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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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What's next depends on you, CA

Paul Marini | December 15, 2014

Contents: Message from the CA Director: What's next depends on you, CA State & Local News: National, California, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Yuba County, San Diego, Inland Empire Public Meetings & Events: Los Angeles, Marysville, Washington DC Court Support: Redding Take Action Now: Support the...

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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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Advocates say restriction on enforcement will end federal prosecutions, asset forfeiture litigation, and imprisonment of patients

Paul Marini | December 13, 2014

Washington, DC -- With today's US Senate vote, both houses of Congress have now approved an omnibus spending bill, which includes a measure prohibiting the Department of Justice (DOJ) from interfering in the implementation of state medical marijuana laws. Patient...

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Congress Passes Historic Legislation to Defund DOJ's War on Patients

Paul Marini | December 13, 2014

The Senate just passed the CRomnibus bill containing the historic Rohrbacher-Farr Amendment, and now the bill will make its way to the President's desk where is will soon be signed into law. In doing so, Congress has collectively sent a sharp...

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Victory: Congress ends war on medical marijuana

Paul Marini | December 12, 2014

David Downs, San Francisco Chronicle In a landmark moment for cannabis law reform, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a measure late Thursday night to de-fund the federal war on medical marijuana. The provision passed the Senate Saturday and is...

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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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Celebrating the Life of Medical Marijuana Advocate James Lee Jim “Madfingers” Klahr

Paul Marini | December 12, 2014

James Lee Jim “Madfingers” Klahr, died November 9th, 2014 at 1 a. m.  Sunday in Portland, after battling liver failure. He had been awaiting a liver donor at Oregon Health Science University. Jim was born November 5th, 1951 in the...

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