Willits News, 11 Jun 2013 – LAKEPORT — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is on track to receive $170,000 from the federal government to eradicate illicit marijuana-growing operations in the county. The Lake County Board of Supervisors (BOS) unanimously supported the agreement with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) following a nearly two-hour public debate at the Lake County Courthouse Tuesday.
posted on August 19, 2012 by
US CA: Lake County: Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction For Marijuana
Willits News, 18 Aug 2012 – LAKEPORT — A Lake County judge Friday granted a preliminary injunction until Jan. 1 for all qualified people and collectives growing marijuana in conformity with state law at the time the county adopted its interim medical marijuana cultivation ordinance. "Needless to say this doesn’t apply to any illegal grows," Judge David W. Herrick said during the afternoon hearing at the Lake County Courthouse.
posted on August 5, 2012 by
US OR: Editorial: Still Too Picky On This Law?
Albany Democrat-Herald, 02 Aug 2012 – From Medford comes a story that proves again that the secretary of state’s Elections Division has been far too picky when it comes to the issue of campaigning on the public’s dime. The agency fined two Medford police officials $75 each for comments they made in 2010 about a pending initiative concerning medical marijuana dispensaries. They were deemed to have violated Oregon’s election law against using public resources to campaign for or against anyone or anything.
posted on July 24, 2012 by
US OR: Editorial: Full-Bore Legalization
The Register-Guard, 22 Jul 2012 – Oregonians to Vote on Wide-Open Marijuana Measure For years, political debate over marijuana has focused on medical uses of the drug. That’s going to change. An initiative measure has qualified for Oregon’s November ballot that calls for wide-open, no-holds-barred marijuana legalization. The efficacy of marijuana laws and the effects of their repeal will be debated head-on.
