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President Obama Signs 'Ceasefire' in War on Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | December 17, 2014

David Downs, East Bay Express President Obama Tuesday afternoon signed a massive $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill with some historic provisions for medical marijuana advocates. The controversial “cromnibus” spending bill funds the government through September 2015 and includes a rider to...

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Holy Smokes! U.S. Pot Raids Are Finished Under Bill Signed by Obama

Paul Marini | December 17, 2014

Dennis Romero, LA Weekly The days of jackbooted feds raiding legit medical marijuana operations are mostly a thing of the past under the omnibus federal spending bill signed by President Obama last night.

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Lobbying of Hillary begins

Paul Marini | December 17, 2014

Tim Devaney, The Hill The lobbying of Hillary Clinton has begun.

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Medical Marijuana Suddenly A Whole Lot Less Illegal Nationwide

Paul Marini | December 16, 2014

Kate Cox, Consumerist Congress passed a massive omnibus government spending bill over the weekend. And while most of the attention is on the fact that lawmakers have managed to avoid the mess of another government shutdown, the 1600-page, $1.1 trillion...

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Congress quietly ended the federal ban on medical marijuana over the weekend, by adding an amendment to a recently passed bill

Paul Marini | December 16, 2014

Lecia Bushak, Medical Daily After decades of a war against medical marijuana, Congress made history this weekend after approving a bill that will effectively end the federal government’s ban on selling or using pot for health reasons in states where...

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The Federal War on Medical Marijuana Is Over

Paul Marini | December 16, 2014

Josh Harkinson, Mother Jones Good news for medical pot smokers: The $1.1 trillion federal spending bill approved by the Senate on Saturday has effectively ended the longstanding federal war on medical marijuana. An amendment to the bill blocks the Department...

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Medical marijuana advocates say lawmakers provide protection against federal prosecution

Paul Marini | December 15, 2014

John Agar, MLive Attorneys who specialize in marijuana cases say a “bizarre” conflict that allows medical marijuana under state laws but prohibits it under federal law could be coming to a close.

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Congress Halted the War on Medical Marijuana Last Night

Paul Marini | December 14, 2014

Keegan Hamilton, Vice News Congress made history yesterday. With a 56-40 bipartisan vote, the Senate approved a sweeping $1.1 trillion spending package that will keep keep the government running through the next fiscal year. But beyond avoiding another government shutdown,...

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Congress Passes Historic Medical Marijuana Protections In Spending Bill

Paul Marini | December 14, 2014

Matt Ferner, Huffington Post Congress dealt a historic blow to the United States' decades-long war on drugs Saturday with the passage of the federal spending bill, which contains protections for medical marijuana and industrial hemp operations in states where they...

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Native American Reservations Now Free To Legalize Marijuana

Paul Marini | December 12, 2014

Jonah Bennett, The Daily Caller A federal prosecutor said Thursday that the Department of Justice will no longer enforce federal marijuana law on reservations, so long as tribal councils abide by the same guidelines that states with legal marijuana must...

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