Wall Street Journal, 06 Jun 2011 – Starting next month, getting caught with a small amount of marijuana could cost Connecticut tokers as little as $150. Over the weekend, the State Senate passed a bill decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana. The bill is backed by Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy and is likely […]

The News-Times, 30 Jun 2011 – When David Simon, creator of HBO’s late dramatic crime series “The Wire,” heard through news media that Atty. Gen. Eric Holder wanted to see the series return for a sixth season, he offered the nation’s top prosecutor a deal.

Connecticut Post, 08 Jun 2011 – On June 4, the Connecticut State Senate passed, by a 19-18 vote, a bill decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana. The bill was then approved in the Connecticut House of Representatives and will be sent to the governor for signature. Gov. Dannel Malloy is in support of […]

Telegraph-Forum, 09 Jun 2011 – In November 2008, a whopping 63% of Michigan’s electorate affirmed that “modern medical research …

Record Searchlight, 30 Jun 2011 – RED BLUFF – Those looking to get medical marijuana from a dispensary in Tehama County will have to look elsewhere. Some 18 months after it held its first study session on the issue, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this week to ban the shops in the unincorporated area […]

Chicago Sun-Times, 11 Jun 2011 – Jesse Jackson’s recent column “on a failed war on drugs” demands a rebuttal based on science and the facts. Rev. Jackson, to his credit, has preached against using drugs, but his conclusion that the drug control effort has been wasted is dead wrong. In fact, in 1978, 25 million […]

Missoulian, 01 Jul 2011 – HELENA – A Helena district judge on Thursday temporarily blocked some of what the medical marijuana industry deemed the most onerous parts of the new law that takes effect Friday. However, District Judge James Reynolds refused to temporarily block implementation of the entire law as the Montana Cannabis Industry Association […]

Arizona Daily Star, 15 Jun 2011 – 2 Dispensaries’ Lawyers Want Court to Order Acceptance Of Applications PHOENIX – Attorneys for two owners of would-be marijuana dispensaries went to court Tuesday in a bid to force the Department of Health Services to accept and process their applications.

Montana Standard, 01 Jul 2011 – Mark Gibbons had a Uhaul truck full of marijuana plants Thursday evening when he learned that a judge had made an 11th hour ruling that blocked enforcement of a new law barring commercial production of the plant. “I’m sitting here with the nippers in hand just ready to cut […]

The Columbian, 16 Jun 2011 – Regarding the June 11 story, “Growing suspicions; Thanks to alert neighbors, police find prolific pot-growing operation in Vancouver house,” a black-market grow ruining a home is not a good thing. Theft of power is stealing. I’ve no arguments there. All bad stuff, no doubt. You know what else is […]