Marijuana Memo Stirs Angst In Industry

In October 2009, medical marijuana advocates celebrated a U.S. Department of Justice memo declaring that federal authorities wouldn’t target the legal use of medicinal pot in states where it is permitted.www.cannabisnews.org

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ACLU to Defend Medical Marijuana Law Against Legal Attack by Governor Jan Brewer

Governor Jan Brewer followed through today on her threat to attack Arizona’s voter-approved medical marijuana law, but advocates of democracy are fighting back.blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com

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Economist Poll: Huge Majority Supports Legalizing Marijuana

A new poll from The Economist contains exciting news for marijuana advocates. “A huge majority of Americans, more than two to one once ‘don’t knows’ have been excluded, support the legalization and taxation of marijuana,” the magazine announced.www.tok…

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Germany plans to legalize medical marijuana.

The German health ministry has announced plans to legalize medical use of marijuana, prompting praise from advocates for patients with chronic pain and terminal illnesses.www.dw-world.de

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Pot advocates: Bill seeks ‘enhanced penalties’ for brownies

Just as it looks like the U.S. Congress was turning a corner on drug policy reform by rolling back the inordinately higher sentencing requirements for crack cocaine over powered cocaine, it also appears within a breath of taking a large step back on ma…

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Cops Set Up Marijuana Doctors in Anti-Pot Colorado Town

Colorado may be on the leading edge of medical marijuana use — but that’s not the case in the suburb of Aurora, where cops fake illnesses, seek out pot-prescribing doctors and try to catch them in the act of writing a prescription. Pro-pot advocates c…

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Can Calling Dispensaries Churches Save Medical Marijuana?

That’s medical marijuana advocates in Colorado are hoping, and they’re filing a lawsuit to make it happen.blogs.westword.com

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MARIJUANA ADVOCATES PLAN RALLY IN D.C. TO CHANGE FED LAWS TO

With Oregon and California poised to vote on legalizing marijuana for recreational use, now a group is planning a demonstration in Washington DC to render their opinions on legalizing marijuana. greenheritagenews.com

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Drug Courts Confront Relaxed Attitudes Toward Pot : NPR

Medical marijuana is legal in 14 states, and advocates would like to expand that or legalize pot altogether. But the judges, lawyers and therapists who work in drug courts say changing attitudes make it harder to convince people that marijuana is a pro…

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Colorado Pot Advocates Plan Legalization Push For 2012

As new legislation regulates Colorado’s booming medical marijuana industry, pot advocates in the state are planning another attempt to simply legalize the herb for adults for recreational and medical purposes. Activists want to place a state constitutional amendment on the ballot in 2012, reports Eric Meltzer at the Bouder Daily …

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New Law Will Wipe Out 40 Percent of Marijuana Dispensaries

In Colorado, advocates predict almost half of the existing medical-marijuana facilities are doomed by new laws regulating the industry.

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LA Judge Clears Way For Marijuana Dispensary Crackdown

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Friday morning turned down a bid by medical marijuana patients and advocates to block the city’s new ordinance which regulates dispensaries from taking effect on Monday. Twelve patients had sued the city, asking the judge to issue a temporary restraining order preventing the city to….

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