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Missoulian, 22 Jun 2011 – HELENA – District Judge James Reynolds signaled strongly Wednesday he may temporarily strike down portions of Montana’s restrictive new medical marijuana law – if not the entire statute – before it takes effect July 1.

Metro Times, 22 Jun 2011 – Amsterdam Authorities Try Rolling Back the Country’s Successful Experiment in Decriminalization When I got back to Amsterdam last week and checked into my headquarters at the 420 Cafe, I received an urgent message from the proprietor, Michael Veling, in response to my last column, which talked about attempts to […]

The Billings Gazette, 07 Jul 2011 – Relying on a state law that took effect Friday, the Billings City Council voted Tuesday to close all medical marijuana stores within the city limits. Last summer, the council imposed a moratorium on new medical marijuana businesses, but those already operating within the city limits were not shut […]

Seattle Times, 22 Jun 2011 – Washington State Would Be Defying Federal Drug Laws If an Initiative Filed Wednesday With the Secretary of State to Legalize and Regulate Marijuana Is Adopted. Washington state would be defying federal drug laws if an initiative filed Wednesday with the Secretary of State to legalize and regulate marijuana is […]

The State News, 22 Jun 2011 – Last Friday’s nationwide protests — one of which occurred in Lansing – — of the “war on drugs” on its unofficial 40th anniversary were a bit misguided. When there’s talk about ending the war on drugs, it’s mainly focused on the legalization of recreational marijuana and the high […]

Seattle Times, 22 Jun 2011 – The Seattle Times Editorial Board Supports the Legalization, Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana for Washington State Adults. MARIJUANA should be legalized, regulated, taxed and made available for sale to adults. Prohibition has failed. It fuels criminal gangs. It fills the prisons in America and graveyards in Mexico.

Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 07 Jul 2011 – Fewer Montana high school students report using marijuana now than two years ago, despite worries that legalization of medical marijuana would boost pot smoking among teenagers. In a survey of more than 9,000 Montana high school students, 39 percent said they’d tried marijuana, down 3 percent from two […]

The Columbian, 23 Jun 2011 – Adults Could Buy Up to an Ounce of Pot SEATTLE — A new push to legalize marijuana for recreational use in Washington is carefully calibrated to what voters will support — and to what will keep state workers from getting into trouble with federal agents, activists said Wednesday after […]

The Advertiser-News, 07 Jul 2011 – ADVOCATES VS STATE VS FEDS Dispensing in NJ at a Standstill As Questions Are Still Unanswered TRENTON — Advocates say they will consider suing the state if Gov. Chris Christie continues to stand in the way of implementing a law that legalizes marijuana for medical use.

The Mail Tribune, 23 Jun 2011 – As Sheriff, County Consider Appeal, Costs Rise in Handgun License Legal Dispute Sheriff Mike Winters’ efforts to prevent medical marijuana patients from obtaining concealed handgun licenses has cost more than $13,000 in outside legal fees, plus the equivalent of $20,000 in time spent by Jackson County’s in-house attorney.