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1CN BC: Victoria Could Follow Vancouver On Pot ShopsSun, 05 Jul 2015
Source:Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC) Author:Kirkup, Kristy Area:British Columbia Lines:Excerpt Added:07/06/2015

The Conservative government's "ideological" changes to federal medicinal marijuana rules will prompt other cities to follow Vancouver's lead and regulate pot shops on their own, says Vancouver Coun. Kerry Jang.

Jang said he has heard from other municipalities, including Victoria, that are eyeing Vancouver's new bylaws to manage a recent spike in medicinal pot businesses.

Last week, Vancouver became the first Canadian municipality to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, requiring for-profit operators to pay a $30,000 licensing fee and locate at least 300 metres away from community centres, schools, and each other.

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2 US AZ: LTE: Marijuana Should Not Be LegalizedMon, 06 Jul 2015
Source:Sun, The (Yuma, AZ) Author:Blackburn, J. Area:Arizona Lines:54 Added:07/06/2015

Let me start by saying that I was an investigator who headed up the juvenile narcotic bureau for a major city in northern California. In 1960, I was assigned to work drug abuse problems that was occurring in our local school district.

In my 20 plus years of working with countless amounts of juveniles and parents whose sons or daughters were involved in drug use, I saw on a daily basis how marijuana affected the juvenile, as well as the effects it had on the family. In my experience, I see marijuana as a gateway drug. The user is introduced to other people involved in the drug culture, who want to turn these stoners on to other drugs.

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3 US DC: LTE: A Lawman's Dereliction Of DutyMon, 06 Jul 2015
Source:Washington Post (DC) Author:Barrett, John Area:District of Columbia Lines:34 Added:07/06/2015

"FBI drug agent risked all to feed heroin habit" [front page, June 29] was remarkable in that this disgraced felon showed no remorse for his crimes.

As a former FBI executive who retired from the Washington field office and a former superintendent of detectives for the Metropolitan Police Department, I find Matthew Lowry's criminal conduct outrageous. The FBI motto is "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity." Mr. Lowry's actions were disloyal, cowardly and dishonorable to his country, the FBI, his family, the citizens of the District of Columbia and, lastly, himself.

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4 US OR: LTE: 'Marijuana Fantasy Land'Mon, 06 Jul 2015
Source:Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) Author:Bellamy, Ken Area:Oregon Lines:35 Added:07/06/2015

Marijuana 'fantasy land': For the life of me, I will never understand the mentality of people. One more thing that fogs over and seriously impairs thinking and judgment is legalized, and people consider it cause for big celebration.

There has been heavy, and I mean heavy, media coverage with people right in front of the TV cameras breaking the rule about smoking marijuana in public. With people blatantly and openly breaking that rule, what makes these highly educated makers of the rules think people are actually going to follow the rest of them? Perhaps they've smoked too much of it themselves.

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5 US CO: LTE: Enough Is EnoughSun, 05 Jul 2015
Source:Glenwood Springs Post Independent (CO) Author:Kirchberg, Gary Area:Colorado Lines:41 Added:07/06/2015

Regarding Brad Gates' letter of July 1, you ask, "Was it the marijuana tourist who came to Colorado and voted marijuana legal, or was it you and your neighbor? I'm pretty sure it was you and your neighbor, correct me if I am wrong."

Well you are wrong. It wasn't my neighbor, and it wasn't me, and it wasn't the 40 some percent of the state that voted against it, either. I accept that recreational pot is legal now, but the current debate seems to be centered on how many pot shops are enough.

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6 US CO: LTE: Alcohol Carries Societal Price TagSat, 04 Jul 2015
Source:Pueblo Chieftain (CO) Author:Woody, Bob Area:Colorado Lines:47 Added:07/06/2015

It doesn't appear that morality will be winning a popularity contest anytime soon.

The marijuana issue has brought reproof directed at opponents of the industry. "This is not a moral issue," "put your moral compass down" and "there's no legislating morality."

Not directly related, but more disappointing, a retired minister writing in The Pueblo Chieftain a few years ago said that when you attempt to legislate morals, "That's wrong."

