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Ahwatukee Foothills News, 24 Jun 2011 – Medical marijuana has come to the forefront of several legal battles, both local and federal. The most significant is the state’s lawsuit against the U.S. government — a suit that is holding up applications to open medical marijuana dispensaries.

Seattle Times, 24 Jun 2011 – Editor, The Times: The state of Washington, with some of its citizens attempting to legalize marijuana, is digging a hole deeper into the criminal abyss [“McKay joins push to make pot legal,” page one, June 22]. It is as if they want the state to give up on the […]

Helena Independent Record, 25 Jun 2011 – It would be “unprecedented and unwarranted” if a Helena district judge temporarily prevents the entire new, more restrictive medical marijuana law from taking full effect July 1, the attorney general’s office has said.

Vail Daily, 25 Jun 2011 – The Soonest a Shop Could Open Would Be Next Year, in One Spot In Town MINTURN, Colorado — Voters last year essentially asked the Minturn Town Council to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in town. Nearly nine months later, the council hasn’t yet voted on a measure that would allow […]

The Gazette, 25 Jun 2011 – A system that mimics daylight illuminates Lono Ho’ala’s grow room at the Eagle’s Nest Wellness Center in Cascade, where cannabis plants as tall as corn stalks are pampered in a temperature-controlled and specially ventilated environment that’s laced with carbon dioxide to accelerate growth.

Ravalli Republic, 25 Jun 2011 – HELENA – It would be “unprecedented and unwarranted” if a Helena district judge temporarily prevents the new, more restrictive Montana medical marijuana law from taking full effect July 1, the attorney general’s office said.

Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 25 Jun 2011 – In response to Richard Begeman on May 28: He said medical marijuana was a farce or fairy tale. There are a lot of bad drugs out there, but marijuana is not one of them. As to a fairy tale, in 1974 there was a study at the Medical […]

The Gazette, 25 Jun 2011 – Last year, the state Legislature mandated that the Department of Revenue write regulations for the medical marijuana industry, including several provisions specified in the bill that included the mandate. This month, though a clarifying bill to tweak the law was passed by the Legislature, the DOR issued those rules […]

Seattle Times, 25 Jun 2011 – Tacoma Hempfest Organizers Said Several Vendors at the Saturday Event Were Cited for Selling Drug Paraphernalia — by the Same Tacoma Police Officers the Organizers Hired to Work As Security at the Event.

The Craig Daily Press, 25 Jun 2011 – During a recent meeting, Craig City Council member Byron Willems claimed that 10 percent of the Steamboat Springs population and nearly every student at Colorado Mountain College has a medical marijuana card. He used little supporting facts when making his claims, and voiced concerns about the perceived […]