US MT: Ban On Medical Pot Storefronts Won't Be Enforced
The Billings Gazette, 06 Jul 2011 – The day after the Billings City Council adopted an emergency ordinance banning storefront sales of medical marijuana, city officials decided not to move too quickly to enforce the ban.
Read moreUS NV: Las Vegas Gets Stiffed On Aid To Fight Drug-related
Las Vegas Sun, 06 Jul 2011 – By the Numbers 2 percent — Share of the guns from the United States that originated in Nevada. The majority of firearms come from the border states of Texas, California and Arizona. Two years ago, the case of Zorra Penunuri put Las Vegas on the national map in […]
Read moreUS MI: Edu: In 8-2 Vote, Medical Marijuana Ordinances Approved
Michigan Daily, 20 Jun 2011 – Ann Arbor City Council passed two amended ordinances at their meeting tonight regarding the regulation of zoning and licensing of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, following over three months of deliberation and multiple revisions.
Read moreUS CA: Column: Leafly.com Classes Up The Joint
East Bay Express, 06 Jul 2011 – A New Medical Cannabis Web Site Is Lightning Fast and Wicked Smart. One million medical marijuana patients now exist in America, activists estimate, and another 15.7 million or so smoke pot recreationally, federal health officials estimate.
Read moreUS MI: Midland County Judge Declares Medical Marijuana
Midland Daily News, 20 Jun 2011 – A Midland County judge has ruled the state’s medical marijuana act is unconstitutional, with the opinion carrying the potential to set precedent if it survives a challenge that is sure to come in the Michigan Court of Appeals. The opinion, penned last week by Midland County Circuit Court […]
Read moreUS CT: Editorial: We Must Change Approach To Illegal Drugs
Norwich Bulletin, 06 Jul 2011 – Two interesting milestones were recorded recently. Forty years ago, on June 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon declared drug abuse in the United States as “Public Enemy No. 1,” launching the nation’s four-decade “war on drugs” that has cost the country about $1 trillion — with little success shown […]
Read moreUS CA: Police Scandals Hobble Prosecutors
Wall Street Journal, 20 Jun 2011 – Hundreds Of Criminal Cases Dismissed In San Francisco Bay Area As Allegations Of Law-Enforcement Corruption Persist SAN FRANCISCO-Bay Area prosecutors have been forced to dismiss more than 800 criminal cases in the past year because of allegations of police corruption that include selling drug evidence, conducting unlawful searches […]
Read moreUS ME: Measure Making Marijuana 'Lowest Police Priority' Advances
Portland Daily Sun, 06 Jul 2011 – Sensible Portland, the group behind a citizen-petition to make marijuana enforcement the lowest priority for city police, says it has gathered enough signatures to put the initiative on the November ballot.
Read moreUS ME: Maine Takes Pride In Medical Pot
Washington Times, 20 Jun 2011 – Program Seen As a Model for Other States AUBURN, Maine – The first thing that jumps out at a visitor to the Remedy Compassion Center is how neat and clean it is. The walls are an immaculate blue from floor to ceiling, and the freshly carpeted main room is […]
Read moreUS MI: Judge Rules State Medical Marijuana Law Unconstitutional
The Daily Tribune, 21 Jun 2011 – A Midland County judge’s recent ruling that the state’s medical marijuana act is unconstitutional has Oakland County medical marijuana supporters and detractors speculating on what may come next.
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