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Smaller Than Expected Prison Sentences for Montana Dispensary Owners

Synthetic Marijuana: A New Clear and Present Danger

Medical Marijuana Comes To The Mid West

Bring Safe Access to Maryland: Support HB 15

Cato Unbound: Ending Cannabis Prohibition in America

Medical marijuana advocates push for November ballot initiative in California

Hundreds Flock to Oregon For Medical Marijuana Cards

Number of Montanan Medical Marijuana Cardholders, Providers Drops Dramatically

Pot, a President and President’s Day

Ostrow: National Geographic Channel spotlights Fort Collins in series on pot wars

Florida’s Drug-Testing of the Poor Proves a Failure, but Some States Still Want to Follow their Example

Endorsed: NORML Supports Marijuana Legalization Initiative in Washington State

Marijuana Legalization Measure: Colo. Pot Activists To Turn In 12,000 Additional Signatures With Hopes Of Getting On Ballot

Ryan Bailey, Medical Marijuana Grower from Chicago, Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison

Obama visit leads to F-16 fighter intercept, pot arrest

NORML Supports Marijuana Legalization Initiative in Washington State

Delaware, Colorado and Michigan update

Colorado medical-marijuana activists hope to put pressure on Obama

Obama’s War On Pot: The Government-Wide Crackdown On Medical Marijuana

Protesters Crowd Corona Del Mar During Presidential Visit

Colorado rejects special banking for marijuana industry

Long Beach, CA Bans Medical Marijuana Collectives

More States Putting Marijuana Legalization Questions on November Ballot

17 States with Pending Legislation to Legalize Medical Marijuana

Vermont Voters Support Decriminalizing Marijuana

Banking for pot shops eyed in Colorado

13 States Working Towards Smart, Sane Marijuana Laws

Medical marijuana banking bill dies in committee

Initiative to legalize marijuana will go to voters

Billionaire funds Mass. ballot initiative on medicinal marijuana

DEA digging into San Francisco’s medical marijuana dispensaries

Struggling Cities Turn to a Crop for Cash

California Medical Marijuana Rally

National Action Alert: Urge Obama to End Federal Interference!

Final Rules for Legalization of Medical Marijuana Produced in Washington, D.C.

Roger Christie: Marijuana Political Prisoner of Conscience

Medical marijuana group drops suit against New Jersey town

62% of California Voters Polled Favor Legalization of Marijuana

Marijuana Decriminalization Question Must Appear On Detroit Ballot, State Appeals Court Rules

This summer, Detroiters may get chance to legalize marijuana

Agencies oppose plan to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio

Appeals Court Rules Marijuana Legalization Should Have Been On Detroit Ballot

Peter Lewis Backs MMJ Legalization Effort in Massachusetts

Maryland Ponders Medical Marijuana

Washington Cannabis Patients At Risk Under I-502 DUI Provision

Marijuana Law Reform at the Statehouse 2012 [FEATURE]

ASA Files Federal Appeal in Bid to Reclassify Medical Cannabis

Medical Marijuana Week

Is There Anything CBD Can’t Do? Then Why Is It Illegal?

Judge allows Fort Collins pot shop ban to proceed

New York’s Illegal Pot Crackdown

New Jersey marijuana farm and dispensary set for fall debut

Pro-marijuana Montana Legislator Investigated by DEA

Colorado deals setback to recreational pot effort

Ferndale medical pot store cleared of crime

Feds raid Detroit warehouse in illegal-marijuana probe

DEA Investigates Montana Pro-Medical Pot State Rep

Colorado pot-legalization initiative needs more signatures

A compassionless crackdown

Police raid 5-story New York pot farm, an indoor marijuana jungle

Washington: Marijuana Regulation Measure Certified For 2012 Ballot

New York City: Still The Marijuana Arrest Capital Of The World

Marijuana Arrests Rose in 2011 in New York, Despite Police Directive

Cannabis Is An “Effective Treatment” For Cancer Patients, Israeli Study Concludes

Patient wins case in Oregon

Why doesn’t anyone in Washington take marijuana legalization seriously?

Poll Reveals 62% of California Voters Want Marijuana Regulated Like Wine

NORML’s Weekly Legislative Round Up

Unlikely source in Iowa calls for medical marijuana debate

Will 2012 be the year Oregon finally adopts a reasonable marijuana policy?

42 Washington lawmakers ask DEA to reclassify marijuana

Marijuana Mouth Spray Sativex May Hit Shelves By 2013

Obama’s Opportunity: Will the White House Snub Marijuana Yet Again?

