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Issaquah Reporter, 17 Feb 2012 – By a vote of 6-1 Tuesday night, the Sammamish city council supported a motion by former mayor Don Gerend, to authorize mayor Tom O’Dell to sign the Association of Washington Cities Mayor’s letter in support of reclassification of marijuana. Ironically, O’Dell cast the one dissenting vote.

Arizona Daily Sun, 17 Feb 2012 – When a student flunks out, it’s time for second-guessing by parents and teachers, too. The same holds for a drug-resistance curriculum like DARE. Police officers in fifth-grade classrooms need course materials that have an impact and reinforcement from parents and the culture at large.

Verde Independent, 17 Feb 2012 – PHOENIX — Ignoring a possible lawsuit, the state House voted Thursday to ban marijuana on college and university campuses, even for those who have a state-issued card entitling them to use it for medical reasons. A 2010 voter-approved initiative allows those who have a doctor’s recommendation to possess and […]

Whidbey Examiner, 17 Feb 2012 – “It’s not a question of should there be a medical marijuana law, or who supports it, but how we follow the current law here,” Langley Mayor Larry Kwarsick said at a Langley City Council workshop last week.

The Mail Tribune, 17 Feb 2012 – Legal marijuana operation was found to be in violation because a hired worker didn’t have a grow card Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement investigators cited two men on felony marijuana charges after it was found a medical marijuana garden operator illegally hired a man to tend to […]

Times Argus, 18 Feb 2012 – MONTPELIER – A recent survey of Vermonters shows broad support of decriminalization of marijuana, but legislation is stalled in the House that would reduce the possession of small quantities of marijuana to a civil offense.

Missoulian, 18 Feb 2012 – When federal agents raided medical marijuana businesses around Montana last year, the consequences for those indicted as a result seemed dire. They faced mandatory minimum sentences of at least five years in prison on some charges, with maximum penalties of 40 years and fines ranging as high as $5 million.

South Whidbey Record, 18 Feb 2012 – LANGLEY – The plans for a medical marijuana “access point” in the Village by the Sea got a warm but wary welcome from city officials at a special council workshop this week.

Morning Sentinel, 18 Feb 2012 – It seemed strange that aging crooner Tony Bennett’s first comment about the death of Whitney Houston was a plea for the legalization of now-outlawed drugs. His point deserves some consideration, however, in spite of the fact that no illegal drugs appear to have been involved in Houston’s death.

The Billings Gazette, 19 Feb 2012 – MEDICAL MARIJUANA NUMBERS DROP AS UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDS INDUSTRY HELENA — The number of medical marijuana cardholders in Montana continues to plummet while the number of legal marijuana providers is a fraction of its peak, as the industry faces an uncertain future here.