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Colorado raked in $5 million in tax revenue in 2011 from medical marijuana businesses, and its cities collected hundreds of thousands more from the budding industry. With Colorado voters poised to legalize marijuana for recreational use this November, their tax coffers could be facing an avalanche of new funds currently being lost to the black market. But tax revenues aren’t the only potential economic benefit hinging on legal weed. If voters pass Amendment 64, which would legalize marijuana and regulate …

More than 10 years after it was initially filed, the latest petition to remove marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act is finally giving the herb its day in court. The current classification lumps cannabis in with drugs such as heroin, LSD and mescaline. The District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments this week in the case of Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration, providing an opening for medical marijuana reform advocates …

This is part three of a three-part series: Part one: US Attorneys Turn to Intimidation in a War on Medical Marijuana Part two: Feds and Local Cops Conspire to Put Medical Marijuana Sales Out on the Streets   In its heyday, the Vapor Room Cooperative was the envy of San Francisco’s medical marijuana community. Located on the ground floor of a majestic Victorian mansion in Lower Haight, the Vapor Room was one of the few dispensaries in the city that …

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This is part two of a three-part series: Part one: US Attorneys Turn to Intimidation in a War on Medical Marijuana Part three: Trailblazing Medical Marijuana Cooperative Confronts Uncertain Future California’s four U.S. Attorneys are waging their war on medical marijuana without winning a conviction, bringing a case to trial or even filing criminal charges. They find that strong-arm tactics work better. Using a legal maneuver called civil asset forfeiture, they are seizing cash, cars and businesses – without the …