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LA County’s top prosecutor says he will bust marijuana dispensaries that take cash for pot

LA County prosecutor: Sell medical pot, get busted

In New Mexico, first to license medical pot producers, program is off to slow, cautious start

NM’s medical pot program has slow, cautious start

WHO urges doctors to give antivirals early to at-risk groups with suspected swine flu

WHO: Give at-risk groups anti-flu drugs early

Judge overturns Colorado medical pot restrictions, criticizes health officials

Judge overturns Colorado medical pot restrictions

Medical marijuana shops abound in California as cities scramble to regulate them

Medical marijuana shops abound in California

Northern Calif. town bans medical marijuana collectives, cultivation; opponents threaten suit

Northern Calif. town bans medical marijuana shops

Maine becomes 5th state to allow pot dispensaries as voters OK medical marijuana expansion

Maine becomes 5th state to allow pot dispensaries

Maine voters reject tax-cutting referendums, approve medical marijuana dispensaries

Maine voters reject tax-cutting referendums

Maine residents vote on taxes, medical marijuana, schools, transportation funding

Mainers vote on taxes, medical marijuana, schools

Merck: FDA won’t accept its application for combo cholesterol pill including Pfizer’s Lipitor

FDA won’t accept Merck’s application for new drug

Colorado ski town could push marijuana legalization, adding paraphernalia

Colo. ski town could push marijuana legalization

Fresno judge says 9 marijuana shops must close until January trial on zoning violations

Judge: Fresno pot shops must close until trial

Montana issues 1st industrial hemp-growing state license to Bozeman woman

1st Mont. license to grow hemp issued to woman

Drug samples: Marketing ploy or boon to needy patients? Testimony is divided in Vermont

Vt. testimony sharply divided on free drug samples

Marijuana on full display near Montana cop shop for those seeking medical cards

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Jason Christ lit a bowl of homegrown marijuana outside the Great Falls Civic Center, not worried that the police station was right around the corner.

Cost restraint helps most drugmakers post higher profits, but recession, generics hurt sales

TRENTON, N.J. — Drugmakers on Thursday mostly posted improved third-quarter profits by keeping costs down, as generic competition, the global recession and unfavorable currency exchange rates generally hurt sales.

LA speeds up push for law against new marijuana clinics after judge bars moratorium

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles officials are speeding up consideration of a new law to outlaw most new medical marijuana outlets after a judge barred a moratorium.

Where’s the good stuff? Medical marijuana explosion creates booming review business

DENVER — The store has a television lounge and a pool table, and snacks and acupuncture are free for customers who drop up to $130 an ounce on 16 varieties of marijuana. But a reviewer of the business warns the decor looks a little cliche, what with the Grateful Dead posters on the wall and the Mexican-blanket tablecloths.

Loosening of federal guidelines on medical marijuana does not dispel decades of mistrust

SAN FRANCISCO — A new Obama administration policy loosening guidelines on federal prosecution of medical marijuana on Monday signaled to users that they had less to fear from federal agents but still left their suppliers to contend with a tangled mesh of state laws and regulations.

Judge rules Los Angeles’ medical marijuana moratorium is invalid

LOS ANGELES — A judge has temporarily barred Los Angeles from enforcing a moratorium on medical marijuana clinics.

Federal government won’t prosecute medical marijuana users if they comply with state law

WASHINGTON — Pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution in states that allow medical marijuana, prosecutors were told Monday in a new policy memo issued by the Justice Department.

Medical marijuana dispensaries owners on edge after LA’s top prosecutor warns of crackdown

LOS ANGELES — Clay Tepel knew there were risks to setting up a medical marijuana shop: it could lose money, be robbed or be raided by authorities.

AP Newsbreak: New medical marijuana policy issued by Obama administration

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday.

Justice Ginsburg briefly hospitalized for second time in month; reaction to medicine blamed

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had cancer surgery earlier this year, was kept at a hospital overnight after she became drowsy and fell from her seat aboard an airplane. Court officials blamed a reaction to medicine.

Desperate to stop meth, Missouri towns require prescription for cold and allergy pills

UNION, Mo. — The meth problem in Union has gotten so bad that someone with a drug habit stole the light shades outside Marilyn Roark’s house. She got them back, but they were unusable.

FDA rejects labeling claims on vitamin C-enhanced version of Vicks Nyquil

WASHINGTON — Federal drug regulators warned Procter & Gamble on Wednesday for adding Vitamin C to its Vicks cold formulas, a combination not allowed by federal regulations.

Pot legalization gains momentum in California, setting up fight with federal government

SAN FRANCISCO — Marijuana advocates are gathering signatures to get as many as three pot-legalization measures on the ballot in 2010 in California, setting up what could be a groundbreaking clash with the federal government over U.S. drug policy.

Senate health care bill could lead to higher Medicare prescription drug costs for seniors

WASHINGTON — Medicare recipients could see higher premiums for prescription drug coverage as a result of changes to complex provisions in a Senate health care bill, a senior Republican said Friday.

Colorado man accused of standing naked on a highway and pounding on passing cars

GREELEY, Colo. — A man who told officers he was a medical marijuana provider has been arrested for allegedly standing naked in a Colorado highway, pounding on passing cars and spitting at a state trooper. Dustin Robbins, 27, of Westminster, faces 13 counts including indecent exposure, assault and driving under the influence of marijuana.

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