All posts tagged "DEA"

Medical

University of Arizona PTSD Study Suggests Shift in Federal Medical Marijuana Policy

On March 14, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approved the sale of...

Legal

I Am Serving 20 Years For Opening a Medical Cannabis Dispensary

February 5, 2014 I grew up in Modesto, Calif., and like many of the low income...

Economics

Eight Cannabis Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2014

By now we’ve heard the cannabis movement described as a Green Rush, an unprecedented point in...

Politics

In Slamming Obama, DEA Administrator Presents Reformers With Rare Opportunity

In a speech last week to the National Sheriff’s Association, DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart had harsh...

Current Events

Single Arrest Made in Denver Dispensary Raids

This photo of Hector Diaz wearing a DEA baseball cap and holding up two authentic-looking semi-automatic...

Politics

DEA Raids Denver Dispensaries

Federal agents executed search and seizure warrants on several medical marijuana facilities in the Denver area...

Current Events

Feds Demand More Confidential Records From Mendocino County Cultivation Program

It was just over one year ago, in late October of 2012, when a United States...

Cannabis

VIDEO: Journalist found guilty of assault during DEA raid

Jose “Alacran” Gutierrez, journalist and marijuana activist brutally arrested during the April 2012 DEA raid on...

Politics

Senate Holds Hearing on Conflict Between Federal and State Cannabis Laws

Taking preemptive action against states that have voted to legalize recreational cannabis may result in the...

Current Events

DEA Pressuring Armored Cars to Halt Business with Cannabis Industry

The Drug Enforcement Administration has reportedly ordered armored truck companies to cut ties with medical marijuana...

Joint Opinions

DEA Surveillance Called Into Question

A new report by Reuters has highlighted the efforts of a special DEA unit gathering information...

Current Events

VIDEO: “Code of the West” Returns

“Code of the West,” the critically acclaimed documentary on medical marijuana providers in Montana, became dated...

Legal

DEA Wants President Obama to Crack Down on Cannabis

Former DEA head Peter Bensinger and the seven other DEA top heads slammed the Obama administration...

Politics

Marijuana Not A Priority For Obama

Obama States the Obvious Today, major newspapers are exulting in Obama’s announcement, to be aired by...