US CA: OPED: An Argument For Legalizing Drugs
Manteca Bulletin, 06 Aug 2011 – Allow me to state that I am anti-drug use but I believe we are going about it the wrong way. I believe a pragmatic approach is what is needed. Dennis Wyatt’s analysis (“California could make Mexican drug cartels bolder” – July 31) of the Mexican drug cartels is well […]
Read moreUS WA: King County Takes Laissez-Faire Approach To Medical
SnoValley Star, 29 Jul 2011 – King County is adopting a more laissez-faire approach to medical-marijuana operations as North Bend and other cities tighten rules for patient-run collective gardens and other operations. North Bend City Council members imposed a year long moratorium on medical marijuana production and distribution facilities June 7.
Read moreUS CA: More Marijuana Gardens Busted In County
Porterville Recorder, 06 Aug 2011 – A week after more than 25,000 illegal marijuana plants were chopped down in Tulare County, officers with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department S.T.E.P. team cleared out two more gardens this week.
Read moreUS HI: PUB LTE: Hawaii Marijuana Law Confuses, Contradicts
The Maui News, 06 Aug 2011 – Does anyone know if medical marijuana in Hawaii is really legal or not? The law is clear that medical marijuana is legal in Hawaii. However, the sale of all forms of marijuana is not legal in Hawaii, including seeds and sprouts.
Read moreUS MT: PUB LTE: Purpose Of Medical Marijuana Legislation
The Billings Gazette, 30 Jul 2011 – In response to the article in The Gazette regarding the recent confusion behind the medical marijuana situation, I have to ask what is the goal behind this legislation? After reading the fiscal notes attached to the bill, I wonder if the sponsor is on something. The cost involved […]
Read moreUS ME: 'Water Is A Plant's Viagra,' Says Enterprising Pot
Morning Sentinel, 07 Aug 2011 – Ray Logan’s Marijuana State University Draws Students To Augusta AUGUSTA — Marijuana is known for making some people feel good and making others angry, particularly when it comes to debates about whether or not to make the plant available to the ill and the injured.
Read moreUS MT: Editorial: Filling Potholes In The Law
The Daily Inter Lake, 30 Jul 2011 – At least something isn’t ambiguous about Montana’s medical marijuana law. Flathead County District Judge Stewart Stadler recently ruled that the law clearly limits caregivers to providing marijuana to “qualified patients” in a case involving caregivers providing marijuana to one another. A Missoula judge issued a similar ruling […]
Read moreUS MI: Chesterfield Sues Medical Marijuana Facility
The Voice, 07 Aug 2011 – Chesterfield Township is trying to boot a medical marijuana facility from its borders by alleging it violates the zoning ordinance. The township last Friday sued Big Daddy’s Management Group and three individuals in Macomb County Circuit Court in Mount Clemens for the medical marijuana facility at 52001 Gratiot Ave., […]
Read moreUS OH: Group Submits Petitions To Legalize Marijuana
Dayton Daily News, 30 Jul 2011 – Kettering Woman Supports Constitutional Amendment. DAYTON – A group supporting legalization of medical marijuana in Ohio has taken the first steps to place a Constitutional amendment on the November 2012 ballot.
Read moreUS ME: To Grow In The Know
Kennebec Journal, 07 Aug 2011 – AUGUSTA — Marijuana is known for making some people feel good and making others angry, particularly when it comes to debates about whether or not to make the plant available to the ill and the injured. But the plant becomes much less exciting when the topic turns to how […]
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