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Chico Enterprise-Record, 28 Jul 2011 – Ugly Side of Marijuana Trade Revealed at ‘Typical’ Grow Raided in Mendocino Forest PASKENTA – The U.S. Forest Service gave 20 members of the media a rare look at the ugly side of the marijuana industry Wednesday, when it raided an illegal grow in the Mendocino National Forest near […]

Detroit Metro News, 20 Jul 2011 – Obama Administration Heightens Tensions Over Medical Marijuana It was great to see my dear comrade Ed Rosenthal with Larry Gabriel in last week’s Higher Ground.

Telluride Daily Planet, 05 Aug 2011 – ‘I Don’t See Why We Should Put an Extra Tax on Marijuana If It’s Medical’ An anti-tax sentiment that has gripped much of the country in recent months resonated in the chambers of Rebekah Hall on Tuesday, when the Telluride Town Council rejected the idea of putting a […]

The Stranger, 20 Jul 2011 – Pot Dispensaries Scramble to Avoid Federal Raids by Changing Their Practices This is what some fear: Any day now, the federal government will raid several of the medical marijuana dispensaries that have been proliferating lately throughout Western Washington.

Hartford Advocate, 29 Jul 2011 – It’s understandable why Connecticut medical marijuana advocates are looking to Rhode Island as a model. Rhode Island’s already approved homegrown medical pot, authorized three marijuana growing/dispensary operations, picked out who should run them, and has a governor who appears to be fully behind the program.

Nisqually Valley News, 05 Aug 2011 – Medical marijuana – medical cannabis – same thing. Letter writer and local smoke shop owner Mark Ryan takes issue this week with our decision to refer to marijuana in a Nisqually Valley News article last week as, well, marijuana.

SF Weekly, 20 Jul 2011 – With less than six months as district attorney on his resume – and zero cases personally tried in court – George Gascon has a thin record on which to stand for re-election in November. But the former chief of police is doing what he can to rally a base, […]

The Herald, 29 Jul 2011 – It’s inhumane to put a moratorium on marijuana dispensaries. It is denying people the right to access their legal medicine. People who use and need this drug have cancer, wasting syndrome, Crohn’s disease, terminal illness, or are dealing with a reaction to chemo — among other things.

North County Times, 05 Aug 2011 – Operators of an Oceanside Boulevard marijuana dispensary closed by the city have filed a legal claim accusing Oceanside officials of elder abuse for denying medicine to their patients. “If you deny someone access to their medicine, they suffer pain,” said Katherine Clifton, a lawyer for CKS Organics and […]

The Press Democrat, 20 Jul 2011 – The one medical marijuana dispensary in Sebastopol, a city of 7,300, should be enough to serve the community’s needs, the City Council has decided. The council Tuesday night voted to urge county officials to reject a proposed medical marijuana dispensary just outside the city limits, complaining it would […]