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As reported in Lawyers.com, a Florida couple is suing to get marijuana back from the Manatee County sheriff’s office. Cathy Jordan suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease, and her husband says she needs the marijuana to alleviate her pain. Florida has not passed a law legalizing medicinal pot, although the state has an exception to its criminal statutes, prohibiting prosecution of the medical use of marijuana. Take our poll on government seizure of medical marijuana and compare your views with other …

A couple who has been active in the effort to have medicinal marijuana use protected in Florida had their crop seized by the sheriff; now the cops are refusing to give it back, so the couple is suing.   Medicinal Use: ‘Life and Death’ Cathy Jordan, who suffers from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and her husband Bob reportedly say smoking marijuana is the only thing that relieves her painful symptoms. The couple had about …

THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is the chemical ingredient in marijuana that gets users high. Although federal and state laws conflict on the legality of pot, including medical marijuana, drug testing in schools and the workplace continues. The www.HomeHealthTesting.com infographic below provides some estimates on the time frames when different types of tests can detect THC. California NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) emphasizes there are no simple guidelines for cannabis detection tests. For NORML’s more comprehensive information on marijuana …

In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling allowing cities and counties in the state to pass blanket bans prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries. The decision settles an issue that has spawned numerous lawsuits and several conflicting lower court decisions. Some of those courts, like California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal, previously ruled that local governments could not ban activity that is expressly allowed by state law. But Justice Marvin Baxter wrote on behalf of the …

Lawyers.com journalist Aaron Kase reported that Maryland partially legalized the use of medical marijuana. The Maryland law only allows marijuana to be distributed through public teaching hospitals. It also requires information on patients and caregivers be given to the health department and law enforcement. Despite the law’s restrictive hindrances on access to medical marijuana, this development reflects the shifting attitudes toward the acceptance of legalizing pot. The infographic below provided by Clarity Way (www.clarityway.com) and designed by Adrienne Erin provides …