Dispensary owners have grown increasingly anxious that their businesses may soon be shut down and have turned to the United Food and Commercial Workers union as an ally in seeking to protect the jobs they offer and as an advocate at City Hall.

The Huffington Post asked two influential and knowledgeable minds to engage one another in an intellectual debate about the legalization of marijuana to help shed some light on the issue.

Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday reiterated the Justice Department’s support for the Ogden memo, which in 2009 declared that the sale and use of medical marijuana in states where it’s legal are a low priority for federal prosecutors.rnrn

Recent raids of medical-marijuana dispensaries underscore the mess of regulations and rules. It is time to legalize marijuana, tax it, clarify the rules and provide a reasonable regulatory scheme.rnrn

rnGod Med Synergistic Herbal Corp says that while the federal government devotes precious resources to harassing and intimidating medical marijuana providers, the movement to legalize marijuana continues to gain public support, recently surpassing 50% of Americans.rnrn

The Obama White House has released its official response to the “We the People” online petition for marijuana legalization submitted by NORML.

Medical marijuana advocates Friday dropped off 17 boxes full of petitions at San Jose City Hall, bearing what they said was more than enough signatures from city voters to qualify a referendum aimed at repealing the city’s new pot club rules.rnrn

California Attorney General:

What would have been the first medical marijuana expo in the Yakima Valley was shut down early Saturday over a misstep in filing an event permit with the county.rnrn

Marijuana should become a legalized drug in the same way that alcohol is, the California Medical Association now says