Marijuana Multiplies Suspect’s Problems
The News Review:
- Marijuana Multiplies Suspect’s Problems
- NORML takes Keys retreat: Group embraces decriminalizing marijuana…
- Eyes In The Sky Help Kentucky Authorities Cut Marijuana Trade
- Marijuana overruns Toronto building
- GEORGIE BINKS:
- … rates’ and single hydro meters make highrises hot…
Marijuana Multiplies Suspect’s Problems
Washington Post – Nov 25, 2006
He pleaded guilty this summer to second-degree assault after an incident in Silver Spring. He was charged with robbery in June after he and some friends were suspected of stealing bikes from a group of younger teenagers near the MARC train station in Germantown. The jury, which was not in the courtroom for the marijuana bust, convicted Hoerauf on four counts of robbery and acquitted him on two counts of robbery and one charge of conspiracy. Courthouse arrests for such things as disorderly conduct and showing up drunk are not unheard of, Montgomery Sheriff Raymond Kight said. "But at the defense table?" the sheriff asked. "We’ve never had that happen.
NORML takes Keys retreat: Group embraces decriminalizing marijuana…
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| Florida Keys Keynoter (Marathon, FL) (November, 2006). 25–The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws is not your typical organization and its legal tutorials are not part of your typical seminar.
Eyes In The Sky Help Kentucky Authorities Cut Marijuana Trade
Lex 18 – Nov 25, 2006
Forest Service, and the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force. The technology also has improved. At one time, when a spotter saw a marijuana patch from the air, police would calculate the location by hand; now the National Guard helicopters used for spotting have computers to generate maps that plot the location of pot patches with the click of a cursor, Shemelya said. Growers responded to increased scrutiny through the years by improving techniques and doing more to hide their crops, including reducing the size of their plots and spreading them out among the woods and hills. Police sometimes found hundreds of plants together 20 years ago, but the average number of plants in a plot the last few years has been in the 60s or below. One anomaly this year was that the average number of plants per plot jumped to 83. Growers may have put out larger patches because they thought the National Guard wouldn't be as active in hunting for pot as a result of deployments to the war in Iraq, Shemelya said… Over time, some places and people began to tolerate or even accept marijuana-growing as a way to make money in areas without a lot of other opportunities, police said. “They don't like the state police coming in messing with their economy,” said Danny Webb, who is now Letcher County sheriff but earlier was captain of the state-police post in Hazard, which covers a five-county area in eastern Kentucky. If police are finding that much marijuana, Shemelya said, it means there is a lot more they aren't finding. Even with additional flight time, he said, police can't cover all the primary pot-growing area of southern and eastern Kentucky and probably don't find more than half the crop. Information from: Lexington Herald-Leader Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be broadcast, published, rewritten, or redistributed.
Marijuana overruns Toronto building
Macon Area Online – Nov 25, 2006
“It was quite shocking to us that there would be (22) in one particular apartment building,” Toronto police Det. David Malcolm told a news conference on Friday. Police found over 6,000 marijuana plants worth an estimated street value of over C$6… David Malcolm told a news conference on Friday. Police found over 6,000 marijuana plants worth an estimated street value of over C$6. 31 million) scattered throughout the 22 apartments in the north Toronto building. Media reports said police were originally alerted to the marijuana operations last April when a fire broke out in one of the units. Malcolm declined to specify what tipped off police.
GEORGIE BINKS:
CBC News – Nov 25, 2006
Georgie is a former CBC radio and television reporter and editor. Several weeks ago, a downtown Toronto church was raided. Police confiscated marijuana, hashish and drug smoking paraphernalia. They claimed there was more marijuana onsite than allowed by a Health Canada permit for medicinal use. Weekly, in this city and across Canada, marijuana grow house operations are busted; kids are arrested in parks as they smoke grass — the war on “drugs” marches on. So lucrative is the business of selling marijuana that drug dealers kill each other to stay on top, often also killing or maiming innocent bystanders in the process. And in the midst of all this, on any given Saturday night, the elite of this country — including doctors, lawyers and journalists — puff away on marijuana and sip red wine as they exchange pleasant conversation at dinner parties… ” Several years ago, the head of security at a major Canadian university told me her biggest worry on Friday nights was the drinkers, because they were the ones who became violent. The dope smokers sat in the corner laughing and eating chips. In 2004, 67- thousand people were arrested in Canada for cannabis offences, three quarters of those for possesion. Often kids who are arrested end up having to partake in drug treatment programs. University of Victoria associate professor Dr. Bendikt Fischer says, “A judge may sentence a nineteen-year-old kid busted with a joint at a party to treatment rather than jail. The problem is, he’s only considered to have served his sentence if he undergoes treatment, which he doesn’t think he needs.
… rates’ and single hydro meters make highrises hot…
Toronto Star – Nov 25, 2006
Asked why residents didn’t figure it out, given the size of the operation, Staff Insp. Don Campbell replied: "We asked some of the people (who said) because of the ventilation system they didn’t detect it. As soon as we disconnected it, they say it was evident marijuana was being grown. "Police also released a video showing the lengths the producers went to to grow their dope, which is rising in price because of increased police crackdowns. "I think the disregard for all the decent citizens living in the building is something that seriously aggravates the seriousness of this crime," Toronto police Chief Bill Blair said yesterday. A contractor familiar with highrise buildings in the GTA said yesterday he believes some landlords stuck with a surplus of empty apartments have become "lackadaisical" in their "screening processes. " Low interest rates, a booming housing and condo market, and an increased supply of rental units have caused the glut.