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Las Vegas Review-Journal, 05 Dec 2013 – To the editor: Monday’s Review-Journal editorial actually used the word “insane” to describe certain anti-marijuana laws. On the same day, there was an article from The Associated Press on testing for tainted, illegally grown marijuana (“Scientists aim to find quick, easy way to test for tainted marijuana”).

Tucson Weekly, 05 Dec 2013 – Mr. Smith welcomes a new member of the Society of Marijuana Journalists (not an actual organization) In a perfect world, there would be a job where you could just sit around all day, looking up things about pot on the Internet and reading about pot and deciding what aspects […]

Bangor Daily News, 06 Dec 2013 – PORTLAND, Maine – An ordinance legalizing possession of marijuana for nonmedical use in Maine’s largest city goes into effect Friday. Last month, Portland voters approved by a wide margin the legalization measure, which allows individuals 21 or older to carry 2.5 ounces or less of the drug according […]

Portland Daily Sun, 06 Dec 2013 – Discretion. That’s what city officials say is the key component of how Portland’s new marijuana ordinance will be enforced in light of state and federal laws still being in play. The Portland Green Independent Committee hosted a forum on the city’s new legalization ordinance on Thursday, as the […]

Portland Daily Sun, 06 Dec 2013 – Leading by example is one of the top three “to-do’s,” in almost every parenting survival guide. We all know it, but the expression, “Do as I say, not as I do,” has gone through the minds (if not the mouths) of every parent who ever existed.

Detroit Free Press, 06 Dec 2013 – LANSING — A vote on a trio of bills related to Michigan’s Medical Marijuana Act probably won’t happen until next year. But that didn’t stop a couple hundred people affected by the law from cramming into three committee rooms Thursday to voice their support and concerns about the […]

Portland Daily Sun, 06 Dec 2013 – Just as the city’s ordinance that legalizes the possession and use of a small quantity of marijuana takes effect, a local group is taking steps to educate kids about the use of the substance.

Albany Democrat-Herald, 06 Dec 2013 – In response to the Dec. 1 letter by Linn County District Attorney Doug Marteeny et al.: It’s true that anyone in California who wants a medical marijuana recommendation can get one. So-called medical marijuana abuses are not to be feared. As long as there is a demand for marijuana, […]

Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06 Dec 2013 – To the editor: It was encouraging to read the Review-Journal’s Monday editorial (“No drugs or guns? You’re busted anyway”), calling out one of America’s worst policy failures in history.

Capital Press, 06 Dec 2013 – The more we find out about hemp the less we like it as an option for western farmers. The more we learn about hemp, the less enthusiastic we are about it as an option for western farmers. It is illegal under federal law, the market for it is minuscule […]