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Feds Raid Oaksterdam Marijuana University, The Beating Heart of the Oakland Cannabis Revival

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. April 2, 2012.

The country's first "cannabis college" is raided and taped off by federal marshalls; the DEA and IRS continue their "ongoing investigation" as marijuana supporters mobilize.

Remembering Oscar Grant on the Day of Johannes Mehserle's Release

Julianne Hing, Colorlines.com. June 15, 2011.

The former BART police officer who killed Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day in 2009 has been released from jail, but for Grant's family, the wounds are still fresh.

Americans Are Learning Medicine the Cuban Way

Julia Landau, East Bay Express. February 5, 2010.

The Bay Area is a hub for new doctors who want to practice family medicine and help the poor, yet had to leave the country to learn how to do it.

Sick: Hospital Kicks Out Dying Cancer Patient For Using Doctor-Prescribed, Legal Pot

David Edwards, December 31, 1969.

Medical Pot Under Attack: CA Federal Judge Rules Against Effort to Protect Legal Dispensaries

Kristen Gwynne, December 31, 1969.