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US CA: PUB LTE: A War On Marijuana Smokers
1 September 2010, 3:00 am

East Bay Express, 01 Sep 2010 - Regarding David Downs' August 11 column, the drug war is largely a war on marijuana smokers. In 2008, there were 847,863 marijuana arrests in the United States, almost 90 percent for simple possession. At a time when state and local governments are laying off police, firefighters, and teachers, this country continues to spend enormous public resources criminalizing Americans who prefer marijuana to martinis.

Source: MAP - Drugnews - California

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US ME: Medical Marijuana Dispensary To Open In Biddeford
1 September 2010, 3:00 am

Journal Tribune, 01 Sep 2010 - BIDDEFORD - A non-profit organization planning to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Biddeford was approved by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. On Tuesday, DHHS announced that Safe Harbor Maine, Inc., of Poland, was one of two winning applicants to be allowed to operate dispensaries in two of the states' eight public health districts.

Source: MAP - Drugnews - Maine

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US CO: Drug Task Force Faces Money Bust
2 September 2010, 3:00 am

The Cortez Journal, 02 Sep 2010 - Local law enforcement officials are scraping together money as grants funding the 22nd Judicial District Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force threaten to dry up. "We have been able to save some grants," Roy Lane, Cortez Police Department chief and task force board member said. "Hopefully, that'll keep the doors open a little longer."

Source: MAP - Drugnews - Colorado

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US CO: Peyote Meeting, Prayers Prepare Ceremonial Ground
2 September 2010, 3:00 am

The Cortez Journal, 02 Sep 2010 - Southwest Intertribal Voice will host an open Native American Church prayer ceremony Friday as part of its ongoing Native American Cultural Preservation Project. The space has already been cleared and plans drawn for the ceremonial grounds, which will include a hogan, tipi area, kitchen and dining room area six miles south of Cortez.

Source: MAP - Drugnews - Colorado

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US MI: Attorney for Lapeer County Medical Marijuana Dispensary Says Search Used
2 September 2010, 3:00 am

Flint Journal, 02 Sep 2010 - DRYDEN, Michigan -- Jim Rasor, a Royal Oak attorney representing the owner of Compassionate Care Center of Michigan, says he believes Lapeer County officials are using a Tuesday raid of the center to show problems with Michigan's medical marijuana law. "It seems like the prosecution and sheriffs are using these laws to point out the shortcomings of the law," Rasor said.

Source: MAP - Drugnews - Michigan

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US MI: Questionable Patient-Caregiver Relationships Led to Lapeer County Raid on
2 September 2010, 3:00 am

Flint Journal, 02 Sep 2010 - QUESTIONABLE PATIENT-CAREGIVER RELATIONSHIPS LED TO LAPEER COUNTY RAID ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY DRYDEN, Michigan -- Lapeer County Sheriff Ron Kalanquin said a search warrant that was executed Tuesday on a Dryden medical marijuana dispensary was based off of three accounts of medical marijuana patients who did not have medical marijuana caregivers.

Source: MAP - Drugnews - Michigan

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US MI: Judge: No Marijuana for Patients Arrested in Oakland County Raids
1 September 2010, 3:00 am

Detroit Free Press, 01 Sep 2010 - Despite impassioned pleas by several defense attorneys, Waterford District Court Judge Richard Kuhn Jr. refused today to allow medical marijuana patients to use the drug while out on bond-a decision met with low hisses in a courtroom packed with 13 defendants, their lawyers and supporters today. The 13 faced hearings following last week's raids of a medical marijuana dispensary and a compassion club for patients in Waterford.

Source: MAP - Drugnews - Michigan

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