Legalization of Marijuana

City officials adopted regulations Tuesday for medical marijuana dispensaries in Steamboat Springs, setting new policies that could do more to spur local debate than stop it. The Steamboat Springs City Council adopted the city’s first medical marijuana regulations on a 6-1 vote, with Councilman Kenny Reisman opposing.  

BARSTOW • A Barstow married couple arrested for marijuana cultivation during a gang sweep in September has pleaded not guilty to the charges because the husband is a medical marijuana patient. Brian Depue, 29, and Joelle Depue, 24, were arrested at...  

Washington state legalized medical marijuana in 1998. The law is known as Initiative 692, and it authorizes physicians to recommend medical use of marijuana to their patients. At the same time, federal law makes marijuana possession, distribution or manufacture illegal for any purpose.  

Following hours of heated meetings over how the city should deal with the burgeoning medical marijuana industry, Denver City Council yesterday gave the initial go-ahead to a set of regulations that would limit where dispensaries can be located, who can run them, and what safety measures dispensary owners must have in place.  

* Except for Jim Ryan, most of the top GOP gubernatorial candidates told the Associated Press that they’re against legalizing medical marijuana… “Legalizing medical marijuana appears to me to be nothing more than moving us down the slope of legalizing marijuana,” [Sen. Bill Brady] said. “According to experts, there are adequate medical alternatives.” Brady also believes [...]  

Medical marijuana patients have a constitutional right to buy pot, not just use it. Arapahoe County District Court Judge Christopher Cross sided with the CannaMart dispensary, which sued the city of Centennial after it was shut down in October. Cross granted the dispensary's request for an injunction, which will prevent the city from keeping the dispensary closed while CannaMart challenges the city's argument that it can ban pot shops...  

County officials looking to create guidelines for medical marijuanaContra Costa TimesIn Eureka, the City Council will be deciding Tuesday whether to impose a 45-day temporary moratorium on dispensaries, as the participating council members ...and more »  

The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners has approved zoning regulations that will allow medical marijuana dispensaries to operate in certain parts of the county. “It’s important to do something rather than nothing,” said commissioner...  

DENVER -- A Denver medical marijuana patient was under investigation after she gave her 3-year-old grandson at least one peanut butter cookie laced with pot and the boy couldn't wake up the next morning, according to police reports. However, in an odd twist, Erin Marcove, 44, died on Dec. 12, six days after the incident. Marcove is described on Web sites as a medical marijuana therapist consultant and was active in the budding medical...  

John Trudell was guest speaker at the 2009 Oregon Medical Cannabis Award dinner which took place in Portland Oregon on Saturday, December 12, 2009. This event was organized by the Oregon National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Trudell at the Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards  

On Wednesday December 16, 2009 Elizabeth McKenna a former combat EMT and legal California medical marijuana patient appeared in US District Court in downtown Los Angeles to answer federal charges of misdemeanor possession of marijuana on federal property. Her attorney, Beverly Hills based William Kroger (www.420attorney.com) used The California Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Prop 215), Ms. McKenna's extensive medical records and the Federal...  

Medical pot dispensaries growing at a fast clipDenver PostColorado's medical-marijuana industry — just in its infancy — is already in the throes of a dramatic change. As tens of thousands of patients applied for ...Colorado's chief medical officer charges some medical marijuana doctors with ...Westword (blog)Pot doctors worrying Colorado health officialsMLive.comOne Doctor Wrote 18 Percent Of All Colo. Medical Marijuana AuthorizationsState...  

A bright economic spot in 2010 for the U.S. may be the legalization of marijuana, which would generate billions in legal annual U.S. sales, plus related sales and income tax revenues for state and federal governments. Per the Los Angeles Times today: "Washington is one of four states where measures to legalize and regulate marijuana have been introduced, and about two dozen other states are...  

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