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03.09.10
CO: Colorado Lawmakers Seek Ceasing of Raids on MEDICAL MEDICAL TOP NEWS / March 9,2010 / Jason Ramsey
03.09.10
Lawmakers: Stop raids Ask AG for moratorium on DEA medical marijuana raids Denver Daily News | 3/9/2010 | Gene Davis
03.09.10

In our aim to become the best medical marijuana resource on the web we are building up our listings of dispensaries in all legal states.  This will obviously be an ongoing process as medical marijuana state laws and county laws aren’t always the same!  If you have u

03.08.10

Popular Science has made its archives searchable, and this has led to finding gems such as this article, from May of 1968

This was 42 years ago, an era when the science of marijuana was incomplete, yet they oddly seemed to know more than “we” do today. It was a time before science had been turned to proving an agenda, back when it was about learning the truth about stuff.

Let’s take a look at some of Popular Science’s conclusions about marijuana…

03.08.10

Americans for Safe Access seeks a motivated, organized, and people-centered Community Liaison for Northern California.

The successful candidate will have previous experience that includes non-profit program delivery, sales or fundraising, political /grassroots organizing, and background in the medical cannabis field.

Details here!

03.08.10

The Associated Press reports:

Colorado lawmakers trying to regulate marijuana dispensaries are asking the U.S. attorney general to stop raids of medical marijuana operations.

03.08.10

Finally, nearly two weeks after Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich issued a press release announcing nuisance abatement actions against local dispensaries, Americans for Safe Access has unearthed one of at least 18 letters sent to medical marijuana providers and their landlords threatening imminent eviction.

03.08.10

An interesting film from the BBC looking at the problems of obtaining medical marijuana in the UK

03.08.10
MI: California's Medical Marijuana Battles Are A Lesson For Michigan FREE PRESS / March 7, 2010 / Justin Hyde
03.08.10

In Seattle there’s a move to give more health-care professionals authority to prescribe medical marijuana.

Senate Bill 5798 expands the list of licensed medical practitioners to include:

03.08.10

Last week Rhode Island became the fifth state this legislative session to introduce legislation seeking to legalize and regulate the adult use, possession, production, and distribution of non-medical marijuana.

03.07.10
CA: Daly City considers moratorium on pot dispensaries mercury news | 3/6/10 |

DALY CITY —Daly City officials are set to consider placing a moratorium on marijuana dispensaries in the city.

03.07.10
CA: Medical marijuana advocates protest crackdown ocregister | 3/6/2010 | Elynn Pak

03.07.10

One of the best (or worse, it depends on one’s perspective and physical location!) indicators of the total failure of a law, is when it is woefully and subjectively applied.

03.07.10
USA: K2 incense/spice products and marijuana... Marijuana.com Headline News | 3/7/10 | Ganjika

"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for

03.07.10
Smoking Weed in Rehab is Okay, According to Researcher LA Weekly 3/5/2010 | Dennis Romero

Dr. Drew would keel over at the notion, but a study published Friday in the pro-pot Harm Reduction Journal suggests that it's okay smoke weed while trying to ween yourself off other drugs.

03.06.10
CA: Pot Brownies Sicken Several In Orange County L.A. Now / March 6, 2010 / Rong-Gong Lin II
03.06.10
Marathon Hearing In Colorado Produces Pot Bill Rewrite Cannabis Culture | 3/5/2010 | Tim Martin

03.06.10
NC: Medical marijuana gaining support in N.C. UPI | 3/6/10 | Sloane Heffernan

Raleigh, N.C. — State lawmakers could vote on a bill legalizing marijuana for medical purposes this spring.

03.06.10
WA: Washington's medical-pot measure would widen list of prescribers The Seattle Times | 3/4/2010 | Mark Rahner
03.05.10
CO: Measure regulating marijuana shops gets first hearing Durango Herald | 3/5/10 | Joe Hanel

DENVER - A bill to legalize and regulate medical marijuana shops began its voyage through the Legislature on Thursday as scores of patients turned out to testify.

03.05.10
CO: No Vote On Colorado Marijuana Measure UPI / March 5,2010 / Staff
03.05.10
FL: Suspects Arrested In Massive Pot Bust Go To Court UCF Senior David Cole Faces Possibility Of Life In Prison Orlando.com / March 5, 2010 / Staff