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: 14 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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Gone With The Weed

  California -- It took decades for the Los Angeles Times to come to its current position on marijuana, supporting its medical use and advocating lenient enforcement and penalties for small-scale possession. Barring a 1914 editorial suggesting the legalization of opium to reap tariff revenue, The Times' editorial board acted as an unrelenting drug warrior, even using war terminology before "war on drugs" rhetoric ramped up  Read More...

Backlash Endangers
California pot
Dispensaries

Backlash Endangers California Pot Dispensaries

For years, when Janet Seaboyer sought relief from her frequent bouts of anxiety, she went to the Compassionate Center of Santa Barbara and ordered from a marijuana menu that featured chocolate pecan truffles and cannabis strains with names like Purple Urkle and Sweet and Sour.

But the Compassionate Center shut down at the end of October,  Read More...

Added: 4 months ago

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U.S. Congress decides to
question DEA

One day after the Union of Medical Marijuana Providers filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court, Central District of California (case CV07-07951) challenging the DEA's tactic of sending threatening letters to hundreds of owners of Commercial Property who rent to Marijuana Providers, the House Judiciary Committee will question the agency about the practice.

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Added: 5 months ago

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Barack Obama's stance on
decriminalizing marijuana
use is yet unknown
despite statements

A truth Obama won't dare tell

February 3, 2008

Lately, Barack Obama has been quoting John F. Kennedy: "The world is changing. The old ways will not do." For a few hours the other day, I was starting to think he really meant it.

On Thursday, The Washington Times reported that in 2004, as a candidate for the U.S. Senate, Obama  Read More...

Added: 3 months ago

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