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81 US MA: OPED: Clean Needles Healthy For AllWed, 21 Dec 2011
Source:Metrowest Daily News (MA) Author:Caplan, Arthur Area:Massachusetts Lines:57 Added:12/24/2011

Giving clean needles to IV drug addicts saves lives =96 and money. That's why the federal government should be spending your tax dollars to keep drug users -=96 and the people who have sex with them -- from getting AIDS and hepatitis.

But Republicans in Congress have decided that despite a veritable mountain of scientific evidence showing that needle-exchange work, they are not going to pay for this sort of program any more.

They just yanked it out of the end-of-year spending package.

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82 US OR: Pendleton Needle Program Aims To Prevent DiseaseThu, 22 Dec 2011
Source:Register-Guard, The (OR) Author:Aney, Kathy Area:Oregon Lines:140 Added:12/24/2011

A Pair of Volunteers Takes a No-Questions-Asked Approach in Their Public Health Mission

PENDLETON -- The 20-something woman approached the van looking jittery and conflicted.

Seeing that the back of the delivery-style truck was open, she meandered there. The boxy truck, with Umatilla-Morrow Alternatives Health Van written on the side, was parked at Pendleton's Stillman Park.

"Is this where you exchange needles?" she asked, hesitantly.

When volunteer Darrell Alston replied yes, she dug in her purse and came up empty. She punched a number into her cell phone and asked someone on the other end to "bring my dirties."

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83 US TN: PUB LTE: State Senators Should Be TestedSat, 24 Dec 2011
Source:Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN) Author:Jones, Virginia M. Area:Tennessee Lines:32 Added:12/24/2011

According to the News Sentinel, Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, speaker of the state Senate, advocates drug testing for people who essentially receive government money, and state Sen. Stacey Campfield of Knoxville is said to agree with this and to push for such legislation.

One assumes this means that Tennessee legislators who receive compensation from the state will also be included, as well as all state employees.

One also can't help wondering if drug-testing companies may not also be supporting this idea.

I am sure the state senators in favor of instituting this intrusive and costly testing would want to participate in it as recipients of compensation from the state.

Virginia M. Jones

Oak Ridge

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84 US CA: LTE: Get Real: Most Just Want To Get StonedSat, 24 Dec 2011
Source:Union, The (Grass Valley, CA) Author:Crouch, Joanne Area:California Lines:37 Added:12/24/2011

It was very unfair of Bob Thompson to suggest in his letter to the editor that I want to legalize any hard drugs, but not marijuana. I was only saying that marijuana should be no easier to get than any other pain reliever for legitimate users. If I ever need to try it for severe pain, I probably will. But, I will get it from a "real" physician, not from a street corner clinic. And only if it becomes legal for that purpose, which it probably will.

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85 US MT: Marijuana Provider's Sentence SuspendedThu, 22 Dec 2011
Source:Daily Inter Lake, The (MT)          Area:Montana Lines:47 Added:12/24/2011

One of two men suing for clarification of Montana law on caregiver-to-caregiver medical marijuana transfers was sentenced Thursday in Flathead District Court.

Lief Erickson, 48, Kalispell, was given a four-year suspended sentence as part of a plea agreement on a charge of criminal possession of drugs with intent to distribute.

District Judge David Ortley ruled that Erickson is allowed to possess and use medical marijuana under the rules set forth in state law.

Erickson and fellow caregiver Robin Ruiz were arrested Feb. 3 after police pulled them over on U.S. 2 near Lake Five Road and found three pounds of bulk-bagged marijuana, 300 Tetrahydrocannabinol pills and 11 ounces of THC honey. THC is the active ingredient in marijuana.

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86US CA: Hayward Pot Bust Funds Police Departments' GearFri, 23 Dec 2011
Source:San Francisco Chronicle (CA) Author:Huet, Ellen Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:12/24/2011

Local law enforcement agencies got a holiday bonus Thursday when more than $1.2 million of assets seized in a 2006 marijuana bust in Hayward were distributed among five organizations to finance new technology and equipment.

The funds were handed out through the federal government's asset-forfeiture program, which seizes assets used in or bought with the profits of crime and redistributes the money to law enforcement agencies that helped bring down the criminals.

A federal investigation including five Bay Area law enforcement agencies found that Local Patients Cooperative, a medical marijuana dispensary in Hayward, was actually operating as a "sophisticated indoor grow" with hundreds of pounds of marijuana on hand even though their license only allowed three pounds of marijuana in the dispensary at one time, said Scott O'Briant, an agent with the Internal Revenue Service's criminal investigation unit.

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87 US MI: Council Extends By Six Months Its Medical Pot BanWed, 21 Dec 2011
Source:Spinal Column Newsweekly (Union Lake, MI) Author:Shelton, Michael Area:Michigan Lines:56 Added:12/24/2011

The Milford Village Council voted on Dec. 5 to approve an extension of the village's moratorium on medical marijuana facilities for another six months, a move that now pushes the moratorium's expiration date to June 4, 2012.

