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It’s becoming difficult to keep up with all the marijuana bills being filed at statehouses around the county.

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California’s state Supreme Court threw out a law that limits how much medical marijuana patients can possess. Here’s the court’s ruling, which was filed yesterday.
The ruling is noteworthy in part because California already had some of the most permissive medical marijuana rules in the country; as we noted recently, the backers of New Jersey’s new [...]

Champ of independent candidates: “Get used to it”

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Publications Reap Windfall From Pot Ads
There’s not a hint of cannabis smell at the offices of 420 Times.  There are no posters of a smiling Bob Marley igniting a spliff, no pictures of bikini-clad girls cradling ripened buds of kush.  If there is a bong on the premises, it is hidden away.  And when the [...]

The medical marijuana debate among American voters is over.
Eight in 10 Americans — 81% overall — support allowing doctors to prescribe cannabis, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll.
That’s up from just 69% in 1997, the last time the two firms asked that question, and from 75% in 2003, according to Gallup.
The main divide among [...]

Richmond, VA — It’s high times in the Virginia General Assembly. The lobbyists are cracking jokes about “joint” sessions, and the legislators are laughing that free Girl Scout cookies delivered Wednesday could prove useful.
In the District, the city council is on the verge of approving legislation to allow the use of medical marijuana. In Maryland, [...]

WA — Supporters of Washington’s medical-marijuana law say Thursday’s ruling by the state Supreme Court allowing police to arrest a patient or search his home is a major setback. But exactly how it will play out in increasingly pot-friendly Seattle isn’t so clear.
The state’s law, the court determined, doesn’t protect those with a medical authorization [...]