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San Francisco Officials Fume Over DEA Raid on HopeNet

Paul Marini | January 10, 2006

What: Press conference of elected officials and others to honor recent victims of DEA raids on Medical Marijuana clinics, followed by Medical Marijuana compassionate giveaway to members who receive weekly marijuana free of charge from HopeNet.

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MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS ORGANIZE TO OVERTURN LAWSUIT PLANS

Paul Marini | January 10, 2006

SAN DIEGO -- Medical marijuana advocates will be demonstrating today at 12 noon to rally together speakers to testify at the San Diego Board of Supervisors meeting at 2 pm. They will be exhorting the Supervisors to drop their plans...

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POLL SHOWS SAN DIEGO SUPPORTS MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW

Paul Marini | January 09, 2006

SAN DIEGO -- Patient spokespeople will be available for live interviews at 10 am today in front of the San Diego County Administration Center at 1600 Pacific Highway. Spokespeople will be available for interviews and visuals to discuss poll results,...

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January 2006 Newsletter

Paul Marini | January 01, 2006

Volume 1, Issue 1

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Legal pot use can make jobs go up in smoke

Paul Marini | December 29, 2005

Kimberly Trone, Press-Enterprise Donna Dixon found out the hard way that a state law allowing her to use marijuana for glaucoma didn't keep her from getting fired from a casino job after a positive drug test.

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Medical Marijuana, American Federalism, and the Supreme Court

Paul Marini | December 28, 2005

Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, LLD (Hon), Journal of the American Medical Association In Gonzalez v Raich, the US Supreme Court held that federal law enforcement authorities could criminally prosecute patients for possessing marijuana prescribed by a physician in accordance with...

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Medical Marijuana Provider Ed Rosenthal Appeal Decision Expected Anytime

Paul Marini | December 19, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO -- Ed Rosenthal, the renowned author, activist and cultivation authority whose case focused the nation’s attention on medical cannabis, is expecting an imminent decision on his appeal arguing he never should have been convicted of three marijuana felonies....

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NATIONWIDE PROTESTS DECRY DEA MEDICAL CANNABIS RAIDS

Paul Marini | December 13, 2005

NATIONWIDE -- Over two hundred medical marijuana patients and advocates protested DEA raids on 13 medical marijuana dispensaries outside the Federal Building in San Diego today, and further protests are planned in thirteen other cities nationwide at 12 noon tomorrow,...

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Time Magazine Touts Cannabis As ‘Legitimate Medical Trend’

Paul Marini | December 04, 2005

OAKLAND – Today’s issue of Time magazine reports that new research on the medical use of marijuana is one of the most significant medical developments of 2005. This article comes just one week after the final deadline for response to...

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Probation or Prohibition?

Paul Marini | November 22, 2005

Josh Indar, Chico News & Review A Butte County medical marijuana patient who is on probation for domestic violence is hoping she won't be made an example of, as she fears county prosecutors are gearing up to "take [her] to...

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