Marijuana Goes Mainstream
The News Review:
- Marijuana Goes Mainstream
- Zambia: Marijuana Lands Chongwe Man 54 in Jail
- Why Is Marijuana Still Illegal?
- Marijuana grow house raided man arrested in Monroe
Marijuana Goes Mainstream
Atlantic nline
At least in urban areas such as Los Angeles cannabis culture is coming out of the closet. At fashion-insider parties joints are passed nearly as freely as hors d'oeuvres. Traces of the acrid smoke waft from restaurant patios car windows and passing pedestrians on the city streets — in broad daylight. Even the art of name-dropping in casual conversation — once limited to celebrity sightings and designer shoe purchases — now includes the occasional boast of recently discovered weed strains such as "Strawberry Cough" and "Purple Kush. "Public sentiment is more than anecdotal; earlier this year a .
Zambia: Marijuana Lands Chongwe Man 54 in Jail
AllAfrica.com
High Court Judge Tamula Kakusa jailed Gibson Phiri who was a second offender for 10 years after establishing that the prosecution had proved their case against the accused. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );Particulars of the offence were that Phiri on December 6 2009 did traffic in psychotropic substance namely 74. 9 grammes of Marijuana a herbal product of sativa contrary to Section 6 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act Cap 96 of the Laws of Zambia. Facts before the court were that a team of Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) officers acting from a tip from members of the public hid in the bush near the accused’s house. In the evening the team emerged from the bush and approached the accused’s house. Relevant LinksSouthern AfricaZambiaCrimeLegal AffairsA search was later conducted on him and led to the discovery of loose vegetable matter suspected to be marijuana concealed in his trousers pocket.
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Why Is Marijuana Still Illegal?
Cato @ Liberty
Fifty-one percent (51%) of American adults say alcohol is more dangerous than marijuana according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 19% disagree and say pot is worse. But 25% say both are equally dangerous. Just two percent (2%) say neither is dangerous. Younger adults are more likely than their elders to view alcohol as the more dangerous of the two.
Marijuana grow house raided man arrested in Monroe
Mid-Hudson News
Police located some 40 cannabis plants weighing more than 10 pounds at a residence on sseo Park Road in the Town of Monroe. Electric lighting heating equipment and other items were located with the illegal grow operations. Electrical service had also been tampered with police said. Arrested was Edward Vasquez 53 who was charged with criminal possession of marijuana in the first degree unlawful growing of cannabis as a misdemeanor grand larceny in the fourth degree and theft of services a misdemeanor.