Representatives of the Michigan law have assaulted two medical marijuana dispensaries and made 15 arrests on charges of illegal drug sal...
The Oakland County Sheriff implementation in Narcotics
Narcotics The Oakland County Sheriff implementation team raided three businesses and homes and confiscated 12 marijuana Wednesday, $ 30,000 in cash, firearms, grow lights, patient records and two crocodiles guard, authorities said Thursday.Prosecutors allege that operators of emergency clinics in Ferndale and all Coffee and herbal remedies, in Waterford, surpassing the number of people who could supply medical marijuana and provide drugs to people without proper documentation . "You can not sell to anyone other than designated five patients," said Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper Thursday at a news conference. A two-month investigation found the stores were selling a dozen, he said. "This is Michigan. This is not a Cheech and Chong movie," Oakland County, said Sheriff Mike...
Recession is the reason of the lowest U.S. birth rate
The recession may be the reason why the U.S. birth rate declined for the second consecutive year in 2009 and was the lowest in a century, according to experts.There were 4.136 million births in 2009, 2.7 percent less than the 4,251,095 births in 2008. There were more than 4.3 million births in 2007, more than any other year in the history of the nation, The Associated Press.Data released Friday by the National Center for Health Statistics also showed that the birth rate in 2009 was 13.5 births per 1,000 people, compared to 14.3 in 2007. The health statistics center is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The fall of 2009 births is "a drop of good size for a year. Every month we present a decrease from the previous year," said Stephanie Ventura, a demographer who...
New medical marijuana rules in LA
LOS ANGELES - A lawyer for the city of Los Angeles filed a lawsuit Thursday asking a judge to ease the transition of the city close more than 130 stores medical marijuana under a new ordinance.The clerk of the city found that only 41 pot shops comply with the ordinance, city officials were designed to surprise 70 clinics in the city.The counterclaim asks a judge to determine that the interpretation of the city's ordinance was appropriate.The new law was passed in January and aims to regulate the clinics, hundreds of whom came after officials failed to implement a 2007 moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries.The regulations require that clinics have been reported previously with the city and the owners to pass a background check.Later, the construction and Security Department will...
41 medical marijuana dispensaries are eligible to stay in business
Los Angeles city officials announced Wednesday that only 41 medical marijuana dispensaries are eligible to stay in business under the ordinance restricting the city, a number so low that the city suspend the winnowing process and ask a judge to rule that is legal. "It was a surprise," said Jane Usher, assistant special counsel in the city who have worked in close collaboration with the Council the draft law is complex and that the defense in court.Instead of moving in a selection process that clearly lead to an avalanche of lawsuits clinics disqualified, the office of city attorney decided to sue first and ask a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge to determine that the city process appropriate."We're trying to be proactive," said Usher.Yamileth Bolanos, who heads PureLife Alternative...
Medical Action Industries
Medical Action Industries Inc., a provider of medical and surgical products, said Friday it completed the purchase of Avid Medical Inc. for $ 62.5 million in cash plus transaction costs.Avid makes custom procedure trays to serve the industry of health care. Medical Action said the purchase will increase its capacity to serve health care providers in places of intensive care and surgery centers.Avid had about $ 136 million in revenue during the most recent fiscal year, which ended in March 1931. Michael Sahady, founder and CEO of Avid, will join the medical board of directors of Action, and Avid's president and chief operating officer Richard Setian will become vice president of sales and marketing. The Medical Action shares rose 47 cents, or 6 percent, to $ 8.30 in afternoon trading....