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Up in smoke. Why are the feds cracking down on marijuana in states that allow it?
April 13, 2012 – OAKSTERDAM university, a self-proclaimed “cannabis college” in Oakland, California, has been called everything from “the Princeton of Pot” to “the Harvard of Hemp”. Its founder, Richard Lee, has become the public face of the movement to legitimise marijuana. A paraplegic, he uses the drug for medical purposes, which is legal in…
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Canada: What if Medical Marijuana Becomes Easier to Get?
On Tuesday night we learned that, because of the extreme difficulty involved in getting access to medical marijuana in Canada, an Ontario Superior Court judge had deemed provisions of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act that outlaw the possession and cultivation of pot unconstitutional, opening up the possibility of changes to the way Canadians use…
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Canada: Medical Marijuana Clubs Mount Court Challenge
June 24, 2010 – Lawyers for 35 people arrested during raids that shut down five compassion clubs in Quebec say they will mount a constitutional challenge to the federal government’s medical marijuana laws. Supporters of those arrested during the raids on June 3 protested outside the Montreal courthouse Monday. Inside, the 35 were formally charged…
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Medical marijuana: 'Very close to the Promised Land'
December 4, 2009 – Wisconsin – To celebrate his 54th birthday last April 23, medical marijuana advocate Gary Storck began lobbying for the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act at the state Capital with his friend Mary Powers, a wheelchair-bound U.S. Army veteran who was fighting AIDS, Hepatitis C and several forms of cancer. “By the…
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Medical Marijuana Business is Growing … Up
November 12, 2009 – The U.S. Justice Dept., at the direction of the Obama Administration, last month announced that it would no longer direct federal investigative resources to pursue criminal charges against medical marijuana clinics, providing they are operating lawfully. The policy represents a major shift in tactics from the Bush Administration, which had federal…
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California:Time to Get Real about Marijuana
October 12, 2009 – Californians have made it clear at the ballot box that they favor legalizing marijuana use for medical purposes. But, as critics feared, Prop. 215, the medical marijuana initiative that was passed 13 years ago, has only opened the door to abuse. It’s estimated that there are 40 marijuana dispensaries in Long…
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Medical marijuana use threatened in Los Angeles
July 10, 2009-The legalization of marijuana has been a controversial topic for many years now. It remains to be illegal in much of the country, but California is one state in which it is legal for medical purposes, as long as patients have a note signed from their doctor and buy the marijuana from a…