San Diego City Beat, 22 Feb 2012 – Proposed local medical-marijuana initiative isn’t a joint effort The medical-marijuana-themed hospitality suite at California’s Democratic State Convention last weekend was kicking-a DJ, movies, a gallery show of Chicano Park artists and a flowing contingency of prominent Democrats.

Tucson Weekly, 23 Feb 2012 – LOOKING FOR LEGITIMATE INFORMATION ON THE SCIENCE BEHIND MMJ? THIS IS A START Just like many of you, I have struggled with the new onslaught of medical information about cannabis.

The Columbian, 23 Feb 2012 – In response to The Columbian’s Feb.

Arizona Daily Wildcat, 23 Feb 2012 – University Could Lose Federal Funding If Drug Use Is Permitted The UA may have to keep the bongs at bay, as a new bill would make medical marijuana on campus illegal, even if it is allowed in the state.

Tucson Weekly, 23 Feb 2012 – The word to use is “cannabis.” Your column will be a lot more helpful once you read The Pot Book (“J.M. on J.M.,” Medical MJ, Feb. 2). You have yet to mention that just like endorphins, the brain has its own endogenous cannabinoid receptors. This was discovered by researchers […]

Sacramento News & Review, 23 Feb 2012 – Despite the Federal and County Crackdowns, Smartphone-App Business Is Still Smokin’ Medical-cannabis patients are increasingly turning to their smartphones to easily find deals of the day, scan dispensary menus, and even schedule dispensary-provided services such as yoga.

The Gazette, 26 Feb 2012 – Behind two locked doors Sunday evening, employees at the Indispensary, a medical marijuana dispensary on East Bijou Street, were frantically working to close up shop. After receiving a federal mandate in early January to close by Monday or risk seizure and criminal prosecution, owners of the business decided to […]

The Voice, 27 Feb 2012 – On Jan. 6 a 20-year-old man was pronounced dead by emergency response personnel after a friend found him blue and face down on the floor in the Lodge Keeper Motel in Chesterfield. The witness said hours prior to him waking up to his friend being dead the two had […]

Summit Daily News, 27 Feb 2012 – DENVER – No problems have been reported in Colorado as 23 medical marijuana dispensaries near schools face a deadline to move or shut down. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office, Jeff Dorschner, said Monday that no enforcement actions have taken place so far.

The Columbian, 27 Feb 2012 – Vancouver, County Consider Laws Requiring Stores to Keep Products in Areas Confined to Those 18 and Older Pipes, bongs, scales and other “tobacco use only” products in local convenience stores may soon be put out of children’s reach, and sight.