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11 Nov 09 - Medical marijuana gets a boost from major doctors group, The Los Angeles Times 5 Nov 09 - Marijuana lawyers file injunction against Board of Health pot hearing, WestWorld 1 Nov 09 - Pot defiance leads to lawsuit, The North County Times - Our View: City should stop ignoring voters' will on medical marijuana. 30 Oct 09 - Court says medical-mariuana growers must have close patient contact, The Denver Post 30 Oct 09 - Cannabis row drugs adviser sacked, BBC News UK. 28 Oct 09 - Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California, the New York Times. 19 Oct 09 - Judge grants injunction against city's medical marijuana dispensary ban, The Los Angeles Times 19 Oct 09 - Memorandum for Selected United State Attorneys on Investigations and Prosecutions in States Authorizing the Medical Use of Marijuana, The Justice Blog 10 Oct 09 - Los Angeles DA: 'About 100%' of medical marijuana dispensaries are illegal, the raw story. 8 Oct 09 - All L.A. County medical pot dispensaries face prosecution, district attorney says, The Los Angeles Times
World

Research

7 Nov 09 - Chemicals in Our Food, and Bodies, The New York Times

4 Nov 09 - U. of Haifa study shows 'pot' may help combat PTSD, The Jerusalem Post

3 Nov 09 - Can marijuana Help Kids with Autism?, momlogic.com This mom says giving her kid pot has made all the difference.

27 Aug 09 - Schizophrenia link to cannabis denied, The Sentinel.

7 Jun 09 - Decriminalize marijuana, The Los Angeles Times. The war on drugs has caused too much collateral damage: Even the ill face stigmatization by using an alternative to harsh pharmaceuticals.

2 Jun 09 - Study: Autism antidepressant works like placebo, Los Angeles Times.

1 Jun 09 - Forest Laboratories' Celexa Doesn't Help Children With Autism, Bloomberg.

1 May 09 - Neurocognitive performance during acute THC intoxication in heavy and occasional cannabis users, Journal of Psychopharmacology.

9 Apr 09 - Gulf Onshore Announces Name Change to Cannabis Science, Inc. and Selection of Its First Pharmaceutical Cannabis Product for FDA Testing - SOAWorld Magazine

8 Apr 09 - Marijuana May Be Used To Kill Cancer Cells - TestCountry.com

17 Mar 09 - Study Helps Unravel Mysteries of Brain’s Endocannabinoid System - The National Institute of Health. NIDA research could lead to better treatment for pain and marijuana addiction.

13 Mar 09 - This Changes Everything - Counterpunch. Cannabidiol Now!

5 Mar 09 - How to stop the drug wars - The Economist Prohibition has failed; legalisation is the least bad solution

4 Mar 09 - The Manhattan Project of Marijuana - East Bay Express. If pot is truly medicine, shouldn't it be standardized? Analytical Labs wants to test the potency and safety of Cali cannabis.


Argentina

25 Sep 09 - 'Mucha Chala' in Argentina, Cannabis Culture

26 Aug 09 - Argentina Rules Marijuana Ban "Unconstitutional", Huliq News.


Australia

11 Oct 09 - Tough new laws on cannabis use, news.com.au.


Canada

1 Nov 09 - Six drugs service scientists may resign over sacking of chairman, The Independent Growing fury at 'disgraceful' decision that undermines relations between politicians and scientists.

1 Nov 09 - Feds fight back in pot restaurant case, The National Post.

28 Aug 09 - Protest aims to force out 'cruel' housing group head, The Province. Evicted woman's death senseless - activists.

26 Aug 09 - Pot-battle double-amputee Marilyn Holsten loses her last fight, The Province. Heart attack fells woman who contested eviction for smoking pot.

