Daily Archives: March 23, 2010
ALBANY ? The Senate is making a renewed push to legalize medical marijuana in New York, hoping to make it the 16th state to legalize the drug for patients with serious, debilitating or life-threatening illnesses.
Los Angeles imposed strict limits on medical marijuana shops this year after hundreds of them popped up with little government oversight. Colorado is still wrestling with how to ensure legitimate doctor-patient relationships after the number of people applying to use medical marijuana surged dramatically in a six-month period.
Medical marijuana dispensaries are spreading across Colorado like wildfire, and one of the next venues may be Mountain Village.
ALBANY ? The Senate is making a renewed push to legalize medical marijuana in New York, hoping to make it the 16th state to legalize the drug for patients with serious, debilitating or life-threatening illnesses.
Medical marijuana dispensaries are spreading across Colorado like wildfire, and one of the next venues may be Mountain Village.
Once a victim, now a suspect. A Seattle man is jailed in an apparent drug shooting weeks after he and — separately — two other medical marijuana users are attacked for the drug.
BILLINGS (AP) — A 33-year-old Billings man who runs a medical marijuana business is being held on $50,000 bail after authorities said he had too many pot plants.
D.C. voters approved the creation of a medical marijuana law in 1998, but Congress had blocked it until recently.
By Canda Harbaugh, The Western News Current city ordinances prohibit medical marijuana providers from working within Libby, Mayor Doug Roll told councilmembers at Monday’s meeting.
Four Maryland State Delegates from Prince George’s County are pushing a change in the state drug laws to allow for medical marijuana.
Medical-marijuana providers and users have faced robbery and shootings in states where the drug is legal for medical use, but while the problem is widely acknowledged there is no consensus over a remedy.
The city of Sacramento may allow no more than 12 medical-marijuana dispensaries to operate legally, down from 39 currently registered programs, the Sacramento Bee reported March 12.
LOS ANGELES — The former owner of six Los Angeles-area medical marijuana dispensaries, including one store linked to an accident that killed a motorist and paralyzed an officer, was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison for selling pot for profit.
Medical marijuana dispensaries are spreading across Colorado like wildfire, and one of the next venues may be Mountain Village.
Two City Council committees were poised today to take a key step towards enforcing an ordinance that would shut down hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries around Los Angeles within months.
Medical marijuana dispensaries are spreading across Colorado like wildfire, and one of the next venues may be Mountain Village.
The city of Guadalupe will make its final decision Tuesday on whether to allow or ban medical marijuana dispensaries. Two weeks ago, the city council unanimously voted to place a permanent ban on dispensaries in the city. But under state law, the resolution must be passed a second time. If the ordinance passes again Tuesday night, the ban will go into effect 30 days later. Permalink | Comments
Marijuana is not just for brownies anymore. It has touched the lives of thousands of Michigan residents who are struggling with chronic pain, severe nausea, seizures, spasms or wasting syndrome. For patients in Michigan, relief is now even closer. The Michigan Medical Marijuana Certification Center (MMMCC) has opened a new, larger location in Southfield to help qualified patients get doctor …
Half of New Yorkers are in favor of legalizing medical marijuana.
The Belgrade City Council has passed a six-month moratorium on commercial medical marijuana growers to give city staff time to write a zoning ordinance for such shops.