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Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan 2014 – They Now Work in Legalized Pot Trade SEATTLE – In a decade with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Patrick Moen rose to supervise a team of agents busting methamphetamine and heroin rings in Oregon – before giving it all up to join the nascent legal marijuana industry in Washington state.

Reno News & Review, 23 Jan 2014 – Re “Out, damned pot” (Upfront, Jan. 16): Nevada still has one of the worst written and unfair medical marijuana laws in the country. We voted as a state to allow sick people access to one more medication that they can add to their arsenal of deadly prescription […]

Anchorage Press, 23 Jan 2014 – Like a stoner having trouble rising from his easy chair, Alaska’s campaign to legalize marijuana is off to a slow start. The legalization campaign, which calls itself Alaska Campaign to Regulate Marijuana, has so far reported raising less than $8,000 – nearly all of it in the form of […]

Reno News & Review, 23 Jan 2014 – Medical Marijuana Will Be Competitive Business In Nevada Just two days before Christmas, early on a Monday morning, dozens of people showed up to video-linked meeting rooms in Carson City and Las Vegas to talk about marijuana.

Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan 2014 – The American people once elected a president who favored decriminalizing marijuana. Jimmy Carter endorsed the change in 1976 as a candidate and again after taking office. Nothing happened, and more decades have been wasted in the war on cannabis and other drugs.

Chicago Sun-Times, 24 Jan 2014 – Chicago aldermen on Thursday bemoaned a state law that legalized medical marijuana but left them virtually powerless to decide where dispensaries and growing centers are located. Concerned that Illinois’ 60 dispensaries would be concentrated “where the customers are,” Ald.

The Daily Tribune, 24 Jan 2014 – Approval for a state charitable gaming license is the next step for the non-profit group Michigan Compassion in order to get its medical marijuana education organization soaring. “We are waiting on the approval; everything has been submitted; now we hope to hear back by February,” said Heidi Parikh, […]

Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 24 Jan 2014 – Imagine a day when Maui Wowie and Kona Gold are legitimate marijuana brands sold around the world, when Hawaii factories create legal products such as Maui Wowie cookies, cannabis-infused ice cream and marijuana macadamia nut chocolate candies. That day might not be far off if state Rep. Rida Cabanilla […]

Washington Times, 24 Jan 2014 – The D.C. Council will consider a bill to decriminalize marijuana during its Feb. 4 legislative session. Council member Tommy Wells, Ward 6 Democrat, has proposed a measure that recommends a $25 civil penalty for marijuana possession. Current law makes possession punishable by up to six months in jail and […]

Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan 2014 – Draft Of New Medical Pot Rules Restricts Patients’ Gun Rights Gun-rights organizations have been conspicuously reserved in their response to a proposed state regulation that would prohibit patients with medical marijuana permits from owning firearms.