By Jen Lebron Kuhney for signonsandiego.com
 
SAN DIEGO — Protesters took to the streets Tuesday to oppose a federal crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries.
 
Later in the day the city announced a Superior Court judge issued a ruling on Monday that the stores are prohibited by the municipal code in San Diego — a ruling similar to one he made last week.
 

by Phillip Smith, Octobe

Obama's War On Weed: White House Launches Crackdown On Medical Marijuana
by Carly Schwartz and Ryan Grim, 10/11/11 Huffington Post
 SAN FRANCISCO -- Three years on, not a single Wall Street banker has been prosecuted after a financial crisis rooted in rampant fraud brought the global economy to its knees. President Obama's Department of Justice has more dangerous miscreants to worry about: medical marijuana shop owners.

 
 
Marijuana Legalization Receives 50 Percent Support In New Poll
by Lucia Graves, 10/18/11 Huffington Post
 
 
 
WASHINGTON -- Fifty percent of Americans favor legalizing marijuana, according to a new Gallup poll, a record high. And those numbers, up from just 36 percent in 2006, could have significant implications for state and national marijuana policy.

By Lake County News Reports on October 13, 2011
 
NORTH COAST, Calif. – Less than a week after federal officials said they were cracking down on marijuana-related businesses in California, a well-known Mendocino County dispensary was raided on Thursday.
 
Agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency were reported to be raiding the garden of Northstone Organics in Mendocino County, according to a report from California NORML.

 By Debra J. Saunders on Oct 17, 2011
 

By Conor Friedersdorf on October 18, 2011
 
Seven in 10 say doctors should be able to prescribe cannabis. It's only a matter of time before a presidential candidate sides against prohibition.