Steve Brown, Capital Press If the Washington state Legislature adopts a working group’s recommendations, medical marijuana patients would no longer be able to grow their own marijuana and would have to buy it at a state-licensed store like everyone else....
Read moreJoe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle The North Bay town of Sebastopol made history this week when the City Council picked a marijuana activist as mayor.
Read moreKTVU The Sebastopol City Council Tuesday night unanimously selected as mayor the founder and executive director of two Peace in Medicine licensed medical marijuana dispensaries in Sonoma County.
Read moreDavid Downs, East Bay Express The North Bay city of Sebastopol's new mayor, Robert Jacob, is also the founder of two licensed medical cannabis dispensaries called Peace in Medicine. Advocacy group Americans for Safe Access is lauding the historic, unprecedented...
Read moreKeri Brenner, Napa Valley Patch Sebastopol City Council voted Tuesday to seat vice mayor and medical marijuana community leader Robert Jacob as mayor of Sebastopol, according to a news release from the medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access....
Read morePaige Lavender, Huffington Post Former President Bill Clinton said he "never denied" smoking pot.
Read moreDan Freedman, San Francisco Chronicle As California advocates ponder a renewed push to legalize marijuana for adults, law enforcement officials and traffic safety experts are warning of a side effect of states allowing the drug for medical or recreational use:...
Read moreKatie Rucke, MintPress News The DOJ has “acted in bad faith in its policy to defer to local law enforcement,” the medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access says.
Read moreSteph Sherer, Huffington Post (Op-Ed) When the Department of Justice (DOJ) released their latest memo to federal prosecutors on how to handle state-regulated marijuana distribution, it marked a second round of change for federal enforcement policy.
Read moreAmelia Thomson-DeVeaux, The American Prospect Can Colorado and Washington make legal marijuana work?
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