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Prince George Free Press, 08 Oct 2010 - It's too difficult for patients to get medical marijuana, so regulation of the issue should be transferred from the federal to the provincial government, UBCM delegates voted Friday. The Victoria motion passed, with advocates suggesting the province could then distribute medical marijuana via pharmacies and community dispensaries, potentially reducing the number of approved patients growing their own pot.

Penticton Western, 08 Oct 2010 - Rural grow-ops are becoming more common place and RCMP are reminding urban area residents to report any suspicious or criminal activity taking place in their neighbourhoods. A wind gust along Grand Oro Road last week, as police continued their search of an expansive property used as a grow operation, left a waft of pungent marijuana odour hanging in the air. It is just one example in the past few months of the rural grow operations RCMP have busted.

Stoney Creek News, 08 Oct 2010 - Graydon In It To Win It Edward Graydon is in Hamilton's mayoral contest to stay. The 47-year-old businessman had announced soon after an emotional exchange with fellow candidates Michael Baldasaro and Andrew Haines during a debate Thrusday at Sir. John A. Macdonald High School that he would announce at the next all-candidates debate he will quit from the race and back Larry Di Ianni.

Garden Island, 07 Oct 2010 - 'To Stop The Revolving Door Of Addiction' LIHU'E - Kaua'i Drug Court graduate Larissa Urynowicz proudly went from Kaua'i Community Correctional Center to Kaua'i Community College, she said. "Thanks to the Drug Court program I've found a new way to live," she said at her Drug Court graduation ceremonies Friday in a courtroom where her presence previously meant she was in trouble.

Hamilton Spectator, 07 Oct 2010 - A debate over pot advocacy is flaring up between election candidates after two mayoral hopefuls boosted marijuana at a downtown high school. At an assembly at Sir John A. Macdonald High School on Thursday morning, Michael Baldasaro advocated for growing cannabis in Hamilton. Another mayoral candidate told a rival he "needs to smoke a joint."

City on a Hill Press, 07 Oct 2010 - Laws and attitudes toward marijuana are changing throughout the state, and Santa Cruz is no exception. The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors formally expressed a policy Sept. 26, which addresses medical marijuana dispensaries that have sprung up in past years. The policy allows and regulates the facilities, as well as places a moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries until the board finalizes the new policies.

Stoney Creek News, 07 Oct 2010 - A Hamilton police officer has been reassigned to administrative duties while he awaits a Nov. 8 court hearing on an assault charge related to a bungled police drug raid at the wrong apartment in May. Ian Scott, director of the province's Special Investigations Unit, announced the charge last week against Constable Ryan Tocher in relation to injuries sustained by 58-year-old Myanmar refugee Po La Hay during the raid.

The Steamboat Pilot & Today, 07 Oct 2010 - Steamboat Springs -- The room erupted in applause after Kush Magazine Publisher Michael Lerner told a packed audience of more than 300 center owners, infused-product makers and growers at the Medical Marijuana Business Alliance's August networking meeting that "Colorado is so far ahead of the rest of the country in this industry, there is no second." It was a common reaction to the speakers throughout the night at Casselman's Bar & Venue in downtown Denver. They whistled, whooped and hollered when Matt Cook, a career law enforcement officer charged with overseeing the state's medical marijuana industry, said, "It truly is a privilege to grow with this industry as we moved forward."

The North Wind, 07 Oct 2010 - In November 2008, Michigan residents voted yes on Proposition 1, which made medical marijuana legal in the state. As a result, medical marijuana clinics have been popping up all over the state, with one that opened in Marquette this past summer. Marquette Medical Marijuana Registration Center (MMMRC) practice administrator Dave Guizzetti said there are many conditions that could make someone eligible to receive marijuana for medicinal purposes.

Detroit Free Press, 07 Oct 2010 - Medical marijuana patients said they plan to rally outside Waterford District Court at noon today to protest arrests of patients and raids of medical marijuana establishments in Oakland County. The rally is to occur as defendants in two raids file in for 1:30 p.m. hearings, organizer Rick Thompson said Wednesday.

Wall Street Journal, 07 Oct 2010 - When San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum takes the mound in his playoff debut on Thursday, many fans will be celebrating...his 2009 citation for marijuana possession. Since then, T-shirts emblazoned with some variation of "Let Tim Smoke" are big sellers online and outside AT&T Park. Street vendor Jerry Lami says the shirts are only popular when Tim is winning. "When he was 0-5 in August, people said he better stick to playing baseball," he says. Conor Dougherty - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D

Dover-Sherborn Press, 07 Oct 2010 - GARLICK, O'LEARY TAKE 'WAIT AND SEE' APPROACH TO POT Dover -- Voters heading to the polls in Dover, Needham and parts of Medfield on election day will have a new, nonbinding ballot question to ponder: should legislation be passed that would allow the state to regulate and tax the cultivation and sale of marijuana to adults?

The De Soto Explorer, 06 Oct 2010 - If voters approve Proposition 203 in November, Marana should limit the number of medical marijuana dispensaries within its borders to two, the Marana Planning Commission is recommending to the town council. Planners are sending along a proposal from Town Attorney Frank Cassidy that would allow medical marijuana dispensaries as conditional uses in Marana's regional commercial, light industrial and heavy industry zones. Offsite medical marijuana cultivation would be allowed in Marana's agricultural, light industrial and heavy industry zones. The proposed rule also imposes special setback, performance and application requirements.

East Bay Express, 06 Oct 2010 - Berkeley and Oakland would expand their taxation, while Richmond and Albany consider getting into the game. Voters in four East Bay cities will have the chance to expand the medical cannabis industry, tax it at a greater rate, and prepare for the possible passage of Prop 19 this November, part of a trend across Northern California.

Huffington Post, 06 Oct 2010 - California will vote in a few weeks on Proposition 19, which would (if it passes) effectively legalize the recreational use of marijuana in the state. Chances of it passing seem to be growing, if you'll excuse the metaphor, like a weed. Right now, the poll numbers for Proposition 19 are better than the numbers for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown or Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer against their respective Republican opponents, for instance. Meaning California could become a "test case" state in challenging federal laws on the matter.

Quesnel Cariboo Observer, 06 Oct 2010 - For one parent, finding out what's going on in Quesnel regarding drugs and risks to her children, prompted her to attend last year's presentation sponsored by Quesnel and District Parent Advisory Council. This year, Pam (not her real name) wants more parents and the public to be aware of the issues in the community.

Hamilton Spectator, 05 Oct 2010 - Tobacco. Marijuana. Four balloons of what appeared to be drugs. Possibly crack cocaine. Twenty-six tablets of prescription medication. A nail. Soap in a sock. A pocket knife. A piece of sharpened metal. Lighters. And "a kite" - written inmate communication. This is the contraband confiscated by authorities last year from inside the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre.

Cowichan News Leader, 04 Oct 2010 - Local Mounties continue to help local residents with their backyard weed problems. Thanks to RCMP helicopter surveillance, North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP uprooted 28 marijuana plants on Friday. The plants were discovered on four separate plots at a Castley Road residence.