Arizona's Medical Marijuana Rules Released
The Arizona Department of Health Services released the final draft of the medical marijuana rules. Those who qualify for a medical marijuana patient card can begin registering for cards on April 14 online.
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Medical Marijuana Dispensary Selling 'Joints for Japan'
A medical marijuana business is donating 100 percent of the profit from marijuana joints to earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan. Compassionate Pain Management's two Colorado locations in Lakewood and Louisville are selling joints for $5 a piece to those with a medical marijuana card and recommendation. Owner Shaun Gindi has promised profits from sales for at least the next two to three weeks to go to the Red Cross for recovery efforts in Japan.
Patients could still be arrested, but not convicted, under the proposed law. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Maryland Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
A bill that would allow medical marijuana patients to present an affirmative defense in court has passed the Maryland Senate.
The medical marijuana business: a growth industry. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Medical Marijuana Market Huge and Growing, Investors Report Finds
Medical marijuana is a big business and only getting bigger, according to a new study produced by a financial analysis firm.
D.C. Medical Marijuana: Ask Mayor Gray: What's the Hold Up? (Action Alert)
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Ask Mayor Gray: What’s the hold up? Dear Friends: It’s been over a decade since Initiative 59 was passed and almost a year now since the D.C. Council passed legislation to implement D.C.’s medical marijuana program, but you’d be forgiven if you haven’t noticed. That’s because the mayor still hasn’t signed off on the regulations that were issued last November and approved by the Council in January. Ask the mayor when we can expect to see the District’s medical marijuana program up and running. We’re willing to give the mayor some slack here. I’m sure he had a steep learning curve and a lot of very important issues to grapple with in his first couple months on the job. But now that he’s settled in and had time to review the proposed rules, there’s no reason District residents should have to wait any longer – they’ve already been waiting over 12 years. It’ll take less than a minute of your time to send an email to the Mayor's office asking when patients in the District will finally have access to medical marijuana. In the mean time, I’ll let you know if we hear any announcements from the mayor. Thanks everyone! Sincerely,
Dan Riffle
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Medical Marijuana Will Soon Outsell Viagra (And Become Unstoppable)
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A new market analysis of the medical marijuana industry is turning heads in the mainstream press and blowing away the myth that there's no money in marijuana reform:
From Dover to Olympia, medical marijuana is on the move. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Medical Marijuana Bills Advance in Delaware, Washington
Bills that would allow state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries are moving in Washington, which already has a medical marijuana law, and Delaware, which doesn't.
Dr. Marion Fry with longtime partner, attorney, Dale Schafer at their home near Sacramento. (Photo by Sharon Letts)
Medical Marijuana Providers Dr. Mollie Fry and Dale Schafer Prepare for Prison [FEATURE]
Dr. Marion "Mollie" Fry and her partner, Dale Schafer, are about to go to federal prison for five years for medical marijuana.
Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "Cool Madness: The Trial of Dr. Mollie Fry and Dale Schafer," by Vanessa Nelson (2008, MMA Publishing, 353 pp., $19.95 pb.)
"Cool Madness" is a riveting account of the federal trial California medical marijuana patient and provider Dr. Mollie Fry and her husband, Dale Schafer. If you believe federal medical marijuana trials have anything to do with justice or fairness after reading her account, I have some bridges you might be interested in.
California Medical Marijuana Dispensary Plans to Take IRS to Court
The IRS is thought to have begun audits on at least 12 medical marijuana dispensaries in California under the determination that past business deductions are invalid because of a clause in the federal tax code prohibiting any business that traffics in Schedule I or II drugs from making business deductions on their tax returns. Lynette Shaw, founder and owner of the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana, is hoping to strike back before the IRS can deliver any more "final determinations" to other dispensaries currently being audited. Shaw intends to file an appeal in U.S. Tax Court within the month. There is actually a precedent for just such a case, when in 2007, a San Francisco dispensary primarily catering to terminal AIDS patients got its payment cut down to just over 1 percent of what the IRS originally said it owed in back taxes.