Category Archives: Blog

Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 13 Jul 2011 – An imposed deal eliminates random screenings, but a “reasonable suspicion” policy outlines penalties The state abandoned an effort to implement random drug testing for Hawaii’s public school teachers in its “last, best and final”?offer imposed July 1.

The Union, 21 Jul 2011 – A pot grower raided by Nevada County’s narcotics task force has lost a federal lawsuit against the county. Jon-Cory Schmidt sued the county and the Sheriff’s Office alleging his due process and equal protections rights had been violated, after a raid on his medical marijuana grow in September 2009. […]

East Bay Express, 13 Jul 2011 – Downtown Will Host a Huge, Open-Air Cannabis Expo on Labor Day Weekend. Organizers expect up to 30,000 cannabis fans to flood into Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall on September 3-4 for the International Cannabis and Hemp Expo 2011.

The Press-Tribune, 22 Jul 2011 – Requests More Time to Consider Proposed Ordinance That Prohibits Outdoor Medical Marijuana Cultivation Roseville patients who use medical marijuana will have to wait a little longer to find out if they will be allowed to continue growing their weed outdoors.

Los Angeles Times, 13 Jul 2011 – The DEA Is Right in Saying There’s Not Enough Scientific Evidence About the Medical Uses of Cannabis. But That’s Because the Government’s Paranoia About the Plant Makes Legitimate Research on Possible Benefits All but Impossible. What is it that makes marijuana more frightening to the federal government than […]

Record Searchlight, 22 Jul 2011 – CHICO — The executive board of the Chico Police Officers Association said Friday it believes plans to allow two large marijuana dispensaries in the city are illegal, and it wants no part of it. The Chico City Council approved an ordinance establishing two dispensaries of up to 10,000 square […]

Livingston County Daily Press & Argus, 13 Jul 2011 – A card-carrying medical marijuana caregiver who was growing marijuana in his backyard to treat his wife’s stage-3 breast cancer will be sentenced Thursday for manufacturing marijuana.

Morning Sun, 22 Jul 2011 – The War on Drugs has taken a turn for the surreal. Two turns, actually. For our first, we go to Midland County, where the prosecutor with the assistance of the state attorney general’s office has picked up and run with a peculiar argument first advanced here in Isabella County […]

New Haven Advocate, 13 Jul 2011 – MANCHESTER — Last month, Connecticut decriminalized the possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana. In light of rising prison populations, gang violence and recent studies that suggest the so-called “War on Drugs” is a failed law enforcement policy, many would say the move was overdue. Like […]

Metro Times, 13 Jul 2011 – The Dean of Pot Growing Comes to Town Ed Rosenthal has been the longest and strongest voice talking about how to grow marijuana over the past 30 years through his “Ask Ed” column in High Times and Cannabis Culture magazines. On top of that he has written and published […]