Topic: United States
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug.The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first to give certified ...
Judge overturns Colorado medical pot restrictions, criticizes health officialsA judge overturned tight restrictions Tuesday on Colorado medical marijuana providers, saying state health officials had ignored the needs of patients and violated open meetings laws while imposing the rules.The ruling by Denver District ...
Medical marijuana shops abound in California as cities scramble to regulate themA surge in medical marijuana in California has left communities trying to regulate or ban the drug. Final regulations are still not in place.The struggle has been linked to the vagueness ...
Northern Calif. town bans medical marijuana collectives, cultivation; opponents threaten suitA small Northern California city has banned medical marijuana growing and dispensing, a move opponents say will bring lawsuits.Red Bluff's city council approved two measures Tuesday night restricting the drug. The panel ...
Voters approved a referendum making Maine the fifth state to allow retail pot dispensaries, but medical marijuana advocates say it won't become like California, where hundreds of marijuana shops have popped up and come under critical scrutiny.California, Colorado, New Mexico and Rhode ...
Voters in this Rocky Mountain resort town will decide next week whether to legalize pot for all adults at a time when the movement to allow medical marijuana is gaining steam around the country.A measure before Breckenridge voters in Tuesday's municipal election ...
Marijuana on full display near Montana police station for those seeking medical cardsJason Christ lit a bowl of homegrown marijuana outside the Great Falls Civic Center, not worried that the police station was right around the corner.Christ was taking a break Friday ...
But a reviewer of the business warns the decor looks a little cliche, what with the Grateful Dead posters on the wall and the Mexican-blanket tablecloths.The medical marijuana review business is booming as states like Colorado and California have seen an explosion ...
Loosening of federal guidelines on medical marijuana does not dispel decades of mistrustA new Obama administration policy loosening guidelines on federal prosecution of medical marijuana on Monday signaled to users that they had less to fear from federal agents but still left ...
The US Justice Department said it would ease federal prosecutions for the use of " medical marijuana" in states where the substance is permitted by law for the treatment of illness.Marijuana use is a federal crime in the United States, but 14 ...
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