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Measure to cap number of LA pot shops has big lead

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:44:22 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A measure that would limit the number of medical marijuana shops in Los Angeles was getting strong approval from voters as two others faltered after early returns Tuesday night.

Colorado stoned-driving bill attracts lawsuit

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:52:46 -0400

DENVER - A frequent marijuana user who says Colorado's pending pot DUI bill sets the legal limit too low is suing to block the bill, arguing it violates his constitutional rights.

Oregon Editorial Rdp

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:24:14 -0400

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Springfield won't lower marijuana penalties

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:10:40 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri - Springfield's city council has voted again not to lower the penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Some 2K pounds of marijuana seized at Ariz. border

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:13:12 -0400

NOGALES, Arizona - A big rig driver is in custody for allegedly trying to smuggle more than $1 million worth of marijuana into southern Arizona.

Oberweis defends his vote for medical marijuana

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:09:16 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - Illinois state Sen. Jim Oberweis says he broke ranks with most fellow Republicans and voted to legalize medical marijuana because it might help people in pain.

Senate OKs regulations for medicinal marijuana

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:51:46 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - California would take steps to regulate the sale of medical marijuana under a bill approved Monday by the state Senate, restricting cannabis dispensaries that federal prosecutors say have grown out of control.

Illinois governor reviewing medical marijuana bill

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:17:38 -0400

CHICAGO - Gov. Pat Quinn says he's reviewing a bill that would legalize the medical use of marijuana.

Fate of LA pot shops left to voters

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:19:29 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime.

NH Senate to vote on amended medical pot bill

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:56:05 -0400

CONCORD, New Hampshire - New Hampshire could be on its way to joining 18 other states and the District of Columbia in legalizing the medical use of marijuana by people with serious illness.

OAS drug study eyes marijuana legalization

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:58:25 -0400

LIMA, Peru - An Organization of American States study released Friday is calling for a serious discussion on legalizing marijuana.

Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:34:10 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - Illinois lawmakers agreed to legalize the use of medical marijuana on Friday under a plan that's being billed as the strictest in the nation among states that have authorized the drug's medicinal use, though it was unclear whether the Democratic governor plans to sign it.

Santa Fe marijuana dispensary robbed at gunpoint

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:28:50 -0400

SANTA FE, New Mexico - Authorities are looking for three men who robbed a licensed medical marijuana distributor in Santa Fe on Friday.

Wash. state draft rules let out-of-staters to buy ounce of...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:17:44 -0400

SEATTLE - By BOB YOUNG

Ohio AG certifies medical marijuana petition

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:55:37 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A proposed constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio has cleared an initial step to get before voters.

Oregon bill would legalize medical pot retailers

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:18:29 -0400

SALEM, Oregon - Oregon legislators are considering a bill to legalize and license medical marijuana retailers, calling it a step toward reining in abuses of the state's 15-year-old effort to allow people to use pot for therapy.

Wash. state releases draft rules for legal pot

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:35:23 -0400

SEATTLE - Officials in Washington state took their first stab at setting rules for the state's new marijuana industry Thursday, nearly eight months after voters here legalized pot for adults.

AP PHOTOS: Path to legal pot a long, wild trip

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:32:04 -0400

SEATTLE - It's one thing to legalize marijuana. It's another to figure out how to sell it, grow it, regulate it, test it and tax it.

DC Council to weigh decriminalizing pot possession

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:10:02 -0400

WASHINGTON - Two D.C. councilmembers say they plan to introduce legislation that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Va. man pleads to synthetic marijuana counts

Thu, 16 May 2013 02:04:21 -0400

NORFOLK, Virginia - A 33-year-old Virginia Beach man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to distributing synthetic marijuana.

Chong says legalized marijuana could save country

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:39:07 -0400

NEW YORK - The Grammy Award-winning comedy duo Cheech and Chong based their 42-year career on counterculture humor with a particular emphasis on marijuana use. But these days Tommy Chong sees the recreational drug as something more than fodder for jokes about stoned hippies.

Marijuana legalization efforts suffer setback

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:06:17 -0400

AUGUSTA, Maine - Efforts to legalize and tax marijuana in Maine have suffered a setback after a legislative committee voted against the proposal.

Gulf cartel manager gets life term in drug case

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:20:18 -0400

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The former boss of the Mexican Gulf cartel was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for a drug smuggling and distribution conspiracy that prosecutors said shipped more than a half ton of marijuana into Texas each week.

2nd toddler found in pool also dies at hospital

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:34:44 -0400

SAN DIEGO - San Diego authorities say a 2-year-old boy has died after being found unconscious along with his 1-year-old sister in a backyard pool of a home where investigators found a marijuana-growing operation.

Marijuana found in BMW involved in Sierra chase

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:06:56 -0400

TRUCKEE, California - The California Highway Patrol is trying to determine why a 55-year-old Northern California man led officers on a high-speed, 50-mile chase in the Sierra Nevada that ended his life when he lost control of the BMW he was driving and crashed.