Michigan AG Says Cops Can Seize Medical Marijuana
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette (R) has opened another front in his battle against medical marijuana.
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DEA Raids Seattle Area Marijuana Dispensaries
In an orchestrated strike Tuesday, DEA agents raided at least 14 medical marijuana dispensaries in the Seattle area, according to the locally based Cannabis Defense Coalition.
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DEA Raids Seattle Area Marijuana Dispensaries
The Justice Department's offensive against medical marijuana distribution just spread to the Seattle area, with the DEA raiding 14 dispensaries Tuesday.
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Washington Marijuana Initiative Gains Support
Initiative 502, the Washington state initiative to tax and regulate marijuana, is gaining both financial and political support.
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Michigan AG Says Cops Can Seize Medical Marijuana
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is no friend of medical marijuana, and he proved it again last week with an opinion telling police they can seize patients' medicine.
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Washington Marijuana Initiative Gains Support
An initiative to tax and regulate marijuana in Washington state is pulling in some big names and big bucks, but it hasn't completely unified the state's marijuana community behind it. That may not matter.
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Dominican Presidential Candidate Says Legalize Drugs
Yet another Latin American politician comes out for legalization. This one is running for president in the Dominican Republic.
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Mexico Drug War Deaths Leveling Off, Study Says
The good news is that prohibition-related killing in Mexico may be leveling off. The bad news is that it's leveling off at horrendous levels.
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White House Denies Responsibility for Confusing Everyone About Medical Marijuana
In a long piece detailing Obama’s badly botched approach to medical marijuana, the San Francisco Chronicle has a rather ridiculous quote from the White House:
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Cities Can Ban Marijuana Dispensaries, CA Court Rules
An California appeals court decision saying localities can ban medical marijuana dispensaries is only adding to the industry's woes.
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Cities Can Ban Marijuana Dispensaries, CA Court Rules
An California appeals court decision saying localities can ban medical marijuana dispensaries is only adding to the industry's woes.
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California Marijuana Arrests and Quote of the Day
[inline:california-marijuana-leaf-small.jpg align=right]It turns out that New York City isn't the only place
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NORML Sues Feds in CA Medical Marijuana Fight [FEATURE]
The federal crackdown on medical marijuana in California is provoking legal challenges.
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NORML Sues Feds in CA Medical Marijuana Fight [FEATURE]
The federal crackdown on medical marijuana in California is provoking legal challenges. First ASA, and now, NORML have filed lawsuits seeking to halt it.
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The 9th National Harm Reduction Conference: "From Public Health to Social Justice"
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You're cordially invited to the 9th National Harm Reduction Conference: "From Public Health to Social Justice" The 9th National Harm Reduction Conference: From Public Health to Social Justice is the only multidisciplinary conference focused on improving the health of drug users. Over a thousand people from around the country will meet to address the many critical issues affecting the drug user community including overdose, HIV, hepatitis, incarceration, stigma. Physicians, medical professionals, policy makers, researchers, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis service agencies, organizations providing services for youth, and the homeless as well as community based and advocacy organizations will be well represented at this much anticipated event. WHEN WHERE
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Mexico's Symbol of Drug War Resistance Says It's Our Fight, Too [FEATURE]
A panel at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference last week called on Americans to take action to help end the drug war in Mexico, even as Human Rights Watch releases as a damning report o
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The 2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference Meets in Los Angeles [FEATURE]
For three days last weekend, the towering Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles was awash with drug reform activists running from presentation to presentation and chatting in hallway con
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Mikki Norris and Chris Conrad at Thursday's rally and concert in Macarthur Park (courtesy HCLU)
The 2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference Meets in Los Angeles [FEATURE]
The Drug Policy Alliance's 2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference was staggering in its breadth and depth. Here's our first report.
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Javier Sicilia addressing conference, with translator Ana Paula Hernandez (photo courtesy HCLU, drogriporter.hu/en)
Mexico's Symbol of Drug War Resistance Says It's Our Fight, Too [FEATURE]
A panel at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference last week called on Americans to take action to help end the drug war in Mexico, even as Human Rights Watch releases as a damning report on government killings, tortures, and disappearances in the drug war.