Pot vending machines take root in LA
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The city that popularized the fast food drive-thru has a new innovation: 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines.
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - There's a whiff of crisis in the air at the Dutch Health Ministry: It's sitting on a pile of pot that it just can't sell.    The Netherlands rolled out a program last year that allows patients to buy prescription marijuana at any pharmacy...
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By Josh Jarman, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  May 31--COMMERCIAL POINT, Ohio -- A highly sophisticated 2-acre pot farm found on state land yesterday is a new kind of drug operation for Ohio. And it might not be the only one.
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The past few years have been  bittersweet for music retail in Los Angeles. The opening of  Amoeba Records in 2001 gave the city one of the stronger music  outlets in America, but was followed soon by the closings of  Aron&#39;s Records and Rhino Records.
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Its convenience stores have the gas-and-food recipe for success.
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If you live in Santa Cruz, California, and need marijuana for medical use, the local authorities will allow you to possess up to 3 pounds&#39; worth.
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By Sarah Jane TribbleWhen Bruce Karney heard Portola Valley residents had banded together to buy home solar systems at discount prices, his first thought was to wonder why he hadn't thought of the idea. His second was to figure out a way to get in on the deal.
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By Christopher Rodkey, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 24--It doesn't always take a trendy location and hip baristas to produce a good cup of coffee.
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By Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep. 8--Raids on California marijuana gardens have bagged a record quantity of the drug for the second straight year, but less than half the number of raid-related suspects, the state Department of Justice reported Thursday.
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By JUDY O'ROURKE  SANTA CLARITA -- The days of patronizing certain food or coffee joints to tap a wireless Internet feed may soon be past, with citywide access on the horizon.
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By Martin Hickman  Shoppers are being encouraged to solve the problem of excess packaging by taking direct action and dumping trays and wrappers in their gardens.
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The area's mix of retail tenants is changing from mom-and-pop shops to a blend of well-known chains.
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By Allen Pierleoni, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--Two more products arrived in the marketplace recently, more of the gear that attends outdoor recreation to the point that the gear becomes an industry in itself.
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Marijuana vending machines in Los Angeles violate international treaties and should be shut down, the U.N.-affiliated drug control board said Friday.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Impatient pot-heads, high enough to think they can force the legalization of marijuana, are ruining a relaxed relationship with police by brazenly buying and selling weed in a downtown cafe, says one legalization activist.
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ACTON -- As the chef-owner of Coriander Bistro, a French restaurant in Sharon, Kevin Crawley knows the importance of a good cup of coffee.
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The California department store operator might look interesting to acquirers.