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ASA SUES LOS ANGELES

Wednesday, 03 March 2010
Medical Marijuana Advocates File Lawsuit Challenging L.A. Dispensary Ordinance Restrictive provisions amount to de facto ban on otherwise legal dispensaries Los Angeles, CA -- The country's largest medical marijuana advocacy organization, Americans... Read more...
Jackson Second Medical Marijuana Trial Will Move Forward

Saturday, 27 February 2010
This morning Jovan Jackson again went to San Diego Superior court for a preliminary hearing on the second medical marijuana trial related to the Operation Green Rx Raids orchestrated by Bonnie Dumanis in cooperation with DEA through the Integrated... Read more...
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Why Older Folks Are Enjoying Cannabis More

Friday, 26 February 2010
Why Growing Numbers of Baby Boomers and the Elderly Are Smoking Pot http://www.alternet.org/story/145808/   Conventional wisdom dictates that as younger generations slowly replace the old, conservative social traditions are jettisoned. This may be... Read more...
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Bryan Epis Back to Prison for Over 7 Years for Providing Medicine

Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Chico pot grower heads back to prisonBy Denny Walshdwalsh@sacbee.comPublished: Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 1Bhttp://www.sacbee.com/2010/02/23/2557044/chico-pot-grower-heads-back-to.html----------Photo -Photo caption - Bryan Epis is... Read more...
DPFCA: UC Studies Show Marijuana Has Therapeutic Value, Reports to Legislature

Wednesday, 17 February 2010
http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2010/2-17-medical-marijuana.htmNews ReleaseDate:   February 17, 2010UC Studies Show Marijuana Has Therapeutic Value, Reports to LegislatureFirst results in United States in 20 years from clinical trials of... Read more...
Allison Margolin: Follow spirit of pot law

Monday, 25 January 2010
By Allison MargolinAllison Margolin is a criminal defense attorney practicing state and federalcriminal law in Los Angeles.Updated: 01/24/2010 08:47:26 PM PSTON Thursday, the California Supreme Court voted to safeguard the rights ofmedical... Read more...
NYT: Cannabis Research Discouraged

Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Researchers Find Study of Medical Marijuana DiscouragedBy GARDINER HARRISJanuary 19, 2010Despite the Obama administration’s tacit support of more liberal statemedical marijuana laws, the federal government still discourages researchinto the... Read more...
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WSJ: Is Marijuana Medicine?

Wednesday, 20 January 2010
LIFE & STYLE JANUARY 18, 2010 Is Marijuana a Medicine? Getty Images Dave Warden displays the wares at a Los Angeles marijuana dispensary.   IS MARIJUANA A MEDICINE?Charlene DeGidio never smoked marijuana in the 1960s, or afterward. But a year ago,... Read more...
ABC NEWS: Poll Shows 81% Support Cannabis Medicines

Wednesday, 20 January 2010
High Support for Medical Marijuana ABC News/Washington Post Poll: 81 Percent Support Legalizing Marijuana for Medical Use ANALYSIS By GARY LANGER Jan. 18, 2010—   Eight in 10 Americans support legalizing marijuana for medical use and nearly half... Read more...
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New Jersey On Medical Marijuana: We’re Not California

Tuesday, 12 January 2010
By Jacob Goldstein New Jersey’s legislature passed a bill yesterday to legalize medical marijuana, and Gov. Jon Corzine has said he’ll sign it into law before leaving office next week. Marijuana is now legal for some patients in more than a... Read more...
Assembly committee OKs recreational marijuana

Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Sacramento BureauTuesday, January 12, 2010(01-12) 11:09 PST Sacramento - --A bill to legalize adult recreational use of marijuana - and allow the drug to be sold and taxed in California - cleared a key hurdle this... Read more...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Ring in the New Year Rally- January 4th, 2010

Thursday, 31 December 2009
Media Advisory “Ring in the New Year Rally and Protest” Medical Cannabis Peaceful Rally and Protest in Oakland January 4th at Noon (Press Conference to Begin at 12:20 p.m.)   By: Medical Cannabis Activist and Political Prisoner Mickey Martin,... Read more...
Information On The Proposed Los Angeles Medical Marijuana Ordinance

Wednesday, 23 December 2009
INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSEDLOS ANGELES CITY MEDICAL MARIJUANA ORDINANCEHOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS HISTORIC LEGISLATION Perhaps the most striking thing about the proposed ordinance, is that the City of Los Angeles wants medical marijuana... Read more...
Los Angeles City Council To Vote On A Medical Marijuana Ordinance

Wednesday, 23 December 2009
HEADING DOWN THE HOME STRETCH:LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE ON AMEDICAL MARIJUANA ORDINANCEIN JANUARYBy ResipsaDecember 17, 2009 Los Angeles, CA In one of the most contentious discussions about medical cannabis the Los Angeles City Council has... Read more...
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RING IN THE NEW YEAR! PEACEFUL CANNABIS RALLY ON JANUARY 4TH IN OAKLAND!

Friday, 18 December 2009
On January 4, 2010, cannabis patients, activists, supporters, providers, and concerned citizens will descend on Oakland's Federal, State, and City buildings to demand accountability from these government agencies. Details are still being worked out... Read more...
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