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The Medical Marijuana Business Matures

BusinessWeek - 2 hours 26 minutes ago

In the few places that allow storefront dispensaries, entrepreneurs are adopting nonprofit business models to cope with legal gray areas

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Marijuana Task Force Makes Its Land-Use Recommendations
KPBS San Diego - Fri Nov 6, 7:48 pm ET
SAN DIEGO — Medical marijuana shops will be allowed to locate in any commercial zone in San Diego if the city follows the recommendations of its Medical Marijuana Task Force.
Marijuana plants seized in Woonsocket
The Providence Journal - Fri Nov 6, 9:47 pm ET
The police say they confiscated 145 pounds of the illegal drug in two raids and arrested 6 people from Woonsocket and Cranston
NORML warms up medical pot proposal
Columbia Daily Tribune - Sun Nov 8, 9:16 am ET
In a panel discussion Saturday in Ellis Auditorium, nine patients described a dizzying array of illnesses ranging from epilepsy to a rare joint disorder known as Larsen syndrome. Two sat in wheelchairs, and one young man told the audience he was there to speak on behalf of his father, who is bedridden with multiple sclerosis.
THE WEEK IN REVIEW
The Pueblo Chieftain - Sun Nov 8, 7:38 am ET
Bomber, rape suspect Law enforcement authorities from Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas and Texas are investigating whether suspected serial rapist Robert Howard Bruce may be connected to unsolved sexual assaults in their jurisdictions.
Marijuana charges against Giants' Tim Lincecum likely to be dropped
Contra Costa Times - Fri Nov 6, 10:50 pm ET
Clark County, Wash. prosecutor said 2008 Cy Young winner received no preferential treatment
That gets a thumbs down
The Daily Sentinel - Sun Nov 8, 1:03 am ET
Assault/family violence, 1800 block of North Street. During a disturbance between a woman and her boyfriend, the woman bit the man on his thumb.
Whiskey bottle worth $3,500 stolen
Bradenton Herald - Sun Nov 8, 12:10 am ET
WESTON — A valuable bottle of whiskey has gone missing from a South Florida liquor store.
Pot-smoking minister guilty of growing it
The Tampa Tribune - Sat Nov 7, 4:30 pm ET
A self-proclaimed minister who claimed he smokes marijuana for religious and health reasons has been found guilty of illegally harvesting 100 of the plants.
Jury Convicts C. Florida Man In 14 Minutes
CBS4 Miami - Sat Nov 7, 8:47 pm ET
It took a Brevard County jury only 14 minutes to convict 53-year-old Steven Swallick guilty. The self-proclaimed minister claims he smokes marijuana for religious and health reason, but he was found guilty of illegally harvesting 100 pot plants.
AMA Calls For Pot Review
Fort Worth Weekly - 2 hours 12 minutes ago
The House of Delegates for the American Medical Association has called for an historic review of marijuana’s position on the DEA’s Controlled Substances List. Marijuana is currently listed with heroin, PCP, LSD in the Schedule 1 category of that list, meaning it has no value as a medicine and has a high potential for addiction.
Rat Study: Marijuana May Ease PTSD
OfficialWire - Mon Nov 9, 5:11 pm ET
Israeli researchers say synthetic marijuana helped rats under stress recover sooner from emotional trauma.
First medical marijuana dispensary off to slow start
Telluride Daily Planet - Tue Nov 10, 9:38 am ET
Telluride’s first medicinal marijuana dispensary opened last Wednesday, but no medicine has gone out the door yet.
Town approves moratorium on dispensaries
Telluride Daily Planet - Tue Nov 10, 9:36 am ET
The Telluride Town Council on Tuesday passed a six-month moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries within town limits. But since a handful of potential pot purveyors have already obtained business licenses with the town, the moratorium doesn’t mean dispensaries won’t appear in Telluride in the next half-year.
Dispensary moratorium moves forward
Telluride Daily Planet - Tue Nov 10, 9:29 am ET
Since mid-summer, medical marijuana dispensaries have been on the rise all over Colorado — a brand new wave of businesses that have cropped up in commercial spaces from Vail to Durango.
A moratorium on marijuana dispensaries?
Telluride Daily Planet - Tue Nov 10, 9:25 am ET
As medical marijuana dispensaries continue to crop up all over Colorado — from Vail to Longmont to Grand Junction — cities are wrestling with how to regulate the legal sales of pot within their limits.