A Nashville mother of two testified Monday in a federal drug conspiracy case against three men that she was a major supplier to them of about 400 pounds of marijuana a month.
Kejuana McCutcheon said she received boxes containing 20-25 pounds of marijuana, up to about 400 pounds a month, which she sold for more than $300,000 a month.
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No charges were laid against a group of teens caught smoking marijuana on October 3. At 11:32 a.m. a West Parry Sound OPP officer, parked in a marked police cruiser in the Mac’s convenience store adjacent to Parry Sound High School saw a group of youths standing beside the building with a thick cloud of smoke around them. Ream more »
A marijuana grow operation was discovered in a Pleasant Street house when police were following up Monday on a domestic disturbance on Sunday, according to Wakeman police.
Police received information that there could be drug use at a residence on the 20 block of Pleasant Street. Police met with the homeowner and victim of domestic violence from Sunday. Ream more »
You would think most parents would want to keep drugs out of the home, but there’s a movement going on in the Valley with moms smoking pot because they say it makes them better parents.
A new organization called Arizona Moms for Marijuana is picking up steam.
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Old habits die hard. In 1996, a majority of California voters approved Prop. 215, which legalized the medicinal use of marijuana. Culturally, the state turned a corner. Among other things, citizens could now turn to a health care alternative they could grow on their own property. Medical marijuana users were no longer to be treated as criminals. But fourteen years later, some people still don’t get it.
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After the defeat of Proposition 19 in California two years ago, the stage has been set for three more measures in other states with the power to legalize marijuana for recreational usage. With voters showing increasingly higher support rates for marijuana-positive policy and officials of all levels backing reform, Washington, Oregon and Colorado, all states with previously establish marijuana programs, will allow voters to decide the legal status of the plant this November.
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Police are investigating a local convenience store where they said they seized more than $2,500 of synthetic marijuana during a search last week.
The probe into the alleged sale of controlled drugs at the Convenient Grocer began in September after officers encountered students around high school age buying and using containers of green vegetative matter allegedly being sold and marketed as “Aloha” at the store, police said in a statement. Ream more »
Today marijuana activists in Oregon (and beyond!) were treated with two of the best articles I have read in awhile. The first one is by the legendary Radical Russ Belville, and originally appeared on his website, which I strongly encourage all TWB readers to check out early and often. Ream more »
At the corner of 122nd and Division in Portland, Oregon, there is a billboard depicting a ragged drug addict which reads “What is good about marijuana? Nothing.”
The photo paints a bleak picture, at best, pointing out the potential horror of using marijuana. The problem seems to be the authenticity of the photograph, which has been discovered to be a manipulated stock photograph of a meth addict.
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The marijuana legalization initiative on November’s ballot in Colorado, Amendment 64, is currently ahead in the polls. Opponents of this initiative have been on the attack in recent weeks claiming the initiative is bad for young people in Colorado. Contrary to arguments by the defenders of the status quo, current marijuana policy in Colorado fails young people and is indefensible.
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