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USA — “There’s a lot of things I’m passionate about, but getting a prescription for my marijuana from the VA is probably at the top of my list. I’d be like a kid waiting up for Santa if I thought he might be bringing me one of those. Haha!” On top of a 100 percent [...]

A man Oklahoma authorities wanted back in prison for growing marijuana and violating parole is now free of jail and moved on to California. The case of William Joseph Foster stretches nearly 15 years and involves two states. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections wanted the governor to revoke Foster’s parole; administrators got what they wanted. [...]

WINDSOR — Windsor officials have 75 days to figure out not only how to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries but where to allow them to operate. The latter may be harder than the former. A recent discussion among members of the Windsor Town Board and the Windsor Planning Commission generated more questions than answers. Nearly everyone [...]

Montpelier, VT — In 2004, Vermont approved medical-marijuana legislation that allowed eligible residents to lawfully use the plant to ease chronic pain symptoms. But the state never provided a legal outlet for patients to obtain it. In 2010, a New Haven lawmaker plans to introduce legislation that would create so-called “compassion centers,” where people on [...]

RICHLAND — Two Richland lawmakers have their eyes on medical marijuana in the upcoming legislative session. Rep.  Larry Haler and Sen.  Jerome Delvin each are planning legislation that would tighten rules for when marijuana can be used as a medicine. With the start of the 2010 session about two weeks away, Haler [...]

Advocates Say Fear, Cost Keep Many From Applying San Diego County has received 260 applications for medical marijuana ID cards since it launched the program in July, according to county health officials. Nearly half the applications were from people ages 31-50, according to data provided by the county.  A quarter of the applicants lived [...]

Marijuana was in the news in New Hampshire in 2009. Hollis farmer David Orde’s arrest for growing pot drew widespread interest, and the spotlight was later trained on the state Legislature after it tried to legalize marijuana for medical use. Orde, 54, was arrested in July 2008 on felony marijuana-growing charges after a Hollis [...]

“Your God given right to vote, to toke.” While such sentiments are hardly foreign in university campuses and collegiate discourse, they were probably the last words I expected to see on this particular picket sign. And yet there they were, plastered in large, block letters and being toted around Merced College by [...]

POULSBO – For Paul Bellesen, marijuana legalization isn’t a clear cut question. “The verdict is out on it,” said Bellesen, 50, of Poulsbo.  “I can see where legalizing would get rid of some of the crime, but it’s a complicated question.” Still, Bellesen leans against completely abandoning the generations-old drug policy. “I just want to [...]

Olympia, Wash. — Washington is one of four states where measures to legalize and regulate marijuana have been introduced, and about two dozen other states are considering bills ranging from medical marijuana to decriminalizing possession of small amounts of the herb. “In terms of state legislatures, this is far and away the most active year [...]