3 Jul 09 - Officials deny sick Vancouver woman's bid to smoke pot in apartment, The Province.

9 Apr 09 - Iqaluit rejects medical marijuana store proposal - CBCNews

5 Apr 09 - Justice gone to pot - The Calgary Herald

5 Apr 09 - Ex-pot crusader tired, resigned - The Calgary Herald 'Flawed' system leaves Krieger a hermit with dogs


Israel

18 Jan 10 - Patients to pay for medical marijuana as demand spikes - The Jerusalem Post

20 Jun 09 - Medical marijuana transforms into big business in Israel - Haaretz


Portugal

6 Apr 09 - Loosening Up in Lisbon - Campus Progress Portugal’s drug decriminalization is a model of successful reform. Too bad it would never work here.


United Kingdom

4 Nov 09 - Sacked drugs adviser Nutt may set up new body, The Guardian. Scientist removed for views on cannabis says government's advisory council is fatally flawed and should be independent.

3 Nov 09 - David Nutt: my views on drugs classification, The Guardian.

3 Nov 09 - Minister 'appalled' by Nutt exit, BBS News A minister has said the removal of the government's chief drugs adviser in a row over cannabis was a "big mistake".

1 Nov 09 - Six drugs service scientists may resign over sacking of chairman, The Independent. Growing fury at 'disgraceful' decision that undermines relations between politicans and scientists.

30 Oct 09 - Cannabis row drugs adviser sacked, BBC News UK.

15 Mar 09 - The families torn apart by teenage skunk epidemic - The Observer. It is the end of a taboo: articulate, middle-class parents are speaking out about the nightmare of seeing their children spiral into drug abuse and, all too often, mental illness. Many blame themselves for staying silent, assuming that modern strains of cannabis were little different from the pot that baby boomers smoked at college. The reality is very different.


United States

12 Nov 09 - With AMA Announcement, Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske's Views on Pot Look Ever More Misguided, The Seattle Weekly

11 Nov 09 - Medical marijuana gets a boost from major doctors group, The Los Angeles Times the American Medical Assn. changes its policy to promote clinical research and develpment of cannabis-based medicines and alternative delivery methods.

20 Oct 09 - Medical-pot backers react to new Obama policy, The San Francisco Chronicle.

20 Oct 09 - U.S. backs off medical marijuana policy, The Los Angeles Times. The Obama administration tells federal authorities not to prosecute users and suppliers following state laws, reversing Bush's position.

19 Oct 09 - Memorandum for Selected United State Attorneys on Investigations and Prosecutions in States Authorizing the Medical Use of Marijuana, The Justice Blog.

19 Oct 09 - U.S. Won't Prosecute in States That Allow Medical Marijuana, The New York Times.

19 Oct 09 - will Federal Medical Marijuana Raids Continue?, Reason hit & run.

25 Aug 09 - Depends on what the meaning of "owns" is, KN@PPSTER


State

Washington

2 Sep 09 - Pot law to get court test, The Spokesman Review. Prosecutor, defense at odds over intent of medical marijuana rule.

24 Mar 09 - Jury Acquits Washington Man in Medical Marijuana Case - The Salem News After nearly two years of relentless accusations and threat of jail time, it is now all a matter of history.

22 Mar 09 - Washington State Marijuana Trial on National Stage - The Salem News Thousands are anxiously watching the case against a retired stone mason as they move into closing arguments.


