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R.I. lawmakers to consider loosening marijuana laws
PROVIDENCE – A Senate commission will soon explore whether Rhode Island should 
decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana and tax the drug, a path recently taken by Massachusetts.
Commission members are exploring several questions that suggest an underlying skepticism with criminalizing marijuana, including whether existing prohibitions have decreased drug use, caused corruption among law enforcement officials, and resulted in violence. The panel will present its findings early next year.
Commission member Nick Horton, a policy researcher for OpenDoors, which works to reintegrate criminal offenders into society, said presidential candidates have admitted using marijuana but people in his Providence neighborhood still get jailed for it. “That double standard does more harm than good to our justice system,’’ he said.
County issues medical marijuana IDs
San Diego County has received 260 applications for medical marijuana ID cards 
since it launched the program in July, according to county health officials.
Nearly half the applications were from people ages 31-50, according to data provided by the county. A quarter of the applicants lived in North County, most of them in Carlsbad.
All of the applicants paid $166 for the card, which identifies them as legitimate medical marijuana patients entitled to carry up to 8 ounces of pot.
The county implemented the program this past summer after it lost a long legal struggle challenging the state law that required counties to provide the ID cards. The law does not require medical marijuana patients to have a card.
Commission continues work on medical marijuana dispensaries ordinance
CLEARLAKE – Another public hearing on proposed rules for medical 
marijuana dispensaries in the city of Clearlake yielded further refinements, pointed to possible trouble spots and raised additional questions.
The Clearlake Planning Commission held a lengthy public hearing at its Dec. 15 meeting to discuss the proposed medical marijuana ordinance, which has been in the works since earlier this year.
Two days later, on Dec. 17, the Clearlake City Council would vote during a special morning meeting to
extend for another 10 months and 15 days a temporary moratorium on the opening of new dispensaries in the city limits, while the ordinance governing them is worked out.
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EDMONTON — Camrose RCMP are investigating after a home invasion at a rural acreage that was licensed to grow medical marijuana.
Around 12:15 a.m. Saturday, two males in black ski masks forced their way inside the Camrose-area home and confined the lone male who was inside at the time.
The pair of thieves then stole the large amount of marijuana plants in the home, loaded them into the owner’s truck and drove away.
The marijuana operation was legal and licensed, investigators have confirmed. Police believe the home was specifically targeted.
The owner of the home was treated for minor injuries at St. Mary’s Hospital in Camrose. Police are now on the lookout for a stolen white 2002 Dodge Dakota, which has a large water tank in the back.
SOURCE: THE VANCOUVER SUN
