Sacramento News & Review, 02 Feb 2012 - Federal Crackdown Forces the City of Sacramento to Scale Back Its Medical-Marijuana Tax-Revenue Projections The forecast is getting pretty cloudy for tax revenues from the city of Sacramento's Measure C medical-marijuana sales tax.
US WA: Column: Taking The High Road Would Create A Nice Buzz
Spokesman-Review, 02 Feb 2012 - This Year of the Dragon is starting out on a real high. Monday night, for example, our new so-called "conservative" Spokane City Council agreed unanimously that medical marijuana should be legal and available to those who need it.
US WA: Iraq Vet Plans To Start Medical Marijuana Business In
South Whidbey Record, 01 Feb 2012 - LANGLEY - An Iraq War veteran and local community volunteer is making plans to start a medical marijuana business in Langley. Lucas Jushinski met with city officials last week to outline his plan for a medical marijuana "access point," which would be located in a low-key facility just outside the downtown area. Langley leaders have been cautiously supportive of the idea, and will hold a special meeting Feb. 15 to gauge public reaction to the idea.
US AZ: Legislation Would Make Medical Pot Illegal For Students
Arizona Daily Sun, 01 Feb 2012 - PHOENIX -- State lawmakers are moving today to deny university and college students living on campus the right to use medical marijuana even if they have the legally required doctor's recommendation for the drug. Legislation crafted by Rep. Amanda Reeve, R-Phoenix, would make it illegal not only to use but even to possess marijuana on the campus of any public or private post-secondary institution. That would include not only the state university system and network of community colleges but also various private schools that offer degrees or certificates.
US CA: Live Oak Among Trailblazers Amid Medical Pot Rules
Appeal-Democrat, 29 Jan 2012 - Live Oak trail-blazed through thickets of medical marijuana law last month where few, if any, cities have journeyed. The city of 8,600 residents became one of, if not the first city in California to ban growing medical marijuana - both indoor and outdoor - - but it's one of hundreds struggling to protect residents, allow sick people their medicine and navigate state law.
US MI: Editorial: What The Petition Circulators Want This Year
Holland Sentinel, 29 Jan 2012 - Holland - Be on the lookout for smiling people with clipboards requesting your signature. Michigan voters will be asked to sign petitions this year for at least two ballot proposals, one to mandate greater use of "green energy" and another for the limited legalization of marijuana. If enough voters do sign, we'll be facing some tough questions in November. A coalition called Michigan Energy, Michigan Jobs is pushing an initiative that would require utilities in the state to get 25 percent of their electricity from renewable sources, such as wind and solar, by 2025. That's more than double the current standard of 10 percent scheduled to go into effect in 2015. Further, the proposal would limit rate increases related to such "green energy" to 1 percent a year.
The Press Democrat, 29 Jan 2012 - Robert Whitt knew something was not right when his tenant gave notice that he was moving out but didn't want Whitt to inspect the house - at least not right away. The tenant had lived in Whitt's 1,600-square-foot home in southwest Santa Rosa for nearly three years and had not been a problem. "He always paid the rent, but, to be honest, it was kind of odd because he always paid with a cashier's check," Whitt said.
The Daily Herald, 01 Feb 2012 - Twenty or so years ago I had a student who spent her summers as a Forest Service trail crew chief in northern California. Knowing her area to be a hotbed of illegal marijuana growing, I asked what she and her crew did when they encountered a patch of "weed."
US MT: Judge Rules Medical Marijuana Providers Can Be
Hungry Horse News, 01 Feb 2012 - A federal judge in Missoula ruled Jan. 20 that federal drug laws trump Montana's medical marijuana law. U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy dismissed a civil lawsuit brought by 14 individuals and businesses who were among the two dozen medical marijuana providers raided by federal agents in March last year.