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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.

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…

A lawsuit filed Tuesday challenges Los Angeles’s crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries, claiming that it would force nearly all of them to close.

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Medical marijuana activists filed suit on Tuesday seeking to block a new Los Angeles ordinance they say is overly restrictive and would force virtually every pot dispensary in the city to close.</p><p>Provisions largely banning dispensaries from residential and commercial areas and giving them a week to find a new location…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawsuit filed Tuesday challenges Los Angeles’ crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries, claiming it would force nearly all of them to close.

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.

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Comedian Cheech Marin, one-half of the most famous pot-smoking duo of the 1970s, lent his celebrity to a medical marijuana convention that opens on Friday in Los Angeles, and used the occasion to plug a new movie.</p><p>The documentary of Marin’s reunion last year wit…

<div><p>Los Angeles authorities have gone after 21 medical marijuana dispensaries, arresting one owner and filing lawsuits and eviction orders against outlets.</p><p>The actions Thursday involved alleged violations of state and federal marijuana laws.</p><p>Assistant City Attorney Asha Greenberg says prosecutors acted on complaints from residents a…