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WASHINGTON – Officials in the nation’s capitol are poised to pass legislation that would legalize medicinal marijuana in the District of Criminals specifically to help members of an ailing Congress and White House, where unhealthy delusions of grandeur are rampant and widespread unemployment looms. The rules will apply to a swath of the city defined by rigid boundaries spanning from Capitol Hill to the White House. The section of the city will now be called Tijuana del Norte, instead of the endearing term locals use for it, The Sped Zone. The rest of D.C. will be designated a no toking...

SAN DIEGO - This seaside city was a bystander as liberal strongholds like San Francisco and Santa Cruz created identification cards for sick patients who use marijuana and wrote regulations to permit storefront pot dispensaries. Now, 10 years after Californians voted to decriminalize marijuana for medical purposes, conservative San Diego County is leading a backlash against the groundbreaking law. The county is challenging California's medical marijuana law in state court, saying it should not be required to comply with a state law directing counties to issue ID cards to users. At the same time, local police, working with federal agents,...

<p>San Francisco -- San Francisco could become the first city in the nation to get into the pot-growing business to supply patients with medicinal marijuana, under a measure headed for the November ballot.</p> <p>The measure would urge city officials to explore growing cannabis and distributing it to seriously ill patients who have an OK from their doctors -- in apparent defiance of federal law.</p>