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Ottawa police raided at least six marijuana dispensaries across the city in a coordinated operation on Friday morning. The raids appeared to be targeted. The locations are all part of a B.C-based chain that began opening dispensaries in town this summer under the names Green Tree, WeeMedical...

We really can't have nice things in this world. Some cool person in Illinois decided to break the mold a bit this year and instead of handing out the same old Snickers or Butterfinger bars as everybody else, distributed cool, imported Japanese candy instead. That is a great idea! It's...

James Slatic, a California medical marijuana business owner, found out all his family's bank accounts had been seized by the government one day in January when his 19-year-old daughter tried to buy lunch at the San Jose State University cafeteria and her card was declined. Slatic's wife tried...

James Slatic, a California medical marijuana business owner, found out all his family's bank accounts had been seized by the government one day in January when his 19-year-old daughter tried to buy lunch at the San Jose State University cafeteria and her card was declined. Slatic's wife tried...

A police officer pulls over a woman for speeding and notices the smell of marijuana coming from a portable vaporizer. A man smokes pot in his car, sitting in a movie theater parking lot. She got a warning. He went to jail. Two years after Santa Fe passed an ordinance declaring small...

Baltimore - Officials are looking to make it easier for people who've used marijuana in the past to become police officers in Maryland. The Baltimore Sun reports that the commission that regulates hiring in Maryland has recommended that the state relax a rule regarding past marijuana use for...

Opponents of Question 4 in Massachusetts have suggested concerns about racial disparities in marijuana policing are overblown, because no one is really getting arrested or going to jail because of weed in our state. Adults who want to smoke marijuana in their homes can do so, said Senator Lewis...

The Calaveras County Sheriff's Office arrested 23 people after serving search warrants at three locations with illegal marijuana grows near West Point. About 7,700 pounds of marijuana and other substances were seized and destroyed or taken as evidence, according to a press release from the...

A police boss is calling for cannabis to be legalised. Arfon Jones, Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales, wants the drug to be legal for medicinal purposes. He says the use of cannabis, currently a class B controlled drug, is of "considerable benefit" to sufferers of many...

A police boss is calling for cannabis to be legalised. Arfon Jones, Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales, wants the drug to be legal for medicinal purposes. He says the use of cannabis, currently a class B controlled drug, is of "considerable benefit" to sufferers of many...

I miss the days when Kathy's Diner was open in downtown Northampton. My wife and I would bring our kids there for breakfast on Saturday mornings. Police officers often sat at the counter and my son would chat with them, enamored of their presence and smart uniforms. This was before the...

I miss the days when Kathy's Diner was open in downtown Northampton. My wife and I would bring our kids there for breakfast on Saturday mornings. Police officers often sat at the counter and my son would chat with them, enamored of their presence and smart uniforms. This was before the...

Raleeigh, NC - Community groups across the country are urging police departments to de-prioritize marijuana enforcement, arguing that pursuing criminal charges for small amounts of the drug wastes both taxpayers' money and law enforcement resources and disproportionately targets blacks. The...

Nashville police have more discretion to decide how to charge people caught with small amounts of marijuana following action by the Metro Council two weeks ago. Now, council members and others are outlining efforts to track marijuana arrests and citations to try to prevent potential bias from...

In 2012 Home Office Circular 15/12 quietly entered circulation. This guideline detailed the circumstances in which police officers could examine, test and identify controlled drugs without the need for them to be sent for forensic analysis from a qualified Forensic Scientist. The financial...

Some city councillors have asked Ottawa police to explain what the force plans to do about the illegal pot shops operating across the city. The chair of the Ottawa Police Services Board, Coun. Eli El-Chantiry, tabled an inquiry at Monday's meeting, saying some councillors and residents are...

Peterborough's marijuana store, Cannabis Culture, reopened Tuesday morning, with city police announcing that the opening has their attention. The shop was closed Sept 15, days after it opened, when city police raided it and removed its products. Two people, store owner Richard Standen and...

There could be changes to state medical marijuana laws. The governor is expected to sign new bills for regulating and taxing it in Michigan. Changes include a tax on the marijuana provisioning centers sell, and allowing non-smokable forms of medical marijuana. 9 & 10's Blayke Roznowski and...

There could be changes to state medical marijuana laws. The governor is expected to sign new bills for regulating and taxing it in Michigan. Changes include a tax on the marijuana provisioning centers sell, and allowing non-smokable forms of medical marijuana. 9 & 10's Blayke Roznowski and...

Protesters gathered outside police stations calling for the decriminalisation of cannabis use. The Stop The Arrests rallies were held in 26 centres, including Nelson, Motueka and Takaka at 4.20pm on Saturday. In Takaka, nearly 70 people turned up for the rally. Protester Victoria...