Virginia

29 Mar 09 - Law Enforcement Approach to Illegal Drugs Wastes Lives, Money - The Richmond Times-Dispatch


Rhode Island

22 Jun 09 - Rhode Island Will License Medical Marijuana Shops - AlterNet

24 Mar 09 - Little opposition seen to decriminalization of marijuana - The Providence Journal

18 Mar 09 - Pot decriminalization vote put on hold - The Providence Journal

11 Mar 09 - Rhode Island wants to be second in nation to license compassion center - The San Francisco Examiner.


Pennsylvania

7 Apr 09 - Serving patients' best interests - The Evening Sun

24 Mar 09 - Editorial: Medical marijuana - The Philadelphia Enquirer. The time to act is now.

21 Mar 09 - State Rep. Cohen will push Pa. medical marijuana bill - The Philadelphia Enquirer

18 Mar 09 - Cohen will push for medical marijuana - metro.


Oregon

13 Nov 09 - Medical marijuana social clubs are a joke, The Daily Vanguard

6 Nov 09 - What do you think?, The Daily Vanguard

5 Nov 09 - Police seize 200 pounds of pot, arrest five, The Oregonian

3 Nov 09 - Portland will soon have two medical-marijuana smoking lounges, The Oregonian

7 Apr 09 - The taxman groweth? - The Clackamas Review Milwaukie legislator proposes state control of medical marijuana

6 Apr 09 - Driving under the influence in Oregon includes marijuana - The Mail Tribune


North Carolina

19 Jun 2009 - Committee Debates Bill To Legalize Medical Marijuana - NBC 17


New York

29 Aug 09 - Pot plant case draws band of supporters, The Albany Times-Union. Kingston woman charged with marijuana violations states beliefs at hearing.


New Mexico

10 Oct 09 - Marijuana Licensing Fails to Chase the Shadows, The New York Times.

11 Sep 09 - Medical marijuana program will need revision if shortage goes on, advocates say, The New Mexico Independent "One producer isn't enough"

31 Aug 09 - New Mexico's one medical marijuana producer is all sold out, The New Mexico Independent.

28 Aug 09 - Pot patient told to smoke, not grow, KRQE.com.

26 Aug 09 - Gone-ja, The Santa Fe Reporter. Medical cannabis coordinator quits, questions pot producer's practices.


New Jersey

18 Jan 10 - M. J. Medical Marijuana Law Overlooks Many in Pain - Gov. Jon Corzine Signs New Law That Offers Relife to Those With MS, AIDS, Cancer, Not Pain

18 Mar 09 - Legalizing marijuana in New Jersey - South Bergenite, Day is closer than you think for medical purposes only.

13 Mar 09 - Cops: Real-Life 'Weeds' Mom Busted In N.J. - WCBS TV Local Coverage. Pat Pardo Is Accused Of Operating Neighborhood Drug Store, Selling Marijuana To Her Son's School Friends.

8 Mar 09 - Medical marijuana bill faces divided Assembly as patients await relief - The Express-Times.

8 Mar 09 - Law enforcement not unified against medical marijuana - The Express-Times.


New Hampshire

1 Jun 09 - Police, local lawmaker clash on medical pot bill - SeaCoastOnline.com

8 Apr 09 - GOP deserves praise for medical pot vote - The Nashua Telegraph


Nevada

4 Apr 09 - Education funding debated at town hall meeting in Henderson - The Las Vegas Sun

31 Mar 09 - Marijuana ctivists take stand against bill - The Las Vegas Review-Journal

30 Mar 09 - Dr. Reefer's Business Goes to Pot - The Las Vegas Review-Journal Advocate of marijuana's medicinal qualities moving on after prison sentence


Montana

9 Nov 09 - Council tables medical marijuana ordinance, The Billings Gazette

3 Apr 09 - Montana Supreme Court rules against fired medical-marijuana user - The Great Falls Tribune

28 Mar 09 - House committee kills medical-marijuana bill - The Helena Independent Record

11 Mar 09 - Bill to lower penalties for marijuana, - The Great Falls Tribune.

11 Mar 09 - Bill coul lessen marijuana penalties - Montana Kaimin.

10 Mar 09 - Marijuana Law - Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? - KFBB News.


Missouri

8 Apr 09 - Write-in candidate smokes the competition - KOAM TV 7

7 Apr 09 - Maybe if Missouri and Kansas legislators were high, their actions would make more sense - The Kansas City Pitch Dying Seniors to Be Denied Weed

