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181 US CO: Column: Pot And Pesticides, Part IIThu, 29 Oct 2015
Source:Boulder Weekly (CO) Author:Berry, Erica Area:Colorado Lines:83 Added:10/30/2015

Boulder Weekly brings you this report in partnership with Rocky Mountain PBS I-News. Learn more at rmpbs.org/news.

According to a 2013 study published in the Journal of Toxicology, up to 69.5 percent of the pesticides on a marijuana bud can transfer into the smoker's lungs. Jeffrey Raber, who directed the study and owns a cannabis-testing lab in California, said the risks to consumers and workers are clear.

"It's easy to understand that these compounds are toxic. We've studied that ad nauseum," he said. "That's why regulations exist for every other item we consume."

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182 US CA: Getting CompliantThu, 29 Oct 2015
Source:North Coast Journal (Arcata, CA) Author:Scott-Goforth, Grant Area:California Lines:386 Added:10/30/2015

Locals React to California's New Medical Marijuana Rules

With a motion of his wrist, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law this month a broad set of regulations designed to rein in the state's massive, unruly medical marijuana industry.

The regulations have been 20 years in the making, since California voters legalized medical marijuana in 1996 with the Compassionate Use Act, better known as Proposition 215. That act led to a fragmented and complicated set of local rules, uncertainties for regulators and law enforcers, continuing interference from the federal government, and a green rush in our own Emerald Triangle that has fragmented timber lands, damaged watersheds and built an important, albeit shadowy, economic driver for Humboldt County.

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183US CA: Mendocino County Presented With Specifics of NewWed, 28 Oct 2015
Source:Ukiah Daily Journal, The (CA) Author:Randall, Adam Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:10/28/2015

Mendocino County, along with other California counties and cities, has a lot to consider when it comes to the new Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act recently signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown.

The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors heard a presentation from Rural County Representatives of California Senior Legislative Advocate Paul Smith Monday night, in which Smith laid out what the county needs to begin thinking about at a local level prior to the new medical marijuana regulations, set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2016.

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184US CA: Column: New Water Battle Pits Pot Vs. FishTue, 27 Oct 2015
Source:Ukiah Daily Journal, The (CA) Author:Elias, Thomas Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:10/27/2015

As the state moves toward taxing marijuana growers for the first time, those same growers also are starting to face restrictions on water use, just like farmers of more conventional crops.

One reason is that the water consumption of pot farms has caused serious depredations of salmon and trout runs in several Northern California streams, most notably the Eel River and its tributary streams in the so-called "Emerald Triangle" of Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity counties. Marijuana has long been the largest cash crop in that region.

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185 US CO: Column: Pot And Pesticides, Part IThu, 22 Oct 2015
Source:Boulder Weekly (CO) Author:Berry, Erica Area:Colorado Lines:86 Added:10/22/2015

In Colorado and other states where recreational or medical pot is legal, there is a tremendous amount of money riding these days on healthy cannabis crops. But unlike, say, a corn farmer, growers in the legal-marijuana industry don't have a clear understanding yet of which pesticides and fungicides are safe to use for workers or consumers.

Though the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates pesticide use on other crops, it has not tested any for use on marijuana because the plant remains illegal at the federal level.

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186US CA: Editorial: The Work BeginsSun, 18 Oct 2015
Source:Ukiah Daily Journal, The (CA)          Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:10/18/2015

Now that the state legislature has passed new laws around the cultivation of medical marijuana, the real work must begin.

There is time before the new rules which will need to be created by legislation go into effect for local communities to decide on how they want the new laws to be carried out in their counties. Under the law, counties can have their own regulations or allow the state's regs to take effect in their counties.

We have been hearing for years about marijuana, "Well, just tax it and regulate it."

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187US CO: Recall Covers Many LabelsThu, 15 Oct 2015
Source:Denver Post (CO) Author:Migoya, David Area:Colorado Lines:Excerpt Added:10/15/2015

Cultivators Pull Back Products Voluntarily Over Possible Residue.

Two Denver marijuana cultivation facilities voluntarily recalled a wide-ranging group of products Wednesday over concerns they contained residues of pesticides that have not been approved for use on marijuana.

The recall by TruCannabis and Colorado Care Facility, a subsidiary, was the third announced by the Denver Department of Environmental Health since it began cracking down on pesticides last spring, quarantining 100,000 plants.

Company officials said they were conducting tests at the city's request related to an earlier recall of infused products produced by Mahatma when they found their own products had three disallowed pesticides.

