Indiana Pacers forward Shawne Williams has been arrested for marijuana…
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The News Review:
- Indiana Pacers forward Shawne Williams has been arrested for marijuana…
- 6,345 pot plants uprooted in Santa Barbara County marijuana bust
- Four large cannabis farms found
- California Legislature Passes Industrial Hemp Bill for Second Time in…
- Medicinal marijuana laws far too hazy
- State Police seize marijuana plants
- Marijuana Could Be In Your Field
Indiana Pacers forward Shawne Williams has been arrested for marijuana…
NEWS.com.au – Sep 12, 2007
Williams, a first-round draft pick for the PAcers last season, is being held in jail in Marion County, Indiana. According to police, he was driving two passengers when he was pulled over. When he rolled down the window, the officer could smell marijuana smoke. Both passengers were also arrested. Pacers president Larry Bird expressed his dismay with Williams’ arrest in a written statement. "We are extremely disappointed concerning the arrest of Shawne Williams early this morning,” Bird said. "Although the legal process needs to be followed, we will not accept Shawne putting himself in this position, regardless of innocence or guilt.
6,345 pot plants uprooted in Santa Barbara County marijuana bust
San Francisco Chronicle – Sep 12, 2007
(AP) — Authorities uprooted more than 6,345 marijuana plants after finding another marijuana garden in Los Padres National Forest. The marijuana patch discovered off Highway 154 makes 2007 the biggest marijuana season ever in Santa Barbara County, officials said. More than 102,000 plants have been found so far this year. A sheriff’s helicopter on patrol spotted the plants last week and more than 20 officers from three agencies uprooted the pot on Monday, sheriff’s spokesman Sgt… (AP) — Authorities uprooted more than 6,345 marijuana plants after finding another marijuana garden in Los Padres National Forest. The marijuana patch discovered off Highway 154 makes 2007 the biggest marijuana season ever in Santa Barbara County, officials said. More than 102,000 plants have been found so far this year. A sheriff’s helicopter on patrol spotted the plants last week and more than 20 officers from three agencies uprooted the pot on Monday, sheriff’s spokesman Sgt.
Four large cannabis farms found
BBC News – Sep 12, 2007
Officers found the plants and electrical growing equipment at homes in St Helen’s Road, Greystoke Drive, Bromwich Street and Gordon Street. No-one has yet been arrested in connection with the find but detectives say inquiries are ongoing. The houses were all rented and the police are warning landlords to regularly check their properties. Det Chief Insp George Fawcett said: “All the properties have been rental properties and the landlords are being left with extensive, expensive damage to walls, ceilings and electricity supplies that the insurance company won’t pay for.
California Legislature Passes Industrial Hemp Bill for Second Time in…
Earthtimes.org – Sep 12, 2007
Last year, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 1147. The new version of the bill responds to his concerns. "This bill is a response to the Governor’s detailed explanation of his veto last year. Everyone knows hemp farming is consistent with California’s effort to be leader on US environmental policy. We believe this new hemp legislation is deserving of the Governor’s signature," adds Goggin. Farmers would only be able to grow industrial hemp as a pilot program in Imperial, Kings, Mendocino, and Yolo counties.
Medicinal marijuana laws far too hazy
Daily Illini – Sep 12, 2007
While Durbin reiterated that this is not exactly high on his priority list and that he has no specific plans to bring it up in Washington, one wonders how much the federal government needs to be involved in the first place. For some time now, states have been fighting with the feds over whether there are any medical benefits to marijuana at all, never mind who is responsible for enforcing one law or another. Currently, 12 states allow doctors to prescribe cannabis to patients. Generally, most of these cases involve illnesses with debilitating symptoms like AIDS and multiple sclerosis. However, despite this being legal on a state level, any medical marijuana user with a valid prescription is still subject to prosecution under federal statutes by the Drug Enforcement Agency and the United States Attorney General. Raich (2005), the United States Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision that the federal government is empowered to prosecute medical marijuana users regardless of any state law because the drug trade is subject to the Interstate Commerce clause of the Constitution… Raich (2005), the United States Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision that the federal government is empowered to prosecute medical marijuana users regardless of any state law because the drug trade is subject to the Interstate Commerce clause of the Constitution. But in her dissent, retired Justice Sandra Day O’Conner trumpeted the virtue of state experimentation within the bounds of federalism: “This overreaching stifles an express choice by some States, concerned for the lives and liberties of their people, to regulate medical marijuana differently. “In fact, Illinois decriminalized medical marijuana in 1978, not long after the much criticized “War on Drugs” was launched by President Nixon. But for one reason or another, the Illinois Public Health department has sat on the matter, refusing to rule on whether to give doctors the authorization to prescribe it. But in other states like California, citizens are caught in the middle of a legal tug of war between state police and federal enforcement agents who quite literally decide what laws they want to enforce at any given time. The issue’s stagnation in Congress begs for states to take the lead in what is increasingly becoming a health care problem, not just a drug problem. What is for sure is that neither states nor federal officials nor American citizens benefit from the status quo of legal purgatory that this country finds itself in regarding marijuana use.
State Police seize marijuana plants
El Defensor Chieftain – Sep 12, 2007
The marijuana was first discovered by a team of government employees doing work at Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in late May or early June, but State Police monitored the site and waited until the plants had matured before seizing the 665 plants. No one has been arrested for growing the field of marijuana plants and law enforcement has no suspects. Jesus Orozco said the plants varied in size from 2- to 7-feet tall… The marijuana was first discovered by a team of government employees doing work at Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in late May or early June, but State Police monitored the site and waited until the plants had matured before seizing the 665 plants. No one has been arrested for growing the field of marijuana plants and law enforcement has no suspects. Jesus Orozco said the plants varied in size from 2- to 7-feet tall. He said the plants were found east of the refuge and just west of the Rio Grande.
Marijuana Could Be In Your Field
WBKO – Sep 12, 2007
“Instead of having it on their property or in their residence, they’ll go to adjourning property or to property they know is rural farm area that is located somewhere close to them,” said Sergeant John Clark, of the Kentucky State Police. Illegal growers target large parcels of land. Then they’ll cut out areas of the crops and put in marijuana instead so they don’t draw attention to their illegal plants. “It may be a distantly located piece of property and the landowner doesn’t get in that area very often and they often don’t notice it,” Sgt. In the past, law enforcement officials have had to deal with several of these hard-to-find marijuana hideouts… They do have to take some care with the care for it and that helps us catch them a lot of the times,” Sgt. Despite this summer’s drought, the number of people growing marijuana hasn’t curtailed. But it’s right around this time of year that farmers really start to notice what been going on inside their cornfields. “A lot of times when its harvest time towards the end of the year, we’ll get some reports from people that get into parts of their property that they don’t normally get to and they’ll find it,” Clark said. Clark added there are usually more outside operations in large fields, like the one in Todd County, than those that grow marijuana in their homes or on their own property.