The latest version from the city attorney's office raises the idea of capping the number of dispensaries by council district. It also clarifies that edible marijuana products will be allowed.

The American Medical Assn. changes its policy to promote clinical research and development of cannabis-based medicines and alternative delivery methods.

The American Medical Association on Tuesday issued a cautious but historically significant call to change America's marijuana prohibition laws, urging a "review" of the drug's status as a Schedule I drug.

At least 120 cities and eight counties in California have banned medical pot shops, fearing crime and profiteering. Some cite the proliferation of dispensaries in L.A.

Addison DeMoura still wants to do business in Oakdale, even after drug agents raided his medical marijuana dispensary and took him from his house -- handcuffed and in underwear, he said -- as a newspaper reporter snapped photographs.

A surge in medical marijuana in California has left communities trying to regulate or ban the drug.

Voters in Maine Tuesday approved Question 5, the Maine Medical Marijuana Act, an initiative instructing the state government to set up a system of state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries. The measure passed with 59% of the vote.

The City Council's action this week to ban indoor and outdoor marijuana cultivation is a rare move and puts Red Bluff in danger of lawsuits, spokesmen for two medical marijuana advocacy groups said Wednesday.

San Jose City Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio says it's time for the city to be more welcoming toward medicinal marijuana dispensaries, and he's proposed an ordinance based on those in other Bay Area cities to regulate and tax them.

Advocates and police interpret medical marijuana laws as they see fit, sort out disagreements in court.

Rep. Sam Farr wants to make sure President Barack Obama's decision to keep federal drug agents from harassing medical marijuana users is a lasting one.

A proposed ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles has been fast-tracked. It will bypass a committee hearing and go directly to the City Council for a vote, the chairman of the council's Public Safety Committee said today.

Just days after Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Chalfant ruled that the temporary ordinance banning new medical marijuana dispensaries was invalid, a proposed ordinance is on its way to the city council.

San Francisco police, who patrol San Francisco International Airport, say they allow card-holding medical marijuana patients to carry up to 8 ounces of dried cannabis when traveling. The SFO policy follows the guidelines police use within the city of San Francisco, said Sgt. Wilfred Williams.

A day after a judge invalidated Los Angeles' ban on new medical marijuana collectives, City Attorney Carmen Trutanich unveiled a new ordinance that would better spell out how the facilities can operate and create safety standards for their product.

The U.S. Department of Justice has put in writing a policy that allows medical marijuana users in California to be free from prosecution under certain circumstances.

Medical marijuana advocates in California said the Obama administration's announcement of new guidelines for pot prosecutions Monday contained some hopeful signs, but lacked the specifics needed to keep patients and their suppliers out of court.

New policy is for 13 states where it's legal

Attorney general says prosecuting such cases 'will not be a priority'

The Obama administration was accused of being soft on drugs Monday after the Justice Department released new guidelines telling federal prosecutors not to target people involved in the medical use of marijuana where state laws permit it.