http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:22:16 -0700 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:57:24 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Portlands-Cannabis-Cafe-is-not-the-first-medical-marijuana-coffee-shop-in-America?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner Inside the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers Club circa 1995On Friday the 13th NORML announced the opening, in Portland, of the first medical marijuana coffee shop in America.  Since then this unforgivable error has been picked up by CBS 3, Examiner... marijuana dispensaries Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:57:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Portlands-Cannabis-Cafe-is-not-the-first-medical-marijuana-coffee-shop-in-America?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Santa-Cruz-considers-ban-on-more-medical-marijuana-dispensaries?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner (AP Photo / Russel A. Daniels) The Santa Cruz Planning Commission will have a hearing tonight, 19 Nov 09 at 7:00 PM on proposals to ban additional dispensaries, allow the sales of clones as well as on-site cultivation, and increase the set-back from ... medical marijuana marijuana dispensaries marijuana law Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:37:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Santa-Cruz-considers-ban-on-more-medical-marijuana-dispensaries?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d18-The-Jack-Herer-initiative-to-legalize-marijuana-receives-official-title-and-summary?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner (AP Photo/Russel A. Daniels)The Office of the California Attorney General released the official title and summary of the Jack Herer California Cannabis Hemp Initiative Wednesday.  The proponent has until 19 Apr 10 to gather 433,971 valid signatu... marijuana law Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:08:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d18-The-Jack-Herer-initiative-to-legalize-marijuana-receives-official-title-and-summary?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d18-WAMM-issues-press-release-supporting-medical-marijuana-dispensaries?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release DATE: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 CONTACT: Joe Paquin, 831-425-0580, joe at wamm.org Manager of the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM).   Santa Cruz, CA. – The Wo/Men’s A... medical marijuana marijuana dispensaries marijuana law marijuana business Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:25:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d18-WAMM-issues-press-release-supporting-medical-marijuana-dispensaries?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Los-Angeles-joint-committee-debates-medical-marijuana-dispensaries?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley announcinghe intends to prosecute dispensaries that sell medicalmarijuana even if the city passes an ordinance thatallows sales. - (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) The Public Safety and Planning & Land... marijuana dispensaries marijuana law Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:18:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Los-Angeles-joint-committee-debates-medical-marijuana-dispensaries?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Los-Angeles-city-council-to-ban-medical-marijuana-dispensaries-Wednesday?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner The new improved ordinance by City Attorney Carmen Trutanich to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in The City of Los Angeles is on the city council agenda for 10:00am Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Today, Monday the 16th at 8:30 AM, there will b... marijuana dispensaries marijuana law Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:59:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Los-Angeles-city-council-to-ban-medical-marijuana-dispensaries-Wednesday?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Los-Angeles-City-Attorney-declares-war-on-medical-marijuana-dispensaries?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) The proposed ordinance filed by Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich on 20 Oct 09 which purports to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries is, in essence, a declaration of war on medical marijuana dispensaries as well ... marijuana dispensaries marijuana law Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:26:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Los-Angeles-City-Attorney-declares-war-on-medical-marijuana-dispensaries?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Proposition-215-author-announces-boycott-of-Bluesky-medical-marijuana-dispensary?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner Dennis Peron at Oaksterdam U Dennis Peron has announced he will begin a weekly picket at Coffeeshop Blue Sky medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland this Friday, 16 Oct 09, from 5 to 7 pm.Peron owned and managed the first medical... medical marijuana marijuana dispensaries marijuana law Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:12:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Proposition-215-author-announces-boycott-of-Bluesky-medical-marijuana-dispensary?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d8-The-Jack-Herer-has-been-filed?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner Trailer for "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" Charles Jacobs has filed The Jack Herer Cannabis Hemp Initiative with the California Attorney General.  Mr. Jacobs has spent the past two years as Jack Herer's assistant, caregiver, and friend... marijuana law Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:55:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d8-The-Jack-Herer-has-been-filed?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d30-Peron-announces-opposition-to-Oaklands-marijuana-initiative?