WAILUKU - A judge said the court wouldn’t recognize a medical marijuana card for a man who was ordered to perform 500 hours of community service as part of five years’ probation in a drug case.

Kaleo Roberson, 35, also was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine as part of his sentence imposed July 29.

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Medical marijuana users may not have the option of taking a spoonful of sugar with their medicine if a new Senate bill makes it through the House.

Last Thursday, the Senate passed a bill that would double the penalties for people who sell drug-infused sweets.

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A Denver man gets paid to smoke pot and write about it as one of the first medical marijuana critics in the country.

A decade after medical marijuana was legalized in Colorado, it's estimated about 2 percent of residents -- or more than 100,000 people -- have applied for medical marijuana licenses.

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In the 4-2 decision, the council ruled that medical marijuana may not be sold or used within a mile of Belgrade. However, pot stores that opened prior to the Tuesday ban will be "grandfathered" into the new system by the state law, and allowed to maintain their businesses.

Residents would also be permitted to grow their own medical marijuana. The ordinance will take effect on Aug. 5.

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The conflict between state and federal laws over the legality of medical marijuana is forcing some law enforcement officers to take on the unwelcome duty of delivering pot that caregivers attempt to ship through a parcel service.

Over the past year, the Billings Police Department has received an increasing number of calls from FedEx and UPS workers who discover packages containing what appears to be legal medical marijuana. A police investigator must then pick up the package, make phone calls to determine whether it is a Montana-legal product produced by a “caregiver” who is registered with the state and notify the distributor to retrieve the pot.

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New Jersey's medical marijuana activists are upset about a report that Gov. Chris Christie wants
to make the state's law legalizing cannabis to treat some conditions more restrictive. Fox 29's Julie Kim spoke with a woman who says she hopes the Governor makes up his mind, sooner, rather than later. Just before Christie took office, Gov. Jon Corzine signed the law to allow medical marijuana.

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If you’re unable to make it to the first ever HIGH TIMES Medical Cannabis Cup in San Francisco, you can still catch NORML SHOW LIVE’s coverage of Saturday and Sunday’s events live streaming on the web.

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A measure to legalize the use of marijuana
for medical reasons is being considered in the U.S. territory of
Guam.

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