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Newsby Staff WriterJune 25, 2019

Former Oklahoma Officer Opens Medical Marijuana Dispensary

A former officer with the Antlers (OK) Police Department has opened a medical marijuana dispensary in hopes of giving people an alternative pain and PTSD relief, replacing prescription opioids.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 27, 2017

Michigan Legislator Pushes Bill to Outlaw Booby Traps After Officer Injured

There are no laws in Michigan that address booby traps like the one that injured Wyoming officer Dustin Cook at a medical marijuana grow site.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 15, 2017

Video: Booby Trap Impales MI Officer at Marijuana Grow Operation

A bed of screws set up to protect a marijuana grow operation seriously injured a Michigan police officer there to investigate a break-in.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 1, 2016

U.S. Court Upholds Gun Buying Ban for Medical-Marijuana Users

Gun purchases are off limits in the U.S. to anyone who uses medical marijuana or holds a state-approved medicinal marijuana card, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 11, 2016

DEA Says "No" to Loosening Marijuana Restrictions

The gap between permissive state laws and a restrictive federal policy has become increasingly untenable in the minds of many doctors, patients, researchers, business owners, and legislators.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 7, 2015

Former Officers Protecting Medical Marijuana Industry in Illinois

As police officers, part of their jobs was to put away drug sellers and users. Now, former law enforcement officials are doing private security work for Illinois' now-legal medical marijuana industry.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2014

Police Impostors Rob Medical Marijuana Patient

Police say they have several leads to follow after posting images of three men impersonating law enforcement officers wanted for robbing a local medical marijuana patient in Maine.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 26, 2014

Pot Growers Suing Police for Seizing Marijuana Plants

From Colorado and Washington state to California and Hawaii, police in medical marijuana states are being sued by people who want their marijuana back after prosecutors chose not to charge them or they were acquitted.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 28, 2014

Florida to Vote on Medical Marijuana in November

Monday's Florida Supreme Court ruling puts medical marijuana on the November general election ballot. If the proposed constitutional amendment passes by at least 60 percent of the vote, some details will have to be sorted out by state health officials before patients can legally obtain pot.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 6, 2014

N.Y. May Legalize Medical Marijuana

Joining a growing group of states that have loosened restrictions on marijuana, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York plans this week to announce an executive action that would allow limited use of the drug by those with serious illnesses.

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