Posts Tagged ‘marijuana’
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Patients, growers and clinics in some of the 14 states that allow medical marijuana are increasingly falling victim to robberies, home invasions, shootings and even murders at the hands of pot thieves.
WELLINGTON, Colo. (AP) — Deputies are investigating a report that armed men broke into a northern Colorado home where medical marijuana was being grown, tied up two people, ransacked the residence and stole marijuana and guns.
<div id=”subtitle”>Colorado medical marijuana growers say men broke into home, tied them up, stole pot and guns</div><div><p>Deputies are investigating a report that armed men broke into a northern Colorado home where medical marijuana was being grown, tied up two people, ransacked the residence and stole marijuana and guns.</p><p>Larimer County sheriff’…
Advocates for medical marijuana have failed to gather enough signatures for a ballot measure challenging a new Los Angeles ordinance that will close hundreds of marijuana dispensaries.
Four state lawmakers trying to regulate marijuana dispensaries sent a request to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Monday to stop raids on medical marijuana operations.
<div id=”subtitle”>Colorado lawmakers ask US attorney general to stop medical marijuana raids</div><div><p>A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers trying to regulate the state’s medical marijuana industry are calling on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to stop raids of medical marijuana operations, saying the rai…
DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers trying to regulate marijuana dispensaries are asking the U.S. attorney general to stop raids of medical marijuana operations.
<div><p>Colorado lawmakers trying to regulate marijuana dispensaries are asking the U.S. attorney general to stop raids of medical marijuana operations.</p><p>The group e-mailed the request to Eric Holder on Monday, following up on a letter sent last week.</p><p>The lawmakers say the raids are discouraging dispensary operators and medical marijuana p…
<div id=”subtitle”>L.A. faces first court challenge over crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries</div><div><p>A lawsuit filed Tuesday challenges Los Angeles’ crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries, claiming it would force nearly all of them to close.</p><p>The suit by the nation’s largest medical marijuana advocacy group accuses the city of violating the state constitutional rights of pot clinic op…
Los Angeles authorities have gone after 21 medical marijuana dispensaries, arresting one owner and filing lawsuits and eviction orders against outlets. The actions on Thursday involved alleged violations of state and federal marijuana laws. Prosecutors filed lawsuits against three dispensaries and sent eviction notices to business and property owners involving 18 others.