Toke of the Town

Father, Son Face Charges After Claiming Car With 48 Pounds Pot

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48 pounds is a lot of weed. But if you abandon your car with 48 pounds inside, please don’t show up to claim the vehicle at the police station.

​Write this down: If the cops ever seize your vehicle, don’t show up to claim it if there’s almost 50 pounds of weed inside.

A Michigan father and son face drug charges after they tried to reclaim a vehicle in which police had discovered 48 pounds of marijuana, Detroit Police Chief Warren Evans said on Monday.

The men were arrested Thursday, one day after 8th Precinct officers discovered the cannabis inside a car they had just tried to stop, reports Amber Hunt at The Detroit Free Press.
The vehicle sped away and was found unoccupied nearby. The marijuana was discovered in a duffel bag inside the car, police claimed.
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Medical Marijuana Bill 420 Introduced In Guam — At 4:20

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​Senator Rory Respicio of Guam introduced Bill 420, the Compassionate Healthcare Act of 2010, to legalize the medicinal use of marijuana on the island. The bill was introduced at 4:20 Monday afternoon.

“We want to file this at 4:20 p.m. to tie in with the symbolism and the whole meaning behind 420,” Respicio, a veteran Democrat lawmaker, said, reports Nick Delgado of KUAM.
While Senator Respicio introduced his bill at the traditional time for recreational pot smoking, he said his bill only allows for medical use of marijuana.
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Former City Councilwoman Sentenced For Pot Sale

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Katrina Howard was caught with more than 30 pounds of marijuana after allegedly selling pot to an undercover narc who was posing as a high school student

​The Siskiyou County District Attorney’s Office said a former Mount Shasta, California city councilwoman will serve 210 days in jail for selling marijuana to an undercover sheriff’s deputy who was posing as a high school student.

Katrina Howard, 42, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a crime and possession of marijuana for sale, with the special allegation of being armed with a firearm, reports David Smith at the Siskiyou Daily News.
She got a suspended 68-month prison sentence last week.
Howard was one of more than 30 people arrested as part of an investigation into drug sales at area high schools in 2008.
Police claimed they found 34 pounds of processed marijuana in Howard’s house. They estimated the value of the cannabis at “more than $60,000.”
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New Zealand Medical Association Supports Medical Marijuana

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Photo: David Large, Otago University Student Magazine
Otago University students protest New Zealand’s cannabis laws

​Phil Saxby, president of NORML New Zealand, on Monday welcomed the New Zealand Medical Association’s stance on cannabis for medicinal use, and called upon the government to adopt the same sensible position.

“The NZMA has said that it supports a Law Commission proposal which allows patients to use cannabis under medical supervision,” Saxby said, reports Voxy. “NORML has supported medicinal use for a long time.”
The Law Commission has also proposed that medical cannabis growers should be licensed in the same way as other legitimate producers of controlled drugs, Saxby pointed out.
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Raided Medical Marijuana Dispensary Refers Clients To Street

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​A medical marijuana dispensary shut down after a raid by Montreal police earlier this month is urging patients to buy their pot on the street.

The Compassion Club on Papineau Street is telling patients who need to refill their prescriptions that they now only have two choices if they want to obtain marijuana, reports CBC News.
“We have to send them to either Health Canada — which takes two to six months — or we send them to buy on the street, where you can actually buy some,” said Geneviéve Simon, an administrator at the Compassion Club who was arrested in last month’s police raid on cannabis shops.
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Pot Convict Facing Prison Asks For (And Gets!) Disneyland Trip

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Graphic: Cover Browser

​A Spokane, Washington man busted in a federal marijuana sting and looking at a prison sentence figured what the hell, it couldn’t hurt to make a request. He asked to go to Disneyland.

