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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarOctober 27, 2011

Medical Marijuana: California's Biggest Losers

Wake up California; you've been sold a lie. This lie has allowed the Mexican (and other) cartels and gangs to produce huge crops of unregulated marijuana here in our state. These fields produce hybrid dope high in THC content and high in illicit profit. For this, some men are willing to kill.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 5, 2011

Hawaii Considers Marijuana Dispensary

The state is also considering more strictly limiting authorized ailments for medical marijuana to patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, cancer, HIV/AIDS or glaucoma. The bulk of residents now certified to use medical marijuana are in their 20s and 30s, and most of them cite severe pain as their medical condition.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 21, 2011

Mexican Drug Cartels Flush With Proceeds From Medical Marijuana States

Border seizures of the cash crop jumped 44% between 2005 and 2009, and cartels now derive as much as 26% of their profit from the drug.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 15, 2010

Arizona Voters Narrowly Approve Medical Marijuana

A measure legalizing marijuana for medicinal use has passed in Arizona with 50.13 percent (or 4,341 votes) of the ballots, the secretary of state has announced.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 5, 2009

Colorado Cops Feel Handcuffed by Medical-Pot Changes

Colorado law enforcement officers say they are flummoxed by "murky, confusing and vague" rules governing medical-marijuana production and are looking to the state legislature for clarification this January.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 19, 2009

U.S. Won't Prosecute Medical Pot Sales

U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. said Wednesday that the Justice Department has no plans to prosecute pot dispensaries that are operating legally under state laws in California and a dozen other states -- a development that medical marijuana advocates and civil libertarians hailed as a sweeping change in federal drug policy.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 12, 2009

Oregon House Bill Would Tax Medical Marijuana

Here's the latest money-raising proposal to come from Oregon lawmakers: a $98 tax on every ounce of medical marijuana sold. Better yet, says Republican Rep. Ron Maurer, the state should grow the drug and dispense it to authorized users through pharmacies.

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