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Monroe Co., FL Sheriff’s Dept |
Marijuana still equals money — but now nobody has to get arrested. |
With a recent softening in attitudes toward medicinal use of the herb, along with a more pot-tolerant administration, Colorado’s medical marijuana industry is going into high gear — and the increased profile of dispensaries has made them among the biggest newspaper advertisers, according to public radio station KUNC.
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Teacher learns a lesson: Don’t bring your weed to school! |
Talk about higher education! A staff member at Harden Middle School in Salinas, Calif., found a bag of marijuana, but it didn’t belong to one of the students.
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Photo: Selkem |
What the doctor ordered? |
A new scientific study published in Harm Reduction Journal suggests that marijuana is a safe and effective substitute for alcohol and prescription drugs.
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Photo: Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana |
Plant limits may become a thing of the past in California. |
A California court of appeals in San Diego has ruled that the amount of marijuana a medical user can legally possess is a question jurors should decide, and using limits defined in state law is improper.
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Photo: Polluxx |
Not in Norco, or you may get Narco’d. |
Norco, Calif., is proposing a local law against selling drug paraphernalia.
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Photo: Matt Wright, Wikimedia Commons |
Denver is now collecting 3.9 percent tax on medical marijuana sales. |
The Mile High City started collecting sales tax on medical marijuana today.
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Photo: Coaster420 |
Nugs like this Purple Kush beauty could be legal for medical use if Pennsylvania legislators show some leadership. |
A public hearing on legalizing medical marijuana is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 2, in Harrisburg, Pa., before the House Health and Human Services committee.
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Artwork by Jim Wheeler |
Medical marijuana patients win another battle in San Diego |
The manager of a San Diego medical marijuana dispensary was acquitted today of five charges of possessing and selling marijuana for profit.
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Wikimedia Commons |
Maine is one of only three states — along with Rhode Island and New Mexico — authorizing state-run marijuana dispensaries. |
A new task force is studying how, when and where medical marijuana will be distributed in Maine, WABI TV 5 reports.
A newly surfaced home movie shows movie icon Marilyn Monroe apparently smoking marijuana, according to Reuters.