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Bill Ritter, Colorado GOP Bicker Over Budget In Preview Of Legislative Session

AP | STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 12.15.2009 | Denver

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DENVER — Colorado Republicans vow to fight plans by Gov. Bill Ritter to eliminate tax breaks and release parolees to balance the state budget. ...

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Group: Pot Measure Has Enough Signatures For 2010 California Ballot

AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 12.15.2009 | Los Angeles

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SAN FRANCISCO — A group campaigning to put a marijuana legalization measure before California voters said Monday it has enough signatures to qua...

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Breckenridge Explosion May Have Been Result Of Hashish Manufacturing

The Denver Post | Howard Pankratz | Posted 12.14.2009 | Denver

Read More: Hashish, Butane, Breckenridge Explosion, Medical Marijuana, Denver News

An explosion in a house where marijuana was being grown legally for medical use has resulted in two people being severely burned, according to Summit ...

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The Medical Marijuana Debate Is Focused on the Wrong Thing

Charles Feldman | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: The Medical Board of California, Medical Marijuana, Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Los Angeles County District Attorney, Medical Marijuana Doctors, Doctors, Medicine, Los Angeles News

The marijuana dispensaries could not exist without the enabling benefit of the estimated 1,500 California doctors, most in LA and the Bay, who offer their "patients" letters of recommendation.

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Gourmet Ganja: Colorado Medical Marijuana Facility Serves Pot-Laced Cuisine (VIDEO)

Posted 12.10.2009 | Denver

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A new restaurant in Denver is offering diners a slice of the high life. Gourmet Ganja, in the heart of Denver's medical marijuana district, also serv...

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LA Weekly's Medical Pot Story is Half-Baked

Vince Beiser | Posted 12.10.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Media, Los Angeles, Marijuana, LA Weekly, Medical Marijuana, Los Angeles Crime, California Medical Marijuana, Los Angeles News

Real reporting meets "Reefer Madness" in LA Weekly's cover story on "LA's Medical Weed War." The piece is a rare hybrid: part careful, thorough reporting, part hysterical, unproven allegations.

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LA City Council OKs Cap On Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Los Angeles Times | Posted 12.08.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Marijuana Dispensaries, Los Angeles, Medical Marijuana, California, Los Angeles News

Seeking to bring the city's medical marijuana dispensary boom under tight control, the Los Angeles City Council decided today to cap the total number ...

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Medical Marijuana Reform: Summary Of Draft Legislation

Posted 12.08.2009 | Denver

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DRAFT BILL FOR AN ACT 101 CONCERNING REGULATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA Draft Bill Summary Colorado State Senate The bill creates a state medi...

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Medical Marijuana: A Common Sense Policy for Colorado

Chris Romer | Posted 12.08.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Legislature, Medical Marijuana, Marijuana Legislation, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Denver News

We need to propose a model that will not only destigmatize medical marijuana by working to keep it out of the hands of those who would only seek to use it recreationally, but more importantly to create a fair and regulated market that is best for the patients who can benefit immensely from it.

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LA Council To Revisit Medical Marijuana Ordinance

AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 12.09.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Marijuana Dispensaries, Los Angeles, Medical Marijuana, Pot, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council could vote Wednesday on a much-anticipated medical marijuana ordinance that would greatly reduce the ...

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Tokers Rejoice: Pot Will Be Sold Openly Until At Least Next Year

LA Daily | Posted 12.03.2009 | Los Angeles

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Los Angeles City Councilman Ed Reyes says the city isn't like to see a law limiting the city's burgeoning medical marijuana trade until next year. Whi...

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Medical Marijuana Poll Shows 2-1 Support For Licensing And Regulation Of Medical Pot

The Denver Post | Posted 12.01.2009 | Denver

Read More: John Suthers, Colorado DA, Coloradoans for Medical Marijuana Regulation, Colorado Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Denver News

Medical marijuana advocates released a poll Monday they said shows overwhelming support -- by a 2-to-1 margin -- for licensing and regulating cannabis...

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L.A. Council Weighs In On Weed Wars

latimes.com | John Hoeffel | Posted 11.26.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Marijuana Dispensaries, Medical Marijuana, California Medical Marijuana, Los Angeles News

Dispensaries in Los Angeles could continue to accept cash for medical marijuana under a provision approved by the City Council on Tuesday, after it ad...

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Mom: Marijuana Saved My Autistic Son's Life (VIDEO)

Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

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Kids may seem an unlikely group to include in the medical marijuana debate, but some children with autism are reaping life-changing benefits from the ...

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Colorado Medical Marijuana: California Police Chief Says Colorado Should Be Vigilant About Regulation

AP | Posted 11.23.2009 | Denver

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DENVER - The top cop in a California town that has become a poster child for a well-intentioned medical-marijuana law gone wrong has some advice for C...

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Support For Legalizing Marijuana Grows Rapidly Around US

Washington Post | Karl Vick | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Marijuana, Marijuana Legalization, Drug Laws, Medical Marijuana Support, Health, Politics News

The shift is widely described as generational. A Gallup poll in October found 44 percent of Americans favor full legalization of marijuana -- a rise o...

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Can Pot Save Denver's Papers?

Jessica Corry | Posted 11.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: Rocky Mountain News, Westword, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Drugs, War on Drugs, Legalize Marijuana, Westword-Marijuana-Critic, Denver Post, Denver News

As the loss of the Rocky Mountain News still lingers, the focus now turns to saving the publications remaining. Essential revenue could come from the most unlikely of sources. Marijuana.

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L.A. City Council Panels Reject Ban On Medical Marijuana Sales

Los Angeles Times | John Hoeffel | Posted 11.17.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Marijuana Dispensaries, Medical Marijuana, Los Angeles News

Rejecting the advice of the city attorney, two Los Angeles City Council committees voted today to scrap a proposed provision that would have banned th...

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Bill Ritter Marijuana Tax: Governor Moves To Start Taxing Pot After AG's Decision

AP | STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 11.18.2009 | Denver

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DENVER — Colorado is gearing up to officially tax and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, a move lawmakers say amounts to legal recognition...

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John Suthers Decides Marijuana Is Subject To Taxation

Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: John Suthers, Medical Marijuana, Colorado Marijuana, Marijuana Taxation, Colorado Wellness Association, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Denver News

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has issued a formal legal statement saying that medical marijuana is subject to taxation. The AP reports tha...

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Medical Marijuana In New Mexico: Patients Getting Acess To State-Licensed Pot Without The Political Turmoil

AP | DEBORAH BAKER | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Drug Wars, Drug Policy Alliance, New Mexico Marijuana, War on Drugs, Colorado Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Denver News

SANTA FE, N.M. — Businessman Len Goodman owns a company that makes hand-painted art tiles, but these days his office desk is strewn with the raw...

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Pop Star Joss Stone Under Attack for Marijuana Comment

Mason Tvert | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Marijuana Legalization, United Kingdom, Marijuana, Joss Stone, Alcohol, Gordon Brown, Cannabis, Medical Research Counsel, Medical Marijuana, David Nutt, Safer, Entertainment News

Stone is not alone in her belief that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol. She has some pretty solid back-up among the UK's scientific community.

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Colorado Wellness Association--Medical Marijuana Trade Group--Announced

Posted 11.12.2009 | Denver

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Colorado medical marijuana providers formed the Colorado Wellness Association Wednesday, a trade group that its founders hope will help regulate the i...

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