May I offer another view? I say that it is impossible not to legislate morals. Every law "imposes" someone's moral "values" on someone else. The issue is whose values will prevail.

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7 US CO: LTE: Research The Topic Before Casting Your BallotSat, 04 Jul 2015
Source:Pueblo Chieftain (CO) Author:Rivera, George A. Area:Colorado Lines:65 Added:07/06/2015

And so the debate over recreational marijuana sales in Pueblo has begun.

During the upcoming 18 months, Puebloans will be deluged with articles and information arguing the benefits of marijuana and/or the damage caused by marijuana.

Both sides will state that the facts they are using to support their argument are the truth even though at times the positions will be diametrically opposite.

(Note: This editorial is not meant to argue for one side or the other, but as a matter of full disclosure, I will state that I am opposed to the sale of recreational marijuana in the city of Pueblo.)

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8 US OH: Disease May Spur Needle ProgramMon, 06 Jul 2015
Source:Columbus Dispatch (OH) Author:Crane, Misti Area:Ohio Lines:123 Added:07/06/2015

Health Officials Say That Needlesharing by Drug Users Is Spreading Hepatitis C Locally and Statewide.

The boom in heroin use paired with a surge in hepatitis C infections in Franklin County and across Ohio have heightened worries about the spread of other diseases, particularly HIV, and sparked conversations about a local needle exchange.

Hepatitis C, a treatable but sometimes deadly viral disease that attacks the liver, was diagnosed in 719 people in Franklin County five years ago. The number had nearly doubled by last year, to 1,369, according to data from Columbus Public Health. So far this year, the county is on pace to record more than 1,400 cases. In just one year, the number of hepatitis C cases statewide grew from 10,020 in 2013 to 15,887 in 2014.

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9US NM: Civil Forfeiture Law Protects Public but Cuts into LawSat, 04 Jul 2015
Source:Farmington Daily Times (NM) Author:Schwartz, Dan Area:New Mexico Lines:Excerpt Added:07/06/2015

FARMINGTON - A state law intended to prevent police from seizing money or assets from people unless they're convicted of a crime took effect this month, and law enforcement officials say it's going to cut deeply into their budgets.

Before House Bill 560 became law, most police departments and other local law enforcement agencies in New Mexico could auction items they had seized and use the revenue to pay for training or equipment. That process funds a fourth of the Region II Narcotics Task Force's operational finances each year - which was approximately $100,000, according to its director, Sgt. Kyle Dowdy.

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10 US WY: Wyoming Parents Mull Hemp Oil for Children With EpilepsySat, 04 Jul 2015
Source:Casper Star-Tribune (WY) Author:Dorgan, Ryan Area:Wyoming Lines:155 Added:07/06/2015

Gretchen Wheeler knows her 21-year-old daughter will never be able to drive, marry or have her own children. Katelyn will likely live with her mother "forever," Wheeler says.

She is willing to accept some of those facts. Her daughter has epilepsy and autism.

What Wheeler can't accept is Katelyn's constant seizures.

The Casper mother is one of 175 Wyoming residents, according to Wyoming Department of Health estimates, considering a hemp extract oil that could help people with epilepsy. The Wyoming Legislature passed a law in February that legalized the oil. It was the least contentious of a handful of medical cannabis bills considered by lawmakers.

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11US UT: Editorial: Don't Let DEA Bypass Judges and SearchSun, 05 Jul 2015
Source:Salt Lake Tribune (UT)          Area:Utah Lines:Excerpt Added:07/06/2015

If the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says it can't do its job without bypassing a judge's signature, it raises reasonable suspicions about law enforcement operating without proper oversight.

If the DEA adds that such a bypass is needed to stop Utahns from overdosing at high rates, it exposes just how shameless the war on drugs has become.

In a move that raises the specter of indiscriminate NSA phone monitoring, the federal government's drug cops are pushing back against a Utah law that took effect this year that requires a judge to sign a search warrant for access to the state's data base of prescriptions. Before that law, law enforcement could simply use "administrative subpoenas" that required no signoff from a judge.

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