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A second medical marijuana smoking lounge is expected to open in Portland by next week...It will join another lounge that opened in Portland last month after the federal government indicated it will no longer arrest or prosecute patients and suppliers.
Tags: medical marijuana
A referendum to expand Maine's medical marijuana law won handily on Election Day. With 86 percent of the precincts reporting, the measure was ahead 58 percent to 41 percent, the Bangor Daily News reported Wednesday. The measure eases access to marijuana...
Tags: Mainers, medical marijuana, maine voters, excise tax, school district, marijuana law, government spending, Roland Villacci, Timothy Antone
Colorado health officials on Tuesday temporarily struck the definition of "caregiver" from rules governing sales of medical marijuana, which providers say may make it harder for patients to buy pot legally. Last summer, the state Board of Health defined...
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Steamboat Springs Two dozen or more Steamboat households face an uncertain winter after the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a lease agreement with Boulder hotel operator New West Inns LLC for the city-owned Iron Horse Inn.
Tags: Iron Horse Inn, medical marijuana, Steamboat Springs, Steamboat Barn Village, marijuana dispensaries
A Colorado court ruled Thursday that a medical marijuana provider must have personal contact with her patients to be considered a primary caregiver. The decision upholds the conviction against Stacy Clendenin, a Longmont woman found guilty of marijuana...
Tags: medical marijuana, Summit County Commissioners, Colorado
As long as patients, suppliers obey state laws, they'll be all right. Last week, the Obama Administration's Justice Department announced it would no longer prosecute users and suppliers of medical marijuana -- as long as they're complying with the law...
Local officials in U.S. states where medical marijuana is legal say they are scrambling to determine to how to regulate their pot purveyors...Justice Department that federal prosecutors would no longer go after people who use marijuana for medical purposes...
Tags: medical marijuana, Justice Department, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Justice
Attorney General Eric Holder says that keeping the country safe keeps him awake at night but he says it's important not to forget the "ideals and values that have made our nation a shining beacon of freedom." Speaking in Maine, he said Friday that the...
Tags: attorney general, medical marijuana, Eric Holder, University of Maine
The Denver Democrat said he is alarmed on several fronts, from the number of Coloradans applying for a medical-marijuana card to how many pot dispensaries are popping up in the state. "I work out at a health club on Colfax, and the owner told me two gentlemen...
The Obama administration has instructed federal authorities to stop arresting folks for medical pot use. During the Bush years, Americans suffering various maladies in 13 states with medical marijuana laws on the books had good reason to be paranoid.
Tags: medical marijuana