Posts Tagged medical pot
Move over medical pot, here comes a cereal for the marijuana
Posted by admin in Food & Drink on November 2, 2009
Forget that it’s against federal law to possess marijuana. In one of the odder trends hitting supermarkets, we discovered this week an organic cereal called “Hemp Plus Granola.” It comes in a groovy green and greener package decorated with marijuana leaves like everywhere. Like, really.
Former Ukiah medical pot dispensary owner wins court case
A former Redwood Valley resident and owner of a former Ukiah medical marijuana dispensary won his case against the federal government and the Los Angles Police Department after his LA-area dispensary was searched and almost $200,000 in cash confiscated.
Judge Rules Against LA’s Medical Pot Moratorium
Posted by admin in World News on October 19, 2009
A judge has temporarily barred Los Angeles from enforcing a moratorium on medical marijuana clinics. The judge ruled that the City Council failed to follow state law when it extended an initial ban on new dispensaries.
Colorado Springs Man Reclaims Marijuana From Police
A Colorado Springs man arrested on drug charges reclaimed his marijuana from police Tuesday. Stephan Thomas has a medical license to use and sell medical pot and after an 8-month battle in court he went to the Police Operation’s Center to reclaim almost a half pound of his marijuana that police seized last December.
All L.A. County Medical Pot Dispensaries Face Prosecution, D
Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said today that all the medical marijuana dispensaries in the county are operating illegally, and that “they are going to be prosecuted.”
All L.A. County medical pot dispensaries face prosecution
Posted by admin in World News on October 8, 2009
Widespread criminal prosecutions could deal a sharp blow to the medical marijuana movement in California, where advocates have argued that access to the drug has helped many cancer patients and others manage pain, nausea and other health issues.
Legal U.S. Medical Pot Growers Hurt Mexican Cartel Profits
Posted by admin in Political News on October 7, 2009
Recent changes in state laws that allow the use and cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes are giving U.S. growers a competitive advantage, challenging the traditional dominance of the Mexican drug traffickers, who once made brands such as Acapulco Gold the standard for quality.
ABC, CBS, Fox Censor Medical Pot Ads-Pharmaceutical Ads AoK
Posted by admin in World News on September 17, 2009
An effort is under way to legalize medical marijuana in New York and remove sick people from the drug war battlefield. Unfortunately, three of the biggest TV stations in New York City don’t want you to know about it.
Pot users with chronic ailments lobby in Lake Forest, CA
Posted by admin in Political News on September 16, 2009
Medical pot proponents called their peaceful rally tonight at Lake Forest’s City Council meeting a success, saying the turnout brought awareness to the many patients helped through the use of medicinal marijuana.
Ganjapreneurs are cashing in on booming medical pot business
Posted by admin in Business & Finance on September 9, 2009
Colorado voters legalized marijuana for medicinal use in 2000 with the passage of Amendment 20, but until recently, the state’s medical marijuana community was small and fairly inconspicuous. As of January, 5,000 people had applied to the state registry, and there were less than two dozen dispensaries selling pot.
Marijuana Supply Chain Gets B2B Channel In California
Posted by admin in Business & Finance on September 8, 2009
A new online marketplace for medical pot suppliers has its own place to do business in the cloud. Today PlainView Systems LLC of Sonoma, Calif. launched its Compassionate Care Marketplace so licensed medical marijuana growers and dispensaries can more efficiently get their drugs to patients. “This is not an eBay for weed,” CEO John Lee cautions.
Some CO medical-pot users face eviction
Hewitt, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, is a card-carrying medical- marijuana user. And he is living in this worn-down travel trailer because he was evicted from federally subsidized housing on account of his marijuana use.
Acquitted, medical pot patient leaves Boulder court
Posted by admin in Political News on August 7, 2009
Rolling out of the Boulder County Justice Center in a wheelchair Thursday with a jumble of once-confiscated pot in his lap, Jason Lauve smiled and waved to supporters after a jury acquitted him of possessing too much medical marijuana.
With ‘Med Pot’ Raids Halted, Selling Grass Grows Greener
Posted by admin in Business & Finance on July 23, 2009
After years in the shadows, medical marijuana in California is aspiring to crack the commercial mainstream. The proliferation of dealers makes promotion essential. The two now pay several hundred dollars a month for ads on Web sites like Weedmaps.com, which helps people find medical pot.
Marijuana battle brewing in Colorado
Posted by admin in Political News on July 18, 2009
Medical pot advocates vow to fight if state implements new rules.
Los Angeles City Council Member Wants Tax on Medical Pot
Posted by admin in Political News on July 17, 2009
City Councilwoman proposes tax on medical marijuana in Los Angeles
Medical pot users, growers can sue over raids
Posted by admin in Arts & Culture on July 12, 2009
Medical marijuana patients and growers can sue police for illegally raiding their property and destroying their plants, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Medical pot bill is a sign of times | Delawareonline.com | T
Posted by admin in Political News on June 23, 2009
As always, the doctors, public, and this time the politicians are behind the rational reform of marijuana prohibition laws to protect suffering patients.
Senate Bill 94 in Delaware will protect patients from being persecuted by police. We all know that the cops think they rule the world, so it is no surprse that they would oppose this bill.
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