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Colorado is gearing up to officially tax and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, a move lawmakers say amounts to legal recognition of a growing industry.
Businessman Len Goodman owns a company that makes hand-painted art tiles, but these days his office desk is strewn with the raw materials of a new enterprise: fat, sweetly pungent marijuana buds.
A 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.
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.
Jason Christ lit a bowl of homegrown marijuana outside the Great Falls Civic Center, not worried that the police station was right around the corner.
The store has a television lounge and a pool table, and snacks and acupuncture are free for customers who drop up to $130 an ounce on 16 varieties of marijuana. 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.
Los Angeles officials are speeding up consideration of a new law to outlaw most new medical marijuana outlets after a judge barred a moratorium.
A 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 their suppliers to contend with a tangled mesh of state laws and regulations.
In one corner of Washington state, a 62-year-old rheumatoid arthritis patient could face more than eight years in prison for growing marijuana for himself and three others. In Seattle, meanwhile, a collection of grow operations serves 2,000 people with little interference from police.
Spokane police on Thursday raided a medical marijuana store, shutting it down, arresting the owners and warning similar operations to close, too.
Boulder County Caregivers offers 16 glass jars of marijuana with names like Skinny Pineapple and Early Pearl Maui, priced at $375 to $420 an ounce. There are marijuana capsules and snacks made with cannabis butter, such as rice crispy treats.
Colorado's state health board has rejected a move to limit medical marijuana suppliers to helping only five patients at a time, allowing dispensaries to continue to thrive in Colorado.
Rhode Island has become the third state in the nation to permit marijuana sales to chronically ill patients over the objections of Gov. Don Carcieri.
Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri has vetoed legislation allowing stores to sell marijuana to medical patients.
The push to legalize medical marijuana in Illinois has taken a big step forward.
A federal judge said he is considering a reduced sentence for a medical marijuana seller whose case has become a rallying point, but is bound by the law to impose at least a one-year term.
A federal appeals court in California is weighing arguments from a medical marijuana advocacy group that wants to force the government to retract its claim that pot has no medicinal value.
Medical marijuana advocates complained Friday that Montana's Supreme Court misread the law in ruling that the state's Medical Marijuana Act does not protect an employee from being fired for using marijuana.
A federal judge has postponed sentencing the owner of a medical marijuana dispensary until he gets clarification on the Obama administration's newly revised position on such cases.
New Mexico has approved its first license for a business to produce medical marijuana, but its name and location are secret.
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley criticized the Obama administration Thursday for moving to loosen restrictions on medical marijuana.
Eighteen months after New Mexico enacted a first-of-its-kind medical marijuana law, the state is moving gingerly ahead, mindful that the closely watched program could go up in smoke because it conflicts with federal law.
The White House won't say it explicitly. Neither will the Drug Enforcement Administration. Yet there is a whiff in the air that U.S. policy is about to change when it comes to medical marijuana.
Medical marijuana became legal in Michigan on Thursday, but smoking a joint could still get patients arrested because the regulations needed to protect them won't be ready for months.
Both sides in the debate over a Michigan medical marijuana proposal are sparring over TV ads, with backers showing suffering patients and opponents warning that California-style pot shops could open.
Brain's endocannabinoid signaling pathway kept in check by two enzymesThe endocannabinoid system regulates physiological processes such as appetite, pain sensation, inflammation and memory.
California's Medical Marijuana Law - Just a Smokescreen?The medical marijuana debate is gathering steam in California, as two disparate engines are catapulting headlong down parallel paths that appear destined to collide in the distance. The impending collision could chart the future course on legalization of marijuana in America.
Showdown over medical marijuana heads to court - San Diego, California News Station - KFMB Channel 8 - cbs8.comMedical marijuana manager goes to trial over allegations of selling pot illegally to undercover police officer...
Portland's Cannabis Cafe opens to cheers, controversyCall it a landmark: Oregon's highest profile marijuana business opened its doors at 4:20 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009.