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188 US CA: Column: Pot Ordinance Catches Supes By SurpriseThu, 15 Oct 2015
Source:North Coast Journal (Arcata, CA) Author:Scott-Goforth, Grant Area:California Lines:91 Added:10/15/2015

Just weeks after the board of supervisors agreed to craft an outdoor medical marijuana cultivation ordinance, county staff has released a detailed draft ordinance that would create a strict permitting plan for the county's cannabis cultivators.

It's a remarkably fast turnaround for a staff that shared concerns that it wouldn't be able to get regulations on the books by next year. But the draft has raised concerns from the county supervisors tasked with bringing an ordinance to fruition.

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189 US CA: Column: New Water Battle: Pot Vs. FishThu, 15 Oct 2015
Source:Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA) Author:Elias, Thomas D. Area:California Lines:99 Added:10/15/2015

As the state moves toward taxing marijuana growers for the first time, those same growers also are starting to face restrictions on water use, just like farmers of more conventional crops.

One reason is that the water consumption of pot farms has caused serious depredations of salmon and trout runs in several Northern California streams, most notably the Eel River and its tributary streams in the so called "Emerald Triangle" of Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity counties. Marijuana has long been the largest cash crop in that region.

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190US CA: Supervisors Question New Draft of Marijuana OrdinanceTue, 13 Oct 2015
Source:Ukiah Daily Journal, The (CA) Author:Houston, Will Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:10/14/2015

Humboldt County has released the first draft of an ordinance seeking to regulate commercial cultivation of medical marijuana, and it's already raising some eyebrows among Humboldt County officials.

"It looks quite a bit different from what we saw going into staff," Humboldt County 2nd District Supervisor Estelle Fennell said. "We have gotten feedback already."

Rather than focusing solely on large scale cultivation, the ordinance sets permitting regulations on both indoor and outdoor grows as well as other businesses like nurseries. It also seeks to comply with recently passed state regulations on the medical marijuana industry.

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191 US MI: Column: Full Of GraceWed, 14 Oct 2015
Source:Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Author:Gabriel, Larry Area:Michigan Lines:119 Added:10/14/2015

"I don't have that much longer to live so I have to think about what it is I have to do before I go gently into that dark night. And what I'd like to do, I think, is help people understand that ideas and thinking historically and philosophically is as important to rebuilding a country and a community and making a revolution as activism. Most people think of revolution as taking power from somebody else. And I think of revolution as transformation of ourselves."

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192 US CA: Editorial: Keep Up the Marijuana Eradication Effort onSun, 11 Oct 2015
Source:Chico Enterprise-Record (CA)          Area:California Lines:85 Added:10/11/2015

The numbers are truly staggering. Butte County officials say they've documented 2,500 marijuana gardens in the county this year, hundreds of those on public land in national forests. They've raided and eradicated about 20 on national forests, ranging from a few dozen plants to more than 9,000.

They know they aren't ridding public spaces of the dangerous and environmentally damaging operations. Reporter Andre Byik, who was invited along on a raid last week with photographer Emily Bertolino, likened the effort to a game of whack-a-mole. You take out one garden here, but you know several more are growing over there.

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193US CA: State Enacts New Rules For Medical PotSat, 10 Oct 2015
Source:San Diego Union Tribune (CA) Author:McGreevy, Patrick Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:10/11/2015

Regulations Come Ahead of Likely Legalization Ballot Measure in '16

Nearly two decades after Californians legalized marijuana for medical use and a year before they may approve it for recreational purposes, Gov. Jerry Brown has imposed statewide rules on the growth, transport and sale of the drug.

Signing a trio of related bills Friday, the governor created a regulatory system for medical cannabis that could be adapted for widespread use if voters make it legal by passing a 2016 ballot initiative.

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194CN BC: Column: Economy Top Of Mind For HarperFri, 09 Oct 2015
Source:Province, The (CN BC) Author:Smyth, Michael Area:British Columbia Lines:Excerpt Added:10/11/2015

Conservative Leader Talks Pot, Pipelines, the Niqab and Foreign Home Ownership

Suds, not buds. That's the preferred choice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper when it comes to booming new businesses springing up all around Vancouver.

The PM said he's impressed with the city's hopping new wave of micro-breweries.

"Nice to see their success," Harper said at the Red Truck Beer Company, where he taste-tested the local suds.

But all those marijuana shops illegally peddling B.C. bud? He's less impressed with that.

