medical marijuana

Cannabis news roundup

Steven Short — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 03:24:15 +0000

(LA Times) // The Los Angeles City Council passed a total ban on cannabis dispensaries July 24. It doesn’t directly impact dispensaries in other parts of the state, other than to add to the air of uncertainty surrounding the industry.

Cannabis news roundup: June 19, 2012

Steven Short — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:02:39 +0000

(Medical Marijuana Business Daily) // Patients will need greenbacks to purchase their green bud at cannabis dispensaries throughout the US starting next month – unless they have a Discover card. Electronic Merchant Systems (EMS), the main national credit card clearinghouse working with dispensaries, notified them by email that the company will stop processing Visa and Mastercard transactions as of July 1…

Today on Your Call: Friday Media Roundtable

Malihe Razazan — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0000

On today's Your Call, it’s our Friday media roundtable. This week, we’ll discuss coverage of the nationwide crackdown and arrest of over 3000 undocumented immigrants, which has received little media scrutiny. We’ll also talk about the Raid on Oaksterdam in Oakland, and the UN pressuring Syria and the opposition to end all violence by April 12. We’ll be joined by independent journalist Valeria Fernandez, freelance journalist David Downs, and The Financial Times’ Borzou Daraghahi joins us from Beirut. What story grabbed your attention this week?

Connecting the Dots: Afternoon edition Monday, February 13, 2012

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:20:53 +0000

The California coastline is already getting hit by trash and debris from the deadly tsunami that ravaged Japan last year. Oceanographers from Peninsula College say the worst is yet to come. They expect cars, pieces of homes, phone booths, and maybe even a kitchen sink, if it is buoyant enough...

Connecting the Dots: Afternoon edition for Thursday, January 19

Holly McDede — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:33:00 +0000

California medical marijuana advocates should be a little bit happier than usual today because the California Supreme Court has decided to review Pack v. Long Beach and two other cases that have led to dispensary bans in many cities and counties...