Author William Breathes

Police in St. Ann cities across the country claim that legalized marijuana in other states are causing a big influx of weed to come into the area. But even if that’s true, is it really a bad thing?
Stories like this pop-up around the country every few weeks. And ever since marijuana laws have progressed more towards sanity in states like Colorado and Washington, the threat that more weed will come into places where it’s not legal has been a common complaint for people opposed to legalization. But whether or not legal weed in Colorado is making its way to St. Louis through the mail, it’s never really explained why this is worse than illegal weed getting here from other places. In fact, despite that whole federal crime for mailing controlled substances over the postal service, it’s probably better. Click over to the Riverfront Times for the full list.

Last week, Miami-Dade police escorted 62 year-old Miriam Baydes and $300,000 worth of marijuana out of a Southwest Miami-Dade home.
Police were in the area before 4 a.m. conducting an unrelated investigation according to WSVN, when they smelled a strong oder of marijuana emanating from the home in the in the 14600 block of Southwest 63rd Terrace. More over at the Miami New Times.

Last month, pot activists cheered as the U.S. House approved an amendment to a spending bill that will end funding for U.S. Justice Department and Drug Enforcement Administration raids on medical marijuana operations and patients otherwise following their state law.
Now a companion amendment in the U.S. Senate has found traction with Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Democrat Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. A second senate amendment sponsored by Sen. John Walsh, a Democrat from Montana, would protect patients in medical cannabis states from prosecution for firearms possession and use.