Former U.S. attorney says pot’s status should be reassessed

Former AG Mike Cox: Michigan legislature should clarify law, allow medical marijuana dispensaries

Eleven Percent of North Americans Use Cannabis, Global Study Says

Phoenix marijuana-cultivation center soon to open is 1st in nation

Vermont Considers Bill To Allow Marijuana For PTSD

Marijuana Push in Colorado Likens It to Alcohol

Ballot board OKs proposed medical marijuana amendment

Grinspoon Endorses California Ballot Initiative to Regulate Marijuana Like Wine

President Obama Makes Case Against His Own Medical Marijuana Policy During SOTU Address

L.E.A.P. Executive Director to Speak in Honolulu on Hawaii Drug Policy

Latest Science: Non-Psychotropic Cannabinoid Inhibits Colon Cancer Cell Proliferation

Wisconsin Legislature to Consider Medical Marijuana Measure

Pot Payout: City pays woman $3,100 after cops ruin her marijuana plants in New Mexico

President Obama’s YouTube Forum deems marijuana legalization questions “inappropriate”

The Hundred Years’ Worldwide War on Drugs

Judge: Federal law trumps state’s medical pot law in Montana

LEAP Pushes Back Against Federal Threats to Colorado’s Medical Marijuana Program

Hemp Farming Bill Filed in Kentucky

Vermont’s Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Under New Pressure From the Feds

U.S. Attorney John Walsh justifies federal crackdown on medical-marijuana shops in Colorado

Marijuana-based Rx drug seeks FDA approval to treat cancer pain

Virginia lawmaker urges study on revenue impact of marijuana sales at state-controlled liquor stores

Washington D.C. to Make Medical Marijuana Available in Spring 2012

Medical Marijuana Research Could Soon Yield Prescriptions

Colorado secretary of state orders review of petitions for pot legalization

California Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Controversial Medical Cannabis Cases

Enacting The ‘States’ Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act’ (HR 1983) Makes Sense For Everyone

Poll Shows Voters Split on Legalizing Marijuana in Washington

Two Dispensaries Raided in Costa Mesa, California

Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced in Idaho

NORML’s Weekly Legislative Round Up

California Supreme Court to tackle state’s hazy medical marijuana laws

Medical Marijuana Update

Lawsuit brewing over N.J. medical marijuana program

Massachusetts: Medical Marijuana Likely in 2012… But Which Bill Will Pass First?

Group seeks second medical-marijuana issue for ballot in Ohio

Maryland House Delegate Introduces Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Bill

Gov. Christie: I won’t force N.J. towns to allow medical marijuana facilities

2 years after being approved, N.J. medical marijuana program still at seedling stage

Fed pot crackdown hits Colorado shops near schools

Governor OKs licensing tied to medical pot in Arizona

Justice Department Formally Threatens State-Licensed Colorado Cannabis Providers

Arizona: Governor Finally Agrees To Fully Implement State’s 2010 Voter-Approved Medical Cannabis Law

Trying to Weed Out Federal Marijuana Regulation

Arizona: Governor Finally Agrees To Fully Implement State’s 2010 Voter-Approved Medical Cannabis Law

Feds announce more medical marijuana arrests in Montana

Court: Probationers can’t use medical marijuana

Michigan Supreme Court hears medical pot cases

Another N.J. town votes against allowing medical marijuana facility

Cannabis Science Entering a Potential $80bil Cancer Drugs Market

Colorado Lawmakers vow bill to allow medical-pot co-ops as banks shut out industry

JAMA: Long-Term Exposure To Cannabis Smoke Is Not Associated With Adverse Effects On Pulmonary Function

Feds say medical marijuana dealer mulled bribes in Montana

L.A.’s medical marijuana roller-coaster ride

Share and Roger Christie Married at Honolulu Federal Detention Center

Arizona Medical Marijuana Discrimination by CPS

Marijuana Use Most Rampant in Australia, Study Finds

Montel Williams Fights For Medical Marijuana In D.C.

Petition For Medical Marijuana In Massachusetts

Judge dismisses medical marijuana suit by Arizona

Medical marijuana initiative gains support in Washington

Proponents Submit 159,000 Signatures To Put Marijuana Legalization On November Ballot In Colorado

Wider Use Of Cannabis Therapy Could Reduce Prescription Pain Drug Deaths

Marijuana Smoking For Middle-Aged Men Can Actually Improve Mental Sharpness, Says Study

Marijuana cultivation ordinance rescinded

On medical marijuana, Maryland should go slow

Patient Advocates In Washington File Appeal Brief in Federal Case to Reclassify Medical Marijuana

Medical Marijuana Cards in Oregon, Michigan and Hawaii

Idaho Medical Marijuana Initiative Petition Text

States say it’s time to rethink medical marijuana

Colorado asks DEA to reclassify marijuana

Marijuana legalization signatures submitted to state

The Top Ten Cannabis Science Stories of 2011

Congressman Bob Filner Stands Up for Medical Marijuana

Colorado: Justice Department Threatens To Target State-Licensed Cannabis Facilities

Stirring the pot laws in Alaska

Marin Alliance For Medical Marijuana, California’s Oldest Pot Club, Closes

Non-Psychotropic Cannabinoid Is “Safe,” “Well Tolerated” In Humans, Study Says

Washington considers adding ADD to medical pot list

California medical marijuana backers ready ballot measure

Critiques Persist of Police Marijuana Arrests in New York

Washington Marijuana legalization initiative to turn signatures next week

New Gilbert center helps medical-marijuana applicants in Arizona

Marijuana measure headed for ballot in Washington?