7 Apr 09 - Cliff village mayor holds no hard feelings over loss - The Joplin Globe


Minnesota

9 Nov 09 - New medical marijuana bill to be proposed next session, The Minnessota Daily

8 Apr 09 - Murdock talks issues with constituents in Wadena - The Wadena Pioneer Journal

30 Mar 09 - Medical marijuana bill gathers steam at the Capitol; Pawlenty has threatened veto - The Morris Sun-Tribune

24 Mar 09 - Medical marijuana bill clears House panel - Minnesota Public Radio

20 Mar 09 - Medical marijuana gets thumbs-down from local law enforcement - Worthington Daily Globe

11 Mar 09 - Medical marijuana goes forward in House Committee - The Minnesota Independent.

10 Mar 09 - Medical marijuana bill takes another step forward - Minnesota Public Radio.


Michigan

4 Oct 09 - Michigan medical marijuana rules still hazy for users and caregivers - The Flint Journal


Massachusetts

22 Oct 09 - Editorial: Marijuana and tax revenue, The Stoneham Sun.

22 Oct 09 - With New Fed. Policy, Mass. Patients Want Medical Marijuana Bill, Marijuana Policy Project

1 Apr 09 - Mass weighs pros and cons of legal marijuana ~The Daily Collegian

24 Mar 09 - Commentary: Legalize drugs to stop violence - CNN

24 Mar 09 - Massachusetts Looks to Legalize Pot: Eyeing Millions in Tax Revenue - ChattahBox


Maryland

30 Mar 09 - Our view: Maryland is sending mixed messages about the use of marijuana for people with serious illnesses who are in need of relief - The Baltimore Sun

24 Mar 09 - Md. lawmaker pushes bill to study medical marijuana - The Balitmore Sun


Maine

12 Nov 09 - medical Marijuana Petition 2010, Maine Citizens for Medical Marijuana

11 Oct 09 - Qualified patients need safe way to obtain medical marijuana, The Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel.

5 Oct 09 - Opposition to marijuana ballot initiative forms, The Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel.


Louisiana

16 Oct 09 - Medical-marijuana case set for trial in Lafourche Parish, Houma Today.


Kentucky

11 Oct 09 - 'Timing is right' for hemp, state senator says, The Lexington Herald-Leader - Bill would promote plant's use for fuel and fiber.

24 Mar 09 - Kentucky must consider decriminalizing marijuana - The Kentucky Kernel


Kansas

17 Mar 09 - Bill mandates drug screening - The Topeka Capital-Journal. Participants in assistance programs may face testing.


Iowa

17 Mar 09 - High hope for medicinal marijuana - The Pilot-Tribuen.

13 Mar 09 - Medicinal pot fails in Iowa - The Daily Iowan.

11 Mar 09 - Odds long for medical marijuana, Bolkcom says - The Des Moines Register.

10 Mar 09 - Medicinal use of marijuana? Not this year - Radio Iowa.

10 Mar 09 - Iowa lawmakers consider medical marijuana bill - The Chicago Tribune.

9 Mar 09 - Iowa Senate to consider medical marijuana law - The Iowa Independant. Senators will debate the virtues of medical marijuana during a subcommittee hearing Tuesday at 2 p.m.


Illinois

19 Oct 09 - Medical Marijauna Bill On Backburner Despite New Obama Policy, Huffington Post.


Idaho

3 Nov 09 - Pro-pot activist gets $30k from national group, KTVB.com


Hawaii

12 Nov 09 - Number of Medical Marijuana Patients Soars, KHON2.com

20 Mar 09 - Create system for distributing medical marijuana - The Star-Bulletin


Georgia

21 Jun 09 - Georgia gets a medical marijuana green light - The Telegraph

25 Mar 09 - Letters address marijuana - Metro Spirit

18 Mar 09 - Smoking your meds - Metro Spirit. An Augusta AIDS patients lays out his argument for legalizing medical marijuana.


