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AZ Governor Directs State To License Marijuana Dispensaries
Giving up her idea of suing the federal government over Arizona’s medical marijuana law, Governor Jan Brewer said Friday she is directing the state health department to start accepting applications for cannabis dispensaries.www.tokeofthetown.com
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…
Colorado Will Ask DEA To Reschedule Marijuana
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper apparently doesn’t plan to sign a petition from Govs. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island and Chris Gregoire of Washington which asks the federal government to change the classification of marijuana, but Colorado will reporte…
Federal medical marijuana patient: Cannabis worked a ‘miracle’ for me | The Raw Story
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on November 5, 2011
LOS ANGELES — In 1988, Elvy Musikka (pictured, left) became the first woman in the United States to be legally permitted by the federal government to smoke marijuana for medicinal purposes, due to a case of Glaucoma that threatened to render her blin…
Medical Marijuana Lawyers Challenge Feds to Bust All Pot Dispensaries or Bust None
It’s rarer these days, but you can still find some medical marijuana purveyors fond of saying how much they welcome the federal government throwing them in prison for decades.blogs.sfweekly.com
Rural Oregon traffic stop leads trooper to surprising find: Federal government supplies pot
For the past three decades, Uncle Sam has been providing patients with some of the highest grade marijuana around as part of a little-known program that grew out of a 1976 court settlement.www.koinlocal6.com
Would You Rather Marijuana Be Sold By Cartels or Regulated Businesses?
For decades, the United States has been embroiled in a debate over whether marijuana should be legalized. The battle has been waged on the state level, where 16 states and the District of Columbia have authorized the use of medical marijuana by qualify…
DEA Rejects Bid To Grow Pot For Medical Research
The DEA has for years claimed that letting anybody other than the federal government grow marijuana would “lead to greater illegal use” of the herb.www.tokeofthetown.com
Medical Marijuana: Menace or Relief? [Infographic]
Is medical marijuana a menace to society or natural source of relief? I think most of us know the answer; too bad the U.S. federal government still considers it a Schedule I substance with no medical benefits and a high risk of abuse.www.tokeofthetown.com
Pot is Not Medicine, Obama Administration Says
The federal government officially declared that marijuana has no accepted medical use and should remain classified as a dangerous drug like heroin.www.care2.com
Federal government says marijuana has no accepted medical use
Posted by admin in World News on July 8, 2011
Marijuana has been approved by California, many other states and the nation’s capital to treat a range of illnesses, but in a decision announced Friday the federal government ruled that it has no accepted medical use and should remain classified…lati…
National Cancer Institute Says Marijuana Is a Cancer-Fighter, Then Backpedals – Mar. 30, 2011
So you think the federal government prevaricates over what to do in Libya? As mixed as many of the government’s messages are, the feds really can’t take a solid stance when it comes to marijuana.blogs.sfweekly.com
Law proposal Claims Sturt’s Desert Pea as Dangerous as Marijuana
Posted by admin in World News on March 20, 2011
SOUTH Australia’s floral emblem – Sturt’s Desert Pea – will join marijuana on a banned list of plants under a proposed change to a Federal Government law.www.news.com.au
Feds Threaten Marijuana Dispensaries Nationwide
In a little-publicized memo, the U.S. federal government has indicated that the gloves are off regarding medical marijuana dispensaries, regardless of state laws.www.tokeofthetown.com
Feds Will Study Only ‘Negative Consequences,’ Not Medical Pot
This is the federal government’s marijuana mindset, in a nutshell: That any use of marijuana is by definition “abuse”; therefore, we’ll study only “negative consequences” and not medical benefits.www.tokeofthetown.com
Toke of the Town – Federal Government Gives Florida Man Free Marijuana For Life
On a recent chilly morning, stockbroker Irvin Rosenfeld interrupted his client calls for a quick joint in the company parking lot. Then he went back to work inside – and nobody said anything about the smell. That joint – legal, for him – was one of mor…
State and Federal Marijuana Laws Collide
Those who use medicinal marijuana in states where it is legal are penalized by the federal government because it’s still illegal under U.S. law.www.usatoday.com
Congress Should Consider Legalizing Marijuana
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on August 20, 2010
The federal government should end prosecuting individuals in states which allow licensed physicians to prescribe marijuana for their patients under state law.seminal.firedoglake.com
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