A Buffalo woman who was convicted of attempted possession with intent to distribute marijuana, was sentenced to three years’ probation, including one year electronic monitoring, by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
Jaleesa Findley, 24, was charged after a Drug Enforcement Administration agent on a tip regarding a shipment of parcels containing 200 pounds of marijuana that were due to arrive at a shipping company in Buffalo.
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“Last night, between 4 and 5 P.M., we had an 18-year-old boy overdose on synthetic marijuana, so it’s getting to be more of a common occurrence in this area,” explains Laurel County Sheriff John Root.
That growing problem led Sheriff Root to back an ordinance banning the sale or possession of synthetic marijuana. Thursday night, the Laurel County Fiscal Court unanimously gave it final approval.
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Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than 300 pounds of abandoned marijuana, which had an estimated value in excess $155,000, on Saturday afternoon.
According to Agent Spencer Tippets, of the Yuma Sector Public Affairs Office, Wellton Station agents assigned to Camp Desert Grip, Yuma Sector’s forward operating base, discovered the 14 bundles of abandoned marijuana near the Sierra Pinta Mountains. Ream more »
A quarter-century after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, additional medicines derived from or inspired by the cannabis plant itself could soon be making their way to pharmacy shelves.
A British company, GW Pharma, is in advanced clinical trials for the world’s first pharmaceutical developed from raw marijuana instead of synthetic equivalents.
It is producing a mouth spray it hopes to market in the U.S. as a treatment for cancer pain and is seeking FDA approval by the end of 2013. Ream more »
A New Carlisle man could face charges after sheriff’s deputies said they found a small marijuana-growing operation in his home. Clark County deputies went to the home in the 1100 block of Cambridge Court on Wednesday to serve a felony warrant to the man’s grandson.
A woman answered the door and told deputies she was the only one home. But while speaking with her, they observed a man come down the stairs, said Lt. Eric Holmes. Ream more »
Well, Vincent Orange said he’d “fill the leadership void” in Ward 5 during the months it will go without a D.C. Council member. His void-filling has wasted no time.
Orange informed his colleagues today that he’s proposing an emergency bill that will place limits on the number of medical marijuana facilities [Update: and strip clubs!] that can go in any particular ward. He would like a vote as soon as next Tuesday.
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Vermont’s first medical marijuana dispensaries might be slightly delayed by Tropical Storm Irene but could begin to pop up as early as this summer.
A law that passed last year authorized up to four privately run dispensaries, putting the job of creating rules for them in the hands of the state Public Safety Department.
Those rules should be ready in the next couple of weeks, Francis Aumand, director of the Division of Criminal Justice Services, told the Senate Government Operations Committee on Wednesday.
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They always rap about getting arrested and having the police on their tracks, but every now and then, some rapper really gets to experience it and recall what the real deal is. It’s the case of Snoop Dogg, who got busted for marijuana possession by U.S. Border Patrol agents. Just another day in a rapper’s life, right?
It’s really hardly any surprise that weed and rappers go together so good, particularly when it comes to Snoop Dogg’s lyrics. He hints about that pretty often, but sticking to “Smoke Weed Everyday” track alone will be enough. Well, the famous rapper had to face reality when a drug-sniffing dog uncovered marijuana on his tour bus during a standard inspection. Ream more »
The woman was a mess. Because she was shaking and crying so hard, she was barely coherent enough to answer questions about the events of the last hour. And it had been a pretty nasty one.
As the details finally emerged, I learned that four armed men had entered her residence and threatened harm to the woman and her sleeping children. They took cash, property and, she added almost as an afterthought, her marijuana. Specifically, they had taken her medicinal marijuana grow operation, about fifteen plants in all. Ream more »
Marijuana cultivation sites in 67 national forests in 20 states have caused “severe” damage, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
Illinois is not immune, but large-scale marijuana growing has not been discovered in the state, a Forest Service spokeswoman said. Forest service director of law enforcement David Ferrell testified about the nationwide scope of the issue before a U.S. Senate caucus on international narcotics control last month.
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