Florida

9 Apr 09 - Medical marijuana? Orlando woman wants question put to a vote - The Orlando Sentinel

6 Apr 09 - A medical marijuana face-off - The Herald Tribune

1 Apr 09 - Group pushing for legalization of medical marijuana in Florida - The Cape Coral Daily Breeze


District of Columbia

28 Jun 09 - House subcommittee OKs pot on D.C. ballot - The Washington Examiner


Delaware

22 Jun 09 - Medical pot bill is a sign of times - The News Journal Delaware's proposal echoes other states' tolerant attitudes


Connecticut

31 Mar 09 - Marijuana bill gets committee OK, The Connecticut Post

30 Mar 09 - Gov. Rell Opposses Marijuana Decriminalization, The Courant


Colorado

12 Nov 09 - Oh Heavenly Weed; Boulder ministry lets you buy, smoke marijuana, Fox 31 KDVR

12 Nov 09 - Colorado medical-pot backers form trade group, The Denver Post

11 Nov 09 - Did the Boulder City Council accidentally define illegal weed dealers as medical-marijuana businesses?, Denver West World

10 Nov 09 - White seeks marijuana change, The Steamboat Pilot

9 Nov 09 - Abuse of medicinal drug laws did not start with marijuana, The Colorado Springs Gazette

8 Nov 09 - A heady debate on medical pot, The Denver Post

8 Nov 09 - Should cities tax marijuana?, The Denver Post Thought it's yet to be determined whether pot is a medical or herbal remedy, it's time to consider tax-generating structures.

6 Nov 09 - Medical-marijuana caregiver dispute goes to court, The Denver Post

5 Nov 09 - Should Colorado marijuana dispensaries follow the New Mexico model?, WestWorld

5 Nov 09 - Marijuana lawyers file injunction against Board of Health pot hearing, WestWorld

5 Nov 09 - Attorney seeks to stop state health department from changing medical marijuana rules, The Daily Camera

3 Nov 09 - Health department changes pot "caregiver" rule, The Denver Post

30 Oct 09 - Court says medical-mariuana growers must have close patient contact, The Denver Post

26 Oct 09 - city aims to outlaw pot growers, the Colorado Springs Gazette,

26 Oct 09 - Can municipalities get away with regulating medical marijuana?, Denver Westworld

5 Oct 09 - Wanted: Pot Critic With Shrewd Taste and Medical Need, The Gainsville Sun.

4 Oct 09 - Colorado medical marijuana dispensers consider alliance, The Denver Post.

4 Oct 09 - Colorado, California leading the way in pot-reform laws, The Durango Herald.

28 Aug 09 - Some Colo. medical-pot users face eviction, The Denver Post. Disabled who use drug face eviction at federally subsidized housing.

26 Aug 09 - Council puts a hold on medical pot, The Craig Daily Press.

26 Aug 09 - Colorado's Marijuana Economy: An Explosion of Ganjapreneurship, The Atlantic.

16 Aug 09 - $80 million scheme the focus fo FBI raids, 9News.com.

6 Aug 09 - Jury acquits Colorado medical marijuana patient, Examiner.com.

4 Aug 09 - Medical Marijuana plant-stash lands patient in court, The Colorado Independent.


California

10 Nov 09 - Cities, counties no longer mellow about pot dispensaries, the Los Angeles Times At least 120 cities and eight counties in California have banned medical pot shops, fearing crime and profiteering. Some cite the proliferation of dispensaries in L.A.

3 Nov 09 - State, defense lawyers try to save pot IDs, The San Francisco Chronicle

28 Oct 09 - Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California, the New York Times.

14 Oct 09 - The Commerce File, The Ukiah Daily journal

11 Oct 09 - A push to legalize marijuana, philly.com - Advocates are seeking to get measures on the ballot in California.

