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Police: 2 dead after robbery attempts at 2 Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensaries

Police say robbery appeared to be the motive in killings at two medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles that occurred within hours of each other.

Police say an employee of the Hollywood Holistic store was found dead at the scene Thursday night following an apparent robbery attempt ...

Police say man dead, 1 wounded in shooting at Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary

Police in Los Angeles say a man has been killed and another wounded in a shooting at a medical marijuana dispensary.

The police department said Thursday that an unknown number of suspects burst into the Sunset Boulevard store in the Echo Park neighborhood around 4:15 ...

Nicholas Pouch runs an organic farm and a glassblowing studio on a 20-acre spread in southwest Washington's timber country. Spicy mustard greens, tomatoes and corn sprout in humid greenhouses as chickens and sheep roam nearby.

It would be an ideal place for children to romp, Pouch thinks. But his children can't be there because he's a medical ...

Oregon Court of Appeals rules concealed handgun permit OK for medical marijuana patient

The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that a medical marijuana patient can have a concealed handgun permit.

The court on Wednesday said Jackson County Sheriff Mike Winters had no grounds to deny the permit sought by Cynthia Willis in 2008.

Winters had argued the federal Gun ...

Bill would legalize medical marijuana in US territory of Guam

A measure to legalize the use of marijuana for medical reasons is being considered in the U.S. territory of Guam.

The bill by Sen. Rory Respicio was introduced Tuesday to allow licensed physicians to prescribe marijuana to qualified patients. It would also establish "compassionate health care centers" to grow ...

Montana gov. says voters didn't envision today's medical marijuana issues, advocates changes

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer says legalization of medical marijuana has not worked out as voters planned, and agrees the state needs a legislative fix.

Schweitzer says he is watching proposals as they come forward and expects lawmakers, convening in January, will have a lot of options ...

Some 440 medical pot shops ordered to close in L.A.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Around 440 self-described medical marijuana dispensaries across Los Angeles were under orders to close on Monday, nearly five months after city officials voted to shut most of them down.

An estimated 135 dispensaries may remain legally open as of Monday as a new city law formally takes effect. City leaders hope to eventually whittle that number down ...

Ritter signs medical marijuana regulations; law allows cities and counties to ban dispensaries

Colorado has enacted statewide regulations for the medical marijuana industry which could potentially allow hundreds of dispensaries to continue operating.

Gov. Bill Ritter on Monday signed two bills passed by lawmakers this session to rein in the estimated 1,100 medical marijuana dispensaries that have cropped up ...

Judge denies last-minute attempt to stop shutdown of LA pot dispensaries

A judge has decided against coming to the aid of medical marijuana dispensaries threatened with closure under a new city ordinance.

Superior Court Judge James Chalfant rejected a bid Friday for a temporary restraining order that would prevent officials from enforcing the law.

A group of 12 patients has ...

Going to pot: `Cannabis caravans' give Montanans permission to smoke medical marijuana

As Bob Marley music wailed in the next room, the makeshift clinic hummed along like an assembly line: Patients went in to see a doctor, paid $150 and walked out with permission to buy and smoke medical marijuana.

So it went, all day, at a hotel just blocks ...

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