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Modesto Medical Marijuana News Edition Date July 4, 2009
Modesto Bee - January 20th, 2009

So we're expecting some sort of marijuana ID system to come before the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors ("Marijuana ID reviewed by county, Jan. 12, Page B-1) "sometime in the next few months?" Something that's been in the works for 2½ years?

Oh, spare us. Please.

Spare us the posturing, the preening, the "Reefer Madness" ...

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Modesto Bee - January 12th, 2009

A medical marijuana identification card program will come before the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors sometime in the next few months. It's a program that has been in the works for more than 2½ years.

Stanislaus is one of just 12 of the state's 58 counties that does not already have an identification card program, which is ...

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Modesto Bee - December 12th, 2008

Monday's sentencing of two Modesto men convicted on federal drug charges for operating a medical marijuana dispensary was postponed until Friday because one of the defense attorneys is finishing another trial.

Luke Scarmazzo and Ricardo Ruiz Montes, both 28, were convicted in May of manufacturing marijuana and distributing the drug, as ...

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Imperial Valley News - November 25th, 2008
Modesto, California United States Attorney McGregor Scott and DEA Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña announced that United States District Judge Oliver W. Wanger sentenced Luke Anthony Scarmazzo, 28, of Modesto, Calif. to 21 years and 10 months and Ricardo Ruiz Montes, 28, of Modesto, to 20 years for conducting a continuing criminal ...

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Fresno Bee - November 21st, 2008
An aspiring hip-hop artist and his business partner in a lucrative Modesto medical-marijuana operation were given lengthy prison terms Friday for violating federal drug laws.

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Mercury News - November 21st, 2008

FRESNO, Calif.—Two men who ran a medical marijuana dispensary in Modesto are headed to prison after being convicted of running a criminal enterprise.

A federal judge in Fresno on Friday sentenced 28-year-old Luke Scarmazzo to nearly 22 years and 28-year-old Ricardo Montes to 20 years for manufacturing marijuana and possessing it with ...

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SF Gate - November 21st, 2008
A Merced County woman with back and neck pain and a clean 37-year driving record is the latest California medical marijuana patient to have her driver's license yanked by the Department of Motor Vehicles, says an advocacy group that has sued on her behalf.

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Capitol Weekly - November 20th, 2008
In this year’s presidential election, medical marijuana advocates in California were pretty clear on which candidate they were rooting for. On multiple occasions, Democrat Barack Obama has pledged to end the federal raids that have bedeviled the state’s dispensaries for years under the Bush administration.

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Modesto Bee - November 17th, 2008
Today's scheduled sentencing for two Modesto men convicted on federal drug charges for operating a medical marijuana dispensary was postponed until Friday because one of the defense attorneys is finishing up another trial.

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The Modesto Bee - October 20th, 2008
The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday heard a plea to issue state-mandated medical marijuana identification cards.

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Mercury News - September 27th, 2008

CHICO, Calif.—Authorities are finding marijuana gardens hidden in suburban homes from Chico to Modesto.
Butte County officers found pot growing in six Chico homes, including three in the same apartment complex that had been modified so marijuana could be grown without neighbors knowing.

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ABC News 10 - September 2nd, 2008
STOCKTON, CA - Authorities said they found more marijuana gardens hidden in suburban homes in Chico, Modesto and Stockton this week.

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The Modesto Bee - September 16th, 2008
I am disabled with seizure disorder. I also suffer from insomnia, chronic pain from numerous injuries including head trauma, and have an eating disorder as well as depression. I can go several days at a time without eating, sleeping or doing anything constructive, other than sitting by myself in my little studio apartment with tears running down ...

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The Modesto Bee - September 15th, 2008
FRESNO - A scheduled sentencing for two Modesto men convicted on federal drug charges for operating a medical marijuana dispensary was postponed again today in U.S. District Court.

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San Jose Mercury News - September 8th, 2008

FRESNO, Calif.—Two jurors who convicted two Modesto men of running a criminal enterprise in connection with a medical marijuana dispensary want the defendants to get a new trial.

Jurors Craig Will of Twain Hart and Larry Silva of Tollhouse say they wouldn't have found the men guilty had they known the penalty was 20 years to life in ...

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