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The Philadelphia Inquirer, 24 Jan 2014 – Grandfather Protests for Medical Marijuana and His Family. Frigid temperatures, a looming snowstorm, and a set of jitters did not stop the grandfather of a 2-year-old medical-marijuana cardholder from showing up at Gov. Christie’s swearing-in this week.

Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan 2014 – Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago aldermen want their say on where marijuana can be grown and sold in the city under the state’s new medical cannabis program, and they’re considering tougher zoning restrictions than those prescribed by Springfield.

The Philadelphia Inquirer, 25 Jan 2014 – Nicholas P. Scutari Said Colorado Has Been Successful Allowing Recreation Use. Christie Has Said: No Way. The proposal would invite a veto from Gov. Christie over legalizing the drug’s recreational use.

The Herald, 25 Jan 2014 – OLYMPIA – Attorney General Eric Holder’s willingness to allow banks to deal with marijuana businesses is welcome news for state leaders, entrepreneurs and bankers worried by the prospect of conducting all transactions in cash.

Garden Island, 26 Jan 2014 – HONOLULU (AP) – A state lawmaker wants Hawaii to consider allowing farmers to grow marijuana for export to other nations as a way to raise tax revenue, but it’s far from clear who would buy it and whether the federal government would even allow it. Democratic Rep.

Merced Sun-Star, 26 Jan 2014 – In 2010, as Colorado lawmakers were creating America’s first state-licensed and regulated medical marijuana industry, fellow police officers at a Colorado Drug Investigators Association conference jeered a state law enforcement official assigned to draft the legislation. Some of the sharpest barbs came from visiting narcotics officers from California.

The Pantagraph, 26 Jan 2014 – SPRINGFIELD – Even after the state implements rules for the sale of medical marijuana, federal banking regulations could make Illinois’ budding cannabis industry a cash-only operation.

The Times, 26 Jan 2014 – To the Editor: President Barack Obama must be ignorant of the facts, or just made a stupid statement when he said recently that marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol. This is ludicrous. His own Office of National Drug Control Policy says that there are more carcinogens in marijuana […]

The Day, 26 Jan 2014 – Since Jan. 1, Colorado has had a legal marijuana market. The same will soon be true in Washington State, once retail licenses are issued. Other states, such as California and Oregon, will likely follow suit over the next three years. So does this creeping legalization of marijuana in the […]

Spokesman-Review, 26 Jan 2014 – Oh, boy! We voted to legalize pot. That’s fantastic! But wait; now the lawmakers, the regulators, the oh-so-righteous do-gooders, the pseudo-moral morons, and the just plain stupid people are taking over and they now have to manage our legal marijuana. It never used to be this complicated. What went wrong?