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Efforts to legalize marijuana for recreational use are gaining momentum in Washington state and Colorado, despite fierce opposition from the federal government and a decades-long cultural battle over America's most commonly used illicit drug. full story
This weekend the top documentary prize at the Sundance Film Festival went to "The House I Live In." full story
San Francisco's medical cannabis dispensary program resumed licensing and inspecting medical marijuana collectives, Department of Public Health officials announced Monday. full story
Site Finds Time for Questions About Dancing, Late-Night Snacks and Playing Tennis full story
Dani, a 21-year-old from Wichita, suffers with depression, anxiety and stomach problems. full story
A broad coalition of California advocates has filed a statewide medical marijuana regulation initiative aimed at ending the years-long confusion over what is and what is not allowed under state law by explicitly allowing sales and legalizing dispensaries statewide absent affirmative local popular votes to ban them. full story.frontpage.jpg "Ask Obama")
As of 7pm Pacific, I checked the YouTube.com / WhiteHouse page to see how many votes our question received in President Obama’s latest YouTube Forum. full story
San Francisco city officials indefinitely suspended the city's medical marijuana dispensary permitting program on Wednesday, according to the Department of Public Health. full story
In a neighborhood full of luxurious homes with three-car garages and large lots, the sight of the SWAT members was an early morning shock for neighbors like Gordon Lange. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Cameron Diaz is the latest ganja-smoking girl of the Golden Globes after lighting up at the award show afterparty. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Marijuana activists agree that marijuana should be legal, but from there things get hazy. full story
U.S. border patrol agents are using drones, the same type in fact being used to fight the Afghanistan war, to locate illegal shipments of marijuana being smuggled across the Southwest border. full story
A group of medical marijuana advocates and business owners are calling for a Medical Marijuana Day of Action on Wednesday to protest federal marijuana enforcement against Colorado dispensaries. full story
San Francisco has begun issuing medical marijuana dispensary licenses again, following a recent state Supreme court decision that will allow local pot dispensaries to do business -- for now. full story
Huge casualty reports from Mexico's drug war demand the US figure out an exit strategy full story
The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously restricted the police’s ability to use a GPS device to track criminal suspects in a first test of how privacy rights will be protected in the digital age. full story
A judge has ruled that Montana's medical marijuana law doesn't shield providers of the drug from federal prosecution, delivering a new blow to an industry reeling from a state and federal crackdown. full story
A British company is testing the first drug developed from pot — a mouth spray to treat cancer pain. full story
A bill to allow farmers to register to grow industrial hemp in Kentucky was filed Thursday. full story
An anonymous police officer writes how things like ego, economic concerns, and denial prevent cops from speaking out against the drug war. full story
San Luis Obispo Superior Court’s instructions made charges hard to prove, lawyers say; at issue is whether patients must contribute to collectives full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - For the latest news on Marc Emery, CCHQ, and Canada's cannabis community, watch new episodes of The Jodie Emery Show each week on Cannabis Culture. In this episode: Show your support for politicians on both sides of the US/Canada border who will legalize marijuana! full story
The California Supreme Court issued an order today indicating its intent to review two controversial medical marijuana cases that have resulted in the suspension of several local dispensary ordinances across the state. full story
Arizona is a step closer to full implementation of its voter-approved medical marijuana law with a judges' ruling that the state must proceed with allowing creation of dispensaries. full story
Former Alabama cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick, who is leaving school early to enter the NFL draft, was arrested early Tuesday on a marijuana possession charge. full story
