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Metro Times, 27 Jul 2011 – Opposing How Prohibition Divides Families and Hurts Kids Robin Schneider remembers Christmases as a young child: sitting in a visitation cell at a federal prison in Indiana, chatting with a father she saw only two or three times a year. The visit was short. The drive with her mother […]

The Press Democrat, 18 Jul 2011 – A proposal to put a medical marijuana dispensary just outside Sebastopol’s southern edge will be discussed Tuesday night by the City Council, which just six months ago adopted a pot ordinance that is among the most liberal in Sonoma County.

The Hanford Sentinel, 04 Aug 2011 – A large marijuana crop found growing behind a home just north of Hanford was found to be in compliance with the law after a morning search Wednesday, authorities said. The Kings County Narcotics Task Force served a search warrant at the home after neighbors reported seeing the 4-foot-tall […]

The Mail Tribune, 27 Jul 2011 – Sheriff Mike Winters’ Opposition to a Gold Hill Medical Marijuana Patient’s Concealed Handgun License Is on Its Way to the U.S. High Court Jackson County Sheriff Mike Winters appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday in his latest bid to block the issuance of a concealed handgun license […]

Appeal-Democrat, 19 Jul 2011 – Operators of a temporarily closed marijuana dispensary should pay Marysville $68,000 in penalties and be prevented from reopening without a business permit, according to the city.

San Francisco Examiner, 04 Aug 2011 – DA says evidence was not good enough to convict Dennis Peron Child pornography and drug possession charges against gay activist and medical marijuana guru Dennis Peron were dismissed Wednesday after prosecutors admitted the evidence against him was weak.

Porterville Recorder, 27 Jul 2011 – More than a dozen Tulare County Sheriff’s deputies spent Tuesday tending to a garden – an illegal marijuana garden with more than 4,000 plants just north of Terra Bella. The proliferation of illegal marijuana groves apparently run by the Mexican cartels on the Valley floor has reached alarming proportions, […]

Appeal-Democrat, 19 Jul 2011 – A draft ordinance to ban outdoor medical marijuana grows in Live Oak will be prepared for the City Council after a study session Tuesday produced mostly public opposition. “This is ridiculous,” resident Raymond Cooper said of a ban.

Springfield News Sun, 04 Aug 2011 – COLUMBUS – An effort to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio was stopped in its tracks Wednesday when supporters failed to get enough valid signatures on petitions, according to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office.

The State News, 19 Jul 2011 – Legislation introduced this summer has some Michigan residents worried that lawmakers’ attempt to clear up confusion would limit medical marijuana patients’ access to treatment Michigan law allows. State lawmakers have realized a need to clarify the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act and are taking legislative action.