5 Oct 09 - Reconciling Medical Pot Use and Legalization, Counterpunch.

4 Oct 09 - Cities applaud ruling on pot, The Daily Bulletin Claremont law on clinics OK'd

24 Sep 09 - CA Supreme Court Lets Stand Landmark Medical Marijuana Cultivation Ruling, Americans for Safe Acces

16 Aug 09 - Oakland's marijuana legalization initiative is still a Trojan Horse, Examiner.com.

10 Aug 09 - California has three initiatives filed to legalize marijuana, Examiner.com.

8 Aug 09 - Marijuana legalization and California initiatives, Examiner.com.


Alabama

2 Apr 09 - Puff, puff, pass the legislation - The Crimson White


Local

Alameda

15 Aug 09 - Welcome to Potopia, Newsweek. A nine-block section of downtown Oakland, Calif,, has become a modern marijuana mecca - and a model for what a legalized-drug America could look like. Why the stars are aligning for the pro-weed movement..

3 Aug 09 - Oakland pot tax fuels statewide campaign, The Sacramento Bee.

25 Jul 09 - Oakland cannabis tax measure bad model for medical cannabis movement, bad for patients, The Green Cross of San Francisco.

July 09 - Is Anderson Cooper Censoring the Discussion of Alternative Approaches to Re-Legalizing Marijuana?, NewAgeCitizen.

24 Jul 09 - Is Marijuana the Answer to California's Budget Woes?, Time.

24 Jul 09 - Selling out the medical marijuana movement, Examiner.com.

23 Jul 09 - Cash-strapped Californian city to put hefty sales tax on marijuana, The Guardian.

20 Jul 09 - Tax Prozac, not medical marijuana, Examiner.com.

29 Jul 09 - Oakland voting on pot tax backed by advocates, The San Francisco Chronicle.

19 Jul 09 - Oakland finds peace with its pot clubs, The San Francisco Chronicle.

17 Jun 09 - Court Upholds Injunction in Voting Machine Case, Courthouse News Service


Butte

8 Oct 09 - City may regulate medical pot grows - The Chicoer.

8 Oct 09 - Dazed and confused, The Chico News & Review. City Council doesn't know what to do about medical marijuana grows.

5 Oct 09 - Marijuana garden rules before council Tuesday - The Chico Enterprise Record


Contra Costa

11 Oct 09 - Third conviction in slaying of PC World editor - The San Francisco Chronicle

21 Jun 09 - 2 guilty in home-invasion killing in Pittsburg - The San Francisco Chronicle


Fresno

3 Oct 09 - Authorities still in a haze over medical marijuana - The Fresno Bee.


Humboldt

8 Apr 09 - Eureka puts off medical marijuana ordinance, the Times-Standard

6 Apr 09 - Eureka to talk dispensaries, accepting stimulus funds for roads - The Eureka Timess-Standard

2 Apr 09 - Eureka considers pot dispensareis as possible funding source - The Times-Standard


Lake

25 Oct 09 - Supervisors to consider extending marijuana dispensaries moratorium - The Lake county News.


Los Angeles

9 Nov 09 - Sensible medical pot guidelines, the Press-Telegram City Council will discuss ways to regulate dozens of collectives in the city.

27 Oct 09 - LA city Attorney Blows Smoke, LA CityWatch Med Marijuana Patients Speaks Out.

22 Oct 09 - Medical marijuana poll: Most L.A. voters support dispensaries, The Los Angeles Times.

21 Oct 09 - Pot crackdown flies in the face of law and sense, The Los Angeles Daily News.

21 Oct 09 - Medical Pot Is Bringing L.A. Together, LA Weekly. In the increasingly acrimonious pot wars, all sides agree City Hall is incompetent.