Scott Nicholas Cassell, 29, got his wish, reports Meghann Cuniff at The Spokesman-Review.
Two weeks before a judge will likely approve a plea bargain that will land him behind bars for five years, Cassell left for Southern California over the weekend.
U.S. Magistrate Cynthia Imbrogno granted a motion late last month for Cassell to travel to the Happiest Place On Earth for a week with his mother, wife and six-year-old daughter.
“What he’s doing is good for him and good for the family,” said Cassell’s lawyer, David Miller.
“His young daughter can’t be around her dad for awhile; how sad is that?” Miller said. “This will put a good memory in the memory bank.”
Cassell said the trip will “provide one great final memory for our daughter prior to my leaving,” according to court documents.
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Montana Group Claims Medical Marijuana ‘Breeds Lawlessness’

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Graphic: The Weed Blog

​A group which claims medical marijuana “breeds lawlessness” is trying to repeal Montana’s law legalizing medicinal cannabis. The group received their approved petition Friday afternoon, and can now begin collecting signatures to place the misguided initiative on the November ballot.

The so-called “Safe Community Safe Kids” proposal needs to collect at least 24,337 signatures by 5 p.m. on Friday, June 18, reports KVTQ News.
“It’s perfectly clear,” said attorney and state Senator Jim Shockley (R-Victor), who helped rewrite the statement. “You are either for the current medical marijuana act or you’re against it, and that’s the choice the voter gets.”
The proposal calls for repealing the initiative legalizing medical marijuana, which was passed by an overwhelming 62 percent of Montana voters in 2004.
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Voters Say No To Pot Dispensary Moratorium In Maine Town

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The people of Eliot, Maine, have just said “yes” to dispensaries by saying “no” to a moratorium on the pot shops.


​Organizers behind an effort to open a nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary in Eliot cleared a big hurdle Saturday when voters at a town meeting turned down a proposed moratorium that would have stopped the pot shop until local elected officials had “more time to study the issue.”

After a “substantial” debate on the topic, a simple hand vote saw the proposed moratorium failing to pass, with some voters saying they didn’t want to support a “temporary” ban that seemed too open-ended. One resident argued the moratorium would let selectmen study the issue “in perpetuity,” reports Geoff Cunningham Jr at Foster’s Daily Democrat.
About 100 Town Meeting voters were gathered at Marshwood Middle School on Saturday to vote on 40-plus articles. The most heavily debated and discussed item was the proposed marijuana dispensary moratorium, which was a reaction to inquiries from organizers looking to establish a pot shop in Eliot.
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Medical Marijuana Bill Stalled In Illinois; May Depend On Election

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Photo: David Banks
Medical marijuana stands a better chance of passage in Illinois if Gov. Pat Quinn is reelected, according to activists

​Lawmakers in the Illinois House likely will not pass a medical marijuana bill until next legislative session.

Although the state Senate passed the Compassionate Use of Medicinal Cannabis Pilot Program Act last month and sent it to the House, the powerful Rules Committee is still mulling it over instead of sending it to the Governor’s desk or back to the Senate, reports Ivanna Hampton of NBC Chicago.

“That’s because it’s an election year and politicians are afraid to do what’s right,” said Dan Linn, executive director of the Illinois Cannabis Patients Association.
Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie), who sponsored the bill, said it doesn’t have enough support to pass. Lang doesn’t expect a vote on it until at least January 2011.
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Busted Grower Wants To Hug And Kiss His Pot Plants Goodbye

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Photo: WAFF
Willis Allen Shackelford asked drug agents if he could give these plants a last hug and a kiss goodbye.

​An Alabama man busted for growing marijuana had a hard time parting with his plants. He told Limestone County drug agents he loved them, reports WAFF.

Agents claimed they could smell pot coming from an air conditioning unit at Willis Allen Shakelford’s home on Quinn Road. When they went inside, they found 55 marijuana plants from six inches to four feet tall.
Shackelford told them he grew the plants from seed, and that he was “concerned” about the marijuana’s safety, agents claimed.
“He requested to know where his plants were; they were his babies,” said Deputy Johnny Morrell. “We advised him they were in the back of the truck.”
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