Category Archives: Cannabis

• Voters Favor Strict Limits on Marijuana Dispensaries – Los Angeles …

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  Medical marijuana measures: L.A. voters backing council on plan to … http://www.dailynews.com/news/ Los Angeles voters decided Tuesday to back a City Council plan to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries and cap their number at 135, while rejecting two competing proposals from outside groups. | » Election Results. Most of you want to limit the number of marijuana dispensaries in town to 135 or less. So says a USC Sol Price School... Read more »

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• California Senate Decides Dispensaries Must Operate Without Profits?

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  Today Los Angeles decides how medical marijuana will be regulated from here on out. Yesterday the California Senate passed a bill basically stating that medical marijuana dispensaries cannot operate at a profit, but that they can take reasonable compensation and reimbursement for expenses. So what does this mean for California collectives? Read the full story below from The Raw Story: A bill approved by the California state senate on Monday... Read more »

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• Illinois Senate Approves MMJ Bill and LA’s MMJ Fate is Soon-to-be Decided

  James Shaw

  

  Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill – Associated Press … SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn must decide if he will sign a measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes after the state Senate approved legislation on Friday. The proposal has been touted as the strictest in the nation among states that have legalized medical marijuana. It authorizes physicians to prescribe marijuana to patients with whom they... Read more »

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• How Marijuana Prohibition is Impacting This Cannabis Patient

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  The selfish heart… Legislation of the law is a mind numbing, pain full & prolonged process, just as it is for the making of the laws themselves. That being said, my disease marches on at it’s own pace and my time is not infinite on this planet. You see, I have chronic Coronary Heart Disease. This won’t change for the better. My standard (accepted by the medical establishment) Cardiologist prescribes... Read more »

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• Diamond Bar Allows Marijuana Provider To Stay In Operation

  James Shaw

  

  Source: ContraCostaTimes.com DIAMOND BAR — Many California that have taken a stand on the medical marijuana question have given firm “no” answers to those wishing to operate cannabis dispensaries, but this suburb has been an exception. Diamond Bar, in contrast to many of its neighbors, has an ordinance that allows a single medical marijuana dispensary to operate within city limits. That privileged position is currently occupied by a dispensary calling... Read more »

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