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Man Could Get 8 Years for Growing Marijuana For Wife With Cancer

A legal, card-carrying medical marijuana caregiver in Michigan who was growing cannabis in his backyard to treat his wife’s Stage 3 breast cancer will be sentenced on Thursday for manufacturing marijuana. He could get 8 years.www.tokeofthetown.com

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DEA Raids Medical Marijuana Protest Organizer

Perhaps as a warning to those who dare to speak out, federal DEA agents raided the home of a Michigan medical marijuana patient, activist and caregiver after he organized a protest outside the Saginaw County Courthouse last week. John Roberts believes …

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Right to Grow Pot Is Like a Right to Be Uninsured

Angel Raich’s doctor swore under oath that her life depended on her getting marijuana. A caregiver was growing it for her in California, which legalized it for medicinal use. Too bad, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.

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Charges dropped against Boulder, CO medical cannabis patient

Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett dropped the charges against 35-year-old pregnant caregiver, Sherri Versfelt of Nederland, CO, who had been scheduled for a jury trial next week. Sherri had been charged with felony marijuana crimes stemming from a raid on her house in July 2008.

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Court Of Appeals Will Hear Important Medical-Marijuana Case

The Colorado Court of Appeals will hear a critical case regarding medical marijuana dispensaries Tuesday. People v. Clendenin originated in 2006 in Boulder’s County trial court. Most significantly, the case is likely to provide precedent for how Colorado defines a “primary caregiver.”

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Medical marijuana law creates confusion in Wash.

Unlike some states, Washington requires patients to grow marijuana themselves or designate a caregiver to grow it for them. For many, that’s unrealistic: They’re too sick to grow cannabis themselves and don’t have the thousands of dollars it can cost for a caregiver to set up a proper growing operation.

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Handicapped Man’s Wheelchair Seized Over Medical Marijuana |

Nyle Nagy, a man with full body paralysis and Multiple Sclerosis, was robbed of his wheelchair by his caregiver and confined to bed for legally using medical marijuana.

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