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195 US CA: Bold New Rules For Medical MarijuanaSat, 10 Oct 2015
Source:Los Angeles Times (CA) Author:McGreevy, Patrick Area:California Lines:120 Added:10/10/2015

Brown Creates a Regulatory System That Later Could Be Adapted for Widespread Use.

SACRAMENTO - Nearly two decades after Californians legalized marijuana for medical use and a year before they may approve it for recreational purposes, Gov. Jerry Brown has imposed statewide rules on the growth, transport and sale of the drug.

Signing a trio of related bills Friday, the governor created a regulatory system for medical cannabis that could be adapted for widespread use if voters make it legal by passing a 2016 ballot initiative.

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196US CA: Brown Signs Bills to Regulate Medical Marijuana IndustrySat, 10 Oct 2015
Source:San Francisco Chronicle (CA) Author:Colliver, Victoria Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:10/10/2015

Nearly 20 years after voters made California the first state in the nation to legalize the medical use of marijuana, Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed a package of bills to regulate the multibillion-dollar medicinal-cannabis industry.

The stringent and comprehensive regulations create an enforceable framework for governing virtually every aspect of the business in California - from licensing and taxation to quality control, shipping, packaging and pesticide standards.

The lack of regulations for the booming medical pot business has been frustrating to growers, dispensary operators, local governments, law enforcement and patient groups since 1996 when California voters approved Proposition 215, the law that made it legal for doctors to recommend pot to their patients.

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197US CA: Gov. Brown Signs Medical Marijuana Regulations into LawSat, 10 Oct 2015
Source:Ukiah Daily Journal, The (CA)          Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:10/10/2015

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act into law Friday, which is expected to cover every aspect of the medical marijuana industry.

The legislation was part of a three-bill package created by North Coast Democratic Sen. Mike McGuire's Senate Bill 643, Healdsburg Democratic Assemblyman Jim Wood's Assembly Bill 243, and Assembly members Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, and Oakland Democrat Rob Bonta's AB 266.

"This is a historic day for our state, and generations of Californians will benefit from these sweeping rules and regulations that will protect our neighborhoods, our environment and the safety of patients," McGuire said in a statement.

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198US OR: OPED: Recreational Pot Is a Job-Creation OpportunitySat, 10 Oct 2015
Source:Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) Author:Lininger, Ann Area:Oregon Lines:Excerpt Added:10/10/2015

When recreational sales of marijuana began this month, I was thinking about my dad. He's a major reason I became a state lawmaker and have been helping implement Oregon's new marijuana law.

During the 1980s recession, Oregon's natural resources sector tanked. My dad stopped taking a salary at our family's rock crushing business to help keep the company afloat. Mom warned that if the business closed, we might have to leave the Rogue Valley, where our family has lived for generations. As kids, my cousins and I rode down Main Street in Ashland's Fourth of July parade, perched on the edge of a truck from M.C. Lininger and Sons, tossing out packets of candy that looked like gravel. Our business was a source of income and pride for the whole family.

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199US CA: Gov. Brown Being Urged to Sign Medical MarijuanaThu, 08 Oct 2015
Source:Ukiah Daily Journal, The (CA)          Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:10/08/2015

California Assemblyman Jim Wood, D-Healdsburg, held a support gathering Tuesday at Humboldt County Superior Court in Eureka to urge California Gov. Jerry Brown to sign the Medical Marijuana Safety and Regulation Act, with Sunday's deadline looming.

Joining Wood were Assembly members Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, and Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, all of whom authored a bill that was used to complement Sen. Mike McGuire's Senate Bill 643, or the Medical Marijuana Safety and Regulation Act.

The package together creates a framework for the cultivation, transportation, distribution and sale of medical marijuana within the state.

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200 US CA: Column: Please, Jerry, PleaseThu, 08 Oct 2015
Source:North Coast Journal (Arcata, CA) Author:Scott-Goforth, Grant Area:California Lines:75 Added:10/08/2015

It's been nearly a month since California's yearly legislative session closed, and the tenor then was all backslaps and high-fives for the state lawmakers who had spent months crafting medical marijuana laws.

Three bills, one each from State Sen. Mike McGuire and assemblymen Jim Wood and Rob Bonta, had been torn apart and pasted back together in a marathon, 11th-hour drafting session with the governor's office.

The language of the bills was mostly agreed upon. They would finally set up regulations for the state's multibillion-dollar medical marijuana industry, which has operated for nearly 20 years without a hint of direction. For Wood and McGuire, whose districts contain the Emerald Triangle, regulation was both long overdue and of utmost concern to their constituents.

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