Capitol Alert: CA Senate approves bill to regulate medical marijuana shops
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View ArticleCalifornia Senate acts to clarify legality of medical cannabis
Medical marijuana dispensaries that abide by security rules in California would not be subject to local or state prosecution for illegal sales under a measure approved Monday by the state Senate....
View ArticleHigh court sides with cities wishing to ban pot shops
Local governments in California may ban the manufacture, distribution and sale of medical marijuana within their boundaries, even though state law allows those activities under certain circumstances,...
View ArticleCalifornia lawmakers consider pot regulations
Colorado has the nation's most meticulously regulated medical marijuana industry. Washington has the first-ever blood-level standard for driving while high. But in the birthplace of America's medical...
View ArticleEditorial: California still needs to fix marijuana muddle
As if California needed more impetus to tackle its marijuana morass, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder just offered one. The Justice Department announced last week that while marijuana remains illegal...
View ArticleAnother View: Lawmakers need to stop with the sneaky marijuana legislation
Dan Morain’s column on Sunday, “Drugged driving, hell on wheels: Billionaire pushing to ease access to marijuana,” sheds some light on the millions of dollars spent by pro-marijuana advocates to...
View ArticleAssembly bill to regulate medical marijuana fails
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A bill to regulate the sale of medical marijuana in California has failed in the Assembly. The legislation...
View ArticleCapitol Alert: California bill regulating medical marijuana fails in Assembly
Once again rejecting a measure to broadly regulate medicinal pot, the California Assembly on Thursday stalled a bill that would create a state-level entity to oversee and license California's medical...
View ArticleLegislature splits on medical marijuana bills
SACRAMENTO, Calif. The state Assembly on Thursday rejected a medical marijuana regulation bill, a day after competing legislation preferred by local governments and law enforcement sailed unanimously...
View ArticleCalifornia bill to curb medical marijuana passes key hurdle
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - A measure to regulate California's chaotic medical marijuana industry passed a key legislative hurdle on Tuesday, in a move that could lay the groundwork to tax and...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Fix medical marijuana mess
Given how long California has been stuck in its medical marijuana morass, the wisest move is to fix that first. With real-life laboratories in Colorado and Washington state on legal recreational...
View ArticleEditorial: California needs to solve medical marijuana mess first
Given how long California has been stuck in its medical marijuana morass, the wisest move is to fix that first. With real-life laboratories in Colorado and Washington state on legal recreational...
View ArticleThe Conversation: Environment is going to pot
In a state that prides itself on its environmentalist sensibilities, emboldened marijuana growers have ripped out ponderosa pines and bulldozed deep terraces into steep slopes above Lake Oroville, all...
View ArticlePot rules get cities', cops' first blessing State officials approve marijuana...
The last time lawmakers tried to regulate California's medical marijuana industry, the League of California Cities warned of "a radical expansion of existing law"and "a slippery slope to distribution...
View ArticleMarijuana regulatory bill stalls in California Assembly
The California Assembly quashed a bill Friday that would have created a state agency to tax and regulate the state's overgrown medical marijuana landscape. Since California voters gave the green light...
View ArticleRoundup of activity before legislative deadline
Assembly spurns measure for state pot regulators The California Assembly stalled a bill Thursday that would create a state-level entity to oversee and license California’s medical marijuana industry....
View ArticleCalifornia cities, police chiefs support pot regulation for first time
The last time lawmakers tried to regulate California’s medical marijuana industry, the League of California Cities warned of “a radical expansion of existing law” and “a slippery slope to distribution...
View ArticleWeed Shop Law Once Feared by Industry Gets Key Democrat's Support
A proposed law to provide statewide regulations for marijuana dispensaries was once firmly opposed by the cannabis community. It sought to outlaw concentrates like wax, and it would have limited what...
View ArticleCapitol Alert: Marijuana regulatory bill stalls in California Legislature
Lawmakers quashed a bill that would have created a state agency to tax and regulate California's overgrown medical marijuana landscape on Friday. Since California voters gave the green light to...
View ArticleFeds step back on enforcing marijuana laws
Washington is sending a clarifying smoke signal on marijuana. Recreational use, if it's strictly regulated by states and keeps criminals at bay, will be tolerated. It's a message obliged by growing...
View ArticleDan Morain: Dr. Skype's pot exams: quick, hazy
Dr. Roger J. Foster's examination room is in a seedy office next to a boarded-up Sacramento city incinerator in a scruffy Alkali Flat lot of warehouses and used car dealers. Foster's office has no...
View ArticleSenate OKs regulations for medicinal marijuana
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would take steps to regulate the sale of medical marijuana under a bill approved Monday by the state Senate, restricting cannabis dispensaries that federal...
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