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By Steve Elliott in
Dispensaries, Medical
Wednesday, Jul. 28 2010 @ 11:38AM
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The delay is caused by a lack of detail about how the city will operate the program, which includes a very cool, first-in-the-nation provision requiring dispensaries to price their marijuana on a sliding scale so the city's poorest patients can get their medicinal cannabis for free, reports Tim Craig at The Washington Post.
Council member David A. Catania, chairman of the Health Committee, said he doesn't expect the first dispensaries to open until early next year, and that would be a best-case scenario.
"I know people are eager for this to go forward, but I think we have to do this judiciously and slowly and carefully," Catania said.
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By Steve Elliott in
Dispensaries, Legislation
Tuesday, Jul. 27 2010 @ 6:10PM
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The District joins 14 other states across the U.S. in having effective medical marijuana laws.
By Steve Elliott in
Dispensaries, Growing
Monday, Jul. 26 2010 @ 1:12PM
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The university said that, if it were to grow the herb, which is illegal for any purpose under federal law, it could lose out on millions of dollars of government funding, reports Richard Perez-Pena of The New York Times.
By Steve Elliott in
Dispensaries, News
Thursday, Jul. 22 2010 @ 1:32PM
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| "$14,000? What $14,000? Oh yeah, THAT $14,000. OK, just say he was money laundering, threaten him with the DEA, and we'll keep the cash." |
Sound unlikely? Guess again. And welcome to Colorado Springs, Colorado.
A medical marijuana dispensary owner said he intends to sue the Colorado Springs Police Department over what he said was the illegal seizure of $14,000.
By Steve Elliott in
Dispensaries, Growing
Wednesday, Jul. 21 2010 @ 11:46AM
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The 5-2 vote came after two hours of heated debate between growers who argued the proposal could destroy their livelihoods, and businessmen who said it could turn Oakland into the Silicon Valley of marijuana, reports John Hoeffel at the Los Angeles Times.
By Steve Elliott in
Dispensaries, News
Wednesday, Jul. 21 2010 @ 11:28AM
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| Medical marijuana entrepreneur Stephen Gasparas operates a Redding warehouse where he grows medical marijuana for patients. |
A City Council majority on Tuesday evening strongly rejected the idea of taxing the city's 19 medical cannabis dispensaries, reports Scott Mobley at The Redding Record Searchlight.
"There are people who abuse it (medical marijuana), and people who don't, and that is the people (this tax) would impact," said council member Dick Dickerson, who, along with Mary Stegall, strongly opposed the concept of taxing medicinal cannabis.
By Steve Elliott in
Dispensaries, Medical
Wednesday, Jul. 21 2010 @ 8:13AM
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| Federal medical marijuana defendant James Stacy leads a protest: "I tried to help people and now I face life in prison, even though I did not break the law." |
After Stacy opened a medical pot shop called "Movement In Action" in Vista, he was charged with federal counts of illegally manufacturing and distributing marijuana after undercover buys made by a San Diego County sheriff's detective and resulting raids by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents at his home and business, reports Peter Hecht of The Sacramento Bee.
By Steve Elliott in
Dispensaries, News
Tuesday, Jul. 20 2010 @ 10:19AM
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Three companies have been selected by the state Department of Health to dispense cannabis to authorized patients in Maine. The state-licensed dispensaries will be in six locations around the state, including downtown Portland, reports Amanda Hill at WLBZ2.
The state of Maine has agreed to allow Northeast Patients Group to open dispensaries in Portland, Thomaston, Augusta or Waterville, and Hermon.
The group is looking at a number of locations in Portland, now that the zoning ordinance allows it to open a dispensary within the business 2, 3, and 7 zones of the city.
One key location under discussion is the former location of a Key Bank on the corner of Congress and St. John Streets, but one concern is that it's too tight an area to accommodate a lot of traffic.
By Steve Elliott in
Dispensaries, News
Monday, Jul. 19 2010 @ 11:19AM
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Maine's new voter-approved medical marijuana dispensaries are expected to make cannabis more accessible to disabled and ill patients -- but making it reasonably priced may be another matter.
The newly licensed dispensaries in Maine have revealed they plan to sell their cannabis for $300 to $400 an ounce, comparable to California dispensary prices, reports John Richardson at The Portland Press Herald.
By Steve Elliott in
Dispensaries, News
Friday, Jul. 16 2010 @ 9:50AM
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"This is huge," said Mayor Tom Bates. According to the mayor, the tax will help close a $16.2 million budget gap, but it'll do more than that, report Christopher Palmeri and Michael Marois at Business Week.
It also makes sure that as marijuana sales go mainstream, the local community -- not outside business interests -- benefits. "We don't want to have Philip Morris coming in here, sucking up all the money," Bates said.
