The House narrowly passed a bill Monday that would license and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, a proposal that some lawmakers argue would allow more patients to safely access the drug but others worry could heighten abuse of the program. The state currently allows patients with certain debilitating medical conditions to grow their own marijuana or […]
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Nevada Approves Medical Pot Dispensaries
At long last, the Silver State has passed legislation for medical marijuana dispensaries to operate legally under state law, becoming the14thstate to do so. On Wednesday, Republican Governor Brian Sandoval signed a measure regulating a network of growers and d… High Times
Prop D Wins: LA Medical Marijuana Dispensaries To Return To 2007 Number Of Locations
New Medical Marijuana Law in Los Angeles Implicates That it Will Move Towards Shutting Down Nearly 70 percent of DispensariesDispensary operators anticipate major loss, while roughly 135 dispensaries that were open before the 2007 moratorium are allowed to continue operating to capture the LA MMJ marketplace if they meet the new regulations. Dozens of Cannabis industry-related companies, […]
Los Angeles Dispensaries Slashed by Prop D
The voters of Los Angeles have spoken — and it's going to get a lot more crowded in dispensaries. With the passage of new measures, a mere 135 dispensaries will now face the task of serving 100,000 patients. High Times
The IRS War On Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Congressional Republicans (with the Obama administration’s bipartisan support) are all for using the IRS to target and decimate one sector of the U.S. economy — medical marijuana providers. Alternet reports: The IRS employs Section 280E, a 1982 tax code addition that was a response to a drug dealer’s successful effort to claim his yacht, weapons, […]
Arizona MMJ: 1st Marijuana Dispensaries in Yavapai County to Open
Organica Patient Group dispensary is scheduled to open today. PRESCOTT, Ariz. — On the momentum of a dispensary opening in Tempe earlier this month, Chino Valley north of Phoenix is expected to open its first medical marijuana dispensary. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
California Supreme Court Recognizes Legality of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, But Says Localities May Ban Them
Patient advocates respond with Sacramento press conference, during lobby day for statewide regulations SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Supreme Court ruled today in the case City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center that local governments may ban the distribution of medical marijuana and are not preempted by state law by doing so. However, the […]
DEA: Warning Letters to 11 MMJ Dispensaries
The federal Drug Enforcement Administration sent cease-and-desist letters to 11 medical-marijuana dispensaries but maintains that the crackdown does not signal a federal war on Washington state’s new legal-pot law. The Seattle TimesBy Bob Young Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Feds Threaten Landlords of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries with Forty Year Prison Sentences
Picture: Anti-Pot DA Melinda Haag Go into any strip mall “pain clinic” and grab a bottle of Oxycontin. Wander into a corner liquor store and grab a few bottles of Everclear and a pack of cigarettes. Load up on McDonald’s and Burger King until your heart explodes. All of that is fine. Meanwhile, controversy continues […]
Some Dispensaries Not Too Thrilled By Legal Pot
Medical marijuana groups are wary of a bill that would legalize and tax marijuana in Maine. Estimates nationwide suggest if marijuana were legal, much of the profit gained by medical retailers and black-market criminals would disappear. That worries Glenn Peterson, the owner of Canuvo, a Biddeford medical-marijuana dispensary. He also serves as president of the […]