Category Archives: Blog

Mountain News, 07 Jul 2011 – But Legal Issues Could Stall or Stop Their Closure The clock is ticking on 26 medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the county, including two on the mountain, as the county moves to shut them down.

The Daily Sentinel, 09 Jul 2011 – At its peak, 28 medical marijuana dispensaries dotted Mesa County’s landscape, staffed by about 200 workers who helped pull in tens of thousands of dollars in sales taxes each month for Grand Junction’s city coffers. What a difference three months has made.

The Desert Dispatch, 07 Jul 2011 – There was a time when Barack Obama seemed more honest than Bill Clinton. While Slick Willie notoriously claimed he smoked pot but “didn’t inhale,” Obama candidly admitted: “When I was a kid, I inhaled frequently. That was the point.” Lately, I have not been so impressed by Obama’s […]

The Billings Gazette, 09 Jul 2011 – A 40-year war in which the number of victims and the amount of money spent increase each year and where there is no end in sight can only be viewed as a failure. Forty years ago in June, President Richard Nixon declared a “war on drugs.”

The Daily Inter Lake, 07 Jul 2011 – District Judge Stewart Stadler heard arguments Wednesday in a case pitting a medical marijuana advocacy group against Flathead County Attorney Ed Corrigan. The Montana Medical Growers Association sued Corrigan March 23 on behalf of two men charged with felonies after a February traffic stop that yielded three […]

The Columbian, 09 Jul 2011 – LOS ANGELES — Marijuana has been approved by California, many other states and the nation’s capital to treat a range of illnesses, but in a decision announced Friday the federal government ruled that it has no accepted medical use and should remain classified as a highly dangerous drug like […]

Ann Arbor Journal, 08 Jul 2011 – People’s Choice Alternative Medicine sort of blends in with the rest of South Main Street. Literally a 30-second stumble from Michigan Stadium, off of West Keech at 1054 South Main, the space is better identified to drivers and passersby for the white “Chiropractor 1054 Parking” sign outside than […]

Paradise Post, 09 Jul 2011 – The Paradise Planning Commission approved a draft medical marijuana ordinance Thursday evening with minimal changes from the 12 -page staff-drafted document. The draft will be presented to the Paradise Town Council for its consideration and approval at a later date. During the public hearing on the ordinance, a few […]

Grand Junction Free Press, 08 Jul 2011 – Around the turn of the last century, Carrie Nation opposed alcohol use. So zealous was her crusade that she gained a reputation for barging into bars armed with her Bible and a hatchet to smash up the establishments. Some say she even excused the assassination of President […]

Porterville Recorder, 09 Jul 2011 – The middle of the growing season for Tulare County’s leading cash crop is here. In 2010, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department seized nearly $1.67 billion worth of marijuana, slightly outdoing $1.6 billion in revenue fetched the same year by the dairy industry, the county’s top commodity.