Tag: Marijuana

In Montana, only 25 percent of medical marijuana businesses raided earlier this year have re-opened, prompting some patients to turn to street dealers as a safer way to get marijuana, according to MSNBC.

No one is saying it is quite like taking candy from babies, but there may be parallels. Sunday night, somebody backed their truck up to a GrowBot mobile marijuana farm, hitched up and drove off, possibly in full view of security.

Last week, The Colorado Independent's sister site, The American Independent, was first to report that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) had added a section on medical marijuana to its treatment database, making it the first federal agency to formally recognize marijuana’s medicinal properties. Now, NCI has altered the page, removing any mention of the evidence that marijuana can diminish and even reverse tumor growth.

As the IRS continues to expand audits demanding millions of dollars in back taxes from medical marijuana dispensaries across California, many dispensaries are turning to one man to aid them in the fight against federal crackdowns.

As federal battles over medical marijuana across the country heat up, a statement from The National Cancer Institute may be a huge asset for medical marijuana dispensaries that have been targeted by the various arms of the U.S. Department of Justice and the IRS.

Criminal justice journalist Clarence Walker reports that the DEA and FBI are together putting pressure on banks in northern California to report any suspicious activity pertaining to the sale of marijuana. Rather than get involved in messy federal investigations, many banks have opted to simply close the accounts of medical marijuana dispensaries.

Rep. Claire Levy, D-Boulder, was rebuffed today in her attempt to raise the per se level for marijuana impairment from 5 nanograms of THC to 9.

Eighty-three percent of Montana residents polled recently said they think the state needs stricter medical marijuana laws and regulations. More than half of those polled said the law has not worked out as well as they expected when it was passed in 2004.

In targeting the medical marijuana industry, the IRS is pursuing action that could send shockwaves through the medical marijuana industry — or even destroy it completely.

As people in Montana and beyond struggle to come to grips with a massive federal raid of Montana medical marijuana businesses, the question that comes up is: Were these businesses violating state law that allows medical marijuana, or were they raided because they are in violation of federal law, which prohibits the use and possession of marijuana.