SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST STATE MEDICINAL POT LAWS
Rachel shows product to a customer 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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WASHINGTON, June 23 (UPI) -- Reps. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and Barney Frank, D-Mass., say they will introduce a bill to curb the government's role in marijuana law enforcement.
AMHERST, Nova Scotia, June 20 (UPI) -- The Nova Scotia government has been ordered to pay for the medical marijuana growing equipment of an Amherst woman who says she's unable to pay for it herself.
SACRAMENTO, June 17 (UPI) -- California lawmakers say they face the challenge of just how to regulate what has become a billion-dollar medical marijuana industry.
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., June 15 (UPI) -- Three suburban Detroit residents are to be arraigned Wednesday on charges of kidnapping and abusing teens they suspected of stealing marijuana.
DETROIT, June 8 (UPI) -- A Michigan couple who grew flowers and plants in their greenhouses for local florists were raising something else, too, police said -- 8,000 marijuana plants.
PHOENIX, June 1 (UPI) -- A store known as the 'Walmart of Weed' opened in Phoenix Wednesday to serve Arizona's thousands of state-authorized medical marijuana users.
AMHERST, Nova Scotia, May 27 (UPI) -- A Nova Scotia couple filed a lawsuit against the maritime province, saying it should pay their costs for growing medical marijuana because they're too poor.
PHOENIX, May 20 (UPI) -- More than 3,000 patients have submitted applications to join Arizona's medical marijuana program, the Arizona Department of Health Services said.
PITTSBURGH, May 18 (UPI) -- A San Francisco man was fined and sentenced to probation for interfering with a flight crew after eating medical marijuana cookies.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 17 (UPI) -- A former captain of the Providence College basketball team faces felony drug charges for alleged running a large-scale marijuana growing operation, police said.
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