Medical marijuana gets a boost from major doctors group, the AMAThe American Medical Assn. on Tuesday urged the federal government to reconsider its classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use, a significant shift that puts the prestigious group behind calls for more research.
Growing number of medical marijuana clinics in California, spark debate.California's compassionate use law was passed over 10 years ago. The intended purpose of the legislation was to allow patients who would medically benefit from the use of medicinal marijuana, to grow or purchase the herb for their own use.
AMA Calls For Ending The "Schedule I Lie"The Schedule I federal classification of cannabis — which states that, by law, the marijuana plant and its natural compounds have "no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States" — has long since passed the point of farcical.
Boulder expects crowd, long night for medical marijuana hearingAnyone who wants to talk to the Boulder City Council about a possible moratorium on medical-marijuana dispensaries should plan on a late night Tuesday.
Hearing for motion to void Board of Health's medical-marijuana decision set for tomorrowOn November 5, medical-marijuana advocates filed a motion to void a state Board of Health ruling striking its previous definition of caregiver.
RI expected to issue medical marijuana rules PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Health officials may soon issue rules governing the operation of medical marijuana stores in Rhode Island.
Should Ore. let medical marijuana users pack heat?The right of Oregonians to use marijuana for medical reasons and also to obtain concealed handgun permits is being challenged by local sheriffs who say federal law prevents those people from packing heat.
Colo. ski town votes to legalize marijuana - More politics- msnbc.comThe Colorado ski town of Breckenridge has voted overwhelmingly to legalize marijuana
Two Denver councilmen back medical-marijuana sales taxDenver City Council members Charlie Brown and Chris Nevitt are polar opposites on how much regulation the burgeoning medical marijuana industry should face.
Inside Kush L.A. Magazine: A look at the L.A. Pot Dispensary BusinessI came across this magazine the other day. For those not in California, this gives a rather eye-opening look at how big this business has become here in California. There are a few articles, but mostly seeing all the ads is what tells the story.
The Significance of US Govt Cannabinoid Patent 6,630,507 Here is a legal document, in the public domain, which flies in the face of the US Government's stated position with regard to the classification of cannabis as a Schedule I substance having no "currently accepted medical use".
Marijuana Growers Upend Hard-luck California Town"How Trinity County, a sprawling, lightly populated area twice the size of Rhode Island, came to be dubbed "Northern California's pot paradise" by High Times magazine is a story of law, lawlessness and geography."
Pot Politics: California Could Go All the WayCalifornia was the first to legalize medicinal marijuana and, if three ballot measures and a bill floating around the state legislature have anything to say about it, the Golden State could be the first to legalize and tax adult marijuana use across the board.
Medical marijuana undercover: The rush to get high in DenverDENVER - 9Wants to Know has discovered that anyone for any reason can get a doctor's prescription to buy medical marijuana - all they have to do is say they have pain and they don't have to offer proof.
Bill would give leverage to federal medical marijuana defendants New legislation expected to be introduced this week would give federal medical marijuana defendants greater leverage in federal court by allowing attorneys to present evidence of medical use and compliance with local and state laws, a move prohibited under current law.
Sanity on Marijuana?Obama's new position on medical marijuana is a step in the right direction.
Federal gov't OKs medical marijuana. First step toward legalization? Cafferty File: Tell Jack how you really feel Jack Cafferty and readers sound off about the issues of decriminalization of pot, medical marijuana, and legalization/taxation of pot for any purpose.
Four Prohibition Pragmatists And A Drug War WhoreA quick review from this week's avalanche of cannabis-related news, comes a stark contrast that reveals: Four Prohibition Pragmatists And A Drug War Whore
Obama issues new medical marijuana rules: No arrestsThe Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday.
Obama administration issues new policy on medical marijuanaThe Obama administration delivered new guidance on medical marijuana to federal prosecutors Monday, signaling a broad policy shift that will mean fewer crackdowns against dispensaries and the people who use them.
Cannabis users 'to escape arrest'Barack Obama's government is today urging prosecutors to go easy on people who use or supply cannabis for medical reasons.
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