LA closes loophole for medical marijuana dispensaries
The News Review:
- LA closes loophole for medical marijuana dispensaries
- San Bernardino County to implement marijuana IDs
- Williams faces drug charges
- Border Patrol Agents Seize Marijuana At Texas Checkpoint
- Backers of legal pot eye ballot
- Unicoi County sheriff breaks ankle searching for marijuana
- The case for decriminalizing marijuana
LA closes loophole for medical marijuana dispensaries
Los Angeles Times
Collective is one of five medical marijuana stores on Glendale Boulevard that filed for hardship exemptions with the City Council. More than 600 such outlets are currently operating in Los Angeles. closes loophole for medical marijuana dispensaries.
San Bernardino County to implement marijuana IDs
San Francisco Chronicle
tmpl –>(06-10) 10:53 PDT San Bernardino Calif. (AP) –San Bernardino County plans to quickly implement an identification card program for medical marijuana patients.
Williams faces drug charges
ESPN
– Authorities say former Illinois basketball standout and 2001 Big Ten Player of the Year Frank Williams has been arrested on drug charges. The 29-year-old Williams and his 24-year-old brother Aaron were arrested Wednesday after agents for the Multi-County Enforcement Group executed a search warrant at a Peoria home. Agents seized 78 grams of marijuana a digital scale and a. 40 caliber handgun. Frank Williams of Vernon Hills is charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. Aaron Williams is charged with unlawful possession and not having a firearm ID card. They were both taken to the Peoria County Jail.
Border Patrol Agents Seize Marijuana At Texas Checkpoint
BorderFire Report
The largest seizure occurred on Friday when agents at the checkpoint conducted an immigration inspection of the driver of a tractor-trailer. During the inspection a canine team detected the possible presence of hidden contraband or people in the trailer. Agents searched the trailer and found 63 large cellophane-wrapped bundles inside five wooden shipping crates. The bundles contained marijuana with a total weight of 2961 pounds and an estimated street value of $2.
Backers of legal pot eye ballot
San Francisco Chronicle
tmpl –> “We think the tides have turned” said Richard Lee the executive director of aksterdam University a major medical marijuana dispensary and advocacy group in akland and a founder of TaxCannabis2010. org sponsor of the initiative. He said polls showing voters’ support for legalization and taxation of the drug combined with the financial strains of a recession mean that “this will be a landmark opportunity that will generate interest and funds nationwide. ” If successful Lee said the initiative will be viewed as a watershed – “a first step in changing federal law. The initiative that Lee’s group is preparing to circulate calls for legalization of small amounts of marijuana for personal possession by adults 21 and older and allows cities and counties the option of regulating sales and cultivation.
Unicoi County sheriff breaks ankle searching for marijuana
Kingsport Times News
The incident happened about 10 a. and led to a crew of about 20 people making the 1½- to 2-mile trek across rough terrain and a creek to reach Harris. The group emerged with him on Tenn.
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The case for decriminalizing marijuana
Ashland Daily Tidings
But there is much documentation of the risks which has caused the Food and Drug Administration to require the highest-level “black box” warnings of possible side effects that include permanent Parkinson’s disease-like tremors metabolic disorders and death. A panel of federal drug experts in 2008 urged physicians to use caution when prescribing these medicines to children as they are the most susceptible to side effects. We live in Rhode Island one of more than a dozen states with medical marijuana laws. That makes giving our son cannabis for a medical condition legal. But we are limited in its use. We cannot take it on a plane on a visit to his grandmother in Minnesota. Even though we are not breaking the law I still wonder what my neighbors would think if they knew we were giving our son what most people think of only as an illegal “recreational” drug.