Moroccan police seize 3.5 tonnes of cannabis resin
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- Moroccan police seize 3.5 tonnes of cannabis resin
- Marijuana possession argued before state’s high court
- Doyle signs bill altering pay for fired officers
- Drug arrests in Pacific Beach
- Welcome to the Whistler Question!
Moroccan police seize 3.5 tonnes of cannabis resin
AngolaPress – Mar 20, 2008
5 tonnes of chira, a cannabis resin, hidden in a
warehouse in the regon of Agadir. Chira, grown in the mountains of northern Morocco over an
estimated 120,000 hectares, is mainly cultivated for export to
Europe. Last March, the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie seized three vehicles
carrying 630 kg of chira in the Agadir region.
Marijuana possession argued before state’s high court
KTUU – Mar 20, 2008
The high court heard oral arguments Thursday on a legal challenge to a 2-year-old state law that would make personal at-home use of small amounts of marijuana illegal. The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska argues the state constitution’s strict privacy provisions protect adults who use marijuana in their homes. The state argues that marijuana is a more potent and dangerous drug than in the past and it is using findings from the 2006 Legislature to back its case. The state appealed the case to the high court after a lower court struck down the law shortly after it was passed. A ruling could come within a year. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Doyle signs bill altering pay for fired officers
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription… – Mar 20, 2008
Saturday, according to a release issued Wednesday. The deputy found about 63 pounds of marijuana bricks packed in a suitcase and duffel bag in the car’s trunk. The car’s driver, Javier M. Martinez, 25, was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a $50,000 fine. Martinez told authorities he had taken the drugs from New Mexico to Chicago for a drug deal, but came to Wisconsin to meet a friend and rework the deal after the recipient did not show up. The marijuana was to be sold for $350 a pound… Monday, an airline employee alerted deputies to an abandoned suitcase inside Mitchell International Airport. The deputies found about 45 pounds of marijuana inside the suitcase. County OK’d to issue bonds to finance debtGov. Jim Doyle on Wednesday signed a measure into law that will give Milwaukee County the authority to issue 30-year bonds to finance its pension debt. The county sought the legislation on the advice of a study committee, which has said the county could borrow about $270 million to cover the county’s unfunded pension liability and invest the proceeds. In theory, the county would wind up making money on the deal, assuming the investments earned more than debt costs.
Drug arrests in Pacific Beach
San Diego Union Tribune – Mar 20, 2008
to arrest a 26-year-old man on a misdemeanor drug warrant, said sheriff's Sgt. Once inside, deputies.
Welcome to the Whistler Question!
Squamish Chief – Mar 20, 2008
Rest assured that fewer busts are the result of smaller overall population, not fewer grow-ops per capita. In our small communities, we are no less likely to come to grips with the problems arising out of the cultivation of illegal crops. How big a problem are marijuana growing operations? According to a study published earlier this year by the University College of the Fraser Valley (UCFV), between 1997 and 2000, “the number of individual incidents of marihuana grow operations increased by over 220 per cent. ” Though the numbers levelled off after 2003, production did not: “the amount of marijuana produced each year in British Columbia is estimated to have increased from 19,729 kilos in 1997 to a seven year high of 79,817 in 2003. ”Another valuable comparison comes from Statistics Canada who found that the rate of grow operations averages 27 per 100,000 population in Canada; and in BC, the number is 79!Some will argue that this ‘cash crop’ is a boon to local economies because it generates millions of dollars of revenue for growers who, in turn, spend some of it locally. Let us accept that for the moment. But what are the associated costs to our society? To our communities?Grow-ops mostly come in two forms.