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A lab that tests medical marijuana for dispensaries and patients said Thursday it was raided by federal drug agents and ordered to turn over patient records. full story
Yesterday, Obama named Michele Leonhart the new head of the DEA. Not a good sign for those opposing the drug war. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - A US Federal court says the Drug Enforcement Administration has the right to attach mobile tracking devices to the vehicles of suspected marijuana growers. full story
Despite the Obama administration’s tacit support of more liberal state medical marijuana laws, the federal government still discourages research into the medicinal uses of smoked marijuana. full story
Early research has found that salvia may treat Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, dementia, pain and substance abuse. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Marc discusses the history of his continuing conflict with Canadian and US authorities in Episode #7 of the Prison Potcast. full story
The federal government will continue raids on medical marijuana operations in California despite guidelines issued by the Justice Department two weeks ago indicating the contrary. full story- Digby has a disturbing post on how several DEA helicopter pilots have apparently been pressured into service in Afghanistan. full story
A lawyer for some of the pot growers busted by the DEA earlier this week said his clients are registered medical marijuana providers targeted by "rogue" federal agents ignoring a directive to leave such people alone. full story
The best solution to our environmental problems is to end prohibition. There is no other viable option short of the immediate end to military conflict that will have the same positive impact on the ecosystem. full story
The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday. full story
A 51-year-old grandfather who grows garbanzo beans and other crops in northwestern North Dakota was among the protesters arrested for planting hemp seeds on the lawn of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration offices. full story
Stiff competition from thousands of mom-and-pop marijuana farmers in the United States threatens the bottom line for powerful Mexican drug organizations in a way that decades of arrests and seizures have not, according to law enforcement officials and pot growers in the United States and Mexico. full story- "Today's DEA arrest of Marc Scott Emery, publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine, and the founder of a marijuana legalization group, is a significant blow not only to the marijuana trafficking trade in the U.S. full story
Police stormed several San Diego medical marijuana dispensaries with guns drawn and arrested at least 23 people. full story- My mentor and very close friend Marc Emery is on a farewell tour of Canada before he turns himself in at the US/Canada border on September 19 and pleads guilty to trafficking marijuana. He is expected to spend at least five years in a US Federal prison. full story
There has probably never been a more confusing legal environment regarding marijuana than there is right now in California, and last Wednesday's multi-agency raids on two Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensaries serve as perfect illustrations. full story
LAKE FOREST, Calif. - Sellers of marijuana as a medicine here don't fret about raids any more. They've stopped stressing over where to hide their stash or how to move it unseen. full story
Senator Mark Leno introduced a resolution late on Monday that urges the federal government to end medical marijuana raids in California. full story- The DEA accomplished what they set out to do by going after Marc -- cripple marijuana activism. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE - Spike TV's newest foray into law-enforcement propaganda, DEA, shows poor folks getting busted while gunslinger cops crack jokes in the background. full story
British Columbia's "Prince of Pot," who has been waging a long campaign to reform marijuana laws and to evade the long arm of U.S. prosecutors, may soon have a decision to make. full story
Some states are moving to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes in response to the Obama administration's decision to limit prosecutions of sick people or caregivers who use or dispense the drug. full story
One week after President Barack Obama's top law enforcement official seemed to indicate the feds would no longer raid pot clubs, DEA agents busted a medical marijuana facility in San Francisco Wednesday night. full story
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Wednesday outlined a shift in the enforcement of federal drug laws, saying the administration would effectively end the Bush administration’s frequent raids on distributors of medical marijuana. full story
