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http://www.mapinc.org/pix/xmlpower.gifUS CA: Calif Mom-And-Pop Pot Growers Struggle As High-Tech Moves
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Seattle Times, 14 Oct 2012 - Big-Time Operators Cratering Prices Old Outdoor Growers Feel Loss of Community LAYTONVILLE, Mendocino County - In the mountains of Mendocino County, a middleaged couple stroll into the cool morning air to plant the year's crop. Andrew grabs a shovel and begins to dig up rich black garden beds while Anna waters the seedlings, beginning a hallowed annual ritual here in marijuana's Emerald Triangle. Mozingo, JoeSeattle TimesSentencing - United States - News2012-10-15US MT: Convicted Medical Pot Provider Asks For New Trial
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Helena Independent Record, 13 Oct 2012 - The attorney for Christopher Williams filed a motion Friday seeking an acquittal or at least a new trial for his client, saying U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen erred when giving the jury instructions in the only medical marijuana case in Montana to go to trial. The 12-member jury convicted Williams in Helena on Sept. 27 on eight counts, including conspiracy to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana; manufacture of marijuana; possession with intent to distribute marijuana; and four counts of possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking offense. Since the firearm offenses carry a mandatory minimum of five years to life imprisonment, plus mandatory minimums of 25 years for second and subsequent convictions, Williams could be facing a minimum of 80 years in prison. Byron, EveHelena Independent RecordSentencing - United States - News2012-10-15US WA: Roger Goodman Looks Beyond I-502
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Seattle Weekly, 10 Oct 2012 - The lawmaker has spent a decade trying to legalize pot. He says this initiative won't change that. Rep. Roger Goodman, currently running for re-election in Washington's 45th legislative district, has been ready to end marijuana prohibition for a decade. He arrived at the conclusion back in the '90s after witnessing the drug war's consequences firsthand as the executive director of the Washington State Sentencing Guidelines Commission. "We were incarcerating people, particularly people of color, who were trying to cope with a difficult life with substances, for longer periods than people who've committed assault or molested children," he recalls. Idlis, IlonaSeattle WeeklySentencing - United States - News2012-10-11US CT: Medical Marijuana Allowed In Connecticut, Dispensaries Months
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New Haven Register, 06 Oct 2012 - Connecticut took the controversial, historic step as of Oct. 1 to become the 17th state to legalize marijuana for medicinal use. Now what? In what some in the government and the medical community described as a compassionate effort to make the drug available to cancer patients and others who may benefit from its effects, the state quickly put in place a mechanism for doctors to certify eligible patients and for patients to receive temporary medicinal marijuana ID cards. Zaretsky, MarkNew Haven RegisterSentencing - United States - News2012-10-11US OR: Oregon Pot Measure In Your Hands
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The Mail Tribune, 07 Oct 2012 - Experts, Politicians and Others Debate Measure 80, the Attempt to Legalize Cannabis in Oregon A measure before voters Nov. 6 would allow adults to buy marijuana legally from their neighborhood, state-run pot store. Darling, JohnThe Mail TribuneSentencing - United States - News2012-10-08US: Review: One Woman's Family, A String Of Casualties In The
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New York Times, 05 Oct 2012 - 'The House I Live In,' Directed by Eugene Jarecki A call to national conscience, the activist documentary "The House I Live In" is persuasively urgent. Directed with heart by Eugene Jarecki, the movie is an insistently personal and political look at the war on drugs and its thousands of casualties, including those serving hard time for minor offenses. It is, Mr. Jarecki asserts - as he sifts through the data, weighs the evidence and checks in with those on both sides of the law - a war that has led to mass incarcerations characterized by profound racial disparities and that has created another front in the civil rights movement. Dargis, ManohlaNew York TimesSentencing - United States - News2012-10-06US WA: Marijuana Campaign Receives 2 Boosts
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Seattle Times, 02 Oct 2012 - The campaign to legalize recreational marijuana has received two boosts: another $1 million in donations, and a vote of approval from King County Sheriff Steve Strachan. The biggest donation to Initiative 502 came from Progressive Insurance founder and marijuana-legalization advocate Peter Lewis. His $670,000 donation last week brings his total contribution to $1.55 million, more than a third of I-502's total donations of nearly $4 million. Martin, JonathanSeattle TimesSentencing - United States - News2012-10-03US CO: DA Candidates Battle In Debate
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Vail Daily, 02 Oct 2012 - Scott Turner, Bruce Brown disagree over issues in candidate forum EAGLE, Colorado - The two district attorney candidates hammered each other in a candidate forum, disagreeing about almost everything in a spirited exchange. Wyrick, RandyVail DailySentencing - United States - News2012-10-03US CA: A Way Of Life Up In Smoke
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Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep 2012 - Pioneering Marijuana Cultivators in the Emerald Triangle Are Being Pushed to the Margins by the Legalization They Long Espoused LAYTONVILLE, Calif. - In the mountains of Mendocino County, a middle-aged couple stroll into the cool morning air to plant the year's crop. Andrew grabs a shovel and begins to dig up rich black garden beds while Anna waters the seedlings, beginning a hallowed annual ritual here in marijuana's Emerald Triangle. Mozingo, JoeLos Angeles TimesSentencing - United States - News2012-10-01More Headlines
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