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner Click to read the statement courtesy of John Entwistle In a statement dated 22 Sep 09, Dennis Peron announced his opposition to The Regulate, Control, and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, describing it as "fatally flawed". The official proponents... marijuana medical marijuana marijuana law Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:22:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d30-Peron-announces-opposition-to-Oaklands-marijuana-initiative?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d21-The-Jack-Herer-Initiative?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner I don't want to f___ing give the United States govern- ment one f___ing dollar of taxes. I think that they should go to f___ing jail for getting you and me and 20 million people getting arrested for pot. It is the safest thing you can do in the u... marijuana medical marijuana marijuana law Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:03:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d21-The-Jack-Herer-Initiative?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d16-Dennis-Peron-sacked-from-Oaksterdamn-U-for-opposing-marijuana-tax?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner Dennis Peron in front of 1444 Market, San FranciscoThe San Francisco Cannabis Buyer Club, circa 1996Dennis Peron announced on Tuesday 15 Sep 09 that he returned from Burning Man to discover he had been fired from Oaksterdamn U because of his oppositi... medical marijuana marijuana business Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:41:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d16-Dennis-Peron-sacked-from-Oaksterdamn-U-for-opposing-marijuana-tax?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d13-The-2009-911-Reign-of-Terror?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner San Diego PD Brutality Towards Medical Cannabis Patients from Grow Tech on Vimeo. Paul Cody addresses County Board - 23 Jun 09 Green RX Police Entrapment - 1 Jun 09 Reports continue to come in of federal raids of medical marijuana dispensari... medical marijuana marijuana dispensaries marijuana business Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:01:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d13-The-2009-911-Reign-of-Terror?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Agonizing-over-Medical-Marijuana-Inc?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner Interview of 8 Jul 09 Interview of 22 May 2009 Medical Marijuana Inc. (MJNA) is truly a forward looking company. Looking back, it began in 2003 as Berkshire Collection, Inc. (BKCL) of Ontario, Canada.  According to a complaint filed 12 Ju... medical marijuana marijuana dispensaries marijuana business Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:32:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Agonizing-over-Medical-Marijuana-Inc?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d30-The-tax-that-was-heard-around-the-world?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)Since the passage of Oakland's Measure F, which taxes medical marijuana the same as alcohol, the media has been in a feeding frenzy.  Articles gushing over the revenue potential of marijuana have appeared in Time, The At... medical marijuana marijuana dispensaries marijuana law marijuana business Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:39:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d30-The-tax-that-was-heard-around-the-world?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Angel-needs-our-prayers?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner Angel Raich is one of the pioneers of the medical marijuana movement and now she needs our help.On July 21st Angel had an MRI and was informed that her brain tumor is growing.  To be precise, she writes that the tumor is shrinking on the... medical marijuana marijuana dispensaries marijuana law Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:03:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Angel-needs-our-prayers?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d16-Oaklands-marijuana-legalization-initiative-is-still-a-Trojan-Horse?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) While Oakland's Regulate, Control, and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 (ROT 2010) has been amended to exclude California's current medical marijuana laws from two items, it could still be a Trojan Horse. For one thing, the two... medical marijuana marijuana law Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:54:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d16-Oaklands-marijuana-legalization-initiative-is-still-a-Trojan-Horse?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d10-California-has-three-initiatives-filed-to-legalize-marijuana?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)Previous articles compared two marijuana legalization initiatives filed in California and discussed the California initiative process and the relationship of initiatives to laws passed by the state legislature.  One o... marijuana Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:13:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d10-California-has-three-initiatives-filed-to-legalize-marijuana?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d8-Marijuana-legalization-and-California-intiatives?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner California State Capital I recently published an article comparing the two initiatives filed in California to legalize marijuana. This article is an attempt to outline and clarify the California initiative process and how initiatives in California re... marijuana medical marijuana Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:17:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d8-Marijuana-legalization-and-California-intiatives?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d5-Los-Angeles-medical-marijuana-patients-say-it-with-flowers?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)Tomorrow, August 6, 2009, the medical marijuana movement in Los Angeles will say it with flowers if Craig Rubin has his way.Last night it was announced on Facebook and through IndyBay that the "Beverly Hills Green Cross"... medical marijuana marijuana dispensaries Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:47:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d5-Los-Angeles-medical-marijuana-patients-say-it-with-flowers?cid=exrss-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner