Governor Jan Brewer’s lawsuit against Arizona’s medical marijuana law took a beating today in federal court,where a judge told the state’s lawyers to pick a side on the issue. Brewer and her legal enforcer in the case,state Attorney General Tom Horne,campaigned against Prop 203 before voters passed it and later targeted it [...] [...]
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  | WASHINGTON —Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday reiterated the Justice Department’s support for the Ogden memo,which in 2009 declared that the sale and use of medical marijuana in states where it’s legal are a low priority for federal prosecutors. “What we said in the memo we still intend,which is that given the [...] [...] A study released last week by the University of Colorado Denver indicates that the legalization of medical marijuana reduces alcohol consumption and,as a result,alcohol-related traffic deaths without a corresponding increase in deaths caused by stoned drivers. The study,hailed as “groundbreaking” by the university,is the first to examine the effect of legalizing [...] [...] Herman Cain said if states want to legalize medical marijuana,that would be all right with him. Cain said the issue fits into his theory that states have the right to decide certain things for themselves. “If states want to legalize medical marijuana,I think that’s a state’s right,”Cain said while campaigning in Iowa [...] [...] For the first time on television,a weekly series takes an up close and personal look at the controversial business of medicinal cannabis as WEED WARS premieres in a simulcast on Thursday,December 1 at 10PM E/P on Discovery Channel and Discovery Fit &Health. “WEED WARS fearlessly documents the hot button issue of medicinal [...] [...] California is renowned for having some of the best produce in the world,and that reputation is being extended again this year to its sun-kissed cannabis. The state’s annual outdoor marijuana crop has come in,and despite global warming and heated federal threats,the harvest looks quite golden. Growers,dispensary operators,and experts say California’s [...] [...] Montel Williams says the U.S. could learn a thing or two from Israel’s liberal stance on medical marijuana. The Emmy Award-winning TV personality was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999 and he has been an outspoken advocate of medical marijuana to relieve pain caused by the disease since then. Williams,55,is in Israel on [...] [...] San Francisco,CA —Americans for Safe Access (ASA),the country’s largest medical marijuana advocacy organization,filed suit in federal court today challenging the Obama Administration’s attempt to subvert local and state medical marijuana laws in California. ASA argues in its lawsuit that the Obama Justice Department (DOJ) has “instituted a policy to dismantle the [...] [...] A raid Oct. 12 on a Phoenix cannabis club is raising hackles on both sides of the medical marijuana fence and has sparked a media-borne spat between state Attorney General Tom Horne and Allan Sobol,the operator of the busted for-profit 2811 Club. In dueling news releases,Horne and Sobol flung a few phrases at [...] [...] During his run for the presidency,Barack Obama instilled hope in medical marijuana supporters by pledging to respect state laws on the matter. And for the first two years of his term,he was generally faithful to his promise. Yet suddenly,and with no logical explanation,over the past eight months he has become arguably the [...] [...] |  | |||
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