Soros behind effort in Mass. to decriminalize marijuana Baltimore Sun, United States - Soros is credited with putting financial muscle behind many of the state initiatives easing marijuana laws - beginning with a 1996 California ballot ...

Medical marijuana loophole could let patients extend doctor ... The Eureka Reporter, CA - By ASHLEY MACKIN, The Eureka Reporter A loophole in the first-ever medicinal marijuana guidelines issued by California Attorney General Jerry Brown last ... State medicinal marijuana guidelines clarify laws

Drug-cartel bloodshed puts residents of Sonoran towns on edge Arizona Republic, AZ - Mexico is now the dominant supplier of Colombian cocaine, black-tar heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine to the United States. Smuggling illegal immigrants ...

Real commander needed for the war on drugs Seattle Times, United States - Obama is clearly not yet willing to discuss lifting prohibitions on marijuana or other drugs. But he would seem open to lead the country in a serious debate ...

Prosecutors Threaten Pot Dispensaries RedOrbit, TX - By Allison B. Margolin Last week, California Attorney General Jerry Brown issued guidelines to regulate medical- marijuana -related activities in California . ...

Medical marijuana activist convicted of growing 24000 pot plants San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Noting that the US Supreme Court has upheld such federal prosecutions despite California's medical marijuana law, Hinckley said, "As long as the state and ... Commercial Marijuana Farmer Convicted after Public Spots Operation ... SF: LAKE COUNTY MAN CONVICTED OF GROWING MORE THAN 1000 MARIJUANA ... Upper Lake's Lepp convicted in pot case -

Charlottesville Daily Progress Virginia QB Lalich admits drug, alcohol use on probation USA Today - ... and marijuana . Lalich is scheduled for a Sept. 26 hearing on the latest charge. Lalich started U.Va.'s opener against Southern California last weekend. ... More charges for UVas Lalich Lalich in off-the-field trouble Report: Lalich will play

Body found buried in large Lake County pot farm San Jose Mercury News, USA - Lake County sheriff's officials are working to identify a partially decomposed body found in a large marijuana garden off Highway 175. ...

Weeding out crims from legal tokers New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Police hope Brown's directive will clear the air about who can legally use marijuana and who can't, weeding out criminals for whom California is pot's jewel ...

ABC News Medical Marijuana's Eco Boomtown ABC News - But Gasparas, 38, is just one of many in Humboldt County and throughout California benefiting from the booming medical marijuana industry. ...