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Capitol Alert: CA Senate approves bill to regulate medical marijuana shops

'Star Trek' beams up $70.1M at box office 17 minutes ago 10 make finals of National Geographic Bee 17 minutes ago Capitol Alert: CA Senate approves bill to regulate medical marijuana shops 22 minutes...

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California 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....

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High 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,...

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California 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...

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Editorial: 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...

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Another 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...

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Assembly 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...

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Capitol 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...

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Legislature 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...

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California 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...

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EDITORIAL: 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...

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Editorial: 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...

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The 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...

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Pot 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...

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Marijuana 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...

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Roundup 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....

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California 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...

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Weed 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...

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Capitol 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...

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Feds 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...

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Dan 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...

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Senate 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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