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The Record, 17 Jun 2011 – TRENTON – Governor Christie won’t implement the state’s medical marijuana law until the federal government assures him they won’t prosecute anyone for working in the program. The federal government has not given similar assurances to other states running medical marijuana programs.

The Billings Gazette, 03 Jul 2011 – The judge’s comparisons of marijuana with cancer drugs are ludicrous. Cancer drugs are not addictive, are not natural products and are the result of years of extensive and expensive research and testing. The cost of those drugs not only pays for the past research but supports ongoing research […]

East Valley Tribune, 17 Jun 2011 – A couple hours after a DirecTV worker saw marijuana and hashish inside a bedroom closet of Ross Taylor’s Gilbert home during the installation process of a satellite dish, 12 Gilbert police officers wearing masks and toting guns busted into his house and took his pot.

The Billings Gazette, 03 Jul 2011 – The lawsuit against SB 423 is an insult to the intelligence of thousands of Montanans! This lawsuit goes against the separation of powers as stated in the Montana Constitution, our Montana legislators, Supreme Court, the FDA, federal law and the U.S. Congress.

Albuquerque Journal, 17 Jun 2011 – Forty years ago this month, President Richard Nixon declared his “War on Drugs.” Now, 40 years later, can we honestly say we’ve got a handle on the problem? No, of course we can’t. The drug scourge continues with its ever-increasing criminality and murderous violence. It heaps economic hardships on […]

Kitsap Sun, 04 Jul 2011 – BREMERTON — With names like “Bud Candy,” “Big Bud” and “Nirvana Bloom,” fertilizers in Kitsap Garden & Lighting’s inventory suggest they’re for growing marijuana. Not according to owner Miles Nemec, who said the products, made by B.C.-based Advanced Nutrients, are formulated for a variety of plants.

Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 04 Jul 2011 – “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” Some might argue that the U.S. Constitution delegates powers to the feds to arrest medical marijuana providers because of the […]

Chico Enterprise-Record, 17 Jun 2011 – CHICO — If approved by the City Council in July, a medical marijuana ordinance will go into effect in Chico Aug. 5, allowing pot to be grown and processed in small quantities for personal medicinal use.

Record Searchlight, 05 Jul 2011 – Career lawmen and pot smokers don’t normally pal around, but Redding Police Chief Peter Hansen has a surprisingly positive attitude toward the city’s medical-marijuana collectives. Nearly 20 co-ops operate under a city regulatory scheme that he oversees. And the chief publicly says they’re mainly good businesses whose owners are […]

The Cortez Journal, 18 Jun 2011 – The Dolores Town Council voted Monday to extend a moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries in town. Town attorney Mike Green said he recommended voting for the moratorium as the state of Colorado continues to deal with massive changes in law for the business of licensing medical marijuana […]