Tag: New York

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July 29, 2013
07/29/2013
Head Shop CCTV Catches Police Informant Planting Crack

Head Shop CCTV Catches Police Informant Planting Crack

An informant sent by police as an undercover investigator was caught red-handed planting crack in the business he was sent to investigate. The ‘investigator’ planted crack on...
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July 25, 2013
07/25/2013
Great TV While High: High Maintenance, a Great Online Pothead Sitcom

Great TV While High: High Maintenance, a Great Online Pothead Sitcom

High Maintenance is the kind of show that proves the Internet is responsible for so many great things that probably wouldn’t have happened any other way. Created...
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July 25, 2013
07/25/2013
Obama Hints Support for Ray Kelly as Next Secretary of DHS

Obama Hints Support for Ray Kelly as Next Secretary of DHS

Ray Kelly, who has spent the last 12 years as New York City’s police commissioner, has been a topic of discussion recently for the upcoming vacancy for...
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July 23, 2013
07/23/2013
Medbox Expands Into Illinois, Nevada, New York and Oregon

Medbox Expands Into Illinois, Nevada, New York and Oregon

Medbox will begin consulting operations in Illinois, Nevada, New York and Oregon, where legislation has recently allowed for medical marijuana dispensary operations. Medbox recently had great success...
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July 18, 2013
07/18/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.16)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.16)

Two Virginia top cops copped to drug corruption offenses this past week, and that’s just for starters. There is more as well. Let’s get to it: In...
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July 17, 2013
07/17/2013
Diablo Dabs Long Island

Diablo Dabs Long Island

So after the greatest legally lifted 2 years of my life, I returned back home to Long Island for a couple of weeks. Diablo Dabs Seattle but...
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June 24, 2013
06/24/2013
Mayors Demand Change to Federal Policy on Medical Marijuana

Mayors Demand Change to Federal Policy on Medical Marijuana

A resolution calling for change to federal policy is on the agenda at this weekend’s annual mayors meeting As mayors from across the country gather today in...
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June 20, 2013
06/20/2013
New York Mom, Andrea Sanderlin, Accused of Running $3 Million Marijuana Operation Indicted

New York Mom, Andrea Sanderlin, Accused of Running $3 Million Marijuana Operation Indicted

Andrea Sanderlin, a suburban mother of two accused of running a sophisticated $3 million marijuana enterprise out of a New York warehouse was slapped with a federal indictment...
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June 17, 2013
06/17/2013
Feds Expected to Back Monitor of New York Police

Feds Expected to Back Monitor of New York Police

With a federal judge expected to order sweeping reforms to the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program, the Justice Department reportedly plans to intervene. Trial completed in...
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June 13, 2013
06/13/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.06.12)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.06.12)

A pill-popping Florida cop goes to jail, a coke-slinging New York TSA agent gets busted, and a North Carolina narc gets fired. Let’s get to it: In...
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June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.05)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.05)

The medical marijuana scene is hectic! Bill passing, raids happening, local officials pondering, and California dispensaries dwindling. Let’s get to it: California On May 21, the Lakeport city...
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June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
We Sent Bloomberg Studies Showing Medical Weed Is Not a Hoax

We Sent Bloomberg Studies Showing Medical Weed Is Not a Hoax

Last week, Michael Bloomberg called medical cannabis “one of the greatest hoaxes of all time,” ignoring countless scientific studies that have shown the plant’s usefulness in treating everything from cancer to HIV....
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June 5, 2013
06/05/2013
New York Assembly Approves Medical Marijuana Bill

New York Assembly Approves Medical Marijuana Bill

A bill to create a tightly-regulated medical marijuana program passed the New York Assembly Monday on a 95-38 vote. The bill now goes to the Senate, where...
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May 27, 2013
05/27/2013
NPR WNYC: The Weed Next Door

NPR WNYC: The Weed Next Door

The marijuana market is booming in the Big Apple, but the majority of people who drive it are rarely under the magnifying glass. “The Weed Next Door: How legalization...
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May 24, 2013
05/24/2013
NPR: Go East, Young Marijuana Dealer

NPR: Go East, Young Marijuana Dealer

Chuck used to sell marijuana in California. But the legalization of medical marijuana in the state meant he was suddenly competing against hundreds of marijuana dispensaries. So...
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May 23, 2013
05/23/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.22)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.22)

From the US Supreme Court to the local city council chambers, medical marijuana continues to be a contentious issue. Here’s the latest. National On Monday, the US Supreme...
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May 21, 2013
05/21/2013
New York: The Hempire State?

New York: The Hempire State?

013 Marijuana law reform is gaining some serious momentum in New York, as we approach the end of this year’s legislative session. Recent polling data released by Siena Research...
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May 20, 2013
05/20/2013
New York Senator Plans to Introduce Legalization Bill

New York Senator Plans to Introduce Legalization Bill

New York Senator Liz Krueger revealed a draft of her bill “Marijuana Regulation, and Taxation Act” last week. The legalization bill resembles Colorado’s Amendment 64, allowing 6...
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May 16, 2013
05/16/2013
Manslaughter Charges Tossed in NYPD Shooting of Unarmed Teen Ramarley Graham

Manslaughter Charges Tossed in NYPD Shooting of Unarmed Teen Ramarley Graham

The manslaughter indictment against NYPD officer Richard Haste, who has been accused of shooting unarmed teen Ramarley Graham, was thrown out by a Bronx Judge on Wednesday,...
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May 15, 2013
05/15/2013
NYC Marijuana Possession Arrests Declining, But Still Sky High

NYC Marijuana Possession Arrests Declining, But Still Sky High

Thanks to aggressive policing strategies, New York City has for more than a decade been the world’s leader in marijuana possession arrests, but now those numbers are...
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