Marijuana seized in truck hauling cookies from Texas
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- Marijuana seized in truck hauling cookies from Texas
- Nigeria: Police Intercept Escort Vehicles With Indian Hemp
- ‘Cannabis factory’ found in town
- Ex-cop is now marijuana advocate
- ND hemp farmers ask judge for ruling
- Good news! Marijuana use remains steady
Marijuana seized in truck hauling cookies from Texas
Akron Beacon Journal - Sep 21, 2007
Thomas Stacho said the men, from southern Texas, were jailed pending formal drug trafficking charges. The marijuana was in the sleeper part of the cab of the truck, separate from the cookie crates in the cargo hold. The arrests were part of a three-month investigation. About two weeks ago, police, deputies and state agents made a similar drug bust when hundreds of pounds of marijuana was found in a truck hauling frozen broccoli. Police believe that in both instances the marijuana originated in Mexico. The only thing missing was the Mountain Dew… The arrests were part of a three-month investigation. About two weeks ago, police, deputies and state agents made a similar drug bust when hundreds of pounds of marijuana was found in a truck hauling frozen broccoli. Police believe that in both instances the marijuana originated in Mexico. The only thing missing was the Mountain Dew. Three men were arrested early Friday after more than 600 pounds of marijuana was found wrapped in plastic in a truck carrying Chips Ahoy! cookies from Texas to Ohio. Thomas Stacho said the men, from southern Texas, were jailed pending formal drug trafficking charges.
Nigeria: Police Intercept Escort Vehicles With Indian Hemp
AllAfrica.com - Sep 21, 2007
Speaking yesterday in Lagos on how the vehicles stocked with weed suspected to be Indian hemp were intercepted, Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, said on September 15, at about 8 in the morning, surveillance team attached to Ikorodu Division got information that some bags containing weeds suspected to be Indian hemp was about to be transported from a house on Olusegun Way, Igbogbo, Ikorodu. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); He said the team left for the place and on reaching, a Peugeot 504 Station Wagon car, painted with Police Amber Light colour with 'PILOT' as registration number, and one tinted Mitsubishi bus with siren were caught with the bags of weeds. Relevant Links West AfricaAsia, Australia, and AfricaCrime and CorruptionLegal and Judicial AffairsNigeria He said "the two vehicles were stopped and on search, 16 bags of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp were recovered, while the two drivers were also arrested. On further investigation, the police discovered that the weeds were always concealed in those two escort vehicles to evade thorough checks from police. "One of the drivers, who refused to disclose his name to THISDAY, said he did not know the content of the bags and that he was only asked by his boss, which he said had gone under cover, to transport it to a destination he was not yet told, before he was arrested by the Police.
‘Cannabis factory’ found in town
BBC News - Sep 21, 2007
Police also recovered a "significant quantity" of equipment believed to be used in the cultivation of the plants. "We discovered a cannabis factory on a very large scale. It is certainly the biggest, found in Cheltenham and Tewkesbury," a force spokesman said. A 31-year-old Cheltenham woman has been arrested on suspicion of cultivating an illegal drug. A man was also arrested by South Wales police later on Friday. Detective Sergeant Mark Pettit said: "Today’s [Friday] operation was just part of an ongoing operation to combat drugs offences in this area.
Ex-cop is now marijuana advocate
KVUE - KVUE (subscription) - Sep 21, 2007
"The war on drugs is a failed policy; it’s not working," Cooper says. "This isn’t 1957 any longer, it’s 2007—and the facts and the evidence show that marijuana should be legal. " Cooper not only believes marijuana should be legal, he’s trying to help people grow it—and not get caught. Barry Coooper now earns a living making DVDs like the one titled, "Never Get Busted Again… "The war on drugs is a failed policy; it’s not working," Cooper says. "This isn’t 1957 any longer, it’s 2007—and the facts and the evidence show that marijuana should be legal. " Cooper not only believes marijuana should be legal, he’s trying to help people grow it—and not get caught. Barry Coooper now earns a living making DVDs like the one titled, "Never Get Busted Again. " It promises to help viewer stay out of jail if they get stopped with marijuana in their car. His next project—"How Not to Get Raided"—will show how to grow and sell marijuana. "Marijuana is the number one cash crop in the U.
ND hemp farmers ask judge for ruling
ABCmoney.co.uk - Sep 21, 2007
(AP) - Two North Dakota farmers suing the federal government over the right to grow industrial hemp have asked a federal judge to rule they can legally do so under state regulations. The motion for summary judgment by Dave Monson, who farms near Osnabrock and also serves as a state legislator, and Wayne Hauge, a farmer from Ray, is in response to a Justice Department motion filed in August asking that the lawsuit be dismissed. The government’s motion says federal law does not distinguish between industrial hemp and marijuana, which can cause mood changes when smoked or eaten and is considered an illegal drug in the United States. Hemp can be used for many products, from rope to skin lotion. Monson and Hauge are asking U. District Judge Daniel Hovland in Bismarck to declare that they cannot be criminally prosecuted for growing industrial hemp under North Dakota rules that were approved late last year.
Good news! Marijuana use remains steady
Austin Chronicle - Sep 21, 2007
But that hasn’t stopped Walters from expressing his satisfaction with the 2006 numbers – especially the “fact” that overall, drug use among adolescents (ages 12-17) has declined since 2002, to a five-year low of just 9. And, Walters noted, marijuana use among adolescents also has dropped to just 6. In both cases, however, the decline in use is modest: In 2002, 11. 6% of adolescents reported using illicit drugs – just around 2% higher; similarly, in 2002, 8. 2% of teens reported using marijuana – meaning “current marijuana use” among the 12-17 set has dropped by a whopping 1… “have this pattern of cherry-picking fragments of data that make the points they want to make and ignore the rest,” he said. Mirken points out that although youth drug use in general, and marijuana use in particular, has declined in recent years, the rate of current drug use among adolescents is far higher than it was in the early Nineties. In 1992, the rate of teen illicit drug use was 5. 3%, and marijuana use was just 3. In other words, teen drug use is nearly double what it was 15 years ago.