Just two months after announcing a program to verify the safety and quality of medical marijuana, Americans for Safe Access announced the first two dispensaries to pass the certification process

| February 22, 2014 |

Katie Rucke, MintPress News About two months after the medical marijuana patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access announced that it would launch a program to verify medical marijuana products sold at licensed businesses, the group announced the certification of...

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Obama Administration Announces Banking Guidelines for Marijuana Business

| February 22, 2014 |

Phillip Smith, San Diego Free Press The Obama administration Thursday afternoon announced new guidelines that will allow financial institutions to provide services to marijuana businesses in states where it is legal. The guidelines will apply to both medical marijuana and...

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New Pot Banking Guidelines Moot in CA?

| February 16, 2014 |

Thadeus Greenson, North Coast Journal Thanks to some recent direction from the Obama administration, banks are now allowed to do business with folks who make their living in the legal marijuana trade. But, maybe not in California.

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Many institutions still leery

| February 16, 2014 |

Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times Banks can do business with marijuana sellers in states where use has been legalized either for recreational or medicinal purposes, under a new policy the Obama administration announced Friday.

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Obama admin: Banks can do business with marijuana sellers

| February 14, 2014 |

Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times Banks can do business with marijuana sellers in states where use has been legalized either for recreational or medicinal purposes, under a new policy the Obama administration announced Friday.

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Feds unveil new guidelines for banks handling marijuana money

| February 14, 2014 |

Staff, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Marijuana is still prohibited under federal law, but that hasn’t stopped 20 states and the District of Columbia from legalizing certain marijuana-related activity. That divide has raised questions over whether businesses should feel safe storing their cash...

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18 in Congress Tell Obama to Give Pot a Chance

| February 14, 2014 |

Huffington Post Eighteen members of the United States Congress this week wrote a letter to President Obama asking him to reclassify cannabis from a Schedule I outlaw to a lower level that would allow medical uses.

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18 in Congress urge Obama to ease limits on pot

| February 13, 2014 |

Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle Eighteen members of Congress, including sixfrom Northern California, urged President Obama on Wednesday to remove marijuana from the government's list of the most dangerous drugs and allow doctors to prescribe it.

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Obama resists using his power to ease marijuana laws

| February 09, 2014 |

Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle When it comes to the regulation of marijuana, President Obama has had a hard time squaring his words with his actions - most notably, his campaign promise to defer to state medical marijuana laws, followed...

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“There’s no known dose of cannabis that could kill a human,” Dr. Alan Shackelford said

| February 04, 2014 |

Katie Rucke, MintPress News Controversy has once again ensued over whether a person can die from consuming too much marijuana, after British pathologist Dr. Kudair Hussein ruled that 31-year-old Gemma Moss died this past October from “cannabis poisoning” after smoking...

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