Marijuana, Inc. (HEMP.PK) Supports “The Cash Hyde Fund for Cancer Awareness” in Nevada

Medical Marijuana Patients Opposing Federal Approval of … Medical Marijuana

Colorado pot legalization petition nearing end

Judge tosses out Longmont medical-marijuana dispensaries’ lawsuit in Colorado

Arizona to pick a side in medical marijuana issue

Patients challenge Washington marijuana rules

Pot, Narcotics OK To Treat Pain, UCSF Study Finds

New Mexico’s medical marijuana program thriving

House Lawmakers Vote In Favor Of Federal Legislation Outlawing So-Called ‘Synthetic Cannabis’

Chicago Bans Synthetic Marijuana

Judge to state: Pick a side in marijuana conflict

Colorado investigates possible medical-marijuana fraud

New Study Finds Medical Pot Boosts Opiate Patient Pain Relief

Marijuana Law Refom Marching On: Legalization Highly Favored In New Massachusetts Poll

NM’s medical marijuana program flourishing

77 % of American’s Support Medical Marijuana

Marijuana arrests fall in New York after rule change

Vermont Gov. Shumlin to Join Petition to Reschedule Marijuana

Take the Pledge! Fight to Reschedule and Legalize Medical Marijuana Nationally

Cannabis Beneficial To Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Legalizing medical marijuana in Wisconsin proposed

Vermont Gov. Shumlin supports doctors prescribing medical marijuana

Hospice Health Professionals Support Legalization Of Cannabis For Therapeutic Use

Governors of Washington & Rhode Island Ask U.S. to Ease Rules on Marijuana

Michigan Medical Marijuana Law Destroyed by Dow-Baby Attorney General

Govs. Gregoire, Chafee file petition with DEA to reclassify marijuana so doctors can prescribe

California Society Of Addiction Medicine Calls For The ‘Constructive Regulation’ Of Marijuana

Washington Raid Response

Prison Sentence For Marijuana Clinic Manager

EX-COUNTY EMPLOYEE FILES SUIT FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES VIOLATIONS

Polls, dispensary bans show Coloradans are split over possibly legalizing marijuana

Arizona deputies seize 4,000 pounds of marijuana

Former Nevada marijuana activist sentenced

Pot shops in Fort Collins, CO must close by Feb. 14

Fee for Colorado medical-pot patient registry drops to $35

Crop of problems has left N.J. medical marijuana program in budding stage

Montana Lawmakers Uncertain About Medical Marijuana Issue

Authorized to Cultivate: Home grown business

Washington Medical Marijuana Proponents Protest Ambiguous Laws, Recent DEA Searches

Federal Marijuana Raids Sweep Across Montana

California: State Appeals Court Says Cities Can Ban Cannabis Dispensaries

Justice Department Raids Several Washington State Cannabis Dispensaries

Regulate Marijuana Like Wine campaign collects over 10,000 signatures in first two weeks

Washington Pot Initiative Splits Reform Community

Chicago Looks To Go Green With Marijuana Economics

NORML Attorneys File Multiple Constitutional Challenges to Federal Medical Marijuana Crackdown

Federal Policy Toward Medical-Pot Businesses in Colorado Remains Puzzling

Colorado Regulators Shut Marijuana Dispensary as Earth’s Medicine Owners Face Federal Charges

Members Of Congress Condemn Obama Administration’s Crackdown On Medicinal Cannabis Providers

Medical Marijuana Patients, Supporters To Rally in Sacramento Against DOJ Attacks

State closes several medical marijuana facilities

Colorado Marijuana Initiative Passes 100,000 Signatures!

Cannabis Sequencing Study Explores Differences Between Marijuana, Hemp Producing Plants

Marijuana Genome Sequenced For Health, Not Highs

Patient Advocates Sue Obama Justice Department

Oakland Dispensary Is Focus Of Federal Government

White House Response to NORML’s “We the People” Marijuana Legalization Petition

California: Attorney General, Lawmakers Criticize Federal Government’s Crackdown

New York City: Police Commissioner Calls On Officers To Curb Marijuana Arrests

Marijuana Component Could Ease Pain from Chemotherapy Drugs, Study Suggests

Rand Retracts Report on Pot Clinics and Crime

Chicago Aldermen Consider Ticket for Marijuana Use

California Medical Association Says U.S. Has “Failed Public Health Policy” on Medical Marijuana

Rhode Island: Governor Pulls Plug On State’s Long Awaited Marijuana Dispensing Program

Medical Marijuana Supporters Closer to Ballot Spot – Cleveland News

Nevada Judge sets medical marijuana law arguments for November

Montana Medical Marijuana: The Latest News

New Mexico woman sought marijuana via Craigslist

Ohio Tattoo Parlor Owner Gets 3 Years

New Jersey Weedman suffers setback in marijuana distribution case

Colorado issues first medical-marijuana business licenses in U.S.

Colorado: Workgroup Rejects Call For THC Per Se Legislation

Medical pot farmers seek advice, share tips in Maine

Delaware becomes the 16 state

Update 2011: Montana medical marijuana industry on wane