NH police stand firm on marijuana laws
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- NH police stand firm on marijuana laws
- Calif. Supreme Court rules in marijuana case
- Langley agrees to review bylaw covering sale of hemp products
- Eight Arrested In Santa Rosa For Guns Marijuana
NH police stand firm on marijuana laws
The Union Leadernbsp;NHnbsp;
On Election Day Bay State voters approved a proposition changing the state’s drug laws. It decriminalized carrying up to an ounce of marijuana. Rather than facing criminal penalties those found with the drug will receive a $100 fine. The new law is expected to come into effect sometime in the next month but police here say they don’t expect to change the way they do business. quot;If they’re caught in New Hampshire (with marijuana) they’re going to be prosecuted just like alwaysquot; said Nashua Police Capt.
Calif. Supreme Court rules in marijuana case
San Francisco Chroniclenbsp; USAnbsp;
tmpl –>(11-24) 21:05 PST San Francisco CA (AP) –The California Supreme Court has reinstated the conviction of a Santa Cruz County man charged with marijuana possession. The court said Monday Roger William Mentch did not qualify as a “primary caregiver” which under state law would have given him partial immunity for the possession and cultivation of marijuana. In reversing an appeals court decision the justices said someone who mainly supplies marijuana and instructs patients how to use it while otherwise only “sporadically” taking some of them to medical appointments is not a primary care giver. Mentch was charged with cultivation and possession of marijuana for sale after authorities say they discovered an elaborate business with hundreds of marijuana plants at his home in 2003.
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Langley agrees to review bylaw covering sale of hemp products
Vancouver Sunnbsp; Canadanbsp;
But other downtown stores also sell a few hemp-related items. Hemp and its derivatives can be used for fabric cosmetics lotions paper fuel food and even biodegradable plastics. It is in the same plant family as marijuana but doesn’t contain pot’s active ingredient THC.
Eight Arrested In Santa Rosa For Guns Marijuana
CBS 5nbsp;CAnbsp;
Sheriff’s deputies then located a full-size pickup truck a few blocks away at the 7-Eleven convenience store on Corby Avenue. Two men were arrested after deputies found a short-barreled shotgun with a pistol grip and two types of shotgun ammunition in the cab of the truck authorities said. After interviewing the suspects deputies searched a residence on Myrtlewood Drive and found a large amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Jose Flores Lopez 30 of Santa Rosa was arrested for possession of marijuana for sale. Arrested possession of an assault rifle carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle an conspiracy to commit a crime were Elezandro Medina Solereo 23; Margarito Bautista Guzman 42; Jose Luis Sosa-Lopez 21; Ismael Sosa Lopez 23 all of Santa Rosa; and Juan Alejandro Ornela-Bermudez 23 of San Rafael. The occupants of the pickup Everado Flores Lopez 28 and Francisco Javier Reyes 20 both of Santa Rosa were arrested for carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle and possession of a short-barreled shotgun the sheriff’s department said. All eight men were booked into the Sonoma County jail.