Drive-Thru Pot Smoke Gives Pair Away

A pair of accused pot smokers apparently picked the wrong day to use the drive-thru window at a KFC restaurant.

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Wild Weed on Courthouse Lawn Eliminated

After reporters pointed out that wild marijuana, commonly called ditch weed, was growing on the lawn at the federal courthouse in Sioux Falls, the greenery was eliminated.

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Police: Mom Asks Son to Sell Pot for Bail

A woman who police say asked her son to sell marijuana to raise money to bail her out of jail faces an additional charge.

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Synthetic Marijuana Returning to Market

Seventeen years after it was withdrawn from U.S. markets, a synthetic version of the active ingredient in marijuana is going back on sale as a prescription treatment for the vomiting and nausea that often accompanies chemotherapy, its manufacturer said Tuesday.

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Man Arrested After Taking Pot Plant Photos

An east Georgia man landed in jail after photographing his healthy plants and going to local drug store to have the pictures developed.

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Cannabis Painted on High Street House Must Go

A man who spray-painted large cannabis leaves on his house has agreed to remove the bright green paintings as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.

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Court Overturns Pot Grower's Conviction

A federal appeals court Wednesday overturned the pot-growing conviction of the self-proclaimed "Guru of Ganja," a marijuana advocate who has written books on how to grow pot and avoid getting caught.

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Cop Wrestles Pot Bags Out of Dog's Mouth

This Prada's bag was no designer purse. A Boston detective searching the apartment of a drug suspect wound up wrestling a sack containing 108 bags of marijuana out of the clenched jaws of a pitbull named Prada.

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Hair Salon Burglary Leads to Pot Bust

A burglary at a hair salon has led to charges against the salon's owner after police found more than 200 pounds of marijuana stored there.

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Town: Pot Paintings on House Not Illegal

Having marijuana in your house is illegal, but having marijuana images on your house is not, according to town officials.

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First Grader Finds Pot Bags in Locker

Police said a first-grader found more than 20 bags of marijuana in her locker.

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Amsterdam 'No Toking' Signs Being Pilfered

If you can't beat 'em ... joint 'em? The City of Amsterdam has begun selling recently introduced "no toking" signs to prevent the official ones from being stolen as collector's items, a spokesman said Friday.

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UN drug report unintentionally argues against prohibition

The 2006 World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime will, no doubt, convince many people that we haven't been diligent enough in prosecuting the war on drugs, that we have to step up our efforts to eradicate illicit drugs, particularly marijuana.

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Dumb Criminals: Drive-thru pot smoke gives pair away

Drive-thru pot smoke gives pair away A pair of pot smokers picked the wrong day to use the drive-thru window at a KFC restaurant in Buffalo. Two men in their 20s pulled up to the restaurant's window and asked for the Wednesday special.

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Drive-thru pot smoke gives pair away

From the page: -- A pair of pot smokers picked the wrong day to use the drive-thru window at a KFC restaurant in Buffalo. Two men in their 20s pulled up to the restaurant's window and asked for the Wednesday special. --

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Emails "hurt IQ more than pot"

I know this article is more than a year old, but I thought it was interesting enough to post to Newsvine. Afterall, we didn't have Newsvine last year.

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Parents Accused of Rewarding Sons With Pot

-- Police have arrested two Chandler parents accused of giving marijuana to their young sons as a reward for good behavior.

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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! - May 30, 2006

MAY 30--Zoinks! A Minnesota drug dealer was busted last week on felony drug charges after his 6 year-old son turned up at school with a Scooby-Doo backpack filled with his daddy's marijuana stash.

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6-year-old Minn. boy brings pot to school - Yahoo! News

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Study Finds No Cancer-Marijuana Connection

Pot smokers rejoice! A UCLA study has found that heavy pot smoking does not increase the occurence of lung cancer. The findings "were against our expectations" according to the head researcher.

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CNN.com - Study finds no marijuana-lung cancer link - May 24, 2006

Smoke 'em if you got 'em! Now cancer-free!

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Large Study Finds No Link between Marijuana and Lung Cancer

The smoke from burning marijuana leaves contains several known carcinogens and the tar it creates contains 50 percent more of some of the chemicals linked to lung cancer than tobacco smoke.

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Brush Fires Uncover Elaborate Pot Growing Operation

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- Two men were arrested in Brevard County Monday after crews battling brush fires two weeks ago uncovered an elaborate marijuana growing operation, according to Local 6 News.

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Man an teenage girl (with baby) charged with selling pot-from a diaper bag

An Albert Lea man was charged with selling and possessing marijuana Monday after he and a teenage girl were allegedly caught selling the drug while walking a baby in a stroller.

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High-tech pot palace is mind-blowing in scale

LEBANON — The cave had it all, everything Fred Strunk and his work crews needed to grow 100 pounds of marijuana every two months.

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Teen Sold Pot Via Text Messaging

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Lincoln police have arrested a teenager that they said was selling marijuana via text messaging.

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University of Colorado Police Posts Pictures Of Pot-Smoking Event

The CU Police want help in identifying over 150 people photographed smoking pot on campus during the 420 celebration last Thursday. A $50 reward is offered.

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NPR : It's 4/20; Where Are All My Co-Workers?

Commentator Marion Winik only recently became aware of the connection between tomorrow's date and pot smoking. She isn't sure how this escaped her for so long.

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Cincinnati City Council Votes to Recriminalize Marijuana

In a giant step backward, the Cincinnati City Council voted final approval Wednesday for a city ordinance that will recriminalize marijuana possession.

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3-Year-Old Brings Marijuana On School Bus

Tee hee.

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Chronic Pot Smoking May Cloud Intellect - Yahoo! News

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The Marijuana Debate: My Answer to Your Criticisms

For those of you who have not seen them, please look at my original article in my column, as well as the articles linked to in the comments.

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Newsvine - 'Legalizing Marijuana: One Very Bad Idea.' A retort.

Josh Halbert writes in his Newsvine opinion-column on the legalization of Marijuana, and the arguments that he just can't accept. He comes with some counter-arguments that are flawed at best, but illustrate why some people needs to educate themselves more on the issue.

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Legalizing Marijuana: One Very Bad Idea.

I hear all about legalization of marijuana quite a bit, and have sat through hours of people trying to convince me that it's a good idea, but I still strongly disagree with it. Here are my reasons:

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Regina AIDS patient blames Ottawa for pot charge

What's the point of issuing permits for personal consumption if you're going to get police to raid people's homes while they're waiting for them to be renewed?

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Drunk Driver Crashes into Pot Farm

Quick! Flush $900,000 worth or pot!

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