TV ads for medical marijuana in Michigan

As Bruce Mirken of MPP mentioned when he sent me this link, there's little attention being paid by the national media, but if the medical marijuana initiative in Michigan passes (despite the unethical and probably illegal participation of taxpayer-salaried "drug czar" John Walters in the No campaign), then 1 in 4 Americans will live in a state where medical marijuana is legal.

Courts uphold medical marijuana

I've blogged about this before, but here's the Register's editorial on the California appeals court decision that told San Diego and San Bernardino Counties that California's medical marijuana law is not superseded by federal law, and their duty as subdivsions of the state is to set up procedures to screen patients for state-issued patient ID cards. I doubt if this is the end of the foot-dragging among localities -- many have passed ordinances against medical marijuana dispensaries, which may or may not be legally challengeable -- but it is another small step toward actually implementing the law voters approved 12 years ago.