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What about next year?

Paul Marini | August 24, 2014

The California Assembly Appropriations Committee held SB 1262 (Correa/Ammiano) in committee on August 15, meaning the bill will not proceed to the floor for a vote or be adopted this year. The controversial bill would have regulated doctors who recommend...

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I wish I could do more

Paul Marini | August 21, 2014

If you’re like me, you sometimes think, “I wish I could do more to help medical cannabis patients.” Well, we can do more right now. A very generous donor has pledged up to $25,000 in matching donations through Friday, August 21st...

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Medical marijuana task force coming to Big Island

Paul Marini | August 20, 2014

Nancy Cook Lauer, West Hawaii Today Almost half the state’s 13,115 medical marijuana patients live on Hawaii Island, but it took a request by state Sen. Will Espero for a medical marijuana task force to schedule a public hearing here.

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5 Absurd Ways You Can Get in Trouble For Smoking Marijuana Legally

Paul Marini | August 20, 2014

Tom McKay, PolicyMic With legalized recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington state and some form of medical marijuana available in 21 other states, you might think that you can't get into much trouble for complying with state ordinances on weed.

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Oppose SB 1193 in California!

Paul Marini | August 19, 2014

Last-minute amendments turned a good medical cannabis bill into a bad one, and ASA needs your help today to stop SB 1193. Patients and advocates have supported this bill all year, because it required law enforcement to pay reasonable compensation...

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How California patients use pot

Paul Marini | August 16, 2014

Michael Pollick, Herald-Tribune Steve Johnson is 28, a rapper who goes by the stage name “Young Kodak.”

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Pot Regulation Bill Goes up in Smoke

Paul Marini | August 14, 2014

Thadeus Greenson, North Coast Journal A bill seeking to create a regulatory framework for California’s multi-billion dollar medical marijuana industry died quietly in an Assembly committee today, the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting.

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Session Over: California’s Historic Medical Pot Bill Killed

Paul Marini | August 14, 2014

David Downs, San Francisco Chronicle A historic bill to create much-needed regulations for the state’s flourishing, $1.8 billion estimated medical pot industry landed in the dustbin today.

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SB 1262 Goes to the Suspense File with an Uncertain Fate

Paul Marini | August 13, 2014

UPDATE 08/14/2014 - The Assembly Appropriations Committee held SB 1262 in committee today, so it will not pass this year. The California Assembly Appropriations Committee placed SB 1262 into the suspense file this morning. The suspense file is where the...

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CA Pot Regs - SB 1262 - In ‘Suspense’ Until Tomorrow

Paul Marini | August 13, 2014

David Downs, East Bay Express California’s landmark regulations for its medical marijuana industry were not heard, passed, or killed in the Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing today. Instead, Senate Bill 1262 was moved to the "suspense file" and could face a...

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