Daily Cannabis Chronicle – Tuesday, August 21, 2012
DEA Raids upscale Houston homes for marijuana grows
Keith Stroup calls Hempfest “most divided ever”, Steve Sarich calls Keith Stroup a “bastard”
2012 HIGH TIMES Magazine Top Stoner Colleges
DEA Raids upscale Houston homes for marijuana grows
Keith Stroup calls Hempfest “most divided ever”, Steve Sarich calls Keith Stroup a “bastard”
2012 HIGH TIMES Magazine Top Stoner Colleges
DEA Raids upscale Houston homes for marijuana grows
Keith Stroup calls Hempfest “most divided ever”, Steve Sarich calls Keith Stroup a “bastard”
2012 HIGH TIMES Magazine Top Stoner Colleges
Seattle Hempfest divided over marijuana legalization measure on the ballot in Washington State
Denver approves ban on outdoor medical marijuana advertising
Supreme Court declares that tracking the GPS signals of a cell phone without a warrant is not unconstitutional
Facebook reverses its ban on pot leaf images in its political ads policy
Roman tunnels used for legal mushroom growing found to have illegal marijuana grow within
Illinois Mayor vetoes decrim
Colorado dispensary facing indictments
Fresno rural residents complain about outdoor pot grows
Denver discusses outdoor medical marijuana advertisement ban
NAACP endorses Oregon’s Measure 80 Marijuana Legalization
Arizona officials still say they’ll target dispensaries for breaking federal law
Uruguay submits bill for marijuana legalization
New Jersey patients can now apply for medical marijuana cards
Maastrict in the Netherlands experiences all the predicted harms of the ban of tourists in coffeeshops
Roger Christie denied bail for the sixth time in Hawaii, in jail for over two years awaiting charges
Ten Colorado dispensaries face federal threat letters
Arizona compassion club victims of home invasion-style robbery
Colorado deadline for other legalization initiatives passes
North Dakota gets 20,000 signatures for putting medical marijuana on the ballot
Chicago issues 11 tickets for pot on first day of new policy
Naturopaths issuing medical marijuana recommendations at Seattle Hempfest face charges
87-year-old busted for growing hundreds of plants in Colorado
Rep. Barbara Lee introduces bill to protect landlords of medical marijuana tenants from federal prosecution
Obama campaign is using Chinese hemp in a campaign item
Myanmar set to sentence 92 Thai nationals to terms in a brutal prison over alleged cannabis grows
Lebanese cannabis farmers continue their fight to protect their crops
Springfield, Missouri, activists qualify marijuana decriminalization for the city’s November ballot
Police say left-handed man searched twice and handcuffed behind his back shot himself in back of squad car with a .38 revolver they missed after they’d busted him for possession of $10 worth of marijuana and an outstanding warrant
Imperial Beach City Council allows marijuana ordinance to go before the voters
Arizona Health Services to decide on new qualifying conditions for medical marijuana
Two legendary San Francisco dispensaries close down after threat letters
Ohio drug kingpin pleads guilty in court
Judge overturns restrictive medical marijuana ordinance in Michigan
DC Federal Court of Appeals agrees to hear ASA marijuana rescheduling case
Three central Washington dispensaries close after threatening federal letters
Detroit Lions Nick Fairley missing court date for training camp
Texas man’s business devastated by secret DEA undercover sting
California GOP Congressional candidate cancels fundraiser over ties to medical marijuana industry
Colorado medical marijuana program numbers show enrollment below 100,000
American Society of Addiction Medicine is against three states’ initiatives to legalize marijuana
George Soros scare tactics employed in Colorado legalization campaign
Coast Guard captures more “square groupers” in US waters
Robert “Bobby Tuna” Platshorn loses first battle with federal parole board to continue his activism
Los Angeles City Council votes unanimously to ban dispensaries
New medical marijuana program rules for Maine
New York Assemblywoman polls her constituents on medical marijuana
All four California Federal District Courts reject medical marijuana dispensary suits
Montana legalization effort falls short in signature gathering
Arizona dispensaries suing to overcome lack of zoning reg that prevent them opening
New York man busted for setting up online weed sales
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New Jersey starts growing medical marijuana
LA County dispensary/bribery scandal update
Marijuana restrictions for organ transplant recipients ease at Oregon Health Sciences University
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