AltWeeklies Wire
Oakland's Grow House Hazardsnew
Oakland has been blocked from permitting large pot farms, but small, illegal grows are sparking fires and posing threats to public health and safety.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
03-09-2011 |
Drugs
Medical Cannabis Etiquette 101new
Ten rules of the club.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
01-19-2011 |
Drugs
Tags: Medical Marijuana
Budding Tax Bracketnew
Washington state wants to tax pot and its dispensary owners don’t really seem to mind.
The Inlander |
Nicholas Deshais |
12-27-2010 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Medical Marijuana, MMJ
Weed Goes Westnew
Utah searches for its American Dream in California’s marijuana “Green Rush.”
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Jesse Fruhwirth |
10-05-2010 |
Drugs
Tags: Medical Marijuana
At The Cannabis Crossroadsnew
Oregon voters will decide in November whether to bring marijuana sales to Main Street.
The Source Weekly |
Mike Bookey |
08-18-2010 |
Drugs
Tags: Medical Marijuana, Measure 74
Medi-Pot Patient Sues Wal-Martnew
How does Wal-Mart prove that it doesn't mistreat its workers? By firing a model employee with an inoperable brain tumor after finding out he uses medi-pot, that's how.
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
07-12-2010 |
Drugs
Tags: Wal-Mart, Medical Marijuana
A Look at the Crime Stats -- Or Lack Thereof -- Surrounding Medical Marijuananew
Lock up the women and hide the cash and jewelry. A medical marijuana dispensary that moved in a block away might bring rapists, burglars, robbers and killers to your neighborhood. Right?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
07-01-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Steve Noblitt, Medical Marijuana
Colorado Springs Medical Marijuana Community Grapples With New Billnew
Some predict that Colorado HB 1284 will force 30 to 80 percent of the state's medical marijuana centers to close.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
05-13-2010 |
Science
Tags: HB 1284, Medical Marijuana
Is Medical Marijuana Already Legal in Illinois?new
Technically, Marijuana can be used for medicinal purposes in Illinois—it's been legal for three decades—but it'll take the passage of another law to make it available to patients.
Chicago Reader |
Claire Thompson |
04-08-2010 |
Drugs
Are Santa Cruz Pot Dispensaries Making A Profit?new
The Santa Cruz City Council may soon force the city's two medical pot dispensaries to prove they don't make a profit.
Good Times Santa Cruz |
Curtis Cartier |
03-30-2010 |
Drugs
Encycloweedia is Trying a New Way to Turn Pot into Doughnew
Every two weeks or so, we wander into our publisher's office and flip through copies of our company's sister papers in Denver and California, where medical marijuana is legal. "Wow, they must be raking in the ad dough," we say.
Dallas Observer |
Patrick Williams |
01-25-2010 |
Drugs
Insurance Agents Are the Latest to Cater to Colorado's Budding Businessnew
Something magical is happening: Medical marijuana is starting to look a lot like a business. A real one. Dispensaries are paying taxes, they're following OSHA regulations, and, increasingly, they're buying insurance.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
01-07-2010 |
Drugs
Weed Takes Root: Marijuana's Steady Creep Toward Legalization Nationwidenew
Oaksterdam takes its name from a bastardization of Oakland, where the university began, and pot-friendly Amsterdam. Here, new growers and dispensary operators are being trained like whole legions of Johnny Appleseeds, soon to spread pot's blessings from one coastline to the other.
New Year, New Momentum Give New Hope For Legalizing Cannabisnew
Paul Stanford, who runs a national chain of medical marijuana clinics, is making a new legalization push. And with the help of a professional signature-gathering company, and a political climate vastly more turned on to cannabis, Stanford hopes to attain his lifelong goal.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
01-06-2010 |
Drugs
Obama Entrapped Me: Medical Marijuana Provider Mounts a Novel Criminal Defensenew
More than most citizens, James Dean Stacy feels betrayed by the candidate for whom he voted for president. Stacy was arrested in September when his medical-marijuana collective, Movement in Action, was raided along with 13 others.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
12-28-2009 |
Drugs
