US WA: Soap Lake Council Delays Medical Marijuana Decision

Columbia Basin Herald, 11 Sep 2012 – SOAP LAKE – Soap Lake City Council members voted Wednesday to extend the time it has to decide on establishing community medical marijuana gardens. "This is an issue that’s not just facing Soap Lake, but each community in the town and the state. And we’re all struggling with the issue (from a compliance standpoint)," Soap Lake City Planner Darryl Piercy said.

US HI: Medical Marijuana Bill Goes to the House for

West Hawaii Today, 07 Mar 2012 – A bill that would make chronic pain a qualifying condition under Hawaii’s medical marijuana law has been passed by the state Senate, while another that would eliminate chronic pain as a qualifying condition is dead for this year’s legislative session. Senate Bill 2262, which would make medical marijuana part of the "pain patients bill of rights" in state law passed its third and final required reading by the full Senate on Tuesday, the "cross over" deadline. The measure now goes to the House for consideration.