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Pot Raids Souring State’s Dispensaries on Obama
Another slice of President Obama's liberal base has become frustrated and disappointed with him: a growing number of leaders in California's $1.5 billion medical cannabis community.
Cities Seek an Antidote to Medical Marijuana
Costly lawsuits do not always succeed, many municipalities have discovered.
Medical Marijuana Advocates Take Their Battle to the Courts
They are the public face of a litigious battle to redefine federal authority on medical marijuana.
Vancouver Court Will Rule on Religious Right To Marijuana
Cannabis historian Chris Bennett is heading back to court in Vancouver on Tuesday, in a federal case that could determine whether he has the right to use marijuana for religious or spiritual purposes.
Vancouver Man Says Smoking ‘Tree of Life’ is God-Given Right
A Vancouver man will appear in Federal Court on Tuesday arguing for an exemption to the drug laws because they infringe on his constitutional freedom of religion to smoke his sacred weed - marijuana.
Ottawa Should Clear the Air Over Medical Marijuana
One of the witnesses heard during Ontario Superior Court hearings on rules governing the use of medical marijuana, a 55 year-old sufferer of multiple sclerosis, testified that when she asked her doctor to approve her application to use marijuana to relieve her chronic pain, the doctor put her hands over her ears and went, "La, la, la, la. I can't hear you."
More States Want Federal Government’s OK to Grow Hemp
It hasn't gotten the attention of medical marijuana, but a growing number of states have passed laws authorizing the growth of hemp and are attempting to get the federal government to make it legal nationwide.
Provinces Tell Ottawa They Won’t Pay for Harper’s Crime Bill
Quebec has been joined by Ontario and British Columbia in voicing their skepticism over Stephen Harper's crime bill, telling Ottawa they will not pay for downloaded costs.
Top Justice Official Who Wrote Medical Marijuana Memo is Mum on Feds’ Cannabis Crackdown
A high-ranking U.S. Justice Department official who wrote a memo saying state medical marijuana laws do not provide immunity from federal prosecution refused to say Wednesday whether a recent crackdown in California signals a shift in federal policy that may result in a crackdown in other states.
