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Medical Marijuana Case Pits Federal Government Against State Law

Paul Marini | May 13, 2014

Dylan Wohlenhaus, KHQ News Spokane 5 people in Kettle Falls are being accused of maintaining a drug operation and manufacturing marijuana after federal agents raided their home in 2013. The group calls themselves "The Kettle Falls 5" and they are...

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Feds seek prison for rural Washington pot growers

Paul Marini | May 11, 2014

Nicholas Geranios, Associated Press The green-cross storefronts of medical marijuana dispensaries are common in much of Washington, and the state is plowing ahead with licensing people to grow and sell recreational pot to adults.

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State-licensed defendants face harsh federal charges

Paul Marini | May 11, 2014

Jim Camden, The Spokesman-Review Washington state’s permissive marijuana laws have been on a collision course with the federal government’s total ban for years.

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Kettle Falls Five open up pot grow that might land them in prison

Paul Marini | May 09, 2014

Ian Cull, KXLY News Spokane The Kettle Falls 5 are a group of people the federal government is charging with growing and intending to distribute marijuana and they gave KXLY an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the former pot grow that...

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A U.S. attorney throws the book at 70-year-old Larry Harvey and family.

Paul Marini | May 09, 2014

Nina Shapiro, Seattle Weekly Living on the side of a mountain nine miles north of the eastern Washington town of Colville, Larry Harvey and Rhonda Firestack-Harvey grow and hunt as much of their food as possible. They can and freeze...

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California's Police Fear Weed Anarchy More Than Weed Itself

Paul Marini | May 08, 2014

David Downs, East Bay Express For the first time in history, California's police chiefs and city bureaucrats are less afraid of pot than they are of a regulatory vacuum after California legalizes it in 2016. In order to fill that...

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Health insurers say no to covering medical marijuana treatments

Paul Marini | May 08, 2014

Associated Press Patients who use medical marijuana for pain and other chronic symptoms can take an unwanted hit: Insurers don't cover the treatment, which costs as much as $1,000 a month.

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These Washington Medical Marijuana Growers Are Still Being Prosecuted By The Feds

Paul Marini | May 08, 2014

Nicole Flatow, ThinkProgress More than six months ago, the U.S. Department of Justice once again changed its position on marijuana. In the wake of Washington and Colorado laws legalizing recreational marijuana and the proliferation of medical laws, the agency that...

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Washington man says pot cured his pain, but he may get prison term

Paul Marini | May 08, 2014

Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Larry Harvey, 70, found a remedy for his gout and chronic knee pain. Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/05/08/226912/washington-man-says-pot-cured.html?sp=/99/104/#storylink=cpy

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Five medical marijuana patients from Washington state are set for trial in a federal court, and the judge says the state’s medical marijuana laws can’t be used in their defense.

Paul Marini | May 08, 2014

Katie Rucke, MintPress News Five medical marijuana patients from Washington state won’t be able to use the state’s medical marijuana legalization laws or say they are medical marijuana patients during their federal trial for cultivation and possession of marijuana that...

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