Marijuana Muffins Take a Toll
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- Marijuana Muffins Take a Toll
- Longhorns running back arrested after deputies find marijuana in car …
- Cannabis factory discovered by landlord
- Officials sat on Hoffa farm tip: digging started after lawyer said…
- Schools in drugs plea
Marijuana Muffins Take a Toll
Washington Post – May 20, 2006
Just days before a federal appeals court rejected a South Dakota Indian tribe’s request as unlawful, hemp supporters in North Dakota announced a plan to grow the crop used in food, animal bedding and industrial composites. “There are still people who think hemp is the same as marijuana. It’s not,” said Roger Johnson, the North Dakota agriculture commissioner who proposed the new rules. “It would be worthless as a drug, like crumbling up a leaf of corn and smoking that. “Johnson is pitching commercial hemp as a profit-making option for U.
Longhorns running back arrested after deputies find marijuana in car …
ESPN – May 20, 2006
Taylor was placed in handcuffs. Taylor told deputies he didn’t have a gun and gave them permission to search his vehicle. Deputies reported finding the bullet and the backpack with the marijuana. One of Texas’ most versatile players, Taylor scored 15 touchdowns last season, including a 30-yard scoring run in the Rose Bowl, which Texas won 41-38. The win gave Texas its first outright national championship since 1969. Copyright 2006 by The Associated PressThis story is from ESPN. com’s automated news wire.
Cannabis factory discovered by landlord
This Is Hertfordshire – May 20, 2006
The factories were uncovered by the landlords of the two rented properties in Buckingham Avenue, Whetstone, and Cowper Road, Brunswick Park. The landlord of the five-bedroom detached house in Whetstone saw a woman run from his property with a baby when he opened the front door. This cannabis factory is believed to be the biggest-ever found in the borough. Police believe the Whetstone factory had only begun operating within the past three months, but was already a professional operation growing 400 marijuana plants… The landlord of the five-bedroom detached house in Whetstone saw a woman run from his property with a baby when he opened the front door. This cannabis factory is believed to be the biggest-ever found in the borough. Police believe the Whetstone factory had only begun operating within the past three months, but was already a professional operation growing 400 marijuana plants. Another 400 smaller plants were being prepared for planting. Although the crop had not been harvested, officers said the factory would be capable of growing drugs worth around £200,000 per year. advertisement
A police spokeswoman said: “The landlord had left some property in the loft and went to collect it. When he opened the front door, a woman ran out of the back door with a child.
Officials sat on Hoffa farm tip: digging started after lawyer said…
Free with registration – Detroit Free Press – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 20, 2006
Attorney Stephen Murphy III late last year warning he would alert the media unless federal officials acted on Wells’ information and followed through on their pledge to seek his early release from prison. The result was this week’s FBI dig at the pastoral Hidden Dreams Farms — the most significant federal search for Hoffa’s body since he disappeared 30 years ago, according to people familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity. The expansive search of the 89-acre farm, using nearly 50 agents,.
Schools in drugs plea
NEWS.com.au – May 20, 2006
“In one case, the kids threw the used syringes in one particular tree they called the Christmas tree,” he said. The latest National Drug Strategy Household Survey showed a third of teenagers had used illicit drugs. One in four had tried cannabis and one in 15 had tried amphetamines. Detectives told The Sunday Times drugs were regularly found in Perth schools, though teenagers were often disciplined without police being called in. John Barich, WA director of Drug Free Australia, blamed schools for going soft on drugs to protect their reputations. “The schools are all looking the other way because they’re too scared of what they might find,” Mr Barich said. But Department of Education and Training acting executive director Chris Cook said children who wanted to use drugs were more likely to do so outside school.