Topic: United States
Colo. lawmakers ask US attorney general to stop medical marijuana raids Colorado lawmakers trying to regulate marijuana dispensaries are asking the U.S. attorney general to stop raids of medical marijuana operations.The group e-mailed the request to Eric Holder on Monday, following up ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Medical marijuana activists filed suit on Tuesday seeking to block a new Los Angeles ordinance they say is overly restrictive and would force virtually every pot dispensary in the city to close."The requirement to find a new location ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Cheech Marin, one-half of the most famous pot-smoking duo of the 1970s, lent his celebrity to a medical marijuana convention that opens on Friday in Los Angeles, and used the occasion to plug a new movie.The documentary ...
California research studies show pot can ease muscle spasms, pain from injuries The first U.S. clinical trials in more than two decades on the medical benefits of marijuana confirm pot is effective in reducing muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis and pain ...
Denver medical marijuana lab says it was raided by DEA, ordered to turn over customer recordsA lab that tests medical marijuana for dispensaries and patients said Thursday it was raided by federal drug agents and ordered to turn over patient records.Full Spectrum ...
Supporters of Calif. pot legalization measure submit signatures to qualify for November ballotBackers of a California initiative to legalize marijuana said they would submit far more signatures Thursday than needed to qualify the measure for the November ballot.Volunteers intended to submit about ...
Many Colo. pot dispensaries say they welcome regulation if it heads off LA-style crackdownColorado lawmakers have an unlikely ally in their first attempt to curb the state's booming medical marijuana industry: owners of the some of the shops that sell pot.Many dispensary ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance on Tuesday that will shut down hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries that recently opened in America's second-largest city.The statute, passed on a 9-3 vote, ultimately would limit the number of ...
LA City Council gives first OK to law that would close most medical marijuana dispensariesThe Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday tentatively approved an ordinance to close most of the city's medical marijuana dispensaries, winding down months of debate on how to ...
NJ's outgoing governor signs medical marijuana bill into law on his last full day in officeNew Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has signed legislation granting chronically ill patients legal access to marijuana.Corzine's office said the governor signed the bill late Monday, his last ...