San Jose Patients Group |
San Jose resident Michael Gammino, one of the protesters, said he uses medical marijuana for insomnia and for arthritis in his knees, but on Tuesday he said he’s considering buying pot on the streets because he fears getting it at dispensaries will get him in trouble with the police, reports KTVU.
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Fort Myers High School, Fort Myers, Florida |
A Florida high school student’s text message resulted in police arresting another student and charging him with selling marijuana on campus.
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The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday will consider amending its medical marijuana ordinance, because one of its obscure provisions unexpectedly disqualified 140 cannabis dispensaries from continuing operations, leaving only 40 shops.
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A new father in Pennsylvania is facing marijuana charges after he lit up a joint — instead of a cigar — to celebrate his child’s birth at Uniontown Hospital Tuesday morning.
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One year after Massachusetts voters decriminalized possession of an ounce or less of marijuana, local police, apparently unable to adjust to the new reality, are still busily trying to find ways around the law. Now Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas is proposing two ordinances to ban “public consumption” of cannabis.
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Wiz Khalifa’s mugshot: The rising young rapper was busted for pot after a concert Monday night in North Carolina. |
Wiz Khalifa, the Pittsburgh MC whose star is rapidly rising in hip-hop circles, was arrested on marijuana charges Monday night after a performance at Eastern Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
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Arnie burns one down in the documentary “Pumping Iron” |
In California, “No one cares if you smoke a joint or not,” Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
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“Oh, my. This smells like that nice young man next door.” |
Police in the Netherlands are handing out about 30,000 marijuana-scented scratch and sniff cards to citizens in a laughable effort to uncover illegal urban cannabis gardens.
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