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 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."

Spokesman-Review, 09 Jun 2012 – Officers Didn’t Consider Medical Marijuana Law Change U.S. District Judge Frem Nielsen’s ruling to suppress all materials gathered from a raid of a large marijuana grow house in northwest Spokane County stems from a rewrite of the law approved by legislators last year that specifically stated possessing medical marijuana was not a crime.

Spokesman-Review, 09 Jun 2012 – Officers Didn’t Consider Medical Marijuana Law Change U.S. District Judge Frem Nielsen’s ruling to suppress all materials gathered from a raid of a large marijuana grow house in northwest Spokane County stems from a rewrite of the law approved by legislators last year that specifically stated possessing medical marijuana was not a crime.

Spokesman-Review, 09 Jun 2012 – Officers Didn’t Consider Medical Marijuana Law Change U.S. District Judge Frem Nielsen’s ruling to suppress all materials gathered from a raid of a large marijuana grow house in northwest Spokane County stems from a rewrite of the law approved by legislators last year that specifically stated possessing medical marijuana was not a crime.

Spokesman-Review, 09 Jun 2012 – Officers Didn’t Consider Medical Marijuana Law Change U.S. District Judge Frem Nielsen’s ruling to suppress all materials gathered from a raid of a large marijuana grow house in northwest Spokane County stems from a rewrite of the law approved by legislators last year that specifically stated possessing medical marijuana was not a crime.

The Columbian, 29 May 2012 – Skamania County cuts involvement, but outstanding work will continue Clark-Skamania drug task force loses detective, gets new name he Clark-Skamania Drug Task Force is losing half its name. Skamania County is pulling out of the task force. At first glance, that might appear to be a drastic blow in the regional war against illegal drugs.