Posts Tagged ‘laws’
Attorney General Warns Feds on MMJ Aggression
San Francisco -- Federal prosecutors should be careful not to overreach in their crackdown on California’s pot dispensaries, even though there are ambiguities in the state’s medical marijuana laws, the state attorney general said Thursday.
Lake Forest MMJ Patients Bring the Fight!
LAKE FOREST – Michael Hawkins, an Army veteran stricken with a double-fist-sized brain tumor, pleaded with the City Council to reconsider its stance toward the medical marijuana dispensaries that operated in Lake Forest
Raymond Dispensaries given 3 Days Notice
LAKE FOREST – Eight owners of medical marijuana dispensaries have been given three days to shut down, according to a legal document from their landlord.
No Dispensaries for RI
Providence, R.I. -- After five months of delays and indecision, Governor Chafee announced on Thursday that he will not issue licenses to three medical-marijuana dispensaries, a decision that has infuriated medical-marijuana advocates and disappointed thousands of patients who have had problems securing the drug to cope with their medical ailments.
Mich. Law makers try to close ‘holes’ in MMJ law
Lansing -- Michigan’s medical marijuana law has been abused, exploited and hijacked by pot profiteers, said state Attorney General Bill Schuette in pushing a package of bills that will close loopholes in the law that was intended to provide pot to people with terminal, debilitating and chronic diseases.
Oregon to issue MMJ Discount Cards?
Grants Pass, Ore. -- State authorities are considering restoring discounts for the poor and people on Social Security to provide relief from a doubling of medical marijuana fees authorized by the Legislature.
Bill could end Federal MJ Regulation
Washington, D.C. -- HR 2306, the bipartisan bill known as Ending the Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011, was introduced into Congress on June 23 by D-Rep. Barney Frank with the support of R-Rep. Ron Paul.
New Colorado Rules. No New Blues
New Colorado rules have little effect on industry
Denver -- As Colorado's new tougher regulations on the medical marijuana business take hold — rules its sponsors predicted would curb sales — the industry is showing remarkable resilience. The state Department of Revenue is preparing to issue its first dispensary licenses and to aggressively enforce the new regulations.
Bong Tax?
Florida says no.
It's time to fight for the right to sell pipes. So say a group of Florida smoke shop owners who are now suing to quash the state's "Bong Bill" which makes it illegal to the shops to make more than 25 percent of revenue from the sale of bongs, pipes and other smoking paraphernalia.
