FULL COVERAGE: Marijuana

(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Neighborhood residents view and photograph some of at least 2,000 marijuana plants seized by the Orange County Sheriff's Department after they were found growing in Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park

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October 29, 2007

Gov. says pot is not a drug, 'it's a leaf'

LONDON -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says marijuana is not a drug, a British magazine reported Monday. But his spokesman said the governor was joking.

July 19, 2007

The DEA's rent control

THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT Administration has notified more than 150 Los Angeles property owners that their fortunes and their sacred honor are forfeit to the state. What crime must a landlady commit to deserve this punishment? Renting to a tenant who operates a medical marijuana dispensary. The DEA sent out letters last week notifying owners that they stand to lose their properties and face 20 years in prison for allowing their buildings to be used for "unlawfully distributing or using a controlled substance."

July 18, 2007

O.C. to license medical marijuana

Orange County will begin licensing medical marijuana use and issuing identification cards to patients who are entitled to it under a plan approved by county supervisors Tuesday.

February 11, 2007

A License to Chill

Do you medicate? I do.

May 21, 2007

Put to the test

Once a year or so, Roy Tialavea is summoned from his classes at Oceanside High School to report to the athletic director's office bathroom. He receives a urine specimen cup and heads for a stall.

Obituaries

Tod H. Mikuriya, 73; psychiatrist who championed legal medical marijuana

Dr. Tod H. Mikuriya, a psychiatrist who was a leading figure in California's medical marijuana movement, died from complications of cancer Sunday at his Berkeley home, his family said. He was 73.

September 27, 2007

LAPD finds weapons, drugs stockpiled at day-care center

A Boyle Heights day-care facility also housed a large cache of drugs, weapons and money, Los Angeles police said Wednesday.

July 21, 2007

Gore's son is charged with multiple drug counts in O.C.

The son of former Vice President Al Gore was charged Friday with illegally possessing marijuana and various prescription drugs after being pulled over July 4 in Mission Viejo for speeding at 100 mph in his Toyota Prius.

July 26, 2007

DEA raids 10 pot shops

The gap between state and federal drug laws became apparent again Wednesday when federal agents raided 10 local medical marijuana facilities only minutes after the Los Angeles City Council placed a moratorium on new facilities so rules could be drafted to better regulate them.

August 16, 2007

LAPD will continue to help with federal pot store raids

Los Angeles police said Wednesday that they will continue to participate in federal raids on local medical marijuana dispensaries against the wishes of some members of the City Council.

May 31, 2007

EDITORIAL

Ending the marijuana monopoly

DISCUSSION OF medical marijuana has always been heavy on rhetoric, elisions and grandiose claims. What it has lacked is reliable research that might bring some of the discussion into line with reality. This is because access to the government's monopoly supply of research-grade marijuana is so restricted that the necessary research is effectively impossible. Now the Drug Enforcement Administration's chief administrative law judge is recommending that the federal drug police allow competition in growing marijuana for research purposes. The administration should follow her recommendation.

November 9, 2007

Angeles National Forest pot farms raided

Authorities have arrested 19 people and destroyed 300,000 marijuana plants in an operation that targeted marijuana cultivation in the Angeles National Forest, a Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman said today.

July 18, 2007

Medical pot store operators indicted

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced a set of indictments Tuesday alleging that operators of nearly a dozen medical marijuana dispensaries -- including two in West Hollywood -- profiteered from the illegal distribution of pot.

July 17, 2007

DEA targets landlords of pot outlets

Raising the stakes in the federal government's war against medical marijuana, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has warned more than 150 Los Angeles landlords that they risk arrest and the loss of their properties if they continue renting to cannabis dispensaries.

July 11, 2007