The village originally passed its moratorium for six months back in June 2010, and this marks the third time that the moratorium has been extended for six months.

The moratorium forbids land uses for growing and distributing medical marijuana or allowing schools to provide training on the cultivation, processing, and distribution of the drug.

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88 US ME: Editorial: Last-Minute Clinic Moratorium IsFri, 23 Dec 2011
Source:Journal Tribune (ME)          Area:Maine Lines:71 Added:12/24/2011

The Sanford Council has skirted an application to site a methadone clinic in town by instead approving a moratorium on such facilities.

We think this was an unprofessional move by the council to prevent a business from opening within its borders. Although it may be legal, it seemed like an underhanded move to wait for an application to decide the ordinance is not sufficient.

Many people may not like having a methadone clinic or marijuana dispensary in their town, but the fact is, those facilities are allowed under law and unless a town prohibits or regulates such places, they should not put up barriers once an application is in hand.

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89US MI: OPED: Medical Marijuana In Michigan Is An Utter MessFri, 23 Dec 2011
Source:Bay City Times, The (MI) Author:Wood, Goldie Area:Michigan Lines:Excerpt Added:12/24/2011

When Michiganders passed the Medical Marijuana Law in 2008, I doubt many could even imagine the impact to our state. In Bay County, 56 percent of the 56,626 voters in the 2008 election, voted for medical marijuana. First of all, I believe the majority of Bay County residents are good-hearted people and passed the Michigan Medical Marijuana law with good intentions. They saw the ads with sick and dying patients and were willing to do anything to help an ailing person, never dreaming that the system would be abused. However, the majority of patients for whom the program was intended are not the ones who are using/abusing the Michigan Medical Marijuana Program.

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90 US CA: Editorial: AG Harris Wise To Seek Clarity On MedicalThu, 22 Dec 2011
Source:Bakersfield Californian, The (CA)          Area:California Lines:35 Added:12/24/2011

California Attorney General Kamala Harris formally asked the state Legislature earlier this week to clarify state laws on medical marijuana to bring certainty and consistency to both law enforcement and patients. It's about time someone took action on the issue. The Legislature needs to take up the request.

Under the state's medical marijuana law, the attorney general is authorized to issue guidelines on legality. As attorney general, Gov. Jerry Brown essentially made dispensaries legal if they were nonprofit cooperatives or collectives. As a result, storefront dispensaries boomed -- and the federal government stepped up efforts to go after them.

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91 US CA: OPED: Heed Cannabis Science, Not Legal ThreatsSat, 24 Dec 2011
Source:Record Searchlight (Redding, CA) Author:Kelley, Ellen Area:California Lines:61 Added:12/24/2011

While I agree with your observation ("Nasty outbursts do nothing for marijuana cause," Dec. 14) that marijuana proponents are not always fond of the rules of decorum, it seems inappropriate to castigate them like unruly children. Please consider what is actually happening here: People dealing with serious medical issues are being systematically denied access to the medicine that best eases their suffering. Faced with the looming likelihood of being unable to obtain relief from that suffering and dealing with stress caused by such knowledge, it is understandable that they find it difficult to be polite to those hellbent on worsening their situations.

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92 US CA: PUB LTE: Marijuana: Medical, Or Not?Sat, 24 Dec 2011
Source:Union, The (Grass Valley, CA) Author:Stone, Karen Area:California Lines:36 Added:12/24/2011

Can we please address this issue honestly? What is the difference at this point whether the desire for pot is medical or emotional? Some people use marijuana to control medical symptoms, and some to get high, relax and enhance.

Marijuana has many emotional as well as medical gifts. Alcohol, however, does not, but it is legal to use it for the sole purpose of altering consciousness. Why then do we not legalize pot so that people have a choice of intoxicants? Alcohol is a very dangerous drug, and has been the cause of millions of deaths.

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93 US WA: OPED: Rise Above The 'Opioid Wars' To Manage ChronicFri, 23 Dec 2011
Source:Seattle Times (WA) Author:Christopher, Myra J. Area:Washington Lines:89 Added:12/24/2011

Guest Columnist Myra J. Christopher Argues That Policymakers Must Move Beyond the Rhetoric of the "Opioid Wars" to Find Solutions to Managing Chronic Pain. Otherwise, Pain Patients in Washington and Elsewhere Will Continue to Be Collateral Damage.

THERE is a Chinese saying that we are prone to "kiss dragons and stomp gnats." When we have a big problem that we have no idea how to solve, we fixate on a lesser problem. The abuse of prescription medications, particularly by our teens and young adults, is a big problem, but not one caused by people who rely on medications to manage their pain. People living with chronic pain in Washington state have become collateral damage in an ongoing battle that has been characterized as the "opioid wars."

