On July 6, President Obama will take questions via Twitter in another online townhall meeting. Like other Presidential Internet events of the past, questions about marijuana are sure to be popular. Will Obama again dismiss them with a laugh?
On Wednesday, the Justice Department issued a shot across the bow to states wrestling with how to regulate the growing and distribution of medical marijuana.
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Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would legalize the use of marijuana to ease symptoms of chronic and debilitating illnesses and regulate the centers that distribute the drug.
Michigan's medical marijuana law is so poorly drafted as to be unworkable, a coalition of lawmakers, prosecutors and Attorney General Bill Schuette said this morning, calling for sweeping new regulations and the closure of most, if not all, existing marijuana dispensaries.