Federal Judge Blocks Florida Law Requiring Drug Tests for Welfare
District Court Judge Mary Scriven called mandatory drug testing for welfare applicants a violation of the Fourth Amendment and temporarily blocked the new rule.
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From Under the Influence with Marijuana Man: October 26, 2011
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Feds Target Financial Institutions Associated with Medical Marijuana Clinics
In its effort to shut down California's booming medical marijuana dispensaries, the Justice Department is seeking to seize the property where the clinics are based, even going after at least one bank that holds the mortgage on a clinic.
Colombian President Calls for Legalization of Marijuana
Juan Manuel Santos, the Colombian president, has called for the global legalisation of marijuana to help combat the trafficking of harder drugs and related violence.
Ammiano Calls Medical Marijuana Crackdown ‘Pure Thuggery,’ Asks Senators and Citizens To Speak Out
Following yesterday’s press conference timed to coincide with the visit of President Barack Obama, San Francisco’s Democrat Assemblymember Tom Ammiano says he’s “pretty pissed off about this unwarranted attack,” referring to the multitude of federal raids orchestrated by the Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) on California’s medical marijuana dispensaries, their landlords and patients.
Medical Marijuana Protest Draws 200 to Obama Fundraiser
President Obama did not see the 200 or so California medical cannabis protestors who came to greet him eye-to-eye during his short San Francisco fundraising stop Tuesday afternoon. His motorcade took Second Street, while the protestors were on Third Street, and by the time word got around, the President was already in the W Hotel, collecting about a million dollars in campaign donations.
Where The Marijuana Grows: Feds Target Landowners
Federal authorities are cracking down on medical marijuana in California.
It Works, but the Feds Still Don’t Like It
CANNABIS CULTURE - Breast cancer patients benefit from medical marijuana, but you probably won't hear that during the pharmaceutical company-sponsored Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Czechs Work on Plan to Legalize Medical Marijuana
A government advisory body in the Czech Republic is working on a new law to legalize growing and consuming medical marijuana.
Rand Corp. Think-Tank Retracts Study On Medical Marijuana Dispensary Closings and Crime Rates
A nonprofit think tank on Monday retracted a widely reported study that linked last year’s closing of hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles to a rise in crime rates in surrounding neighborhoods.
