Albuquerque Journal, 14 Jan 2014 – SEN. GERALD ORTIZ y Pino’s proposal to use a constitutional amendment as a plebiscite on the issue of legalization of marijuana should give the Legislature and the citizenry pause. From colonial times to the present day, state constitutions were meant to be charters wherein the citizens grant and limit […]

Albuquerque Journal, 14 Jan 2014 – THE LEGALIZATION of marijuana will compound the problems that society is currently dealing with regarding driving under the influence. In the early 1920s, alcohol was legalized as a recreational drug – look where it’s at now. I would like to suggest to the lawmakers of this state to consider […]

Metro Times, 15 Jan 2014 – Putting Pot to the Test. One of the biggest arguments anti-marijuana warriors use is the “we don’t know enough about this stuff” ploy. I’ve been guilty of saying that myself.

Chico Enterprise-Record, 15 Jan 2014 – OROVILLE — In an entirely unexpected move, the Board of Supervisors preliminarily passed amendments to Butte County’s marijuana cultivation ordinance Tuesday that drastically tighten restrictions on growers. On a motion by Chico Supervisor Maureen Kirk, the board unanimously voted to limit marijuana gardens not by the number of plants […]

SF Weekly, 15 Jan 2014 – Drug Reform Victory Won’t Come from the Courts Rare is the court hearing that generates a media hoopla, but an argument scheduled for earlier this week at the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals – that pack of activist judges widely derided as liberal agitators by the American right-wing […]

Seattle Weekly, 15 Jan 2014 – I’ve had pleasant experiences on both of my recent visits to Port Orchard’s Green Comfort, a good solid dispensary with a smallish but high-quality flower selection and friendly budtenders. Green Comfort, open since last July, offers about a dozen strains of flowers, and everything is $10 a gram, with […]

The Repository, 15 Jan 2014 – A Petition Drive Is Underway in Ohio to Put Legalization of Medical Marijuana on the November General Election Ballot. For as long as Jen Coventry can remember, she has struggled with chronic pain. The 34-year-old Newcomerstown woman was born with cerebral palsy, a condition that she says has made […]

Seattle Times, 15 Jan 2014 – Some Washington lawmakers concerned about a possible pot-business freeze-out want to keep cities and towns from adopting marijuana-business bans.

Albuquerque Journal, 15 Jan 2014 – Other States Should Use Caution Before Following Its Lead I live in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, and I am high, but wait.

Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan 2014 – California Can Afford to Let States Such As Colorado and Washington Do the Experimenting First. The nation’s first experiment with the legal sale of recreational marijuana began Jan. 1 in Colorado, and by all accounts it was pretty mellow. Washington state, where voters legalized marijuana in 2012, will […]