US WA: Redmond City Council Places Six-Month Moratorium On Marijuana
Redmond Reporter, 18 Aug 2011 – Following the lead of other Eastside cities, the Redmond City Council placed a temporary ban on medical marijuana collective gardens to give city staff time to formulate a plan for regulation and zoning.
Read moreUS WA: Medical Marijuana Moratorium Enacted In Wapato
Yakima Herald-Republic, 18 Aug 2011 – WAPATO — Medical marijuana gardens and dispensaries will not be allowed in this Lower Valley town for at least six months while city officials try to sort out legal confusion caused by a new state law. City Council members on Monday unanimously approved the ban.
Read moreUS CA: Pot Regs Committee Meets Sept 9
Willits News, 02 Sep 2011 – The first meeting of the committee charged with developing draft regulations for medical marijuana dispensaries for Mendocino County is set for Friday, September 9, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the county administration building in Ukiah. The public is invited to give input on what they would like to […]
Read moreUS MT: PUB LTE: Med Marijuana Is The Will Of The People
Havre Daily News, 18 Aug 2011 – Editor: During Montana’s 2011 legislative session, 113 of our elected representatives, in direct contradiction of the expressed will of 62 percent of the people, imposed their personal social agenda on the rest of Montana by approving a repeal of Montana’s medical marijuana law.
Read moreUS CA: County Serves Notices Of Violation On Medical Pot
Porterville Recorder, 02 Sep 2011 – On Wednesday, Tulare County Sheriff’s Department officials served four illegally zoned medical marijuana operations near Visalia, Ivanhoe, and Seville, with notices of violation requiring they shut down within the next ten days.
Read moreUS MI: Methamphetamine: 'It's A Serious Problem'
Sentinel-Standard, 18 Aug 2011 – Methamphetamine seen in juvenile, family court system IONIA, Mich. – A dangerous drug being seen throughout the area is also being seen in the juvenile and family court system. Ionia County Board of Commissioners heard of how methamphetamine abuse is being seen more through the juvenile and family court system […]
Read moreUS MT: Cooking In The Woods
Missoula Independent, 18 Aug 2011 – COOKING IN THE WOODS Late last month, the U.S. Forest Service in Region 1, which includes Montana, circulated an internal safety advisory alerting staff to a rash of “one-pot” methamphetamine cookers discovered on national forest lands. The cookers–a cheap and dirty way to manufacture meth–are volatile and carcinogenic.
Read moreUS MI: Court Opinion May Impact Local Medical Marijuana
Sentinel-Standard, 02 Sep 2011 – IONIA, Mich. – An opinion last week from the State of Michigan Court of Appeals ruling an Isabella County medical marijuana dispensary illegal is raising concern for two local dispensaries. Great Lakes Holistic, located at 1276 N.
Read moreUS WA: Auburn Puts 1-year Moratorium On Pot Gardens
Auburn Reporter, 18 Aug 2011 – On Monday the Auburn City Council unanimously slapped a one-year moratorium on the growing of collective marijuana gardens within city limits. City leaders took the step because as of July 22 collective cannabis gardens containing up to 45 plants have been legal under Washington State law, placing the state […]
Read moreUS ME: Column: A Whole Lot Of Nonsense Going On
Lewiston Sun Journal, 03 Sep 2011 – The third week in July, Republican Gov. Rick Perry said that the U.S. Constitution – whose 10th Amendment limits federal power – gives states the right to decide on such matters as abortion and gay marriage. The fourth week in July, the Texan recanted. He now supports a […]
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