California Cannabis » Uncategorized http://californiacannabis.net Medical Marijuana News for Patients, in accordance with California State Law Proposition 215 (HS 11362.5) Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:31:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Sacrificial Lamb Evolves into Roaring Lion http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/sacrificial-lamb-evolves-into-roaring-lion/ http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/sacrificial-lamb-evolves-into-roaring-lion/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:25:52 +0000 Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines This post was written by Rick Doblin, Ph.D, who is a member of ASA’s Medical and Scientific Advisory Board and who founded and leads M.A.P.S., the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, a nonprofit that since 1986 has assisted scientists in designing, funding, obtaining approval for and reporting on studies into …

]]> http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/sacrificial-lamb-evolves-into-roaring-lion/feed/ 0 ASA Weekly Alert 02-06-2009 http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/asa-weekly-alert-02-06-2009/ http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/asa-weekly-alert-02-06-2009/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:25:49 +0000 Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines 1.  DEA Raids 4 L.A. Dispensing Collectives, Spark Community Uproar; White House Response
DEA carried out four simultaneous “smash and grab” raids on medical cannabis dispensing collectives in Los Angeles this week (Beach Center Collective, Venice Alternative Healing, Marina Caregivers, and Alternative Caregivers Discount Collective).  It was the second time that …

]]> http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/asa-weekly-alert-02-06-2009/feed/ 0 Congresswoman Challenges DEA Intimidation http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/congresswoman-challenges-dea-intimidation/ http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/congresswoman-challenges-dea-intimidation/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:25:47 +0000 Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA) sent a letter to newly appointed Attorney General Eric Holder today asking the Department of Justice and the Office of the US Attorney to “immediately suspend any and all enforcement actions against said property owners in California who lease property to medical cannabis dispensing collectives in …

]]> http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/congresswoman-challenges-dea-intimidation/feed/ 0 State Law & the People vs. the DEA http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/state-law-the-people-vs-the-dea/ http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/state-law-the-people-vs-the-dea/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:25:47 +0000 Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines The San Diego Union-Tribune published opposing op-eds yesterday, one from Alex Kreit, an assistant professor and director of the Center for Law and Social Justice at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, and another from Ralph W. Partridge, the special agent in charge of the San Diego …

]]> http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/state-law-the-people-vs-the-dea/feed/ 0 Protesters support Charles C. Lynch & call for change http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/protesters-support-charles-c-lynch-call-for-change/ http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/protesters-support-charles-c-lynch-call-for-change/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:25:39 +0000 Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines More than 100 protesters gathered in at the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles today to call for leniency in the March 23 sentencing of Charles C. Lynch, who was convicted in August of operating a medical cannabis facility in Morro Bay. The protesters called on Judge Wu to keep …

]]> http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/protesters-support-charles-c-lynch-call-for-change/feed/ 0 No evidence for withdrawal symptoms from cannabis based medicinal extracts http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/no-evidence-for-withdrawal-symptoms-from-cannabis-based-medicinal-extracts/ http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/no-evidence-for-withdrawal-symptoms-from-cannabis-based-medicinal-extracts/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:25:37 +0000 Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines This guest post was written by Jahan Marcu, a cannabis researcher who is a member of ASA’s Medical and Scientific Advisory Board.

In a press release issued February 24th 2009, GW pharmaceuticals reported that there is no evidence of withdrawal from long term use of Sativex, an oral cannabis spray. The …

]]> http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/no-evidence-for-withdrawal-symptoms-from-cannabis-based-medicinal-extracts/feed/ 0 Medical Cannabis an “American Policy”… http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/medical-cannabis-an-%e2%80%9camerican-policy%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6/ http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/medical-cannabis-an-%e2%80%9camerican-policy%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:25:35 +0000 Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines I wish everyone were here to see it.

As many of you know by now, on Wednesday U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters at a press conference, while standing next to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Michele Leonhart that ending federal raids on medical cannabis dispensaries “is now American policy.” …

]]> http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/medical-cannabis-an-%e2%80%9camerican-policy%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 Call the White House Now – Urge President Obama to Immediately Suspend Bush’s DEA Raids http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/call-the-white-house-now-urge-president-obama-to-immediately-suspend-bushs-dea-raids/ http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/call-the-white-house-now-urge-president-obama-to-immediately-suspend-bushs-dea-raids/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:25:32 +0000 ASA's Medical Cannabis Feed http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=5655 For the second time under President Obama's watch, Bush's leftover agents in the DEA raided four medical cannabis dispensaries in L.A. We need you to act NOW! [...]]]> For the second time under President Obama’s watch, Bush’s leftover agents in the DEA raided four medical cannabis dispensaries in L.A. We need you to act NOW! ]]> http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/call-the-white-house-now-urge-president-obama-to-immediately-suspend-bushs-dea-raids/feed/ 0 February 2009 Activist Newsletter http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/february-2009-activist-newsletter/ http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/february-2009-activist-newsletter/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:25:28 +0000 ASA's Medical Cannabis Feed http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=5661 Calif. County Sued over Medical Marijuana IDs; ASA to Hold Obama Administration Accountable; ASA Ambassador Program Finds [...]]]> Calif. County Sued over Medical Marijuana IDs; ASA to Hold Obama Administration Accountable; ASA Ambassador Program Finds Volunteers ]]> http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/february-2009-activist-newsletter/feed/ 0 Teachers Could Be Charged for Staging Pot Sting – MSNBC http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/teachers-could-be-charged-for-staging-pot-sting-msnbc/ http://californiacannabis.net/2009/02/teachers-could-be-charged-for-staging-pot-sting-msnbc/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:58:42 +0000 california marijuana - Google News
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Three administrators at Porter Middle School in Granada Hills were reassigned and could face criminal charges for allegedly using a student to conduct an informal marijuana sting against another student, police and school According to police, ...
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MyFox Los Angeles
Teachers Could Be Charged for Staging Pot Sting
MSNBC
Three administrators at Porter Middle School in Granada Hills were reassigned and could face criminal charges for allegedly using a student to conduct an informal marijuana sting against another student, police and school According to police, …
LAPD probes drug sting run by school Los Angeles Times
LA student asked to buy pot as part of sting San Jose Mercury News
School officials in trouble after sting abc7.com
ConnectMidMichigan.com - Contra Costa Times
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