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A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by four Orange County medical marijuana users who claimed that bans on pot dispensaries in Costa Mesa and Lake Forest violate their rights under the Americans With Disabilities Act. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Guilford in Santa Ana rejected the argument that laws prohibiting pot dispensaries in [...]

DENVER—Anyone under 21 could be barred from medical marijuana dispensaries under a proposed change to regulations being considered by state lawmakers. Sen. Chris Romer, D-Denver, recommended the change Tuesday as the Senate held its first hearing on rules for medical marijuana dispensaries and growers that have cropped up around the state over the past year. [...]

A package of proposed regulations on medical marijuana dispensaries, including background checks on all employees, was accepted Wednesday by a City Council committee and forwarded to the City Attorney’s Office for legal review. The suggested regulations would force dispensaries to operate as non- profit organizations, keep out juveniles, and not offer doctor’s advice. Other rules [...]

NORCO, Calif. — A rolling marijuana dispensary has hit a bump in the road after seven months of selling chocolate-covered cookies, brownies, pretzels and other marijuana-laced items outside a clinic. The Riverside County city of Norco has asked a court to permanently shut down the Lakeview Collective-on-Wheels, a 1985 Pace Arrow motor home outfitted with [...]

(Reuters) – Below the perpetual fog that shrouds the redwood groves, green hills and rocky coastline of remote Humboldt County thrives a lucrative but hush-hush industry — marijuana. Pot pays the bills in this Northern California enclave, home to hippies and good old boys alike who espouse the weed’s curative and economic benefits. The expensive [...]

WASHINGTON: Hundreds of chronically ill residents of the US capital will be able to buy government-sanctioned marijuana by the end of the year under a measure unanimously approved by the District of Columbia Council. Without debate, the council on Tuesday authorized five medical marijuana distribution centers throughout the city, a number that could grow to [...]

Dan Pope has been using medical marijuana for six years to help control the muscle spasms and pain from muscular dystrophy. “I get very extreme hip, lower back pain and pain going to down to my leg — it gets so bad I can’t move,” said Pope, 44, of Longmont, Colo. “I get very jerky [...]

Most Americans still oppose legalizing marijuana, but larger majorities believe pot has medical benefits and the government should allow its use for that purpose, according to an Associated Press poll being released today. Respondents were skeptical that crime would spike if marijuana is decriminalized or that it would lead more people to harder drugs like [...]

Medical marijuana dispensaries are springing up in Colorado’s major cities like coffee shops, nail parlors, tanning salons or taco shops. Though Colorado voters amended the state Constitution to allow the use and sale of marijuana for a variety of medicinal reasons ten years ago, the number of patients and dispensaries has skyrocketed in the past [...]

After a recent shootout at the home of medical-marijuana activist Steve Sarich, police found 375 pot plants, $10,700 in cash and a stack of credit-card receipts showing Sarich’s business had collected hundreds of thousands of dollars from pot-related sales and services in just a few weeks. Sarich now is waiting to find out if the [...]