20 Oct 09 - LA City Attorney Dead Wrong, CityWatch.

19 Oct 09 - Judge grants injunction against city's medical marijuana dispensary ban, The Los Angeles Times.

18 Oct 09 - Los Angeles Prepares for Clash Over Marijuana, The New York Times.

13 Oct 09 - City Attorney Explains Medical Marijuana Isue on NBC, Los Angeles City Attorney.

10 Oct 09 - Los Angeles DA: 'About 100%' of medical marijuana dispensaries are illegal, the raw story.

9 Oct 09 - The Fine Line Between Pot Fees and Pot Prices, Reason Online.

8 Oct 09 - All L.A. County medical pot dispensaries face prosecution, district attorney says - The Los Angeles Times.

5 Oct 09 - L.A.'s reefer madness - The Los Angeles Times. the city Council's lackadaisical approach to medical marijuana has resulted in clinics sprouting like, well, weeds..


Mendocino

25 Oct 09 - The Cannabis activists, The Ukiah Daily Journal

25 Oct 09 - Marketing Mendonesia, The Ukiah Daily Journal

24 Oct 09 - Marijuana at Ukiah High. The Ukiah Daily Journal

24 Oct 09 - Hooked on the marijuana money, The Ukiah Daily Journal

24 Oct 09 - Prosecutors and defenders weigh in, The Ukiah Daily Journal

23 Oct 09 - Mendocino County: Our reputation out there, The Daily Journal

23 Oct 09 - From the bench: Marijuana law constantly shifting, The Ukiah Daily Journal

22 Oct 09 - Former Ukiah medical pot dispensary owner wins court case, the Ukiah Daily Journal

22 Oct 09 - Community perception: MJ a menace or boon?, The Ukiah Daily Journal.

21 Oct 09 - Proposed change to county code on medical marijuana before public, the Ukiah Daily journal


Napa

26 Mar 09 - Battle of wills over AmCan pot club - The Contra Costa Times


Nevada

30 Jun 09 - Nevada City to consider moratorium in dispensaries


Orange

30 Oct 09 - Gray areas in pot law help the ill, and those who are not, The Orange County Register.

29 Oct 09 - Pol lawsuit says Lake Forest is breaking law, The Orange County Register. Earth Cann Wellness Center files suit against Lake Forest.

28 Oct 09 - Pot vendor promises peace with pastor, The Orange County Register Earth Cann Wellness Center says it won't tolerate rule-breakers.

1 Sep 09 - Lake Forest files complaints against 35 linked to pot dispensaries, the Orange County Register City wants to close all medical marijuana retail storefronts immediately.


Placer

11 Nov 09 - Community says not to pot shops, The Auburn Journal Loomis town council votes down medical marijuana dispensaries

25 Aug 09 - Pot shop debate hits home, The Auburn Journal.


Plumas

8 Apr 09 - Five new CHP officers headed to Qunicy area - the Plumas County News Quincy Area California Highway Patrol Commander Paul Davis explained an upcoming increase in patrol officers to county supervisors and updated them on his most recent statistics at the Tuesday, March 24, board meeting.


Riverside

1 Nov 09 - Pot defiance leads to lawsuit, The North County Times - Our View: City should stop ignoring voters' will on medical marijuana.


Sacramento

31 Oct 09 - Medical marijuana activist Ryan Landers speaks, The Sacramento Press.

27 Aug 09 Altered state, The Sacramento News & Review


San Bernardino

21 Jun 09 - SB County health department to present proposed fees for medical marijuana ID cards - The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

8 Apr 09 - LETTER: Marijuana tax would make millions - The Hi-Desert Star

8 Mar 09 - County's stance on medical marijuana remains up in the air - the San Bernardino Sun.


San Diego

10 Nov 09 - Dope deliberations, San Diego City Beat Civil Grand Jury appears to be investigating local medi-pot system

26 Oct 09 - Guidelines won't help 2 charged in pot raid, The San Diego Union-Tribune. Sellers of medical marijuana targeted.

25 Oct 09 - Budding industry helps pot patients, The San Diego Union-Tribune. At least 40 services said to deliver locally.

