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Grassroots lobbyists garner support for legalizing medical marijuana in Texas

kens5.com — Support is building, for a push to legalize medical marijuana during this year's legislative session.Grassroots lobbyists include those who are terminally ill as well as veteran police officers from around the state. More... (Local - State)

Maine OKs Down East marijuana dispensary

bangordailynews.com — AUGUSTA, Maine — State health officials on Tuesday selected a Portland-based nonprofit to open a medical marijuana dispensary in the small Washington County town of Whitneyville. Primary Organic Therapy Inc. hopes to operate one of eight tightly regulated facilities in the state where qualified patients or their caregivers can legally purchase mari More... (Local - State)

New Mexico proposes changes to medical cannabis

businessweek.com — New Mexico is proposing an increase in fees on medical marijuana producers to help fund administration of the state's program. The New Mexico Department of Health, which operates the program, wants to increase the application fee on would-be producers from the current $100 to $1,000 and establish a new annual fee on the licensed nonprofits that gro More... (Local - State)

Los Angeles needs a clear policy for the marijuana growing industry

dailynews.com — IF there was ever an industry that cried out for more regulation, more oversight, more legitimacy, it's California's medical marijuana industry.Yes, we're calling it an industry. While those who proffer and use medicinal pot may call themselves caregivers and patients, and they may present their dispensaries as co-ops and collectives, the reality i More... (Local - State)

Colorado Springs City council won't put dispensary ban to November vote

gazette.com — Colorado Springs voters will not get a chance to decide the fate of the 176 medical marijuana dispensaries and grow operations in the city this November, but they may still have a shot in April. Recently enacted Colorado House Bill 1284 allows communities in Colorado to regulate medical marijuana businesses, either through local government or a pub More... (Votes - Bills)

Helena Montana Committee expected to approve medical marijuana overhaul

cnbc.com — HELENA, Mont. - A legislative committee on Monday finalized details of a planned overhaul of the state's medical marijuana law, setting up a final vote to send the proposals to the 2011 Legislature. The panel did little tinkering with a slate of proposals that has taken months to develop with the help of the medical marijuana industry, law enforcem More... (Local - State)

New Jersey Medical-marijuana backers seek workable regulations

philly.com — TRENTON - New Jersey legalized medical marijuana eight months ago, but its advocates are finding that a law alone does not get the drug to patients. About 70 activists - including potential patients, entrepreneurs who would like to sell pot, doctors who might prescribe it, and lawyers - gathered Saturday in Trenton to try to figure out what they wo More... (Local - State)

Oregon Panel backs dispensaries for medical marijuana

statesmanjournal.com — Members of a citizen review panel meeting all week in Salem narrowly favored a ballot measure Friday that would allow dispensaries for medical marijuana. The vote by citizens chosen at random and balanced to reflect Oregon's electorate was 13-11 in support of Measure 74. Oregon voters officially will decide the measure's fate Nov. 2.The review was More... (Local - State)

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Medical marijuana use in Pennsylvania wins lots of support

pittsburghlive.com — Health and law enforcement experts yesterday argued for the legalization of marijuana for medical use in Pennsylvania during a public hearing in Oakland. More than 70 people attended the hearing at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health to discuss state House Bill 1393, which would make it legal for patients with cancer, gl More... (Local - State)

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Glenn Colorado pushing for dispensary ban on November ballot

gazette.com — A proposed ban on medical marijuana dispensaries and grow operations in Colorado Springs may end up on the November ballot after all. City Councilman Darryl Glenn said Thursday he’s going to ask his council colleagues Monday to refer the question to the Nov. 2 ballot. He indicated he has four votes and needs just one more to make it happen. More... (Local - State)

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