US MI: Column: Just Stop The Nonsense And Legalize Marijuana

The Muskegon Chronicle, 23 Jun 2011 - We live in a representative democracy. That means we elect people to make decisions on our behalf. But some state constitutions, like Michigan's, give the people the opportunity to have the final word through ballot referendums.

US OR: Medical Marijuana And The Money Trail

The Mail Tribune, 23 Jun 2011 - As Sheriff, County Consider Appeal, Costs Rise in Handgun License Legal Dispute Sheriff Mike Winters' efforts to prevent medical marijuana patients from obtaining concealed handgun licenses has cost more than $13,000 in outside legal fees, plus the equivalent of $20,000 in time spent by Jackson County's in-house attorney.

US WA: Initiative To Legalize Marijuana In Washington Filed

The Columbian, 23 Jun 2011 - Adults Could Buy Up to an Ounce of Pot SEATTLE -- A new push to legalize marijuana for recreational use in Washington is carefully calibrated to what voters will support -- and to what will keep state workers from getting into trouble with federal agents, activists said Wednesday after filing the initiative.

US MT: PUB LTE: Medical Marijuana Law Helps 'Big

Montana Standard, 23 Jun 2011 - Representative (Jeff) Essman (R-Billings) is indeed in the hands of big "pharma." How noteworthy that he has no problem if the active ingredient is supplied by them does he. Is he going to to see to it that they supply the pill at no profit as well? Of course not. Just one more member of the finest legislation money can buy. We don't need his moral directives.

US WA: North Bend Imposes One-Year Ban On Medical Marijuana

SnoValley Star, 23 Jun 2011 - The North Bend City Council has banned medical marijuana dispensaries in the city's limits for one year. Concerns about the state law's large gray areas, especially regarding production and distribution of medical marijuana, prompted the city's administration to recommend the ban.

US CA: Column: Are Cannabis Taxes Too High?

Sacramento News & Review, 23 Jun 2011 - As Sacramento Dispensaries Ready to Pay Up, Cities Across the Country Hop on the Pot-Tax Train Next month, medical cannabis dispensaries within Sacramento city limits will begin paying a 4 percent tax on their gross receipts.

US HI: End Of Hilo's Holy War?

Honolulu Weekly, 22 Jun 2011 - Marijuana Minister Says "This Is the Last Marijuana Trial." Rev. Roger Christie / With a new attorney and a delayed trial date, Hilo's marijuana minister plans to challenge the basis of the government's case by calling into question the Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA) current, allegedly disingenuous, classification of marijuana.

US WA: Legalize It

The Stranger, 22 Jun 2011 - A Smart New Initiative Makes Washington State Ground Zero in the National Fight to End Marijuana Prohibition You've been waiting for this since the first time you got high in your basement. Or since you first talked about pot laws with a smart friend.

US WA: Ex-US Attorney Backs Pot Measure

Spokesman-Review, 22 Jun 2011 - Mckay Says Prohibition Fuels Black Market SEATTLE - A man who once served as the Justice Department's top official in Seattle said Tuesday that he is sponsoring an initiative to legalize possession of up to an ounce of dried marijuana in Washington state, a measure he hopes will help "shame Congress" into ending pot prohibition.

US MI: Union Township Gives Preliminary Nod To Medical

Morning Sun, 22 Jun 2011 - Union Township Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a pair of ordinances to regulate medical marijuana-related businesses that might want to open in the township.