Sacramento News & Review, 21 Jul 2011 – More and More Dispensaries Are Lab-Testing Their Cannabis. but What Do the Results Actually Mean? and Are They Legit? Walk into just about any medical-cannabis dispensary and the shelves will be stocked with labeled jars of ganja.

Los Angeles Times, 13 Jul 2011 – What is it that makes marijuana more frightening to the federal government than cocaine or morphine? The Drug Enforcement Administration has steadfastly, over decades, listed marijuana as a Schedule I drug, meaning that it has no medical value and that the potential for abuse is high.

Clovis News Journal, 21 Jul 2011 – Once again, government servants have told Americans that marijuana ranks right up there with heroin. The Drug Enforcement Agency ruled on July 8 that marijuana has “no accepted medical use” and will continue as a schedule 1 drug – the most forbidden category. The DEA is a law […]

Covington Reporter, 13 Jul 2011 – The Maple Valley City Council approved a year-long moratorium on zoning for collective gardens and dispensaries for medical marijuana. At the July 11 meeting, the City Council voted unanimously to approve the ordinance, which suspends any zoning for collective gardens and and dispensaries used for growing or selling medical […]

Reno News & Review, 21 Jul 2011 – Re “Has Nevada lost its nerve?” (News, July 14): More than 30 states still have a moral issue with pot, but the time is ripe to harvest some of those pot tourism dollars before they all go to Denver. Reno could use the money right now, cash […]

Arizona Range News, 13 Jul 2011 – The county Planning and Zoning Commission said at Wednesday’s [July 13] meeting it will determine whether or not to approve three requests for special use permits by applicants wanting to grow marijuana. Of the three applications, only two are recommended for approval; one on East Redwing Lane in […]

Grunion Gazette, 21 Jul 2011 – The city of Long Beach claimed a victory Wednesday when a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge ruled that the City Prosecutor’s Office could pursue criminal charges against illegal medical marijuana collective operators.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 13 Jul 2011 – An imposed deal eliminates random screenings, but a “reasonable suspicion” policy outlines penalties The state abandoned an effort to implement random drug testing for Hawaii’s public school teachers in its “last, best and final”?offer imposed July 1.

The Union, 21 Jul 2011 – A pot grower raided by Nevada County’s narcotics task force has lost a federal lawsuit against the county. Jon-Cory Schmidt sued the county and the Sheriff’s Office alleging his due process and equal protections rights had been violated, after a raid on his medical marijuana grow in September 2009. […]

East Bay Express, 13 Jul 2011 – Downtown Will Host a Huge, Open-Air Cannabis Expo on Labor Day Weekend. Organizers expect up to 30,000 cannabis fans to flood into Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall on September 3-4 for the International Cannabis and Hemp Expo 2011.