SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST STATE MEDICINAL POT LAWS
"Sativa Steve" shows off one of dozens of varieties of pot in a medicinal cannabis shop in San Francisco on June 7, 2005. People with a doctor's recommendation and a card from the California Department of Public Health can purchase from the store.The Supreme Court dealt a blow to the medical marijuana movement 6/6, ruling that the federal government can still ban possession of the drug in states. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt)
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ANAHEIM, Calif., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A California billboard company said it will remove three advertisements for medical marijuana dispensaries after complaints about school proximity.
DENVER, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Colorado Attorney General John Suthers says medical marijuana sales in the state would be subject to a sales tax.
DENVER, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A meeting by Colorado's state Board of Health to change the rules on medical marijuana wasn't held properly, a state judge says.
HOUSTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The American Medical Association House of Delegates has called for a review of a U.S. ban on prescribing marijuana for medical use.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The growing number of medical marijuana clinics opening in California has ratcheted up the debate about both their legitimacy and worthiness, observers say.
HILLSBORO, Ore., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Organizers of a medical marijuana "university" in Oregon said the program has helped dozens of people learn how to grow cannabis and use it to manage illness.
AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A referendum to expand Maine's medical marijuana law won handily on Election Day.
DENVER, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A Colorado appellate court upheld the conviction of a woman who grew marijuana at home, saying as a medical "caregiver," she must know her patients.
GREELEY, Colo., Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Local officials in U.S. states where medical marijuana is legal say they are scrambling to determine to how to regulate their pot purveyors.
