The Stoner Army

Monroe Evening News, 16 May 2010 - There's an eye-popping proposal that's a bit unsettling to some community leaders even though it could produce much-needed revenue for Monroe County. An entrepreneur from Florida has set his sights on a large vacant building in Frenchtown Township that he hopes to convert into a marijuana-producing facility. It could house close to 25,000 plants in an operation that is sure to produce million of dollars.

Fort Collins Coloradoan, 16 May 2010 - Uncertainty continues to cloud the future of the medical marijuana industry in Fort Collins. Local officials as well as marijuana advocates say they are waiting to see what happens next for the budding industry following the state Legislature's passage of two bills aimed at regulating how medical pot is prescribed, grown and distributed.

Denver Post, 16 May 2010 - A few dozen people gathered Saturday in Civic Center park to protest recent legislation aimed at curtailing Colorado's growing medical-marijuana industry. With signs calling for a veto of House Bill 1284 and Senate Bill 109, three dozen marchers tramped across town to the governor's home.

Sacramento Bee, 16 May 2010 - RESEARCH OFFERS CONTRASTING VIEWS OF MARIJUANA Rickey Yuhre didn't need an $8.7 million California medical marijuana study to tell him that pot eased his suffering. The 53-year-old former diesel truck mechanic and welder has pulmonary fibrosis, a chronic and debilitating disease of the lungs. He has fused vertebrae in his neck due to severe nerve damage.

The Ukiah Daily Journal, 16 May 2010 - Willits Forum Draws Big Crowd WILLITS - A crowd of over 150 assembled Friday at the Little Lake Grange in Willits for the Mendocino Medical Marijuana Advisory Board's community forum. The event, entitled, "Medical Cannabis: State of Our Laws, Now and in the Future" focused on all things cannabis. Third District Supervisor John Pinches, Sheriff Tom Allman, physician William Courtney, attorney Hannah Nelson and MMMAB advisory panel member Pebbles Trippet responded to audience questions fielded by 5th District supervisorial candidate and moderator Dan Hamburg. Following the forum, the three candidates for District Attorney answered questions.

Daily Gleaner, 15 May 2010 - Treatment | N.B. in Middle of Pack for Rate of Medical Pot Prescriptions New Brunswick has some of Canada's more medical marijuana-friendly physicians, and a national group says it expects even more provincial doctors to be writing these prescriptions in the year to come.

Times & Transcript, 15 May 2010 - Province Ranks Fourth Per Capita In Country For Number Of People Authorized To Possess Medical Marijuana FREDERICTON - New Brunswick has some of Canada's more pot-friendly physicians, and a national group says they expect even more provincial doctors to be writing dope prescriptions in the year to come.

Lake Wales News, 15 May 2010 - If there were a way for Florida to save tens of millions of dollars annually, would you want to know about it? If more than a dozen other states were already enjoying these cost savings and a more than a dozen more were exploring ways to join them, would you want to know what Florida is doing? If Florida, in fact, were doing the exact opposite of more than half the states in the country, would you want to know why?

Surrey Leader, 14 May 2010 - The federal government is currently reviewing its options regarding access to medical marijuana. At least one of the items the government is examining is public safety, which is welcome news to local officials.

Maple Ridge Times, 14 May 2010 - But local Liberal MLA has concerns about shop's message. TAGGS medicinal marijuana dispensary has collected more than 150 signatures on a petition supporting its existence in just a few days, said director Michael Joinson (pictured).

Maple Ridge News, 14 May 2010 - If the mayor of Maple Ridge had his way, marijuana would regulated and taxed. "In Ernie's perfect world, it would be dispensed from a pharmacy just like all other medicine," said Ernie Daykin, after a meeting Tuesday with the director of the Always Growing Green Society, Michael Joinson, and marijuana activists Dana Larsen and Jacob Hunter.

Denver Post, 14 May 2010 - Holder Says Federal Agents Have Other Priorities and That Only Certain Cases Would Merit Action. WASHINGTON - Rep. Jared Polis on Thursday quizzed Attorney General Eric Holder about federal enforcement of marijuana laws in states such as Colorado, which have approved it for medical use and are seeing a growing number of dispensaries.

Kennebec Journal, 14 May 2010 - Former California Operator Interested AUGUSTA -- With at least one inquiry already made about opening a nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary in Augusta, city councilors are considering rules to restrict where such facilities could locate.

Victoria Times-Colonist, 13 May 2010 - Pot growers in British Columbia are increasingly turning to sophisticated underground bunkers to hide their illicit crop from law enforcement agencies. Sgt. Dave Goddard, of the RCMP's Greater Vancouver Drug Section, said the bunkers can be high-end -- with a concrete foundation, wiring and sensors -- or less sophisticated, like the hidden underground shipping containers found by police in Mission this week.

Vancouver Sun, 13 May 2010 - B.C. pot growers are increasingly turning to sophisticated underground bunkers to hide their illicit crop from law enforcement agencies. Staff Sgt. Dave Goddard, of the RCMP's Greater Vancouver Drug Section, said the bunkers can be high-end with a cement foundation, wiring and sensors, or less sophisticated like the hidden underground shipping containers found by police in Mission this week.

The Orange County Register, 13 May 2010 - LAKE FOREST - A Superior Court judge issued a ruling Wednesday allowing Lake Forest to shut down all medical marijuana dispensaries. Judge David Chaffee's ruling is in response to lawsuits filed by Lake Forest seeking a preliminary injunction to stop dispensaries from operating. The city argued the dispensaries violate zoning laws.

Washington Post, 13 May 2010 - The risk with the District's new medical marijuana law isn't that the city will become another California with hundreds of pot shops and doctors who'll approve it for people feeling just jittery or blue. Instead, the worry is that the statute is so restrictive there won't be enough legal weed to meet demand. Fearful that Congress might kill the law, the D.C. Council approved what cannabis advocates say is probably the least-permissive measure in the country.

Washington Post, 13 May 2010 - Hemp needed a hero. Needed one bad. The gangly plant -- once a favorite of military ropemakers -- couldn't catch a break. Even as legalized medical marijuana has become more and more commonplace, the industrial hemp plant -- with its minuscule levels of the chemical that gives marijuana its kick -- has remained illegal to cultivate in the United States.

Nanaimo News Bulletin, 13 May 2010 - Although a medical marijuana compassion club was shut down in Oceanside a few years ago, Bob Estes believes the mid-Island is ready for the service. It is legal for people with a Health Canada licence or doctor's note to use medical marijuana in Canada, but it is not legal for people to buy or sell it.

Guelph Mercury, 12 May 2010 - GUELPH - A recently laid-off Medical Cannabis Club of Guelph employee is calling on city police to return medical marijuana seized in a bust last week to patients holding valid Health Canada designations. "Everything that was confiscated, we can document it through federally-issued permits," said Scott Gilbert.