Obama Urged to Use Executive Powers to Reclassify Marijuana

| February 03, 2014 |

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Drug reform advocates are calling on President Obama to use his executive authority to reclassify marijuana in line with his own recently stated views. In an interview with The New Yorker magazine last month, Obama said...

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Conference speakers emphasize need for prospective shop owners to be good neighbors

| February 01, 2014 |

John Darling, The Mail Tribune Marijuana advocates say attempts by local governments to derail cannabis-related businesses could gain traction if business owners fail to be good neighbors.

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Medical marijuana in Oregon: Be a good neighbor, California marijuana advocate tells prospective dispensary owners

| January 31, 2014 |

Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian Medical marijuana retailers in Oregon need to shift their focus from staying out of jail to being stand-up business owners who sweep their sidewalks each morning and donate to local charities, a California marijuana advocate told...

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Marijuana reformers say the president should promptly reclassify pot, not wait for Congress.

| January 31, 2014 |

Steven Nelson, U.S. News & World Report President Barack Obama said Thursday it's not his administration's job to reschedule marijuana, but supporters of rescinding the drug's federal classification as one of the most dangerous narcotics say the president is confused...

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State Supreme Court OKs ballot language after well-paid canvassers submit 1.1 million signatures

| January 27, 2014 |

Steven Nelson, U.S. News & World Report Florida residents will vote on whether to allow medical marijuana Nov. 4, thanks to an investment of close to $4 million from trial lawyer John Morgan.

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Pot Politics on the Rise in Congress, Administration

| January 27, 2014 |

Humberto Sanchez and Matt Fuller, Roll Call While Congress appears to be a way off from legalizing marijuana, surging public opinion and recent favorable comments from top Democratic lawmakers could inch the federal government in that direction.

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Federal housing in Colorado remains off-limits to marjuana — for now

| January 25, 2014 |

Nancy Lofholm, The Denver Post Coloradans who live in the nearly 300 federally subsidized housing projects in the state are blocked by federal regulations from using marijuana in their homes in spite of state legalization — but that could be...

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Push for legalization of medical marijuana gaining support

| January 24, 2014 |

Brenda Camp Yarbrough, CrossRoadsNews The family of 12-year-old Victoria Elizabeth Williams and others across Georgia are pushing for the legalization of medical marijuana to treat severe seizure disorders and other illnesses in children.

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Mother advocates for boys who have persistent seizures

| January 23, 2014 |

Bethany Rodgers, The Frederick News-Post Shannon Moore's twin boys had their first seizures at home, when they were just 4 months old. And at the hospital, where Moore and her husband hoped to find help for their sons, doctors couldn't...

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City Attorney Mike Feuer has filed criminal charges against 70 marijuana dispensaries in less than a year and compelled several Westside clinics to shutter

| January 22, 2014 |

Gary Walker, The Argonaut Medical marijuana dispensaries operating outside the letter of the law beware: Los Angeles City Attorney Michael Feuer has you in his sights.

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