The Columbian, 25 Jun 2013 – Legality Is Murky Because Feds Say Pot Is an Illicit Substance Clark County commissioners are pausing for one week before deciding how to regulate collective gardens for medical marijuana. But the indication the board gave at Tuesday’s public hearing is that medical marijuana gardens will not be allowed in this county.

The Herald, 26 Jun 2013 – An article in this week’s paper stated that the percentage of smokers in the U. S. had dropped to 18 percent. Also included in the article was the fact that smoking is the leading cause of preventable illness and death. In light of this information, it is difficult to understand why the majority of voters in this state approved the use of marijuana which includes the inhaling of smoke into their lungs and lungs of those around them.

The Columbian, 25 Jun 2013 – I am a middle school student in Vancouver concerned about marijuana use. I recently heard a presentation on the effects of marijuana, and I was surprised that most people didn’t know about these things. I would like to let you know about the consequences marijuana brings. Lots of people smoke it as a depression reliever. Although it gives them short-term relief, the depression comes back worse than it was before. Another result is that you are more likely to get schizophrenia, and once you have it, it will never go away.

The Daily Home, 23 Jun 2013 – SEATTLE (AP) – For the activists who led the effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Washington state last fall, Jamen Shively was one of their biggest fears: an aspiring pot profiteer whose unabashed dreams of building a cannabis empire might attract unwanted attention from the federal government or a backlash that could slow the marijuana reform movement across the country. With visionary zeal, the 45- year-old former Microsoft manager described his plans to a conference room packed with reporters and supporters last month, saying he was tired of waiting for a green light from the Obama administration, which still hasn’t said how it will respond to the legalization of recreational pot in Washington and Colorado. Shively vowed to quickly raise $10 million and eventually build his company, Diego Pellicer, into an international pot powerhouse.

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Renton Reporter, 21 Jun 2013 – The Renton City Council appears poised to treat marijuana and marijuana businesses the same way it treats liquor sales. The council coalesced around the suggestion rather quickly during Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting, which featured an update on marijuana regulations from city attorney Larry Warren.

The Herald, 20 Jun 2013 – SEATTLE (AP) – For the activists who led the effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Washington state last fall, Jamen Shively was one of their biggest fears: an aspiring pot profiteer whose unabashed dreams of building a cannabis empire might attract unwanted attention from the federal government or a backlash that could slow the marijuana reform movement across the country. With visionary zeal, the 45-year-old former Microsoft manager described his plans to a conference room packed with reporters and supporters last month, saying he was tired of waiting for a green light from the Obama administration, which still hasn’t said how it will respond to the legalization of recreational pot in Washington and Colorado. Shively vowed to quickly raise $10 million and eventually build his company, Diego Pellicer, into an international pot powerhouse.

West Seattle Herald, 21 Jun 2013 – As medical marijuana dispensaries continue to pop up in West Seattle and White Center, the Coalition for Drug Free Youth (focused on reducing teen drug, alcohol and tobacco use in Highline Schools) spent a good portion of their June meeting discussing the phenomenon and what it means for their challenge in reducing teen pot use. The conversation, held at Navos in Burien, centered on concern from a Seattle Public Schools survey taken in October of 2012 that found around 40 percent of students who use marijuana said they got it from a medical marijuana dispensary. The survey did not detail whether the students got it through someone else who had a medical card, or whether they possessed a card themselves (there are no laws on the books stating a minimum age to get a medical marijuana authorization, so a teenager can get one if they find a doctor willing to sign off).

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