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July 27 - A a careful review of the scientific evidence shows that fears about marijuana’s impact on road safety are unwarranted. There is no good scientific evidence that drug testing improves workplace safety.
July 21 - Citing the raid by DEA agents on Joy Greenfield, the first patient to register in Mendocino's path-breaking licensing program for medical marijuana growers, Cal NORML joins a national coalition of groups calling on the administration to withdraw the re-appointment of Michele Leonhart to head the DEA.
July 12 - The Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee will be hearing an ordinance to regulate and license marijuana cultivation facilities at city hall Tuesday, July 13 at 6 PM.
July 7 - The DEA flouted Mendocino County's newly enacted medical marijuana cultivation ordinance by raiding the first collective that had applied to the sheriff's cultivation permit program
June 23 - The California Assembly Public Safety Committee approved Sen. Mark Leno's bill SB 1449 to downgrade petty marijuana possession from a misdemeanor to an infraction.
June 22 - A California bill to tax medical marijuana like tobacco is has been withdrawn by its sponsor.
June 7 - In a lawsuit supported by California NORML, Tehama County patients have filed suit against a county ordinance that limits their right to grow marijuana at home.
June 4 - The California Assembly has passed a bill, AB 2650, that bans dispensaries within 600 feet of schools.
The California Board of Equalization reports that the state is collecting $50 - $100 million in sales taxes from medical marijuana, confirming the estimate previously published in an economic analysis by California NORML.




