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The Press of Atlantic City, 20 Jan 2014 – The Appellate Division of the Superior Court has ordered the Department of Health and Senior Services to produce a report within 45 days detailing the status of New Jersey’s medical-marijuana program, especially regarding the dispensaries that haven’t yet opened.

The Daily Tribune, 20 Jan 2014 – There were fewer medical marijuana patients in Michigan in 2013, but the number of medical marijuana providers dropped by nearly half as new laws regulating the growing industry took effect, and court rulings and prosecutions affected medical marijuana outlets.

The Trentonian, 20 Jan 2014 – Advocates of marijuana legalization might call it “Reefer Madness.” New Jersey drug-treatment officials call it simply a fact. There are more than 12,000 state “treatment admissions” annually for marijuana users – a rising number, according to the state’s Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

Albuquerque Journal, 20 Jan 2014 – The War on Drugs Has Left White America Relatively Unscathed Has the new year started out on a high or a drugged-out low? The decriminalization of marijuana in Washington and Colorado has been heralded as the end of prohibition – and alternately lamented as the rock bottom of America’s […]

The Columbian, 20 Jan 2014 – “Pot firms can be blocked locally” (Jan. 17, The Columbian) is an idea to be balanced against the experience of states where counties had the local option of permitting alcohol to be sold. The bootleggers became the biggest supporters of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Who benefits from driving […]

Washington Times, 20 Jan 2014 – Colorado Will Demonstrate Why Promoting Pot Is a Mistake On Jan. 1, Colorado made history as the first jurisdiction in the modern era to license the retail sales of marijuana. To be sure, there were no bloody fistfights among people waiting in line and, as far as we know, […]

Washington Times, 20 Jan 2014 – Columnist Emily Miller’s allegation that marijuana is “similar to heroin or cocaine” is patently false (“Obama’s cultural legacy is legal marijuana blowing through America,” Commentary, Jan. 9).

Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 20 Jan 2014 – Legislators will be addressing legalizing marijuana this session, which will affect the future and quality of life in Hawaii. Colorado and Washington state just legalized pot and Hawaii must not copy-cat another mainland trend.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 21 Jan 2014 – The Legislature is already blowing smoke about legalizing marijuana. I don’t want my grandkids smoking that. Medical experts already say smoking marijuana is unhealthy. Drugs create drug addicts. Then what. Rehab?

Spokesman-Review, 21 Jan 2014 – The nation’s first experiment with the legal sale of recreational marijuana began Jan. 1 in Colorado, and by all accounts it was pretty mellow. Washington, where voters legalized marijuana in 2012, will begin permitting pot shops this spring. Alaska may vote on a marijuana ballot measure in August, and advocates […]