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Boca man credits medical marijuana for his health

Paul Marini | October 07, 2022

Eliot Kleinberg, Palm Beach Post On Monday, Irvin Rosenfeld started his 25th year of smoking nearly a dozen joints a day. Getting busted is the least of his problems. His more than 200 bone tumors were supposed to continue to...

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Tracy pot store to be shut down

Paul Marini | October 07, 2022

Phil Hayworth, Tracy Press (CA) “Sally” describes herself as a 50-year-old professional in the education field who uses marijuana to relax back muscles that often get so tense that she can’t sleep. Her doctor recently prescribed marijuana for the tension,...

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DEA, police serve search warrant at local marijuana dispensary

Paul Marini | October 07, 2022

K Kaufmann and Marie McCain, The Desert Sun A medical marijuana-laced “tip” left for an employee at Palm Springs’ Spa Resort & Casino in September ended with a search-and-seizure raid on a Palm Springs medical marijuana dispensary on Wednesday.

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Medical Marijuana and the Ninth and Tenth Amendments

Paul Marini | October 07, 2022

Anthony Gregory, LewRockwell.com On Tuesday, Drug Enforcement Administration agents swooped down upon the premier medical marijuana club in California’s Bay Area, targeting its dispensary and seven ancillary locations in San Francisco and Oakland. By destroying and confiscating property, seizing medical...

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Medical Marijuana Prohibition

Paul Marini | October 07, 2022

Kenneth Michael White, OP/ED, opinioneditorials.com Since California first did it in 1996, several other States have decriminalized medical marijuana, even though the Federal Government considers all marijuana to be contraband. Despite the constant threat of Federal criminal sanction, there are...

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Marijuana collective sues Butte County officials

Paul Marini | October 07, 2022

Ryan Olson, Chico Enterprise Record A group of seven people qualified for medicinal marijuana are suing Butte County officials after a sheriff's deputy ordered the destruction of nearly all their plants. The Oakland-based Americans for Safe Access is filing a...

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San Pablo extends moratorium on cannabis clubs

Paul Marini | October 07, 2022

Tom Lochner, Contra Costa Times The San Pablo City Council on Monday extended for a second year a moratorium on the opening of medical marijuana dispensaries, or cannabis clubs. But the council signaled it does not want the issue to...

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Turlock Council approves ban on medical marijuana

Paul Marini | October 07, 2022

Abby Souza, Turlock Journal (CA) Don't expect to buy any pot for medicinal uses from any store in Turlock for the next 45 days.

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Grading Connecticut's Medical Marijuana Program

Geoffrey Marshall | September 16, 2022

By Len Besthoff for NBC Connecticut It’s been 10 years since medical marijuana was legalized in Connecticut. In that time, the state has been helping patients get the medicine they need. But advocates also say Connecticut can still do better.Since...

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Legalization Is On Ballots In The Midterms - With Or Without The Support Of The White House

Geoffrey Marshall | September 16, 2022

By Ben Hartman for Benzinga “Recreational cannabis and medical cannabis are separate, and medical cannabis patients have specific needs and legal protections that need to be preserved. Unfortunately, in some states that passed recreational cannabis, we've seen that they either...

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