Federal officials are not permitted to engage in the criminal prosecution of those who are engaged in activity related to medical marijuana absent evidence that the defendants are in clear violation of state law, according to a unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Month: August 2016
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Phoenix, AZ: Voters will decide this November on a statewide ballot measure to legalize and regulate the adult use and retail sale of cannabis.
Nearly two in three California voters support the establishment of a state-regulated retail market for the sale of marijuana to adults.
Seizures of indoor and outdoor cannabis crops by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) fell slightly in 2015.
A history of marijuana use is not contraindicated in kidney transplantation.
Bismarck, ND: Voters will decide this November on a statewide ballot measure to regulate the use and dispensing of cannabis for therapeutic purposes.
Licensed retail facilities in Washington state have sold over $1 billion in marijuana flowers and cannabis-infused products since regulators began first permitting such sales two years ago.
The United States Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA) has rejected a pair of administrative rescheduling
petitions challenging the federal classification of cannabis as a
Schedule I controlled substance with no accepted medical utility.
