Archive for: November, 2011

Millions Spent on Medical Marijuana Trial for Less Than 2 Ounces of Medicine

Less than two of these bags was all that was purchased from a dispensary the prosecution says was 'for profit' that is driving the city to spend upwards of 2 million dollars.

For just two ounces of cannabis, the tax payers in Long Beach are left floating the bill on a case that is unraveling for the prosecution each day as their house of cards falls apart. By Sam Sabzehzar  |  November 30, 2011 Sources close to the prosecution, speaking on anonymity, have confirmed that even the [...]

Lead Detective in Long Beach Medical Marijuana Trial Caught Threatening Witness

Members of The Human Solution, aka "The Green Team",  show their support for Joe Grumbine by showing up to court support sporting green ribbons.

An undercover officer for the Long Beach Police Department is caught on tape threatening a witness the day Joe Grumbine and Joe Byron won back their affirmative defense in a medical marijuana case that puts the city at the center of the medical cannabis conversation. By Sam Sabzehzar  |  November 29, 2011 With a sudden [...]

NAACP President to Help Regulating Marijuana Like Wine in California

Retired LAPD Deputy Chief Steve Downing (LEAP) and Alice Huffman (NAACP) at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference.

By Sam Sabzehzar  |  Published in RegulateMarijuanaLikeWine.com Alice Huffman to some heat for supporting Prop 19, but not enough to force her out of the kitchen. Now, with the most recent and most likely to win initiative soon to make the California ballot to regulate marijuana (like wine), Ms. Huffman is once again stepping up [...]

Green Team Makes Judge Sheldon Blue in the Face in LB Medical Marijuana Trial

Joe Grumbine (right) hugs his attorney Chris Glew after another day at the Long Beach Superior Courthouse (Photo credit: Medical Marijuana 411)

After a failed attempt to tip the scales of Justice, Steve Cooley’s cohorts and a judge willing to deny evidence to a jury were shut down by an appellate court, granting Joe Grumbine and Joe Byron the affirmative defense the people voted on 15 years ago. By Sam Sabzehzar  |  November 23, 2011 Earlier this [...]

Research Boosting Potency of Marijuana-like Chemical in Body

Daniele Piomelli, P.hD.

Results underscore anandamide’s potential as basis of safe painkillers By UC Irvine  |  Published in My UC Irvine UC Irvine and Italian researchers have discovered a new means of enhancing the effects of anandamide — a natural, marijuana-like chemical in the body that provides pain relief. Led by Daniele Piomelli, UCI’s Louise Turner Arnold Chair [...]

Medical Marijuana Advocates Appeal Conviction of San Diego Dispensary Operator

Jovan Jackson (far right) speaking with reporters after he was acquitted, only to have San Diego District Attorney re-charge him, at great costs to tax-payers and to victims of violent crimes who do not have the full attention by their city's law enforcement and judicial system as cases like Jovan's ties up valuable and limited resources.

Court to decide on legality of “sales” & whether dispensary operators are entitled to a defense By Kris Hermes  |  Published by Americans for Safe Access Medical marijuana patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) today appealed the September 2010 conviction of San Diego dispensary operator Jovan Jackson in a case that has received [...]

I Do Not Look Sick, But I Am

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I am a 35 year old white female and I look like every other 35 year old female on the outside… By StetsonGrl  |  Published on A Stoner Chick’s Thoughts But what you cannot see is the pain I am in, the anxiety I feel, the sleeplessness that haunts me, or my stomach that makes [...]

Ants and Elephants

Congressional Candidate Steve Collett

By Steve Collett  |  Published on ElectCollett.com Our federal budget process would be laughable if it were not for the misery and wasted tax dollars that result. There are three elephants in the budget that neither Republicans nor Democrats seem willing to address. The first one is defense. Our defense expenditures in 2010 were $700 [...]

MPP’s Rob Kampia Endorses CA Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Initiative

Rob Kampia is the Executive Director of Marijuana Policy Project and has helped advanced the conversation.

By Sam Sabzehzar  |  November 18, 2011 Despite having the broadest medical marijuana law in the country, California still arrests and cites individuals at a staggering pace for marijuana offenses. Efforts are underway to try to change that. The Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Act of 2012 is currently being circulated for signatures. If placed on [...]

Whole Plant Therapy Restores a Life

Debbie Wilson holding her grandchild, and smiling... two very new pleasures in her newly maintained quality of life thanks to medical marijuana.

By Mary Lou Smart  |  Published in Treating Yourself Debbie Wilson was disabled 22 years ago when the 16-year-old driver of a pick-up truck knocked her down and backed over her at a Kentucky Fried Chicken. He was driving the wrong way, against the arrows, as he left the restaurant. The tail end of his [...]

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