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Dispensary operator found not guilty
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This dispatch just in from medical-cannabis activist Eugene Davidovich regarding the Jovan Jackson/Answerdam case : The jury returned this morning at 11:30 with the NOT GUILTY verdict on ALL counts related to medical marijuana in the case of People V. Jackson. Today is both a historic and victorious day for all ...4 days ago -
World AIDS Day
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December 1 is World AIDS Day, an international day set aside by individuals and organizations to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. The theme this year is “Human Rights and Access to Treatment.” Among other political and personal messages, patient advocates all over the world today will be talking to their friends, ...4 days ago -
Final arguments in medipot trial
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Attorneys in the Jovan Jackson case put their last, best arguments to the jury this morning, which should mark the end of the week long criminal trial of the proprietor of the 1,600-member Answerdam Rx medical marijuana collective. Judge Cynthia Bashant’s Department 33 courtroom was about three-quarters full of ...5 days ago -
Former Deputy Drug Czar Still Looks For Marijuana Prohibition To Pay Her
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Reading a puff piece on one of the most disingenuous anti-cannabis activists in America, Dr. Andrea Barthwell of IL and VA, made my eyes roll as the contradictions and hypocrisies kept coming out–like a parade of clowns in one’s mind. From Crain’s Chicago Business Illinois ——- Andrea Barthwell , 55, ...6 days ago -
Medipot task force recommendations
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If you haven’t seen the five-page report from the Medical Marijuana Task force report that will be presented to the City Council on Dec. 8, you can download it right here . Here’s how John R. Lamb summarized it back on Nov 11. – A two-tiered permitting system, allowing collectives with fewer than 100 ...1 week ago -
Winds Of Marijuana Law Reform Rebuffed At White House
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While there is a constant buzz of cannabis law reform these days in America, largely at the local and state level, unfortunately these strong winds of change do not largely penetrate the Capital Beltway. This is made clear in a candid interview with Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Deputy Director ...1 week ago -
San Diego Hypocrisy & Medical Marijuana Distribution on Trial
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This story would be amusing if it wasn’t so tragic.The Answerdam Alternative Care Collective (AACC) was a medical marijuana dispensary in San Diego. It was doing the best it could to comply with the law: it was collectively run, it did not make a profit, it verified its member patients, and it paid sales tax ...1 week ago -
San Jose, California, weighs medical marijuana ordinance
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From Silicon Valley’s Mercury News newspaper:“Dispensaries would pay a $10,000 permit fee and a 3 percent special tax, with proceeds going toward police and road maintenance. And the drug could not be used on-site; none of the three currently operating allow on-site use.”1 week ago -
LA City Council Vote Unlikely to Settle Controversy
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The process that started with a motion by Los Angeles City Councilmember Dennis Zine in 2005 may reach a milestone on Tuesday, when the City Council is scheduled to vote on a draft ordinance regulating hundreds of medical cannabis collectives in the city. That vote will do little to quell controversy in the city. ...1 week ago -
World Record Set By United States Marijuana Patient
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November 20, 2009 Irvin Rosenfeld, a Florida stockbroker, set the world record for the consumption of cannabis cigarettes. The United States federal government has supplied Rosenfeld and three other US citizens for decades with a smokable cannabis medicine. Irv Rosenfeld has received his medicine for 27 years and ...2 weeks ago -
ASA PR Campaign Guides LA Toward Sensible Regulations
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The week started off with a bang, as Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Chief Counsel Joe Elford threatened to file a lawsuit against Los Angeles if the city banned medical marijuana “sales.” The threat was in response to public statements made by City Attorney Carmen Trutanich that over-the-counter sales of medical ...2 weeks ago -
How will North Dakota enforce a misdemeanor conviction sentence on a California resident?
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My partner plead guilty to a misdemeanor marijuana paraphernalia possession charge in North Dakota recently. Being a California resident, he returned home after the trial. Now, here in California, he has a legal medical cannabis recommendation, but the judge chose to ignore that fact and sentenced him to a drug test ...2 weeks ago -
Marijuana is a ‘medicine like any other medicine’, DOH secretary says
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Secretary of Health Alfredo Vigil Although it has been praised for its innovative structure, New Mexico’s medical marijuana program, which debuted this year, has also been criticized for not providing enough of the drug to meet demand and for allowing high costs that could be prohibitive for some patients. The ...2 weeks ago -
AMA New Policy a Breakthrough!
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The American Medical Association’s reversal of its 72 year old position supporting marijuana as a Schedule I substance with no medical value, is a remarkable breakthrough. Sunil Aggarwal, Ph.D., who is part of the Medical & Scientific Advisory Board of Americans for Safe Access (ASA), was the primary leader ...3 weeks ago -
Doctors’ group says marijuana regs should be relaxed for research
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The American Medical Association has changed its position on whether marijuana should be classified by the federal government as a dangerous narcotic with no medicinal value. Short-term trials indicate marijuana does have medicinal value, the AMA says in the executive summary of a new report . The powerful ...3 weeks ago -
More medical marijuana providers will be needed soon, Drug Policy Alliance says
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Although the Drug Policy Alliance of New Mexico applauded the state’s decision Monday to approve four new nonprofit medical marijuana providers, Executive Director Reena Szczepanski said more will be needed soon. “You can do a back-of the envelope calculation and say this will meet a significant portion of the ...3 weeks ago -
Oregon NORML’s groundbreaking Cannabis Café opening this Friday
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Riding on the wave of President Obama’s memo to end DEA interference in states’ medical marijuana laws and an unprecedented response from the media, Oregon NORML’s Cannabis Café opens at 4:20pm on November 13, 2009 at 700 NE Dekum St, Portland, OR 97211. “The response has been overwhelming,” says Madeline ...3 weeks ago -
N.M. approves four new medical marijuana producers
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Photo by Philippa Willitts After months during which New Mexico’s single non-profit producer of medical marijuana was unable to keep a consistent supply of medical cannabis, Department of Health Secretary Alfredo Vigil announced Monday that the state is licensing an additional four producers, enough, the ...3 weeks ago -
Professional Athlete Challenges Anti-Medical Cannabis Policies In California
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Pro MMA fighter and NORML supporter Toby ‘Tigerheart’ Grear has challenged the California State Athletic Commission on their prohibition of medical cannabis use by sanctioned competitors. Toby spoke at this year’s national conference on a panel that examined cannabis use among professional athletes. Every ...3 weeks ago -
SF federal prosecutor promotes Marxism
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U.S. Attorney Joseph Russoniello expressed his desire yesterday for medical marijuana dispensaries in San Francisco to be run as “communes” rather than as “candy stores.” Russoniello’s reference to “candy stores” is confusing enough, but the Bush-appointed federal prosecutor’s shift from conservative ...4 weeks ago
