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John Romero reports. Jan. 19, 2010.

The medical marijuana movement seems to be gaining momentum around Texas.

New Jersey has been added to the states legalizing medical marijuana.

Richmond, VA. — Del. Harvey B. Morgan acknowledges he might not seem a likely proponent of decriminalizing marijuana and making the drug available medically. He’s 79, a Republican and he’s never touched the stuff. Surprising even his friends, Morgan has proposed bills that would ease penalties for marijuana possession and allow doctors to prescribe marijuana [...]

State Sen.  J.  Kalani English will probably grab a few headlines when he introduces two bills in the legislative session this week: one to legalize medical marijuana dispensaries and the other to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. His marijuana reformation bills are modeled after laws already in place in other states.  On Friday, [...]

We missed this when it first aired but it’s worth mentioning that the folks over at KSDK actually did a very respectable job tackling the issue of medical marijuana last week. The station profiled Don Yarber, the 70-year-old mayor of Cottleville, Missouri, who supports prescription pot because his wife used it to treat the side-effects [...]

California — The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to adopt a comprehensive medical marijuana ordinance that clamps strict controls on dispensaries, which have spread with a velocity that stunned city officials and angered some residents. Settling the last controversial issue on its list, the council decided to require the stores to locate at least [...]

Leon Cannizzaro says anyone arrested on a misdemeanor marijuana charge will be tried in municipal court.

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