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Orange County Medical Marijuana News Edition Date May 19, 2012
OC Weekly - May 23rd, 2011
The Beach City Collective rescinded a truce offer yesterday that had been extended to the Dana Point City Council in a May 4 letter, the Dana Point Times has reported. The medical marijuana dispensary had offered to withdraw its $20 million lawsuit against the city if Dana Point officials agreed to allow the club to reopen without being fined, and ...

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Normal Blog - October 1st, 2010
Yesterday, outgoing California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 1449 — which reduces adult marijuana possession charges from a criminal misdemeanor to a civil infraction. NORML would like to thank the 2,500+ of you who took the time to write the Governor over the past week via NORML’s ‘Take Action Center’, and the many ...

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The Orange County Register - September 28th, 2010
We've tried marijuana prohibition for three-quarters of a century, and all-out war in the last four decades. These policies manifestly don't work. What's next? Let's try something that heralds a new era of pragmatic, reasoned policies – Proposition 19. Here is what it will do and what it will not do.

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The Orange County Register - September 28th, 2010

Proposition 19 is entitled "The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010." In truth, it does none of these. Let us show you just how flawed and misleading the ballot initiative is.

Among the unintended consequences of Prop. 19, employees will be able to show up to work under the influence of marijuana while being within their ...

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AZ Daily Sun - September 26th, 2010
Sunday's edition had many letters either advocating for or in opposition against decriminalizing marijuana, especially medical marijuana. Let me say that I researched this very subject for my senior research paper at NAU seven years ago and I am here to say that marijuana holds no medical advantages despite what some people might proclaim.

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The Orange County Register - September 22nd, 2010

LAKE FOREST – A 25-year-old man was arrested after allegedly robbing a man who was supplying him with marijuana, police said.

Victor Smith Restua of Mission Viejo was arrested on suspicion of robbery and carjacking on Tuesday night after investigators connected him to an incident reported to Lake Forest deputies on Sunday.

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NBC Los Angeles - September 21st, 2010

The Orange County Board of Supervisors directed its legal staff Tuesday to draft an ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries, saying they wanted to be prepared in case voters approve Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana in the state.

The directive came after the board rejected another bid to impose a 45-day ...

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The Orange County Register - September 10th, 2010

LAGUNA NIGUEL – Bad experiences with marijuana dispensaries in Santa Ana, Lake Forest and Dana Point led Bill Leber into the world of weed.

While they all followed the law and required a doctor's approval, Leber said the dispensaries he visited were run by young people, sometimes in seedy neighborhoods. After watching a "terrified" ...

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The Orange County Register - September 8th, 2010

LAGUNA NIGUEL – The City Council unanimously approved Tuesday night plans for the $12 million widening of Crown Valley Parkway from Cabot Road to the I-5.

Mission Viejo paid for half the cost of the plans, but another $42,000 was agreed-to by the Laguna Niguel council Tuesday night. The extra costs will pay for both the drafting of a ...

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The Orange County Register - August 26th, 2010

A blind woman has appealed the ruling by an Orange County Superior Court judge throwing out her case against Dana Point in which she sought to prevent the city from closing Beach Cities Collective, a pot dispensary that her family says is her lifeline.

A trial court judge threw out Malinda Traudt's suit in July, but the judgment was ...

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The Sacramento Bee - August 24th, 2010
A California appeals court issued a split ruling Wednesday in a closely watched medical marijuana case but failed to decide whether cities in the state can ban pot dispensaries or be forced to accept them.

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Oc Weekly Blogs - August 19th, 2010
Orange County cities and medical-marijuana dispensaries had been eagerly awaiting a decision from the California 4th District Court of Appeal on the constitutionality of municipal bans on cannabis clinics.

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Time HNerald - August 15th, 2010
The marijuana tug-of-war -- with supporters likely endorsing a hemp rope -- is gaining intensity as a state ballot measure to legalize the drug is less than 100 days away.

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East Bay Express - August 12th, 2010
Today the California Chamber of Commerce, one of the most powerful lobbies in Sacramento, held a press conference bashing Prop 19, claiming employers would have to permit employees to smoke marijuana at work. But First Amendment lawyer and Prop 19 author James Wheaton says the Chamber is lying. Employees don't have to let workers come to work ...

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Inside Bay Area - August 10th, 2010

If Robert Bendula had his way, he would be working within the Department of Justice, but that's easier said than done.

After a work accident in 1994, Bendula, of Tracy, is now one of about 400,000 Californians who have medical marijuana cards. For Bendula, he smokes between 3 and 5 grams of pot a day to help alleviate his ...

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