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City Council Sets Final Vote To Ban Medical Pot Sites Read full story... |
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Doobie Brothers Come To Modesto Read full story... |
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Change Law To Allow Vets To Form Org Supplying VA System With Medical Hemp Read full story... |
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California Chamber Of Commerce Puts Prop 19 On Blast Read full story... |
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US Attorney General Eric Holder - Ending Medical Marijuana Raids Now US Policy Read full story... |
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| Modesto Medical Marijuana News | Edition Date September 3, 2010 |
| City Council Sets Final Vote To Ban Medical Pot Sites |
| The Modesto Bee - August 27th, 2010 |
Medical marijuana dispensaries are one step closer to being banned in Elk Grove, following a vote Tuesday night by the City Council. The city has had a moratorium in effect against the sale of pot in the city limits, and now wants to make the prohibition permanent. |
| Doobie Brothers Come To Modesto |
| The Modesto Bee - August 27th, 2010 |
Unlike some classic rock bands, The Doobie Brothers isn't a group to coast on the strength of its past hits. The band, which performs Wednesday night at the Gallo Center for the Arts, is releasing a new album — its first in 10 years — at the end of September. "World Gone Crazy" features the already-released single "Nobody." |
| Change Law To Allow Vets To Form Org Supplying VA System With Medical Hemp |
| Vertrans Today - August 17th, 2010 |
| Hemp for Victory and Veterans. Here is my thought; if we as disabled vets formed a consortium to investigate and report on the medical value of the by-products of Hemp and the industrial production of “usable products” we could get a ground floor hold on a contract to supply the entire VA system with medical high-grade marijuana (when the ... |
| California Chamber Of Commerce Puts Prop 19 On Blast |
| East Bay Express - August 12th, 2010 |
| Today the California Chamber of Commerce, one of the most powerful lobbies in Sacramento, held a press conference bashing Prop 19, claiming employers would have to permit employees to smoke marijuana at work. But First Amendment lawyer and Prop 19 author James Wheaton says the Chamber is lying. Employees don't have to let workers come to work ... |
| US Attorney General Eric Holder - Ending Medical Marijuana Raids Now US Policy |
| Link Can - August 10th, 2010 |
| At a press conference on 25 DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart, with February, and again took a position with the White House following DEA raids in California on 4 In February, said U.S. Attorney Eric Holder reporters that the termination of the federal raids on medical marijuana dispensaries is now American policy. “The Attorney General’s ... |
| Risk Of Stoned Drivers Minimal With Prop. 19 |
| The Sacramento Bee - August 8th, 2010 |
| Critics of this November's Proposition 19 initiative to legalize marijuana are raising concerns that it could lead to an epidemic of road accidents by pot-impaired drivers. |
| Obama Drug Official Praises Local Marijuana Regulations |
| Califonia Watch - August 2nd, 2010 |
Earlier this year, the Obama administration offered a live-and-let-live approach to medical marijuana providers, so long as they complied with state laws. As one Obama administration official told the Los Angeles Times in March: "If you are operating a medical marijuana clinic that is actually a front, we'll come after you. But ... |
| Riverbank Councilman Waives Right To Speedy Trial |
| Mercury News - July 16th, 2010 |
MODESTO, Calif.—A Riverbank councilman charged with drug possession is due back in court next month after waiving his right to a speedy trial. During a court appearance in Modesto Friday, Jesse James White was ordered to return Aug. 30 to set a trial date. The 21-year-old White is facing one count of felony possession of ... |
| Closer Watch Sought For City-Owned Homes In Modesto |
| The Sacramento Bee - July 13th, 2010 |
Modesto could hire a new property management firm Tuesday, and will expect the company to conduct regular visits to the city's rental homes. The move comes 8½ months after police discovered a $1 million marijuana growing operation in a home owned by the city at Dry Creek Park. |
| Riverbank Councilman Jesse James White Faces Drug Charges |
| The Modesto Bee - June 9th, 2010 |
Riverbank City Councilman Jesse James White has been charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana. The Stanislaus County district attorney's office filed the charges Wednesday, nearly a month after White was arrested during a probation search. Sheriff's deputies said they found small amounts of the drugs during the search. |
| Deliveries Use Law's Loophole To Traffic Marijuana In Modesto Area |
| The Modesto Bee - June 7th, 2010 |
Law enforcement officials in Stanislaus County say medical marijuana delivery services are nothing but clandestine pot operations hiding behind the state law that protects people using the drug to alleviate chronic afflictions. "They're a fraud; they're a sham," said Stanislaus County Deputy District Attorney Shawn Barlow, who ... |
| Pot Grow Discovered In Central Modesto House |
| The Modesto Bee - June 4th, 2010 |
Modesto police are investigating a marijuana-growing operation that firefighters discovered this morning when they were called to a home off McHenry Avenue after a report of a fire. Firefighters were dispatched to the home at 345 Semple Street — a few blocks southeast of McHenry and East Morris avenues — on a report of a potential ... |
| Modesto City Council Watch |
| The Modesto Bee - May 24th, 2010 |
Adoption of a five-year series of sewer rate increases. The monthly rate of $24.11 would rise to $24.83 on July 1, with annual increases to $34.41 in July 2014. Officials say the rate hikes are needed to maintain debt coverage and operating reserves for Modesto's waste-water system. Hold a public hearing on the issuance of California ... |
| Riverbank Councilman's Outlaw Image Appears Badly Timed |
| Modesto Bee - May 24th, 2010 |
Assembly candidate Jesse James White's decision to link his campaign materials to outlaw gunman Jesse James now looks rather unfortunate. He's asking for money in a mailer in which he says he's running for state office to promote "personal responsibility." |
| Ruling Hurts In Modesto Needle Exchange Case |
| The Modesto Bee - May 18th, 2010 |
A judge ruled Monday that two people arrested for handing out clean syringes to drug users and collecting dirty ones will be barred from telling a jury they did so to help prevent a public health emergency. Kristy Tribuzio, 36, and Brian Robinson, 38, face up to a year in jail after undercover officers said they caught the two operating ... |
