Purple Kush News Round-Up 09/06/11

Altitude Organic Corp Continues Building Its Brand Within the Medical ... MarketWatch (press release) Altitude Organic currently has two licensed dispensaries operating in Colorado under legal state and city regulations, and another medical marijuana dispensary operating in Southern California. The company continues to test and implement new production ... See all stories on this topic »

International Cannabis And Hemp Expo: America's First Marijuana Street Fair ... Huffington Post Marijuana aficionados from across the country descended upon five blocks of downtown Oakland Labor Day weekend to celebrate America's first cannabis-themed open air street festival. In addition to live performances and booths touting everything from ... See all stories on this topic »

Medical Marijuana Inc.'s Marijuana Extract Cannabidiol (CBD) Possible Use As A ... MarketWatch (press release) SAN DIEGO, Sep 06, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --Medical Marijuana Inc. Patent Pending Extraction Method is Used to Isolate Cannabidiol from Marijuana without Any Other Psychoactive Properties Medical Marijuana Inc /quotes/zigman/548382 MJNA 0.00% is ... See all stories on this topic »

Ga. Supreme Court fires pot-smoking, door-smashing judge Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) Today's seven-page opinion details the findings of the commission's investigation, which include Peters' weekly use of marijuana during a two-month period in 2010, an incident in which he kicked in the doors at the house of his sister-in-law's ... See all stories on this topic »

DC health department to name potential medical marijuana providers; Montel ... Washington Post By AP, WASHINGTON — The DC Department of Health will soon name more than 50 contenders who are approved to apply for a license to grow or sell medical marijuana in Washington. The group includes former TV talk show host Montel Williams, ... See all stories on this topic »

Body Found in Front Of Marijuana Grow KSEE He was in front of a large marijuana grow. Investigators say more than 300 plants are in the garden. “The legalities are still being investigated as to whether or not this is in conformity with a legal marijuana grow,” explained Sgt. Gary Hunt. ... See all stories on this topic »

Paradise to vote on medical pot club ban San Jose Mercury News Officials in Paradise will decide whether to ban pot collectives and limit the size of personal medical marijuana gardens in an attempt to regulate medical marijuana through zoning changes. The small northern California town in January passed an ... See all stories on this topic »

Feds Scared Of State Law In Medical Marijuana Trial The 420 Times US Department of Justice attorneys have made motions in at least two cases stemming from federal raids on dozens of pot operations this spring, asking those judges to forbid any testimony or evidence at trial about medical marijuana or related issues ... See all stories on this topic »

Does The L.A. Times Have An Anti-Marijuana Agenda? THE Weed Blog (blog) Joseph Goebbels Is the LA Times anti-marijuana? Since the tragic shooting of Ft. Bragg city councilman Jere Melo a week ago last Saturday, the LA Times and other wire services have still been running erroneous information surrounding the incident. ... See all stories on this topic » THE Weed Blog (blog)

Marijuana Smokers Found Less Likely To Be Obese The 420 Times Nevertheless, readers of The 420 Times can expect to see many instances of spin and backpedaling in the popular press as anti-marijuana forces attempt to suppress what's sure to be dubbed “The Pot Diet”. Oh no! Scientific research has again turned up ... See all stories on this topic »