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94 US NY: City Council's Pot Bill Calls On State To 'Legalize It'Thu, 22 Dec 2011
Source:Villager, The (New York, NY) Author:DeRienzo, Paul Area:New York Lines:133 Added:12/24/2011

A joint oversight committee of the City Council held a contentious hearing last month over an attempt by the Council to support passage of a state law legalizing medical marijuana. The Council's resolution asks the state Legislature to pass the bill - which is sponsored by Tom Duane in the state Senate and Richard Gottfried in the Assembly - but which has languished for years in the warrens of Albany. Similar to a law recently passed in New Jersey, the legislation would closely regulate use and distribution of marijuana.

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95 US MI: Some Medical Marijuana Sales Can Resume At ChesterfieldFri, 23 Dec 2011
Source:Voice, The (New Baltimore, MI) Author:Cook, Jameson Area:Michigan Lines:91 Added:12/24/2011

A Macomb County judge Wednesday said he would revise his recent opinion and allow operators of a former Chesterfield Township medical marijuana dispensary to maintain, use and transfer the drug in limited fashion.

Big Daddy's Management Group, which operates the facility, asked the judge to clarify his ruling last month that declared the facility a nuisance and banned marijuana on the premises. Big Daddy's says it complied with the ruling, which followed a Nov. 3-4 evidentiary hearing.

Foster agreed that Big Daddy's should be allowed to grow, cultivate, use and exchange marijuana as allowed by the Medical Marihuana Act, passed by voters in 2008.

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96 US CO: City Fixes Typo In Pot-Possession RuleTue, 20 Dec 2011
Source:Durango Herald, The (CO) Author:Haug, Jim Area:Colorado Lines:39 Added:12/24/2011

No dope. A typographical error has made it impossible for the local municipal court to rule on cases of possession of an ounce or less of marijuana since 2009.

Instead, these cases have been going to county court, said David Smith, the city's attorney. The city has been losing some "minimal" revenue because of the small fines and court fees associated with minor marijuana possession.

By state law, municipal court is supposed to be responsible for minor marijuana possession, but an error occurred when the city revised its ordinances in 2009 to allow for medical marijuana clinics.

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97 US NY: Lowering The Price Of Hard Drugs Will Reduce CrimeThu, 22 Dec 2011
Source:Daily Mail (UK)          Area:New York Lines:58 Added:12/24/2011

The price of hard drugs found on the street may be able to forecast the level of violent crime like larceny, assault and homicide in New York City, according to a new study.

A study at the John Jay College, 'More Drugs, Less Crime,' in Manhattan, states that the price of hard drugs for a particular year can help determine the level of crime expected based on a user's ease in acquiring.

'Essentially our paper could be boiled down to this: Most crime is committed by drug users to finance the cost of drug use,' Travis Wendel, the main author of the study explained according to the New York World.

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98 US CA: Shasta Lake Doesn't Ban Pot; Dispensaries Get CouncilWed, 21 Dec 2011
Source:Record Searchlight (Redding, CA) Author:Longoria, Sean Area:California Lines:85 Added:12/24/2011

SHASTA LAKE -- Council members reversed the local trend of banning medical marijuana dispensaries Tuesday night and voted instead to ditch their permit system.

The council voted 4-1 to have city staffers prepare an ordinance that will remove dispensary permitting requirements from the municipal code while keeping existing zoning regulations in place, City Manager Carol Martin said Wednesday.

The discussion of a possible ban, placed on the agenda at Councilwoman Dolores Lucero's request, comes more than a month after Redding's City Council voted to outlaw at least 14 dispensaries in its city limits. Anderson's City Council approved a ban in October, while the Shasta County Board of Supervisors approved a dispensary ban for the county's unincorporated areas last week.

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99 US CA: Live Oak Finalizes Ban On Growing MarijuanaThu, 22 Dec 2011
Source:Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA) Author:Edwards, Jonathan Area:California Lines:91 Added:12/24/2011

Patients, partyers and profiteers have a month to chop down their marijuana if they want to stay on the right side of the law in Live Oak.

The City Council on Wednesday night finalized a ban on growing marijuana for medical use, which will now take effect Jan. 20. Council members first approved the ban at their Dec. 7 meeting, saying marijuana grows stunk up neighborhoods and threatened people's safety as criminals tried to steal plants and growers tried to protect them, sometimes with razor wire and guard dogs.

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100US MI: Hearing Adjourned For Trio Charged With SellingThu, 22 Dec 2011
Source:Bay City Times, The (MI) Author:Waterman, Cole Area:Michigan Lines:Excerpt Added:12/24/2011

BAY CITY -- A local trio charged with illegally operating a medical marijuana dispensary in Bay City will have to wait until after the new year for their next day in court.

The preliminary examination of Johnnie V. Randall, 32, Corey R. Randall, 30, and Joshua P. Perry, 26, has been rescheduled from today to Jan. 11. Attorney Edward M. Czuprynski, who is representing Perry, said defense counsel is still waiting on necessary documents.

The Randalls own Beacon of Light Compassion Center, 100 N. Catherine St. Perry is a registered medical marijuana grower. Police allege the Randalls and Perry were selling marijuana from the center in violation of an August ruling by a state Court of Appeals prohibiting "patient-to-patient sales" of the substance.

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