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43% Of Marijuana Patients Say Organic Cannabis Is Essential

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 29, 2012 Dispensaries, Medical, News

No Longer Sad

This fine cola of Panama Red was grown organically in a greenhouse in Washington state.

Don’t be afraid to ask for organic marijuana — you have plenty of company. According to a new research study, twice as many medicinal cannabis patients said organic marijuana — not discount pricing — is their most critical consideration when selecting a dispensary.

Medical marijuana patients in Colorado, California and Washington state were surveyed by the editors of MMJ Business Daily, and 43 percent said they considered the availability of organic cannabis to be “critical” when they decide where to shop for meds. Only 21 percent of marijuana patients said discount weed was critical.

Miley Cyrus Spotted Shopping At A Marijuana Dispensary

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 24, 2012 Culture, Dispensaries, News

X17online.com

Miley Cyrus, in the shorts, and an unidentified female friend leave Therapeutic Health Care, a medical marijuana dispensary in Sherman Oaks, California

Pop tart and self-proclaimed “stoner” Miley Cyrus was photographed leaving a medical marijuana dispensary in Sherman Oaks, California, with a friend this week. Hey Miley, are you about ready to stick up for weed, yet?

Cyrus, 19, was looking casual but hot in denim cut-offs and a Pat Benatar t-shirt when X17online.com got some paparazzi shots of her and a female friend exiting Therapeutic Health Care. Miley didn’t seem to be very worried about being spotted outside the dispensary; after all, medicinal cannabis is legal in California for anyone with a doctor’s authorization.

Therapeutic Health Care (THC, get it?) is listed on WheresWeed.com as selling ounces of OG Kush indica for $18 a gram, $50 an eighth, $90 a quarter, $140 a half, or $280 an ounce. Oddly, no other strains are listed.

The IRS Is Coming! Are Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Ready?

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 23, 2012 Dispensaries, Medical, News

280E Reform

The Internal Revenue Service is threatening to turn back the clock on medical marijuana. But now a national alliance of industry leaders, patients and elected officials is fighting back with a new project aimed at education and policy change.

The 280E Reform effort says it plans to bring an end to the current IRS campaign to close medical cannabis dispensaries.

The IRS campaign of aggressive audits — sometimes resulting in collectives being held responsible for millions in supposed back taxes — began a couple of years ago and uses Section 280E of the IRS code to deny dispensaries the ability to claim any legitimate business expenses. Denied expenses include essential items such as rent, payroll, and all other necessary business expenditures.

WA Medical Marijuana Group Files Initiative To Clarify State Law

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 23, 2012 Dispensaries, Legislation, Medical

Washington Medical Marijuana Society

A week after a medical marijuana reform bill died in the Washington state Legislature, a group is filing an initiative to the people with the Secretary of State’s office on Thursday. According to the Washington Alternative Medicine Alliance, the initiative would ensure safe access to medicinal cannabis statewide, and would finally give real arrest and prosecution protection to patients in the state.

“The Legislature failed to act this year, so now it’s up to the people of the state,” said Philip Dawdy, director of WAMA. “We’ve been left with an unclear state medical cannabis law that is hurting patients as much as it’s helping them.

“Much of our state is a black hole when it comes to medical cannabis access,” Dawdy said. “That’s an unacceptable situation and it must be addressed. Taking this issue directly to the voters is our best option.”

The initiative would also create a state-licensed system of medical marijuana patient cooperatives and growers, similar to systems already operating in Colorado and Arizona.

The main backers of the initiative, besides Dawdy, are Seattle-based defense attorney Kurt Boehl and Ezra Eickmeyer, a political activist and lobbyist in the state capitol, OIympia.

SLO Prosecutors 0-11 In Medical Marijuana Dispensary Cases

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 23, 2012 Dispensaries, News

True News

San Luis Obispo County prosecutors are now 0-11 in their yearlong effort to convict a dozen medical marijuana collective operators, after a SLO Superior Court judge dismissed the cases of two more defendants last week.

None of the so-called Doobie Dozen has even made it to trial, reports Matt Fountain at New Times SLO.

On February 15, Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Duffy dismissed all charges against Shelly and Rianna Allred after prosecutors said they couldn’t bring the cases before a jury.

