SF Bulls, America's Most Marijuana-Friendly Pro Sports Team, Hosts Weed Fundraiser Paul Marini | November 08, 2013 Chris Roberts, SF Weekly And the Bulls will cement their reputation as playing in the nation's most marijuana-friendly pro sports venue on Nov. 16, when they host a fundraiser for Americans for Safe Access. That's right: it's going to be... Read more
Mich. bill would allow medical pot sales at pharmacies Paul Marini | November 05, 2013 Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press Medical marijuana users could buy tested and regulated pot from pharmacies under a bill passed Tuesday by the state Senate Government Operations Committee. Read more
Medical marijuana in Oregon: Medford, other cities trying to ban outlets Paul Marini | November 01, 2013 Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian Starting early next year, Oregon will be home to a state-sanctioned medical marijuana retail industry, but some cities are already moving to keep these establishments from opening. Read more
Pot Block! Trapped in the Marijuana Rescheduling Maze Paul Marini | October 30, 2013 Harmon Leon, The Nation One journalist-provocateur’s journey into the drug war bureaucracy shows why previous efforts to reschedule pot have been DEA’d on arrival. Read more
Study: Cannabis Compounds Can Kill Cancer Cells Paul Marini | October 24, 2013 Steven Nelson, U.S. News & World Report Researcher says cannabinoids might treat cancer as well as billion-dollar drugs. Read more
Marijuana dispensary rules spur concerns Paul Marini | October 21, 2013 Xochitl Peña, The Desert Sun Critics: Mandates in Palm Springs ordinance may be illegal. Read more
High Court Rejects Appeal To Reclassify Marijuana Paul Marini | October 07, 2013 Lance Duroni, Law360 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from several medical marijuana advocacy groups challenging the Drug Enforcement Administration’s decision to maintain marijuana as a Schedule I drug, the category reserved for the most... Read more
High court allows ban on marijuana prescriptions Paul Marini | October 07, 2013 Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a San Francisco group's challenge Monday to the federal government's refusal to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana, leaving intact the government's classification of the drug as a dangerous substance with... Read more
Should adult students be allowed to use medical marijuana at California colleges? Paul Marini | October 03, 2013 Cody Drabble, Sacramento News & Review Legal pot and 21st-century student life collide in Sacramento. Read more
Government Seizing Kids Over Parents' Medical Pot Paul Marini | October 01, 2013 David Downs, East Bay Express If you're a medical marijuana patient, and you are in the middle of a nasty divorce, and you live in a cultural backwater like Michigan or inland California - beware. Government workers will seize your... Read more