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The 420 Times Announces 420 Jar Giveaway

On each day for the next thirty days, one subscriber of The Smoke Signal, The 420 Times’s eNewsletter, will be selected to receive a free 420 jar made by 420 Science. To enter the giveaway, interested readers simply have to sign up for The Smoke Signal at http://www.the420times.com.

The 420 Times Goes Live With Medical Marijuana Locator

Fast, accurate online resource for physicians, providers and resources

The Government and Cancer Research: A Tumultuous Relationship

Despite numerous studies that have shown that marijuana could potentially aid in treating various types of cancer, the United States government has yet to embrace the drug’s medical applications. Instead, the government’s strict regulations have unfortunately acted as a barrier that has suppressed insight into cannabis’s medical applications.

Organic Matters

Don’t bother looking to the United States Department of Agriculture for help in finding the best, safest medical cannabis; that agency already has been asked to certify growers as ‘organic,’ the federal standard for fruits and vegetables – and it declined to do so. But help is out there, both for patients – some of whom may be so ill that purity and safety are paramount concerns – and for growers, many of whom are looking forward to a day in the future when cannabis will be just another medication.

Proceeding, With Caution: Seniors increasingly, though not entirely, comfortable using medical cannabis

It’s probably hard for some people to believe, but by Thanksgiving, medical cannabis could be legalized in California. That’s assuming Oakland advocates have indeed obtained enough signatures to put a measure legalizing it on the Nov. 2 ballot – and assuming that voters agree. But already, some longtime political observers are wondering whether 2010 could be the year.

The 420 Times Enlists To Sponsor HempCon 2010

In line with their efforts to raise awareness of and push medical marijuana into mainstream American dialogue, The 420 Times, Southern California’s magazine of medical marijuana and natural healing, has enlisted to sponsor HempCon 2010.

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  • Medical Marijuana Advocates Sue Los Angeles

    Medical Marijuana Advocates Sue Los Angeles

    Americans For Safe Access, the nation’s leading nonprofit medical marijuana advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit alongside two dispensaries, noting that the medical marijuana ordinance recently passed by the L.A. County Superior Court “severely restricts access to medical marijuana by effectively forcing plaintiffs, as well as the vast majority of collectives in the city, to close their doors.

  • Boulder, CO Considers Dispensary Regulations

    Boulder, CO Considers Dispensary Regulations

    City officials in Boulder, CO are considering placing further regulations on medical marijuana dispensaries. A full debate of the proposals will take place later this month.

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    DEA Marijuana Seizures Nearly Doubled In 2009

    The total amount of marijuana seized by the DEA in 2009 nearly double the amount in 2008. The reason for such an increase can possibly be attributed to seizures from drug cartels, and not necessarily medical marijuana patients.

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    Colorado Senator Wants To Tax Medical Marijuana

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    L.A. Dispensary Owner Charged With 24 Felonies, Bail Set At An “Outrageous” $520,000

    Jeff Joseph, owner of the popular dispensary Organica, has been charged with 24 felonies. Attorney Eric Shevin called the bail “outrageous” and noted that the prosecution was politically driven and intended to make an example out of Mr. Joseph, a high-profile dispensary owner.

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