The founder of an alternative healing center that grows and prescribes marijuana to patients is suing the Petaluma Police Department on charges that he was illegally arrested for carrying marijuana—despite showing his medical cannabis card and sellers permit—during a traffic stop two years ago.

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PsychCentral reports:

"Researchers have discovered a new way to boost the effects of anandamide — a natural chemical in the body that provides pain relief similar to marijuana. 

 The New York Times reports "An intensifying federal crackdown on growers and sellers of state-authorized medical marijuana has badly shaken the billion-dollar industry, which has sprung up in California since voters approved medical use of the drug in 1996, and has highlighted the stark contradiction between federal and state policies.

The Huffington Post reports:

"Jessica Shaver...

A year and a half ago she was beaten by a neighborhood thug outside of a city bar. It took months of do-it-yourself sleuthing, a meeting with a city alderman and a public shaming in a community newspaper before the Chicago Police Department would pay any attention to her. 

The San Jose Mercury News reports that "Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest city would ban medical marijuana dispensaries under a plan introduced Wednesday that could shutter hundreds of clinics.

Councilman Jose Huizar introduced the ban, arguing that a state appellate court ruling last month involving the city of Long Beach made city regulations unenforceable."

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