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Welcome to Cannabis County, Coloradonew

Marijuana-friendly regulations and abundant ag land have positioned Pueblo County for an economic boom. Will it last?
Colorado Springs Independent  |  Joel Warner  |  10-08-2015  |  Features

The Cannabis Clean-Up Teamnew

Oakland's Steep Hill lab and its chemists are partnering with cops and growers to ensure that pot is safe.
East Bay Express  |  David Downs  |  01-10-2011  |  Drugs

Are Santa Cruz Pot Dispensaries Making A Profit?new

The Santa Cruz City Council may soon force the city's two medical pot dispensaries to prove they don't make a profit.
Good Times Santa Cruz  |  Curtis Cartier  |  03-30-2010  |  Drugs

Weed Takes Root: Marijuana's Steady Creep Toward Legalization Nationwidenew

Oaksterdam takes its name from a bastardization of Oakland, where the university began, and pot-friendly Amsterdam. Here, new growers and dispensary operators are being trained like whole legions of Johnny Appleseeds, soon to spread pot's blessings from one coastline to the other.
SF Weekly  |  Dave Ferrell  |  01-06-2010  |  Drugs

New Year, New Momentum Give New Hope For Legalizing Cannabisnew

Paul Stanford, who runs a national chain of medical marijuana clinics, is making a new legalization push. And with the help of a professional signature-gathering company, and a political climate vastly more turned on to cannabis, Stanford hopes to attain his lifelong goal.
Willamette Week  |  James Pitkin  |  01-06-2010  |  Drugs

New Mexico Tries to Figure Out How to Get Medical Cannabis to Patientsnew

The Compassionate Use Act, passed in 2007, calls for the state's Department of Health to build regulations that would govern the production and distribution system for medical marijuana. But it doesn't outline how -- and that's become the real sticking point.
Weekly Alibi  |  Marisa Demarco  |  09-16-2008  |  Science

Waiting to Inhalenew

San Francisco cops keep busting medical marijuana growers. One prosecutor is trying to develop less arbitrary guidelines. So where are the city's political leaders on an issue they claim to support?
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Ann Harrison  |  06-11-2004  |  Civil Liberties

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