East Bay Express, 30 Jul 2012 – This just in from the North Coast Journal: "Over the last couple of weeks, Humboldt County has been virtually crawling with federal law enforcement agents on the prowl for big-time weed dealers." "Clearly the county’s black market marijuana industry is booming, and while local law enforcement didn’t want to say much about the recent raids, referring all questions to equally tight-lipped federal agencies, Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Downey said the backup is welcome. As a matter of fact, he said, ‘I’m the one, I hope, who initiated it.’ A large, greenhouse full of growing marijuana
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US CA: Editorial: Public Forests Being Trashed
Chico Enterprise-Record, 26 Jul 2012 – Little by little, people are realizing the environmental damage done by squatters in our national forests. Talk to people in more populated parts of California about what’s happening with marijuana plantations in our national forests, and they just can’t fathom it.
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US CA: California: Council Bans Marijuana Dispensaries
New York Times, 25 Jul 2012 – The Los Angeles City Council voted on Tuesday to ban the hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries that have cropped up across the city. The council acted after some residents said the shops had been a blight on neighborhoods. City officials estimate that there could be more than 900 dispensaries. The ban eliminates storefronts, but patients and caregivers are still allowed to grow medical marijuana. The city has wrestled with its medical marijuana ordinances for years, trying to provide safe and affordable access to the drug for legitimate patients while addressing concerns by neighborhood groups that areas were being overrun by dispensaries and marijuana users. – — MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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US CA: Editorial: Like Brownies? Your Neighbor May Have Some
Kern Valley Sun, 26 Jul 2012 – Disclaimer: Editorial letters express the respective opinions of the Kern Valley Sun’s staff members. Has your neighbor recently extended the height of the fence between your yards? Could be a little marijuana paranoia going on there. It may be legal to grow a certain amount of the plant in your back yard for medical reasons if you have a prescription; operative word is prescription. Of course those growing all profess to have a permit or prescription, but that paperwork has to be displayed and the majority don’t. Question your neighbor about the legality of his newly acquired green thumb and you can pretty much tell by the defensive attitude whether it is being grown legally, the immediate additional fence height is a pretty good hint that they aren’t.
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US CA: Pot Growers Poisoning Wildlife?
The Chico News & Review, 26 Jul 2012 – Illegal Pot Farmers Could Be Endangering Forest Wildlife With Rat Poison Commercial rat poison used by illegal marijuana growers could be putting California’s wildlife at risk, particularly the fisher, a member of the weasel family. The fisher is currently a candidate for listing under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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US CA: Pot Research Touts Benefits
The Chico News & Review, 26 Jul 2012 – Studies Conclude Marijuana Offers Pain Relief for Various Conditions America’s most expansive studies on the medicinal benefits of marijuana have concluded pot does indeed have therapeutic value. After more than a dozen years of studies and $8.7 million in state funding, California’s Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research found marijuana offers pain relief for nerve damage from injuries, HIV, strokes and other conditions, according to The Sacramento Bee.
