Federal prosecution considered for pair charged with marijuana cultiva…
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- POLITICAL LANDSCAPE:DeVore is hyped for hemp
- College Students High on Bill Clinton, Marijuana
- San Jose State U.: Group to protest San Jose State U. medical marijuan…
- Cold Spring’s K9 Dog “Duncan” Instrumental in Two Drug…
- Man guilty of farming pot
Federal prosecution considered for pair charged with marijuana cultiva…
SmallTownPapers News Service – Aug 23, 2006
14 with unauthorized cultivation, harvesting or processing of marijuana. Plumas County Sheriff’s officers, SWAT team members, the district attorney’s investigations unit and the FBI were involved in the morning raid of a house and 7 acres located on Rush Creek Road in the Feather River Canyon. Alice Jean Wiegand, 28, and Jeffrey Sean Sanderson, 25, were arrested as officers confiscated an estimated 250 marijuana plants. Weighing an estimated one ton, the plants were located outdoors in separate patches and in the basement of the house allegedly owned by Wiegand, according to Sheriff’s Commander Rod DeCrona… 14 raid, officers allegedly discovered not only marijuana plants, but also processed marijuana, reefers in ashtrays and evidence that marijuana was being smoked within the home. A bong, made from a 3-gallon water bottle and allegedly used for smoking marijuana, was also discovered. In addition, other paraphernalia was found, according to DeCrona. Allegedly, both Wiegand and Sanderson are medical marijuana cardholders. It is unknown whether the couple had set up as a collective or cooperative to grow and process marijuana for medical marijuana users.
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE:DeVore is hyped for hemp
Daily Pilot – Aug 23, 2006
"Some other Republican can send out a mailer with a marijuana leaf on it that so and so voted" in favor of pot, he said. "I believe that voters are smart enough to know the difference between illegal marijuana and legal industrial hemp. "A spokesman for the group leading the opposition to the bill argued that marijuana and hemp are "indistinguishable" and thus pose problems for law enforcement. To become law, the bill must be signed by the governor. STREAMLINING DENIEDThe Greenlight residents group was dealt a blow Friday when an Orange County Superior Court judge refused to speed up the hearing process in the group’s lawsuit against the city of Newport Beach. Greenlight leader Phil Arst filed the suit Aug. 14 with the goal of blocking a city-written ballot description of Measure X, the Greenlight group’s issue that would require public votes on some development projects.
College Students High on Bill Clinton, Marijuana
NewsMax.com – Aug 23, 2006
She says she hasn’t encountered it that much, and that she doesn’t smoke it. Copyright 2006 Associated Press.
San Jose State U.: Group to protest San Jose State U. medical marijuan…
Free with registration – America's Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 23, 2006
(From University Wire) Byline: Jeremy Barousse Members of the downtown community are organizing a protest against the San Jose State University Police Department on Friday. The protest is following the arrest of three medical marijuana patients who were possession of marijuana on the university campus. “Protesting the arrest for legally possessing marijuana is not our original intent,” said Jim Lohse, president of the Silicon Valley Cannabis Patients Union. “The reason why we.
Cold Spring’s K9 Dog “Duncan” Instrumental in Two Drug…
Putnam County News and Recorder – Putnam County News and Recorder… – Aug 23, 2006
During the course of the stop Officer Pupczyk observed one of the passengers throw something from his possession to the side of the roadway. Again K9 Duncan was called into action. A search of the area was conducted and 2 small bags of marijuana were located. Cold Spring Commanding Officer Darrel Burris stated that, “without the use of the K9, this marijuana would not have been located. Both Andrew Meinzinger, 22 years old and Justin Cone, 21 years old both of Fort Montgomery were charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. Click ads belowfor larger version.
Man guilty of farming pot
St. Petersburg Times – Aug 23, 2006
created huge indoor marijuana farms in nice neighborhoods around the Tampa Bay area. CARRIE WEIMARPublished August 23, 2006TAMPA – After deliberating for nearly four hours, jurors found Tampa businessman Herbert Ferrell Jr. guilty of conspiracy in a scheme to grow marijuana in some of Tampa Bay's nicest neighborhoods. Ferrell, 54, faces a minimum of 10 years in prison when he is sentenced Dec. He was one of 11 people arrested in December and accused of creating huge indoor marijuana farms in more than 10 houses and apartments in the Tampa Bay area.