Purple Kush News Round-Up 11/13/2011

Maple Shade rejects request to allow medical marijuana treatment center The Star-Ledger - NJ.com By AP David McNew/Getty ImagesDave Warden, a bud tender at Private Organic Therapy (POT), a non-profit co-operative medical marijuana dispensary, displays various types of marijuana available to patients in Los Angele in this 2010 photo. ... The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Medical marijuana crackdown gets reaction from those in industry Auburn Journal By Bridget Jones, Journal Staff Writer A recent directive from the federal government telling several California medical marijuana facilities to shut their doors inspired locals connected to the industry to speak out. According to Lauren Horwood, ... Auburn Journal

Marijuana, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HEMP) Funds and Brings to Market the Eco-Harmony ... MarketWatch (press release) LAS VEGAS, NV, Oct 13, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Marijuana, Inc. (pinksheets:HEMP) is proud to announce the launch of the Eco-Harmony Loyalty Benefits and Rewards Card. After more than two years in development, at a cost of over $1.2 million ...

Pa. Man Allegedly Grew Pot at Ex-Country Club ABC News Authorities say a central Pennsylvania man ran a large-scale marijuana growing operation at a defunct Philadelphia-area country club. Investigators say 48-year-old Charlie Patterson, of Gardners, cultivated the marijuana plants on the overgrown grounds ...

At the Border, on the Night Watch New York Times The lanky young man with two bales of marijuana slung over his back who was apprehended by Border Patrol agents in a rugged area about a mile from the border here one recent night represented both the significant strides the country has made in ... New York Times

New Mexico woman sought marijuana via Craigslist: police Reuters By Dennis J. Carroll SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A New Mexico woman was arrested this week after she sought out marijuana on Craigslist in a notice that said she was "new in town" and "looking for Mary Jane," police said on Wednesday. ...

San Francisco Medical Marijuana Doctors at Greenway See Surge in New Senior ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Greenway Medical Marijuana Physicians Evaluations doctors are consulting with an increasing number of elderly patients seeking relief from age-related medical issues. Over the past two years, Greenway Medical Marijuana Physicians Evaluations has served ...

Medical marijuana growers concerned following homicide ABC30.com (KFSN) -- Investigators said an unidentified man was killed during a medical marijuana heist in the South Valley Wednesday morning. Now, there's a concern about the safety of medical marijuana growers. The shooting happened at a home near Strathmore in ... ABC30.com

Marijuana bust nets 50000 plants Weakley County Press By KEVIN BOWDEN Obion County Sheriff Jerry Vastbinder has confirmed for The Messenger today one of the state's largest outdoor marijuana growing operations has been discovered in the hills south of Webb Store Road. A news conference was scheduled for ...

RAND Withdraws Medical Marijuana Study About Crime Stats Patch.com By Ajay Singh LAPD North Hollywood Division officers respond to a report of a burglary in progress at a medical marijuana dispensary at 13432 Sherman Way in North Hollywood on April 15. Two men found on the roof were taken into custody. ...