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California — The Los Angeles City Council decided Wednesday to prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries next to residences, but rejected a proposal to keep them at least 500 feet away, which would have drastically limited the available locations. The council, however, put off a vote on the last contentious issue until Tuesday, when it will decide [...]

Nevada Law Enforcement Agencies Can Better Use Their Resources Thousands of Nevada parents are hoping that the threat of arrest will steer their kids clear of a run-in with the law.  A new report, however, shows that nationally marijuana use does not go down as marijuana possession arrests go up. In a study funded [...]

Was there ever a miracle drug to match marijuana? A few puffs on a legalized, regulated and taxed joint, and you’ve not only closed the billion-dollar budget holes faced by government but you’ve eliminated the economic driver behind much of the criminal activity plaguing the globe. Or so the sizeable and increasing population [...]

California — Marijuana advocates are cheering the Assembly’s Public Safety Committee for voting out a measure Tuesday designed to legalize, tax and regulate the sale of the drug to adults 21 and over. The bill is being marketed as a revenue raiser; the Board of Equalization estimates that the state could reap up to $1.3 [...]

High school officials working to create guidelines for dealing with teens who use marijuana legally A handful of students at Ashland High School hold medical marijuana cards, presenting a challenge to school administrators who must now deal with pot as both an illegal drug and a legal medicine. School officials are working to create guidelines [...]

An Israeli study finds that the cannabinoids in cannabis provide anxiety relief, could affect emotional memory and may enhance PTSD treatments. Back in the early Sixties when the Flower Children were getting high, parents in the US government were consulting Prof. Raphael Mechoulam from Israel about the effects of pot smoking on their teens. Mechoulam, [...]

New Jersey — By a vote of 48 to 14 in the state’s assembly on Monday, New Jersey became the 14th state in the union to make legal accommodations for the use of medical marijuana. However, California this is not. The bill, which was supported by both outgoing Gov. John Corzine and Governor-elect Chris Christie, [...]

Sacramento, Calif. — Its first victory could also be the last gasp for a California bill to tax and regulate marijuana in the same way alcohol is controlled. The state Assembly’s public safety committee voted for the bill, 4-to-3, Tuesday. But the health committee also must approve the measure by Friday before the full Assembly [...]

Colorado — A Boulder County mountain town known for its laid-back, hippie vibe and quirky events is putting itself on the map once again, this time with separate proposals from residents to legalize all marijuana and to host a two-day festival promoting the drug’s medicinal uses. Nederland resident and former town Trustee Michael “Michigan Mike” [...]

TRENTON — The New Jersey Legislature approved a measure on Monday that would make the state the 14th in the nation, but one of the few on the East Coast, to legalize the use of marijuana to help patients with chronic illnesses. The measure — which would allow patients diagnosed with severe [...]