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California — A pot legalization bill heads to committee Tuesday with amendments that have made its language more conciliatory — although the bill still sets up a collision course with federal policy. Amid protest by supporters and opponents, AB 390 by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, will get its first hearing in the Assembly Public [...]

As a retired Orange County judge, I’ve been on the front lines of the drug war for three decades, and I know from experience that the current approach is simply not working.  Our marijuana policy must change in order to achieve the following goals: .  Reduce marijuana consumption by children. .  [...]

The more I learn about medical marijuana, the more I think pot should never be legalized in California. Too many people already abuse the state law intended to aid the truly sick by legalizing pot use for people with a doctor’s recommendation. The idea that all pot could be sold legally and taxed [...]

New Jersey — The New Jersey Assembly approved a measure on Monday that would make the state the first in the region and the 14th in the nation to legalize the use of marijuana for medical reasons. The measure was to be voted on by the State Senate later in the afternoon, the final day [...]

CBS — New Jersey could soon become the 14th state to legalize access to medical marijuana if legislators pass a bill up for vote Monday. The use of marijuana for any purpose in New Jersey is illegal, but that could all change for qualified patients. State lawmakers are expected to vote on a compromise measure [...]

Big Financial Incentives for Government May Tip Scales Joseph Surgenor of Oxnard is 32, a part-time concert promoter and a full-time medical marijuana entrepreneur. His nonprofit Ventura County Patients Cooperative grows enough cannabis to serve the medical needs of its 40-plus members and in many cases delivers the pot to their doors and bills [...]

Cottleville Mayor Don Yarber is on a mission to put medical marijuana on the state ballot. “This has to be done almost undercover, but the support is there,” said 70-year-old Yarber.  “I think politicians would be surprised at the number of people that would approve medical marijuana use.” The Cottleville Board of Aldermen in [...]

Safety Issues – Health Canada Not Keeping Tabs On Marijuana Growers Vancouver – Medical marijuana may be legal, but the way some approved Canadian growers are producing their pot isn’t, say fire chiefs in the country’s two most prolific weed-producing provinces. More than 3,400 production licences have been issued to grow medical marijuana across Canada, [...]

Under A Plea Deal Marc Emery Is Bound To Serve Five Years Behind Bars In The U.S. Vancouver marijuana activist Marc Emery is taking his last puff of freedom — as the clock counts down on an extradition order that will send him to a U.S.  jail for five years. Emery, founder of the B.C.  [...]