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  • On Ground and In Sky: Protesters Implore Holder to Stop War on Medical Marijuana
    May 11 - Cal NORML and ASA protesters sent a message to A.G. Holder as he addressed UC Berkeley Haste Law School graduates at the Hearst Greek Theater on Saturday. "Holder: End RX Cannabis War #Peace4Patients," read an airplane banner that circled the stadium for two hours.
  • PROTEST A.G. HOLDER'S VISIT TO BERKELEY
    May 10 - Join us in protesting Attorney General Eric Holder's visit to Berkeley this Saturday, May 11th, 8:45-11am. Holder has been invited to address the commencement of Berkeley Law School at the Hearst Greek Theater.
  • Cal NORML Denounces Federal Forfeiture Suit Against East Bay's Oldest Medical Cannabis Dispensary
    May 8 - Medical cannabis advocates and public officials rallied today to protest the Obama administration's latest assault on medical marijuana: the U.S. Dept of Justice has filed a property forfeiture lawsuit against the landlord of the East Bay's oldest operating medical cannabis dispensary, the Berkeley Patient's Group.
  • California Supreme Court Rules Cities and Counties May Allow or Ban Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
    May 6 - The California Supreme Court has issued its long-anticipated ruling in the City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center case. "Some counties and cities might consider themselves well suited to accommodating medical marijuana dispensaries, conditions in other communities might lead to the reasonable decision that such facilities within their borders...would present unacceptable local risks and burdens."
  • RIP Mike Gray: Screenwriter, author and activist
    May 2 - It is with sadness that CalNORML reports the death of Mike Gray: screenwriter, author of the seminal book Drug Crazy, and chair of CommonSense for Drug Policy.
  • US Drug Nannies Send More Dispensary Landlord Letters
    April 30 - US Attorney Melinda Haag has issued a spate of new landlord letters targeting medical cannabis dispensaries in Northern California. Cal NORML has so far heard reports from dispensaries in San Jose, San Francisco and Ukiah. The letters warn landlords that the facilities are operating too close to a school or park.
  • CA State Senate Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Regulation Bill; Balks at Correa Zero-Tolerance Drug DUI Bill
    April 30 - The State Senate Public Safety Committee approved Sen. Steinberg's bill to regulate medical marijuana, SB 439, and refused to pass Sen. Correa's "zero-tolerance" drug DUI bill, SB 289.
  • MMJ Regulation Bill AB 473 (Ammiano) approved by committee
    SACRAMENTO Apr 23. - The Assembly Public Safety Committee approved Tom Ammiano's MMJ regulation bill AB 473 on a party line vote. The bill would create a new Division of MMJ Regulation and Enforcement in the Dept of Alcoholic Beverages Control to regulate commercial sales, production, manufacture, testing and transport for MMJ.
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