Topic: United States
Ore. Appeals Court: Medical marijuana from California not legal in Oregon, conviction standsThe Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that medical marijuana authorized in California should stay in California.Joel Berringer was convicted in Oregon of possessing of two pounds of marijuana. He ...
Medical marijuana supporters submit signatures for Arizona ballot measure in NovemberArizona voters may get to decide in November whether to legalize marijuana for medical purposes.Supporters of a medical marijuana initiative submitted petition signatures Wednesday to the secretary of state's office to qualify ...
A small western Colorado town has become the first in the state to levy a city tax on medical marijuana, even though it doesn't yet have a dispensary.Voters in Fruita, a town of about 11,000 at the foot of the Colorado National ...
A proposal to create medical marijuana dispensaries in Hawaii has gone up in smoke.The idea is dead because the House Judiciary Committee refused to consider the measure before a legislative deadline Thursday.Committee Chairman Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu says he was worried that ...
Even in states where it's legal, Veterans Affairs doctors can't prescribe medical marijuanaWhen Paul Culkin came home to New Mexico after serving with an Army bomb squad in Iraq, he tried counseling and medications offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs to ...
San Jose City Council members vote to draft ordinance regulating medical marijuana collectivesThe San Jose City Council on Tuesday approved drawing up guidelines for the operation of medical marijuana collectives as a way to regulate the businesses and possibly bring in much-needed ...
Los Angeles-area medical marijuana clinic owner gets 6 years in prison in pot-profit schemeThe 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 ...
Justice Department decides against prosecuting law-abiding medical marijuana users Attorney General Eric HolderÕs announcement Monday that the Justice Department will not prosecute medical marijuana users, if those people are following state laws where such use is legal, represented a display of compassion ...
Colorado medical marijuana growers say men broke into home, tied them up, stole pot and gunsDeputies are investigating a report that armed men broke into a northern Colorado home where medical marijuana was being grown, tied up two people, ransacked the residence ...
4 Colorado lawmakers ask US attorney general to stop medical marijuana raids A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers trying to regulate the state's medical marijuana industry is calling on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to stop raids of medical marijuana operations, saying ...