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The Billings Gazette, 05 Jul 2011 – CITY COUNCIL BANS STOREFRONT SALES OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA The Billings City Council adopted an emergency ordinance Tuesday night that bans the storefront sale of medical marijuana, effective on Wednesday.

Hawaii Tribune Herald, 20 Jun 2011 – Roger Christie is a man ahead of the times. With unflinching personal convictions, he is being persecuted for his beliefs and detained without bail (Tribune-Herald, June 12). This is happening in a country which hypocritically defends freedom of speech and religion and the right to reasonable bail.

Albany Democrat-Herald, 06 Jul 2011 – Marijuana is a medicine; it is not the horrible monster you have been led to believe. We have been lied to since the 1930’s. Get the facts! This medicine is a gift that we are withholding from our people while forcing patients to get it on the black market […]

The Billings Gazette, 20 Jun 2011 – HELENA — A hearing begins in District Court here today on a request by the Montana Cannabis Industry Association and others seeking a preliminary injunction to stop implementation of the state’s new medical marijuana law. The hearing begins at 8:30 a.m. today (Monday) before state District Court Judge […]

The Billings Gazette, 06 Jul 2011 – The day after the Billings City Council adopted an emergency ordinance banning storefront sales of medical marijuana, city officials decided not to move too quickly to enforce the ban.

Michigan Daily, 20 Jun 2011 – Ann Arbor City Council passed two amended ordinances at their meeting tonight regarding the regulation of zoning and licensing of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, following over three months of deliberation and multiple revisions.

Las Vegas Sun, 06 Jul 2011 – By the Numbers 2 percent — Share of the guns from the United States that originated in Nevada. The majority of firearms come from the border states of Texas, California and Arizona. Two years ago, the case of Zorra Penunuri put Las Vegas on the national map in […]

East Bay Express, 06 Jul 2011 – A New Medical Cannabis Web Site Is Lightning Fast and Wicked Smart. One million medical marijuana patients now exist in America, activists estimate, and another 15.7 million or so smoke pot recreationally, federal health officials estimate.

Midland Daily News, 20 Jun 2011 – A Midland County judge has ruled the state’s medical marijuana act is unconstitutional, with the opinion carrying the potential to set precedent if it survives a challenge that is sure to come in the Michigan Court of Appeals. The opinion, penned last week by Midland County Circuit Court […]

Norwich Bulletin, 06 Jul 2011 – Two interesting milestones were recorded recently. Forty years ago, on June 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon declared drug abuse in the United States as “Public Enemy No. 1,” launching the nation’s four-decade “war on drugs” that has cost the country about $1 trillion — with little success shown […]