Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Report finds 40 percent of Redwood High School juniors have used marijuana within the past 30 days.
An alarming number of Redwood High School students have easy access to marijuana it seems. Corte Madera Vice Mayor Bob Ravasio reported during Tuesdsay night's Town Council meeting that a survey found 40 percent of juniors at Redwood have used marijuana within the past 30 days. "That is much higher than the state average. That is higher than the national average," Ravasio said of the findings from the 2009 California Healthy Kids survey. Police could not say for sure how the students are getting the drugs, but suggested they could be getting it from friends or relatives who are clients of the dispensaries. That news was revealed after the Town Council voted unanimously to extend for one year a moratorium against any new medical marijuana …
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Sen. Leno says it's a waste of time and money, and Assemblyman Ammiano calls it an ill-timed, ill-conceived attack on medical marijuana collectives.
Two Bay Area legislators are calling for an immediate halt to the federal crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries in California, saying the effort is harming patients, misusing taxpayer dollars and contrary to what California voters want. According to a release from Sen. Mark Leno's office, Leno and Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, both Democrats from San Francisco, joined medical marijuana patients, dispensary operators and advocates Wednesday in their criticism of federal plans for sweeping criminal prosecutions against pot dispensaries, threatening landlords with eviction, property seizures and imprisonment. “I urge the federal government to stand down in its massive attack on medical marijuana dispensaries, which will have devastating …
Monday, October 17, 2011
Corte Madera Town Council will discuss its moratorium on medical marijuana during Tuesday's meeting.
Marin Holistic Solutions for the past year has been quietly breaking the law, according to the federal government. Depending on the results of an upcoming vote by the Corte Madera Town Council, the medial marijuana dispensary could be forced to close its doors. The Town Council is scheduled to take up the issue of whether or not to renew its moratorium on medial marijuana Tuesday night. Marin Holistic Solutions operates out of the Tamal Plaza office park, near the Department of Motor Vehicles. The dispensary caused an uproar when it first opened as the Town claimed the owners hadn't been completely above board when filling out a business license.
Derek Wilson
12:52 pm on Friday, November 4, 2011
Thanks to TCPD Chief Todd Cusimano and to Scott Candell for following up on this article to clarify the situation. more ›