Backers of legalizing marijuana for medical purposes staged protests at more than 100 U.S. congressional offices and campaign headquarters nationwide Friday in an effort to drum up support for a bill that weakens federal drug agents' authority in some states.

Though the conviction was overturned by a state appeals court, the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office will once again seek to try a Lodi man for marijuana possession and sales.

Federal drug agents have seized marijuana plants from two Denver-area residents who are registered to grow the plants for medical purposes.

One year ago, on June 4, 2003, something remarkable happened in a California courtroom: A judge who could have sentenced the defendant in front of him to 40 years in federal prison instead heeded the pleas of the jurors who had convicted the man, who said that their own verdict was wrong.

Last week's RCMP bust of an East Sooke marijuana grow-op has deprived almost 400 people from the medicinal pot they desperately need, according to the president of the Vancouver Island Compassion Society.

Medical marijuana patients who packed into the Dragonfly Holistic Solutions dispensary on Telegraph Avenue Tuesday seemed unaware the business had been told by the city to shut down.

Medical marijuana patients who packed into the Dragonfly Holistic Solutions dispensary on Telegraph Avenue on Tuesday seemed unaware the business had been told by the city to shut down.

Breakfast at the Compassion Flower Inn isn’t always "mellow." When Ray Manzarek, keyboardist for The Doors, stayed there two weeks ago he argued that the minimum voting age should be raised to 35.

A West Quebec man will finally get his day in court after battling the legal system for years. Johnny Dupuis will go on trial Tuesday for a five-year-old charge of possessing marijuana.

The seizure by Mounties of marijuana plants from an East Sooke home and outbuilding last week means 390 ill people will now have to rely on the black market for their supply, said Phillippe Lucas, president of the Vancouver Island Compassion Society.

Clackamas County sheriff's deputies seized 110 marijuana plants this week from a greenhouse in Woodburn, despite the growers' objection that the plants were authorized under Oregon's medical marijuana law.

Sonoma County District Attorney Stephan Passalacqua is at odds with medical marijuana activists, who were among his staunchest supporters when he ran for office two years ago.

A medical marijuana group was pushing Friday to replant its crop after Clackamas County Sheriff's Office investigators seized more than 100 plants in a greenhouse raid earlier this week near Woodburn.

A 65-year-old Mount Healthy man, convicted of growing marijuana he said he used to stimulate his appetite while undergoing cancer treatment, was placed on three years probation Thursday.

The Oildale cannabis dispensary is similar to those operating in cities like San Francisco, where medicinal marijuana patients are issued identification cards that confirm they have a doctor's recommendation.

The Plymouth City Council on Thursday will discuss and possibly act on zoning and regulation law regarding the operation of medicinal marijuana distribution centers in city limits, as requested by applicants for such a shop there.

Jeff Nunes and his marijuana plants are at the center of what appears to be a change in attitude among Tulare County law enforcement agencies -- the result of a ruling by a federal appeals court in December.

Last month, a federal judge in San Jose issued a preliminary injunction banning the Justice Department, including the Drug Enforcement Administration, from interfering with the Corrals' pot garden, set above an ocean bluff near Davenport, about an hour south of San Francisco.

During its annual state convention, the Texas Medical Association unanimously adopted a new policy recommendation supporting the right of doctors and patients to discuss medical marijuana as a viable treatment option, without fear of recrimination by authorities. The TMA delegates also reaffirmed the association's call for further research on medicinal marijuana.

The Roseville City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that permits medical marijuana shops to operate only in some commercial and industrial areas and stipulates they must be at least 500 feet from churches, schools, parks, homes and other "sole source pharmacies."