The Trinidad Times Independent, 17 Aug 2010 - The City of Trinidad, currently under a ban on medical marijuana-related businesses, will continue its ban for the immediate future, it was announced at the city?s Aug. 11 council meeting. The city had amended its business licensing ordinance last fall to enact an ?effective ban? on medical marijuana-related businesses within city limits. After a discussion on the issue at its July 27 meeting, the council had decided to hold further discussions on the matter at the Aug.11 work session.

Battle Creek Enquirer, 17 Aug 2010 - Council to Seek Input From Experts, Public at October Forum MARSHALL -- The Marshall City Council is using its six-month moratorium on medical marijuana businesses to research the sticky issue and develop standards for local pot proprietors.

The State News, 17 Aug 2010 - Two ordinances regarding medical marijuana are scheduled to be voted on at the East Lansing City Council's meeting tonight. The first ordinance establishes licensing guidelines for primary caregiver operations and dispensaries so that people cannot possess and distribute medical marijuana before the council sets formal regulations, according to city documents. The second ordinance is a moratorium on the discussion of the issue, which will give the council 90 days to gather more information on the topic before finalizing those regulations.

Livingston County Daily Press & Argus, 17 Aug 2010 - Anyone who wonders why communities in Livingston County are seeking to put a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries need look no further than the case evolving in Ingham County around the arrest of the owner of Green Leaf University Smokers Club. It's a complicated case that shows the difficulties the legal system is going to have sorting through the law voters put in place in November 2008 that legalizes the use of marijuana for medical purposes in Michigan.

Saipan Tribune, 17 Aug 2010 - The House Natural Resources Committee recommends killing a bill seeking to legalize marijuana for all uses in the Commonwealth. Rep. Stanley Torres (Ind-Saipan), author of House Bill 17-47, said yesterday he is disappointed that the committee decided to recommend filing his bill.

Hollister Free Lance, 16 Aug 2010 - Despite a city ban in effect since 2006, a nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary has been operating for three weeks in a shopping center with a movie theater and a doughnut shop. The opening of Hollister-based Purple Cross Rx at 225 N. Mercey Springs Road, in Suite B, at the end of July, has started a showdown with city staff.

Battle Creek Enquirer, 16 Aug 2010 - Two attorneys will give an explanation of Michigan's medical marijuana law for employers at the next HelpNet Leadership Oasis public lecture series. James Helminski and Joshua Britton of the Grand Rapids law firm Bleakley, Cypher, Parent, Warren and Quinn P.C. will help employers decide what to do when an applicant screens positive for marijuana but is registered to use it, or when an employee requests a break to consume marijuana while on the job.

Great Falls Tribune, 16 Aug 2010 - After reading the guest column by Ronald P. Skipper, I feel compelled to speak out. The Medical Marijuana Act is indeed flawed. It was crafted under less than ideal conditions and, as with any law, requires adjustment as conditions change.

Aurora Sentinel, 15 Aug 2010 - AURORA | A lawsuit against a city that banned medical marijuana dispensaries could foreshadow future lawsuits against municipalities statewide, including Aurora, that try to ban dispensaries. The lawsuit was filed last week against the city of Westminster, which passed a dispensary ban in November 2009, although there were two dispensaries operating within city limits before the ban.

Aurora Sentinel, 15 Aug 2010 - AURORA | The lawyer for an Aurora doctor arrested last month amid accusations he gave out bogus medical marijuana recommendations said the doctor's only mistake was believing two undercover Aurora police officers who lied to him. Dr. Manuel Aquino-Villaman was arrested in early July after police say he gave medical marijuana recommendations to two undercover police officers who shouldn't have qualified.

Maine Sunday Telegram, 15 Aug 2010 - Links to experienced dispensaries might ease the beginnings in Maine, but also raise concerns. Maine has so far licensed six medical marijuana dispensaries. Five of them have direct connections to California's cannabis industry.

Maine Sunday Telegram, 15 Aug 2010 - Tim Smale's quest for migraine relief led to marijuana, which he's now dispensing in Maine. Tim and Jennifer Smale have built and run businesses before. But their newest venture is more personal.

Portland Press Herald, 15 Aug 2010 - Dispensaries here will be modeled after California's finest, but with tighter regulations to avoid excess and abuse. BERKELEY, Calif. - It's 9 a.m. and as soon as the uniformed guard pulls open the black iron gate in front of the Berkeley Patients Group, a small line forms inside the city's oldest and busiest marijuana dispensary.

Kennebec Journal, 15 Aug 2010 - Maine has so far licensed six medical marijuana dispensaries. Five of them have direct connections to California's cannabis industry. Some state officials are welcoming the experience and resources from the West Coast. The new arrivals should help Maine's experiment with dispensaries get off to a smooth start, they say.

Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 15 Aug 2010 - Caregiver Lenny Brown brought medical marijuana to show potential patients at the Bozeman Hempfest at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds Saturday, but he was asked to remove it from the premises. "I wouldn't have come here if I knew I couldn't display my medicine," Brown said. "All I heard was that they were going to shut us down - that we needed to put it away."

Tahoe Daily Tribune, 15 Aug 2010 - SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. ? While the South Lake Tahoe City Council continues to mull banning medical marijuana dispensaries within city limits, one rental property owner expressed outrage at finding a grow operation in a house he rented to a couple who were medical marijuana patients. ?Marijuana grow operations are all over our town, and they are infesting our neighborhoods,? wrote Steve Crupi, owner of a rental property in Meyers, in a letter to the city council.

Kennebec Journal, 15 Aug 2010 - A different culture is in play out West BERKELEY, Calif. -- It's 9 a.m. and as soon as the uniformed guard pulls open the black iron gate in front of the Berkeley Patients Group, a small line forms inside the city's oldest and busiest marijuana dispensary.

Morning Sentinel, 15 Aug 2010 - AUGUSTA -- Rebecca DeKeuster doesn't act like a woman who has just cornered much of Maine's medical marijuana market. The former high school English teacher is criss-crossing the state behind the wheel of a 1997 Chevy Cavalier. Her husband towed it from California behind a U-Haul moving truck, she said.

Tri-County Times, 15 Aug 2010 - Present zoning and land use ordinance doesn't address issue Fenton - City Council has placed a temporary halt on the use of land and buildings, for certain medical marijuana uses. It will not deny a properly licensed person from using medical marijuana in the privacy of his or her home, city attorney Stephen Schultz said.

The Times-Herald, 15 Aug 2010 - The marijuana tug-of-war -- with supporters likely endorsing a hemp rope -- is gaining intensity as a state ballot measure to legalize the drug is less than 100 days away. Those with a lot of TLC for THC -- tetrahydrocannabinol, the main ingredient in weed -- hope a passing vote for Proposition 19 allows pot smokers 21 and older to come out of the living room and, at the same time, add a chunk of cash to the state treasury.