29 Jun 09 - Doctor not accompanied by cloud of smoke - The San Diego Union-Tribune

26 Jun 09 - Marijuana bill passed to Lynch - The Dartmouth

20 Jun 09 - San Deigo Medical Cannabis Dealer Headed to Court - San Diego Medical Cannabis Dealer Headed to Court


San Francisco

3 Nov 09 - Feds to Continue Raids on Medical Pot in California, Mission Local.

2 Oct 09 - SFPD on fog-shrouded pot farms: too much green - The Associated Press.


San Luis Obispo

19 Oct 09 - How Will new FedGuidelines on Medical Marijuana Affect Charles C. Lynch? - Salem-News.com.

23 Feb 09 - Arroyo Grande medical marijuana dispenser heads Los Angeles protest - The San Luis Obispo Tribune.

21 Feb 09 - 100 Years in Prison for a Drug Crime Committed by Someone Else - The Salem News.

18 Feb 09 - More complaints filed against Hedges - The New Times.


San Mateo

18 Jun 09 - San Mateo County adopts fee for medical marijuana collectives - The San Mateo County Times

8 Apr 09 - County to consider more medical pot regulations - The San Mateo Daily Journal

7 Apr 09 - San Mateo County soon may start regulating medical marijuana clubs - The Mercury News

6 Apr 09 - San Mateo council passes medical marijuana ordinance - The San Jose Mercury News

22 Mar 09 - Ruling sought on legality of new Redwwod City medical pot dispensaries - The San Francisco Examiner

17 Mar 09 - San Mateo approves introduction of ordinance regulating cultivation and storage of medical marijuana - The Palo Alto Daily News.


Santa Barbara

5 Nov 09 - Planning Commission Revokes Permit for Mission Street Pot Dispensary, NoozHawk

20 Jun 09 - City may extend ban on medical pot - The Santa Maria Times

7 Apr 09 - Newly-opened medical marijuana dispensary in Orcutt closes up shop - KSBy TV 6

1 Apr 09 - Medical marijuana dispensary sets up shop in Orcutt - KSBY 6 Action News


Santa Clara

9 Nov 09 - Columnist's NIMBYbess and numbskull marijuana logic, The Gilroy Dispatch

5 Nov 09 - A man on a mission, the Gilroy Dispatch

4 Nov 09 - While San Jose may welcome more medical pot clubs, Santa Cruz drawing the line at 2, The san Jose Mercury News.

19 Jun 09 - Gilroy police reject medical marijuana dispensary - KLIV 1590

17 Jun 09 - Gilroy taking hands-off approach to new medical marijuana dispensary - KLIV 1950


Santa Cruz

20 Mar 09 - Santa Cruz medical pot outfit on the brink of survival - Mercury News

27 Mar 09 - Changes to Federal Marijuana Policy May Play Out Soon in Calif. Cases - The Recorder

27 Mar 09 - WAMM moves forward, cautiously - The Santa Cruz Sentinel


Solano

10 Nov 09 - A time for rules not roadblocks, The Solano Times-Herald

26 Mar 09 - Benicia considering a ban on marijuana dispensaries - The Times-Herald


Sonoma

14 Mar 09 - Planning commission deals residential rentals and considers cannabis - The Sonoma Valley Sun.


Tehama

4 Nov 09 - Corning pot shop owner arrests Red bluff conouncilman, The Corning Observer.


Trinity

1 Nov 09 - Marijuana growers upend hard-luck Californika town, The Los Angeles Times they flock to Hayfork to bask in the sunny, cool climate and the permissive rules on medical pot farming and possession.


Tulare

9 Apr 09 - Visalia man arrested on pot charges released - The Visalia Times-Delta Visalian was growing pot to treat pain from arthritis


Yuba

30 Jun 09 - Coming Soon: Marijuana store in Linda - the Appeal Democrat


Ventura

22 Mar 09 - Editorial: Sane policy at long last - The Ventura County Star Relief for medicinal-pot users



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