Marijuana store manager
gets 5 years probation

Marijuana store manager gets 5 years probation

LOS ANGELES — The former manager of a Los Angeles medical marijuana store was sentenced to five years probation on Wednesday after pleading guilty, court officials said.

John Carberry, 56, could have been jailed for up to 20 years but was instead ordered to perform 1,500 hours of community service, in the latest example  Read More...

Added: 10 days ago

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Marijuana dispensary
scores victory in court

Marijuana dispensary scores victory in court

Judge rules search warrant served on CannaHelp invalid; D.A. to appeal

The criminal case against the owner and managers of a Palm Desert medical marijuana dispensary was dealt a setback Friday when a judge invalidated the search warrant used to investigate the defendants.

Prosecutors said they will appeal the ruling.

If the ruling is not overturned,  Read More...

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MMA Fighter's Medical
Marijuana Leads to
Trouble With California
Athletic Commission

Nick Diaz is a mixed martial arts fighter who was scheduled to fight in Saturday night's EliteXC event in San Jose, California.

But the California State Athletic Commission has refused to license him for the fight. And the reason, according to EliteXC President Gary Shaw, is  Read More...

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Among Calif. Pot Clubs
There Stirs a Budding
Rebellion

When the Drug Enforcement Administration sent letters last year to California landlords who rent to marijuana dispensaries, reminding them -- not so subtly -- that it's a federal crime to do so, they opened another front in the battle to define how pot clubs operate in the hazy border between state and federal law.

The letters state that "federal law  Read More...

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Pot Slows Cancer in Test
Tube

Marijuana Ingredients Slow Invasion by Cervical and Lung Cancer Cells

Dec. 26, 2007 -- THC and another marijuana-derived compound slow the spread of cervical and lung cancers, test-tube studies suggest.

The new findings add to the fast-growing number of animal and cell-culture studies  Read More...

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UN Board Says Marijuana
Machines Illegal

UN Board Says Marijuana Machines Illegal

VIENNA, Austria (AP) — Marijuana vending machines in Los Angeles violate international treaties and should be shut down, the U.N.-affiliated drug control board said Friday.

"The International Narcotics Control Board is deeply concerned about reports that computerized vending machines to dispense cannabis (marijuana) have been put into operation in Los Angeles," Philip O. Emafo, president  Read More...

Added: 3 months ago

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MMA Fighter's Medical
Marijuana Leads to
Trouble With California
Athletic Commission

Nick Diaz is a mixed martial arts fighter who was scheduled to fight in Saturday night's EliteXC event in San Jose, California.

But the California State Athletic Commission has refused to license him for the fight. And the reason, according to EliteXC President Gary Shaw, is  Read More...

Added: 1 month ago

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Jamaica considers
legalising cannabis

Jamaica considers legalising cannabis

Jamaica is considering the legalisation of marijuana, a drug revered by members of the island's large Rastafarian population who say smoking it is part of their religion.

A seven-member government commission has been researching possible changes to the Caribbean nation's anti-drug laws, which some police complain are clogging courts and jails with marijuana-related cases, a government  Read More...

Added: 2 months ago

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