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Missoulian, 13 Dec 2011 – HELENA – Jason Christ, the Missoula businessman who signed up thousands of Montanans for medical marijuana cards through “cannabis caravans,” has filed a lawsuit challenging the 2011 state law that makes it harder to get medical pot. Christ, who owns the Montana Caregivers Network, sued the state last week in […]

Garden City Observer, 01 Jan 2012 – While the medical marijuana legal questions are examined in court, state lawmakers will study proposed legislation in 2012 aimed at clarifying the law. House lawmakers are expected to study a package of bills introduced in 2011 that proponents hope will clarify ambiguities in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act.

Issaquah Press, 13 Dec 2011 – Bravo to the City Council, Planning Department, and medical marijuana advocates and patients for crafting a sensible solution to the debate about collective gardens in the city. The ordinance adopted Dec. 5 reflects compassion and understanding on the part of city leaders. Moreover, the legislation adds commonsense regulations to […]

Record Searchlight, 13 Dec 2011 – The Shasta County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted an ordinance Tuesday banning medical marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated parts of the county and narrowly passed a second law hours later regulating pot growth for county residents.

Summit Daily News, 14 Dec 2011 – DENVER – Federal authorities are considering a statewide crackdown on medical marijuana businesses in Colorado in the first sign that a coordinated offensive against the industry is expanding from California.

Record Searchlight, 14 Dec 2011 – Rowdy and rude behavior at public meetings to discuss medical marijuana has become all too routine. Faced with opposing viewpoints, the Proposition 215 crowd has an ugly habit of responding with boos, catcalls and nasty interruptions. Even by those low standards of decorum, though, Tuesday’s Shasta County Board of […]

The Durango Herald, 14 Dec 2011 – Local License Process Fee Will Cost $3,000; All Marijuana Business Required to Have It With a unanimous vote Tuesday, La Plata County commissioners created a new set of licensing regulations and fees for the county’s flourishing medical marijuana industry.

The Herald, 14 Dec 2011 – A BETTER WAY TO MAKE PAPER It’s particularly frustrating that the sale of the Kimberly-Clark paper plant apparently fell through over environmental clean-up concerns, after the company spent $300 million since 1995 upgrading its wastewater and pulp-making systems. Now, the company plans to raze the waterfront site and sell […]

Record Searchlight, 01 Jan 2012 – Medical Marijuana Advocates in Redding Wait on Courts Lindy May-Saunders is worried about her access to medical marijuana should Redding’s dispensaries shut down. “It scares the hell out of me because without medicine I die,” she said.

Daily Courier, 01 Jan 2012 – EDITOR: Thanks for publishing Alan Dean Foster’s Dec. 15 thoughtful letter, “Medical marijuana can be a lifesaver – literally.” I would like to add that I know from personal experience that marijuana is a substitute for both dangerous painkillers like Vicodin and alcohol.