Record Searchlight, 01 Sep 2010 - RED BLUFF - Tehama County's controversial ban on medical marijuana dispensaries will continue another year, after county supervisors on Tuesday voted 4-1 for an extension. "I think this stands in the door of patients getting their rights," said Supervisor Charlie Willard in his dissent. He noted it had been nearly a year since the moratorium - which he opposed - was first passed and questioned whether another 12 months would yield a viable replacement.

Athens Banner-Herald, 31 Aug 2010 - The People's Pharmacy: Can medical marijuana be used to fight cancer? I would like you to know about medical marijuana for cancer. In her late 30s, my wife was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, stage 4a. It was a 6 centimeter tumor that had grown around the hepatic artery and portal vein.

Morning Sentinel, 31 Aug 2010 - Maine's Department of Health and Human Services announced the selection of two nonprofit corporations to dispense medical marijuana in York County and Down East. Safe Harbor Maine Inc. of Biddeford will be located in York County while Primary Organic Therapy Inc. of Whitneyville will serve Washington and Hancock counties. Operators were selected last month to serve six other regions of the state.

Glenwood Springs Post Independent, 31 Aug 2010 - CARBONDALE, Colorado - Carbondale trustees are set to continue their discussion about proposed local regulation of medical marijuana businesses at tonight's regular Town Council meeting. The board is currently considering a draft zoning ordinance that would specify where in Carbondale medical marijuana centers and grow operations can be located.

The Downey Patriot, 31 Aug 2010 - The Planning Commission will consider revising the city charter on Wednesday to permanently bar medical marijuana dispensaries from operating in Downey. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.

Daily Camera, 31 Aug 2010 - A decision by the Boulder County Land Use Department to approve the transformation of a one-time organic egg farm north of Longmont into a marijuana growing operation will stand, county commissioners decided Tuesday morning. The commissioners decided not to "call up" the docket for a public hearing, which means the Land Use Department's decision is final. But the commissioners said that the 67-acre Szymanski Farms, 10347 Yellowstone Road, will face other hurdles before marijuana can actually be planted there.

The Cortez Journal, 31 Aug 2010 - Board Of County Commissioners Votes Down Medical Marijuana Facilities The Montezuma County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Monday to ban the operation of medical marijuana centers, cultivation sites and infused product industries in unincorporated portions of the county.

Kennebec Journal, 31 Aug 2010 - Maine's Department of Health and Human Services announced the selection of two nonprofit corporations to dispense medical marijuana in York County and Down East. Safe Harbor Maine Inc. of Biddeford will be located in York County while Primary Organic Therapy Inc. of Whitneyville will serve Washington and Hancock counties. Operators were selected last month to serve six other regions of the state.

Telluride Daily Planet, 31 Aug 2010 - New State Regulations Leave Many Questions Unanswered After placing a temporary moratorium on cannabis dispensaries in unincorporated San Miguel County in April, officials must now address a new question that is cropping up: how to permit applications for grow facilities.

Santa Cruz Sentinel, 30 Aug 2010 - SANTA CRUZ -- A new synthetic marijuana and the resurgence in popularity of a hallucinogenic drug have police and community leaders worried because both substances are legal and for sale in the Santa Cruz area. "I don't know enough about this stuff," Watsonville Police Chief Manny Solano said. "That's what concerns me."

Aurora Sentinel, 30 Aug 2010 - AURORA | How much is too much when it comes to medical marijuana? Members of the Aurora City Council Neighborhood Services Policy Committee suggested preliminary rules to help solve questions of home-grow operations during an Aug. 19 meeting.

River Falls Journal, 30 Aug 2010 - River Falls voters may see a referendum question about medical marijuana on the ballot during November's election. City Council Member Bob Hughes filed with the city clerk's office Wednesday, Aug. 25, a petition for direct legislation bearing 800+ signatures. The question petitioners want added to the ballot: "Should the Wisconsin Legislature enact legislation allowing residents with debilitating medical conditions to acquire and possess marijuana for medical purposes if supported by their physician?"

Guelph Mercury, 30 Aug 2010 - Smoking pot can make some of the pain go away, without the patient getting high. The finding comes from what researchers in Montreal believe to be the first outpatient clinical trial of smoked cannabis, involving 21 people with chronic neuropathic pain.

The Record, 30 Aug 2010 - Smoking pot can make some of the pain go away, without the patient getting high. The finding comes from what researchers in Montreal believe to be the first outpatient clinical trial of smoked cannabis, involving 21 people with chronic neuropathic pain.

Red Bluff Daily News, 30 Aug 2010 - Tehama County staff members are expected Tuesday to recommend a one-year extension on a controversial medical marijuana dispensary and collective ban. The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to convene at 1:30 p.m. in its chambers, 727 Oak St., to consider renewing the ban, which would otherwise expire.

Chronicle Herald, 30 Aug 2010 - Research Took Almost 10 Years to Complete Smoking pot can make some of the pain go away, without the patient getting high. The finding comes from what researchers in Montreal believe to be the first outpatient clinical trial of smoked cannabis, involving 21 people with chronic neuropathic pain.

Toronto Star, 30 Aug 2010 - Smoking pot can make some of the pain go away, without the patient getting high. The finding comes from what researchers in Montreal believe to be the first outpatient clinical trial of smoked cannabis, involving 21 people with chronic neuropathic pain.

Montreal Gazette, 30 Aug 2010 - Medical marijuana study by McGill University is the first of its kind to prove the pain-relieving benefits of cannabis Chris's pain relief lies in half a cookie made with marijuana, eaten every two hours, plus one or two puffs off a joint on the hour and the occasional pot lollipop.

Daily Breeze, 29 Aug 2010 - If there was ever an industry that cried out for more regulation, more oversight, more legitimacy, it's California's medical marijuana industry. Yes, we're calling it an industry. While those who proffer and use medicinal pot may call themselves caregivers and patients, and they may present their dispensaries as co-ops and collectives, the reality is that medical marijuana has become a business. People pay a doctor to get a "recommendation" to legally use pot. They pay a dispensary for the weed.

The Daily Inter Lake, 29 Aug 2010 - The wheels are in motion for changes to Montana's dubious medical marijuana industry (or should we say racket?), and changes are definitely in order. A legislative committee has approved a series of measures that would make it more difficult to get a medical marijuana card, set more stringent conditions for those who grow and sell medical marijuana, and make it easier for the state to track and regulate the industry.