Appeal-Democrat, 29 Feb 2012 – Medical marijuana patients in Yuba City will probably have to cram their operations indoors, something they said would block their access to affordable medicine. Four Yuba City City Council members at a Tuesday night workshop said they wanted to ban residents from growing medical marijuana unless they do it inside […]

Federal Way Mirror, 29 Feb 2012 – King County Executive Dow Constantine has ordered an inquest into a fatal shooting involving a Federal Way police officer. On Jan. 13, Federal Way officer Stacy Eckert shot and killed Kent resident Maksim Mayba, 21, while investigating an apparent drug deal in the Starbucks parking lot on Southwest […]

The Register-Guard, 29 Feb 2012 – “…rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others.

Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb 2012 – If the often-frustrating 40-year war on drugs has taught us anything, it is that even success can have dangerous downsides. Here’s an example I came across in researching a book on the downfall of the Cali cartel. It all started in the summer of 1989, in the northeast […]

Summit Daily News, 01 Mar 2012 – Commissioners Eye July 1 Deadline For Local Medical Marijuana Laws Trailing years behind the implementation of local towns’ medical marijuana retail laws, the county government is treading slowly to develop its own regulations.

The Register-Guard, 03 Mar 2012 – I appreciated the publication of “Cannabis activists are ready to say ‘no Obama’ ” by Jim Greig (Feb. 29). Which candidate we vote for only matters come that day in November. Until then, I’m going to join Greig and just say “no” to President Obama. The drug war (and […]

Pueblo Chieftain, 03 Mar 2012 – Complex denied user an apartment based on pot use. Marlena Martino’s father is caught in one of the numerous gray areas between Colorado’s medical marijuana laws and the federal government stance against pot.

The Steamboat Today, 03 Mar 2012 – Steamboat Springs — A state ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana possession for recreational use is getting a lukewarm reaction from the owner of Steamboat Springs’ largest medical marijuana dispensary.

Los Angeles Times, 03 Mar 2012 – Cities and Medical Pot Providers Grapple With Conflicting Rulings While Waiting for the State Supreme Court to Rule on the Issue – a Year or More From Now.

The Hanford Sentinel, 03 Mar 2012 – The Kings County Sheriff’s Department and the Kings County Farm Bureau will take part in stepped-up enforcement against marijuana grows on private farmland in the San Joaquin Valley, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The push, anticipating the summer harvest season, targets large grows from Stanislaus County […]