US CA: Column: Legalization Of Marijuana Is Not Wise
Paradise Post, 02 Aug 2011 – The marijuana users in our society are gaining strength, and they are asking the rest of us to loosen the reins. They want their favorite narcotic to be legalized. They say recreational marijuana (whatever that means) should be legalized, and they are seeking our support.
Read moreUS MI: Advocate Of Marijuana, Small Government Convicted Of
The Daily Tribune, 10 Aug 2011 – A Clinton Township man who espoused anti-government and marijuana-rights views in his trial was found guilty Wednesday on all counts for manufacturing the drug and gun possession.
Read moreUS CA: Supervisors Vote To Ban Marijuana Collectives, But Not
The Bakersfield Californian, 02 Aug 2011 – Kern County supervisors took the first step toward banning the sale of medical marijuana though organized, nonprofit collectives and cooperatives in county areas Tuesday over the objections of a crowd that filled their chambers and marched down Truxtun Avenue. The Board of Supervisors could have slammed the plan […]
Read moreUS MI: Bills Tackle Misuse Of Medical Marijuana Law, Attorney
Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug 2011 – Michigan’s medical marijuana law has been abused, exploited and hijacked by pot profiteers, said state Attorney General Bill Schuette in pushing a package of bills that will close loopholes in the law that was intended to provide pot to people with terminal, debilitating and chronic diseases.
Read moreUS CA: City To Vote On Prohibiting Pot Shops In Town
The Desert Dispatch, 02 Aug 2011 – BARSTOW More than a year after it put a hold on the issue, City Council will vote at its next meeting whether to prohibit marijuana dispensaries in Barstow. The Council voted 3-2 Monday in favor of voting on a marijuana dispensary ordinance in two weeks, with Mayor Joe […]
Read moreUS WA: City Bans Medical Marijuana Facilities
SnoValley Star, 10 Aug 2011 – North Bend Patients WHO Rely on the Plant Want a Safe Place to Get Their Medicine Lynne Magnuson is a quiet, upbeat person. She is the cheery-faced, next-door neighbor. She is also a medical marijuana user.
Read moreUS CA: Medical Pot Patients Say They Were Denied Care
Calaveras Enterprise, 02 Aug 2011 – Since mid-June, several medical marijuana patients have been denied care at Mark Twain St. Joseph’s Hospital clinics, and one doctor is telling patients to stop using medicinal marijuana, according to Collective Patient Resources founder Tom Liberty, of Mountain Ranch.
Read moreUS MI: Joining The Fight
Metro Times, 10 Aug 2011 – Not Your Grandfather’s NAACP The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People passed a resolution calling for an end to the War on Drugs in no uncertain terms a couple of weeks ago during its national convention in Los Angeles.
Read moreUS CA: New Group Seeks To Regulate Marijuana
Colusa County Sun-Herald, 02 Aug 2011 – A new effort to legalize marijuana for recreational use in California is working its way toward the 2012 ballot, and organizers of the proposed initiative are hoping for the support of farmers. “Farmers in the Central Valley could benefit the most,” said Steve Kubby, manager of the “Campaign […]
Read moreUS CA: Deputies Diligent In Taking Down Pot Gardens
Porterville Recorder, 10 Aug 2011 – Garden Busted Near Plainview In what has become practically an everyday occurrence, officers with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department’s S.T.E.P. (Sheriff’s Tactical Enforcement Personnel) spent Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning taking down another larger marijuana garden.
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