The Register-Guard, 20 Oct 2012 – Oregon Voters Will Decide Whether to Legalize Marijuana It has been lambasted on editorial pages, fizzled in pre-election polls and called "possibly too pro-pot" by the head of the nation’s leading voice for ending marijuana prohibition.

The Register-Guard, 08 Oct 2012 – Lane County authorities want to keep $60,000 in cash, a sport utility vehicle and an ATM machine seized from a medical marijuana club owner whose Eugene dispensary was shut down after a police raid on Aug. 30. Attorneys for the county last week filed a civil forfeiture complaint in Lane County Circuit Court that alleges the confiscated cash and property was connected to a criminal drug enterprise involving Curtis Shimmin, who was arrested on marijuana and money laundering charges on the night of the raid.