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Kitsap Sun, 09 Aug 2011 – PORT ORCHARD — Former Port Orchard City Councilman Tom Stansbery traveled to Seattle during his final illness to obtain the medical cannabis that relieved his pain and discomfort, his widow Christine Stansbery told the City Council on Tuesday. Mrs.

The Columbian, 01 Aug 2011 – In response to the July 20 story “Medical marijuana signs sprout up: Placed around area by referral firm, they have attention of law enforcement,” there are two issues that disturb me. First, I am troubled that a company can advertise access to speak with someone about how to obtain […]

Anderson Valley Post, 09 Aug 2011 – The Anderson planning commission voted to ban medical marijuana on Monday, August 8, 2011. During an evening meeting that grew heated at times, the commission voted 3 to 1 to prohibit collectives. Voting for the ban were commissioner Barnett, Baugh and Mower. Commissioner Haggard was the lone dissent. […]

The Hanford Sentinel, 01 Aug 2011 – Kings County supervisors will consider Tuesday whether to impose a temporary ban on medical marijuana dispensaries. The county has received several inquiries from dispensaries wanting to locate here, county documents state. Currently there is only one dispensary here — Gray Sky Alternative Medicine Collective on East Lacey Boulevard […]

Mount Shasta Herald, 10 Aug 2011 – Siskiyou County Sheriff Jon Lopey announced that the 72,000 marijuana plants recently discovered and destroyed in Siskiyou County were the work of members of Mexican drug cartels. It’s estimated that in the last five years, nearly 40,000 people have been killed in Mexico as a result of the […]

Hesperia Star, 01 Aug 2011 – Armed Robbery of a Main Street Medical Marijuana Dispensary Brings Issues into the Spotlight The dust is settling a week after Jah Healing Caregivers, a Hesperia medicinal marijuana dispensary, was hit by an armed robber.

Chico Enterprise-Record, 10 Aug 2011 – OROVILLE – Butte County’s controversial marijuana cultivation ordinance is slated to go to the voters next June, due to a successful referendum petition drive. In a 21-minute hearing Tuesday, a divided Butte County Board of Supervisors voted to put the ordinance on the ballot in the June primary.

Petoskey News-Review, 10 Aug 2011 – Four City, Township Boards Will Meet Aug. 22 to Discuss Zoning Regulations Four Charlevoix-area governmental bodies have scheduled a combined meeting for later this month to discuss how they will regulate medical marijuana businesses in their respective jurisdictions.

Ahwatukee Foothills News, 01 Aug 2011 – Federal attorneys asked a judge on Monday to throw out a lawsuit filed by Gov. Jan Brewer seeking a ruling about the legality of the state’s medical marijuana law. Deputy U.S. Attorney Scott Risner said there is no legal basis for the lawsuit. Risner told U.S.

The Herald, 01 Aug 2011 – The Proprietor of a Medical Marijuana Patients Collective WHO Closed His Everett Location Seeks New Digs for His Operation. EVERETT — A hand-written sign posted Friday at 2212 Broadway read: “Sorry to all our patients. Sadly we are closed. See you in Mukilteo.”