Growing Marijuana With Government Approval
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- Growing Marijuana With Government Approval
- Troops find 2.5 tons of marijuana in Afghan school
- Border Patrol’s northern expansion causes friction
- Mom accused of smoking marijuana with teen kids
- Marijuana scheme nets man 57 months
Growing Marijuana With Government Approval
New York Times United States
Though cannabis had been used by man for thousands of years it wasn’t until 1964 that the actual chemical structure of the active ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol — THC — was determined. That stimulated new research on the plant. At this laboratory which began in 1968 we often investigate marijuana’s chemistry. We also have a farm where we grow cannabis for federally approved researchers. ur material is employed in clinical studies around the country to see if the active ingredient in this plant is useful for pain nausea.
Troops find 2.5 tons of marijuana in Afghan school
AFP
5 tons of marijuana in Afghan school5 hours agoKABUL (AFP) — US and Afghan troops destroyed 2. 5 tons of marijuana they found in an abandoned school in volatile southern Afghanistan the US military said Sunday. The massive drugs stash was uncovered on Saturday during a joint US-Afghan operation against Taliban rebels in the Arghistan district of Kandahar province spokesman US Colonel Greg Julian told AFP. “Afghan and coalition troops found and destroyed two-and-a-half tons of marijuana in a school in southern Afghanistan” Julian said. “The troops were on a foot patrol and they checked on this compound the school and they found that stock of marijuana.
Border Patrol’s northern expansion causes friction
The Associated Press
Attorney Jeff Sullivan to the U. Border Patrol was short and to the point: Stop sending petty marijuana cases to his office. “It is our long-standing policy to use limited federal resources to pursue the sophisticated criminal organizations who smuggle millions of dollars of drugs guns and other contraband across our borders” Sullivan wrote in November. Sullivan’s note is one in a string of flare-ups as the Border Patrol expanded its influence and manpower here in recent months.
Mom accused of smoking marijuana with teen kids
The Associated Press
(AP) — A 39-year-old woman was arrested last week on suspicion of smoking marijuana with her two teenage children. Douglas County sheriff’s deputies said the woman was detained after they responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle. Deputies said the woman told them that she was teaching her son to drive but they smelled marijuana emanating from the vehicle. The suspect’s son whose age was unavailable and 14-year-old daughter told deputies they had shared two bowls of marijuana with their mother. The woman was booked into jail Tuesday on charges of child endangerment contributing to the delinquency of a minor and possession of a drug.
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Marijuana scheme nets man 57 months
Charlottesville Daily Progress VA
District Judge Norman K. Moon also sentenced Samuels on Monday to three months of supervised release. Samuels previously pleaded guilty in Charlottesville’s federal court to conspiracy to distribute 60 to 80 kilos of marijuana. In court Monday Samuels testified that he had been working locally as a sound engineer. “There were many times where months went by and drugs weren’t my primary income” Samuels said in court. “There was no need for me to sell drugs. My fault was associating with the wrong crowd.