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Sammamish Review, 26 Jul 2011 – King County is adopting a more laissez-faire approach to medical-marijuana operations as Issaquah, Sammamish and other cities tighten rules for patient-run collective gardens and other operations.

The Chico News & Review, 04 Aug 2011 – County Verifies Petition Last month, Citizens for Compassionate Use, a group formed in opposition to Butte County’s medical-marijuana-cultivation ordinance, filed a petition against the law that called for it either to be repealed or put to a popular vote.

The Monitor, 18 Jul 2011 – McALLEN – A former Hidalgo County sheriff’s deputy faces federal charges that he conspired to possess and distribute pot bundles while on the job. Heriberto Diaz, a former burglary investigator, was indicted by grand jurors last week in U.S. District Court in McAllen. Documents detailing the charges were filed […]

Sammamish Review, 26 Jul 2011 – There is one sure-fire way to end all the confusion over conflicting marijuana laws. Legalize it. Sammamish just placed a moratorium on collective medical marijuana growing operations because the state and the feds have different ideas about what should be allowed and they don’t want to be caught in […]

The Chico News & Review, 04 Aug 2011 – Panel Also Votes to Retain Redevelopment Agency “We’re being bullied.” That was the general feeling conveyed at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting related to medical marijuana, the “we” being the city and the bully being the federal government.

The Billings Gazette, 18 Jul 2011 – Montana’s tough new medical marijuana law was supposed to end the phenomenon of assembly-line doctor appointments or online recommendations for therapeutic cannabis. It didn’t.

SnoValley Star, 27 Jul 2011 – North Bend’s administration may suggest the City Council make changes to the city’s one-year moratorium on facilities for production or distribution of medical marijuana. The council heard testimony from Steve Sarich, a medical marijuana activist who lives near North Bend, at its July 19 meeting.

Chico Enterprise-Record, 04 Aug 2011 – Our view: The fact that two councilors were willing to allow a marijuana superstore but not a Walmart superstore demonstrates their odd priorities. The Chico City Council did the right thing Tuesday and backed down on its plans to allow two warehouse-size marijuana plantations in Chico.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 18 Jul 2011 – I’ve seen three news items recently that have left me scratching my head about our criminal justice system. Laurie Temple wrote about how 60 percent of drug offenders in Hawaii are busted for non-violent crimes such as possession (“The failed drug war: Time to change tactics,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, […]

The Herald, 04 Aug 2011 – Regarding the Monday article, “Medical marijuana shop leaves Everett, hoping to make a home in Mukilteo”: Mr. Kelsey must have done his research well when he selected Mukilteo for his marijuana operation, as we had to tolerate three different sets of illegal drug users/dealers here for several years with […]