BY TOM HAYS ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — In the nationwide sweepstakes among federal jurisdictions to put Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin
“Geez, Pot is So Lame!”—That’s the tag line to a political cartoon that ran shortly after Oregon had legalized marijuana for all adults. The cartoon
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTPELIER, Vt. — Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed into law a bill expanding the medical conditions that can allow a
BY E. EDUARDO CASTILLO ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY (AP) — A second Mexican judge has ruled that the extradition of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo”
BY DAVE COLLINS ASSOCIATED PRESS HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who federal authorities say was a player in the notorious French Connection heroin
PHARR, Texas (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection says officers discovered over 1,400 pounds of marijuana hidden inside fresh coconuts at the United States-Mexico
BY JOAN LOWY ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Six states that allow marijuana use have legal tests to determine driving while impaired by the drug
BY SUDHIN THANAWALA ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rolland Gregg and his family have fought federal marijuana charges for more than three years, arguing
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Backers of a marijuana legalization initiative say they have collected enough signatures for the measure to qualify for the California ballot
BY MARINA STARLEAF RIKER ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii selected eight businesses Friday to open medical marijuana dispensaries – but not one owned by
ALLIANCE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man who got a police officer's help to find a bit of marijuana lost in his yard has been
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey marijuana advocate dubbed NJ Weedman says authorities "exaggerated big-time" in charging him with distributing pot from his restaurant
BY TOM HAYS ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — In the nationwide sweepstakes among federal jurisdictions to put Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on trial, the place currently leading the pack is far from the border: Brooklyn. Justice Department officials in Washington still aren’t commenting on the closely watched decision involving seven prosecutor’s offices that
“Geez, Pot is So Lame!”—That’s the tag line to a political cartoon that ran shortly after Oregon had legalized marijuana for all adults. The cartoon showed a middle-aged, overweight dad in a pot leaf T-shirt, alongside his wife in a peace-symbol tie-dye. The two kids are playing video games as the dad says, “Well, kids, now that pot is legal,
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTPELIER, Vt. — Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed into law a bill expanding the medical conditions that can allow a Vermont patient to be prescribed marijuana for treatment of symptoms. Added to the list are patients with chronic pain, glaucoma and those in hospice care. Marijuana had been allowed for severe pain, but not pain
BY E. EDUARDO CASTILLO ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY (AP) — A second Mexican judge has ruled that the extradition of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States can go forward, judicial authorities announced Monday. The process still awaits approval of Mexico’s foreign ministry and it can be appealed. The judge’s decision was on an extradition request from
BY DAVE COLLINS ASSOCIATED PRESS HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who federal authorities say was a player in the notorious French Connection heroin ring of the 1960s and 1970s is set to be sentenced to at least five years in prison in a new drug case. Alfred Catino, 75, of Danbury, was among 16 people busted in Connecticut
PHARR, Texas (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection says officers discovered over 1,400 pounds of marijuana hidden inside fresh coconuts at the United States-Mexico border in Texas. A news release from the agency said officers in Pharr encountered a large semitrailer Monday hauling a commercial shipment of coconuts from Mexico. The vehicle was referred to an inspection point, where
BY JOAN LOWY ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Six states that allow marijuana use have legal tests to determine driving while impaired by the drug that have no scientific basis, according to a study by the nation's largest automobile club that calls for scrapping those laws. The study commissioned by AAA's safety foundation said it's not possible to set a
BY SUDHIN THANAWALA ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rolland Gregg and his family have fought federal marijuana charges for more than three years, arguing that the roughly 70 marijuana plants investigators found on their Washington property were for their own medicinal use and fully complied with state law. A federal jury last year convicted Gregg, his mother and his
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Backers of a marijuana legalization initiative say they have collected enough signatures for the measure to qualify for the California ballot this November. A coalition that includes former Facebook president Sean Parker and backed by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and the nation's leading marijuana advocacy groups says it has collected 600,000 signatures, a lot more than
BY MARINA STARLEAF RIKER ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii selected eight businesses Friday to open medical marijuana dispensaries – but not one owned by Woody Harrelson. The actor was among nearly 60 Hawaii residents who applied in January to open the state’s first medical marijuana dispensaries. Dispensaries can open as soon as July 15. Ina Treciokas, a spokesperson for
ALLIANCE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man who got a police officer's help to find a bit of marijuana lost in his yard has been charged with misdemeanor drug abuse. The patrolman's body camera video shows an intoxicated man admitting he lost the drug. The Alliance officer says he doesn't want children to find it and then locates it in
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey marijuana advocate dubbed NJ Weedman says authorities "exaggerated big-time" in charging him with distributing pot from his restaurant and cannabis church. Ed Forchion also said his arrest has drawn attention to his cause of legalizing recreational marijuana in the state. "They just gave me another platform to continue my goal," Forchion told The
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