Seattle Times, 22 Jul 2012 – The Money Will Allow the State Campaign to Legalize Pot to Launch a TV-Advertising Blitz in August. An initiative to legalize and tax marijuana was buoyed this weekend by $1.25 million in new donations, allowing the campaign to place a big TV ad buy for August.

Seattle Times, 22 Jul 2012 – The Money Will Allow the State Campaign to Legalize Pot to Launch a TV-Advertising Blitz in August. An initiative to legalize and tax marijuana was buoyed this weekend by $1.25 million in new donations, allowing the campaign to place a big TV ad buy for August.

Seattle Times, 22 Jul 2012 – The Money Will Allow the State Campaign to Legalize Pot to Launch a TV-Advertising Blitz in August. An initiative to legalize and tax marijuana was buoyed this weekend by $1.25 million in new donations, allowing the campaign to place a big TV ad buy for August.

The Daily News, 03 Jul 2012 – The Woodland City Council on Monday killed a zoning proposal to control where collective medical marijuana gardens and dispensaries could be located. Council members said they didn’t want to regulate an activity that remains illegal under federal law, even if it is permissible under state rules.

The Herald, 03 Jul 2012 – The Everett City Council voted today to extend a moratorium on medical marijuana gardens until January 20. The city needs more time to figure out how to effectively zone the gardens, assistant city attorney Ramsey Ramerman told the council before the vote. The city also hopes to have additional legal clarification on how to handle the conflicts between state and federal law, he said. He warned the council that allowing the gardens now could get city employees and the council in trouble with the federal government by making them "accomplices to federal drug crimes."

The Wenatchee World, 03 Jul 2012 – OKANOGAN — Criminal charges were dismissed last week against a former Wauconda man who claimed he was wrongly arrested for growing medical marijuana for himself and others. John Novak, 47 — who now lives in Lake Forest Park near Seattle — said he believes the new state law on medical marijuana helped him get his case dismissed in Okanogan County Superior Court on June 25.

The Wenatchee World, 03 Jul 2012 – OKANOGAN — Criminal charges were dismissed last week against a former Wauconda man who claimed he was wrongly arrested for growing medical marijuana for himself and others. John Novak, 47 — who now lives in Lake Forest Park near Seattle — said he believes the new state law on medical marijuana helped him get his case dismissed in Okanogan County Superior Court on June 25.

The Daily News, 03 Jul 2012 – The Woodland City Council on Monday killed a zoning proposal to control where collective medical marijuana gardens and dispensaries could be located. Council members said they didn’t want to regulate an activity that remains illegal under federal law, even if it is permissible under state rules.

The Herald, 03 Jul 2012 – The Everett City Council voted today to extend a moratorium on medical marijuana gardens until January 20. The city needs more time to figure out how to effectively zone the gardens, assistant city attorney Ramsey Ramerman told the council before the vote. The city also hopes to have additional legal clarification on how to handle the conflicts between state and federal law, he said. He warned the council that allowing the gardens now could get city employees and the council in trouble with the federal government by making them "accomplices to federal drug crimes."

The Wenatchee World, 03 Jul 2012 – OKANOGAN — Criminal charges were dismissed last week against a former Wauconda man who claimed he was wrongly arrested for growing medical marijuana for himself and others. John Novak, 47 — who now lives in Lake Forest Park near Seattle — said he believes the new state law on medical marijuana helped him get his case dismissed in Okanogan County Superior Court on June 25.