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‘Kettle Falls Five’ outcome may mean changes for federal drug prosecutions

Paul Marini | March 07, 2015

Kip Hill, Spokesman-Review At least one interested onlooker at this week’s federal trial of self-proclaimed medical marijuana growers from Stevens County believes it’s unlikely federal prosecutors will pursue similar charges again.

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ASA Activist Newsletter - Mar 2015

Paul Marini | March 07, 2015

In This Issue: Kettle Falls Five Acquitted on 4 of 5 Charges New Bipartisan Bill Focuses on Safe Access for Veterans Virginia 12th State to Enact CBD-only Law Many States Considering Medical Cannabis Bills California Bill to End Transplant Denials...

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Pot lounges among marijuana issues lawmakers asked to consider

Paul Marini | March 06, 2015

Jim Camden, Spokesman-Review As legislators worked this week to blend the state’s recreational and medical marijuana laws, Spokane Valley officials asked them to consider one more wrinkle in the rapidly changing marketplace: pot lounges.

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Kettle Falls Five Case: Family Found Guilty of Growing Marijuana in Washington, Acquitted on Four Other Charges

Paul Marini | March 05, 2015

Selena Hill, Latin Post Despite the fact medical and recreational marijuana use is legal under Washington state law, three people were convicted on Tuesday for growing marijuana on their property. However, they were acquitted of four out of five other...

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Growing scientific evidence about the medical benefits and a rollback of laws banning the drug mean that health agencies will have to make a determination on marijuana's use, experts said

Paul Marini | March 05, 2015

Agence France-Presse Marijuana will become an unavoidable policy issue for health watchdogs in coming years, a conference heard Wednesday.

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'Kettle Falls Five' patients convicted of one felony, but duck toughest charges

Paul Marini | March 04, 2015

Steven Nelson, US News & World Report A group of medical marijuana patients prevailed Tuesday in their fight against most - but not all - felony charges brought by federal prosecutors in Washington state.

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What Does the Kettle Falls Five Verdict Mean for Pot Prosecutions in Washington?

Paul Marini | March 04, 2015

Heidi Groover, The Stranger Well, wow, this is not the post I expected to be writing.

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With lawmakers and the recreational-pot industry eager to regulate medical marijuana, patient advocates are often finding themselves left out of the conversation

Paul Marini | March 04, 2015

Joseph O'Sullivan, Seattle Times Just outside the room with jars full of cannabis, Rainier Xpress owner Patrick Seifert points out the photos of veterans on the walls of the medical-marijuana dispensary’s waiting area.

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Prosecutors Claim 420 Clinics Worked with Organized Crime

Paul Marini | March 04, 2015

Jennifer Wadsworth, San Jose Inside From the lobby of the THC Doctor, a clinic tucked inside a three-story brownstone on South First Street in downtown San Jose, Diana Kara watches an unmarked black van pull up outside. “They’re back,” she...

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Three remaining Kettle Falls Five defendants found guilty of manufacturing less than 100 plants, likely to appeal

Paul Marini | March 04, 2015

In an unexpected verdict today, the jury in a widely watched federal medical marijuana case from eastern Washington State, known as the Kettle Falls Five, acquitted the three remaining defendants of all but one charge of manufacturing less than 100 marijuana plants....

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