| Santa Cruz Medical Marijuana Group Holds Fundraiser At Brewery |
| Central Coast News - August 27th, 2010 |
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - When you hear the word fundraiser what do you think of? Probably raising money for schools or charities. What about a medical marijuana group?
The Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana says it usually helps customers deal with pains and diseases. But Thursday night, the group known as WAMM asked you for help. ... Read More |
| HempCon Blasted For Cheap Medical Pot Doctoring |
| East Bay Express - August 26th, 2010 |
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Doctors, patients, and industry are bashing the organizers of HempCon, which took place August 6-8 in San Jose, for running a de facto medical marijuana prescription mill out of the trade show. Eyewitnesses noted long lines of young adults without medical records quickly processed by seven or eight doctors for $40 per person. Read More |
| Mobile Doctors Of America's Airstream Aims To Leave No MMJ patient behind |
| Denver West World Blogs - August 25th, 2010 |
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While most ganjapreneurs have been focused on dispensaries and grow facilities, Vincent Palazzotto stands out for focusing on the needs of struggling patients. He'd already helped to start the non-profit Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of the Rockies (MMAPR) to provide low-cost services for indigent patients. Now he's launched a new venture, ... Read More |
| Medical Marijuana Rides Into LA On Questionable Conveyances |
| Los Alots Town Crier - August 24th, 2010 |
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Despite city bans on medical marijuana dispensaries, the pot market is thriving in Silicon Valley. Ever-expanding collectives are literally driving through loopholes, using delivery services to provide members with their medicine – a phenomenon that has arrived in Los Altos. Read More |
| Medical Marijuana Card OK’d After 8 Minutes, 6 Questions |
| Gilroy Gardens - August 22nd, 2010 |
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It took me eight minutes to get a doctor’s recommendation for medical marijuana.
Jason Christ thinks I waited too long.
The less time physicians spend with medicinal-pot seekers the better, according to Christ, executive director of Montana Caregivers Network. Read More |
| Man Killed By Deputies Pointed Pellet Rifle |
| Mercury News - August 20th, 2010 |
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SAN JOSE, Calif.—A 28-year-old man shot to death by Santa Clara County deputies raiding a wilderness marijuana garden was armed with a pellet rifle.
The San Jose Mercury News is reporting Friday that Jose Penaloza-Soto was dressed in camouflage when he was confronted July 21 in a wooded section of the N3 Cattle Ranch. Deputies say ... Read More |
| Smokefree Innotec Confirms Joint Venture with Cannabis Science, Examines ... |
| Trading Markets - August 18th, 2010 |
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Smokefree Innotec, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SFIO | PowerRating) Thomas Schroepfer, CEO, (http://www.sfio.us or http://www.realsmokefree.com) confirmed today the announcement by the Biotech company Cannabis Science (OTCBB: CBIS | PowerRating) regarding entering into a joint venture agreement to develop and market several high-tech smoke-free vaporized ... Read More |
| Obama Sticks With DEA Nominee Michele Leonhart Despite Criticism Of Raids |
| The daily Caller - August 18th, 2010 |
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For a while, it looked like progressives and small government types might never stop warring over the passage of the Democrats
’ health care bill earlier this year. But it seems a few members of each team — FireDogLake, the 10th Amendment Center, and a slew of marijuana activists – have finally found common cause in calling for ... Read More |
| San Jose Man Found Dead In Remote Area Near Morgan Hill Identified |
| Mercury News - August 19th, 2010 |
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The Santa Clara County coroner's office has identified the man found dead Friday in a remote area near Morgan Hill as 24-year-old Carlos Alberto Valencia of San Jose.
Sheriff's Sgt. Rick Sung said Valencia was shot by an "unknown assailant" while tending goats on property above Uvas Reservoir. Read More |
| California Could Legalize Pot This Fall -- So Why Are Medical Marijuana ... |
| San Francisco Bay Guardian - August 17th, 2010 |
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With polls showing that California voters are probably poised to approve Proposition 19 in November and finally fully legalize marijuana, this should be a historic moment for jubilant celebration among those who have long argued for an end to the government's costly war on the state's biggest cash crop. But instead, many longtime cannabis ... Read More |
| Two More Fires Reveal Pot-Growing Operations Inside Houses |
| Mercury News - August 17th, 2010 |
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Firefighters responding to reports of smoke found marijuana-growing operations inside two more San Jose homes Monday. Police seized a few hundred plants at one location.
For the third time in the past week, fires in San Jose resulted in the discovery and seizure of residential marijuana-growing operations. Such operations are not ... Read More |
| Gustine Adopts Moratorium On Marijuana Dispensaries |
| WestSide Connect - August 14th, 2010 |
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GUSTINE - Local leaders last week adopted an urgency ordinance imposing a temporary moratorium on establishing medical marijuana dispensaries in the city while officials gather further information on the topic, which could lead to longer-term decisions on whether such businesses would be welcome in Gustine.
Council members also heard a ... Read More |
| 2 Police Chiefs Discuss Legalizing Pot |
| SF Gate - August 14th, 2010 |
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Two police chiefs - former San Jose Police Chief Joseph McNamara and Pleasant Hill Police Chief Pete Dunbar - faced off over legalizing marijuana in California in a Thursday webinar hosted by The Chronicle and SFGate.com. Read More |
| Cannabis Science And Smokefree Innotec Inc Partnership To Develop Smoke-Free ... |
| Trading Markets - August 13th, 2010 |
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Biotech company Cannabis Science (OTCBB: CBIS | PowerRating) said on Thursday that it has entered into a joint venture agreement to develop and market several high-tech smoke-free vaporised medical cannabis pharmaceutical products.
This joint venture agreement has been executed with Smokefree Innotec Inc (Pink Sheets: SFIO | ... Read More |
| Why The Calif. Chamber Of Commerce Is Passing On Grass In The Workplace |
| Aol News - August 12th, 2010 |
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While today's news out of California focused on Proposition 8, the California Chamber of Commerce weighed in on another proposition: 19 -- aka the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 -- which will be on the ballot in California in November. Read More |
