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Authorities say they received a call earlier this week from a Hertz Rent-A-Car location near Albuquerque International Sunport claiming that a customer had just turned in a vehicle loaded up with nearly 140 pounds of “high grade” weed crammed into several trash bags in the trunk of the rental car.
"Scratch & sniff" cards are to be distributed by police officers to the public in Northern Ireland so people will recognise the smell of cannabis growing. The scratch card contains an element that replicates the smell of cannabis in its growing state, which is a different smell to when it is being smoked.
It’s easy to see how the easily accessible retail marijuana market has made the Colorado police nervous, which has led to campaigns to inform the public about the consequences of driving impaired.
Albania's Interior Ministry says the country's authorities have destroyed 102 tons of marijuana and 530,000 cannabis plants since March with an estimated market value of 6.4 billion euro ($8.2 billion) this year
Recently, San Diego Padre's shortstop, Everth Cabrera, was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of marijuana. Really, this story is less about the MLB's stance on drugs and more about the strangely vague details of the arrest.
What should you do if you get pulled over by the police with cannabis in your vehicle? If you know your rights, you may be able to avoid any legal entanglements of your own during a traffic stop.
Weed is now legal in Washington state. However, you can still be issued a citation/ticket if you are found using cannabis in one of the aforementioned "no-no" zones. That doesn't mean the public or even law makers are behind the police on this one.
British Columbia medical marijuana promoters are turning to former police chiefs and prominent politicians to help sell their products and attract mom and pop investors.
A Canadian drug kingpin who was one of New York's biggest marijuana suppliers and was dubbed the Pot Playboy was sentenced Wednesday to 27 years in prison for leading a $1 billion international drug trafficking enterprise...
Pittsburgh Steelers running backs Le'Veon Bell and LeGarrette Blount will be charged with marijuana possession following a traffic stop Wednesday afternoon, when a 20 gram bag of marijuana was found inside the car.
Proponents of Measure 91, which would make marijuana legal for adults in Oregon and regulate cultivation and retail sales, are up in arms at the discovery that federal funds are being used to bring drug warrior Kevin Sabet and company to their state to fight against the initiative.
Latino and Black people are over 3 times more likely to suffer harsh judicial consequences for cannabis possession than Caucasians, even though the rate of consumption is more or less the same.
Prior to Amendment 64, Colorado had a decriminalized outlook on marijuana while driving, meaning that getting caught with pot was the equivalent of running a stop sign. Now, getting caught with pot behind the wheel...
A controversial bill, Senate Bill 1262, that would have imposed statewide regulations on California's multi-billion dollar medical marijuana industry died yesterday in Sacramento.
While the number of arrests for all offenses has declined nationally since 1991, the share of arrests related to simple pot possession has more than tripled over the same time period.
Have you ever felt that rush of panic when being approached by a police officer when you have marijuana in your possession?
I don't even want to talk about this, but I am going to and I don't intend to mince words. In the long run I do believe even the most sensible and safest of us are still fucked. This is a whole new kinda bad news.
Catalonia's public health agency has proposed strict new measures to regulate cannabis clubs in the region, amid claims that Barcelona is on its way to rivaling Amsterdam as a smoker's haven. The number of clubs in Spain has proliferated from some 40 in 2010 to more than...