The Allreds were arrested along with 10 other SLO County residents near the end of 2010 after a two-month investigation into medical marijuana collectives. The arrests were carried out under “Operation Green Sweep” by they SLO County Narcotics Task Force, which has since been disbanded.

Prosecutors are now just one case away from being complete, 0-12 losers on the local level.

The District Attorney’s Office has said it will take all 11 dismissals to the state appellate court. Chief Deputy D.A. Jerret Gran claimed the office had filed the paperwork for its intent to appeal.

‘American Weed’ TV Series Premieres Wednesdays

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 22, 2012 Culture, Dispensaries, Products

Steve Schrenzel/NGT

The Stanley brothers inspect young crops at their medical marijuana growhouse.

A new TV series called “American Weed” is premiering on the National Geographic Channel tonight (Wednesday, February 22) at 10 p.m. ET/PT. According to NatGeo, the show “goes inside Colorado’s pot culture and explores the legal world of medical cannabis from various perspectives, including the growers, patients and dispensary owners, cops, caregivers and opponents.”

The all-new series “finds Colorado medical marijuana businesses under scrutiny and facing mounting pressures from local residents,” according to National Geographic.

R.I. Governor Slams Obama’s Medical Marijuana Crackdown

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 21, 2012 Dispensaries, Medical, News

Broadcast Engineering

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee said the results of the Obama Administrations crackdown on medical marijuana were “Utter chaos”

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, under political fire for blocking three medical marijuana dispensaries authorized back in 2009 and selected in 2011, says the real problem is the inconsistent policy of the President he endorsed in 2008.

When asked by Rolling Stone magazine what the result has been of the Obama Administration’s effort to prevent states from implementing laws allowing the distribution of medicinal cannabis, Gov. Chafee replied, “Utter chaos,” reports Ted Nesi at WPRI.com.

The governor has faced protests and legal threats from medical marijuana patients and advocates since suspending Rhode Island’s dispensary program in May 2011.

CannCast Now Includes Marijuana Concentrates And Infusibles

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 20, 2012 Dispensaries, Medical, Products

CannCast.com

CannCast.com, which provides medical marijuana provider-to-dispensary connections, has now added cannabis concentrates and infused products to their website. By expanding their service, CannCast said it “aims to streamline getting these important medicines to the patients that need them.”

The service allows medical marijuana providers to list what they have available, dispensaries to list what their patients are requesting, and both parties to search by strain. By easily connecting providers with dispensaries which actually need their medicine, CannCast says it greatly decreases wasted time and effort on both sides.

Previously, the site had focused only on cannabis flowers. Now, it can be used by providers of concentrates and infused products, too.

Congress OKs Medical Marijuana Everywhere With DC Rules: Attorney

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 13, 2012 Dispensaries, Legislation, Medical

theskunk.org

If one prominent attorney is right about the legal ramifications of the District of Columbia’s marijuana law — specifically, that it was approved by the U.S. Congress — then it could be a game-changer nationwide.

D.C.’s medical marijuana law was the first time that the United States Congress had ever given its explicit assent to any state or local law that permits the medicinal use of marijuana — and, according to a California attorney who specializes in health care compliance, that is enormously significant under the Equal Protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.

In 2009, noting that it was “allowing” the voters of Washington, D.C., to vote on and implement that city’s Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment law, Congress approved medicinal cannabis in the federal District of Columbia, over which it has all governmental power.

Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced In Maryland

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 10, 2012 Dispensaries, Legislation, Medical

Cannabis Fantastic

Two bills were introduced Friday in the Maryland House and Senate that would allow patients with certain qualifying conditions to use medical marijuana with doctors’ recommendations.

The bills, HB 1024 and HB 1148, are based on the recommendations of a study panel created by the Legislature in 2011 and were introduced in the state House by Del. Dan Morhaim. Senator Jamie Raskin is expected to sponsor similar legislation in the state Senate.

One version of the legislation, championed by state lawmakers on the work group, allows doctors to recommend medical marijuana to their patients who could then purchase it from licensed dispensaries, all of which would be overseen by an independent commission.

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