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Authorities say they received a call earlier this week from a Hertz Rent-A-Car location near Albuquerque International Sunport claiming that a customer had just turned in a vehicle loaded up with nearly 140 pounds of “high grade” weed crammed into several trash bags in the trunk of the rental car.
It’s easy to see how the easily accessible retail marijuana market has made the Colorado police nervous, which has led to campaigns to inform the public about the consequences of driving impaired.
Albania's Interior Ministry says the country's authorities have destroyed 102 tons of marijuana and 530,000 cannabis plants since March with an estimated market value of 6.4 billion euro ($8.2 billion) this year
Recently, San Diego Padre's shortstop, Everth Cabrera, was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of marijuana. Really, this story is less about the MLB's stance on drugs and more about the strangely vague details of the arrest.
Last week, the D.C. Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety voted unanimously to support B20-467, legislation that would allow individuals to file a motion to seal records relating to offenses that were subsequently decriminalized or legalized.
Christen Deon-Sterling Moore's decision to throw a drug-filled football over a state prison fence resulted in a prison sentence of 17 to 60 months on two counts of furnishing contraband to a prisoner in prison. The football contained marijuana, ...
Tennessee police say they arrested a man for drugs after he pocket-dialed 911 and dispatchers heard him talking about getting high and going to a drug dealer's house. Dispatchers were able to trace the location of the call to ...
The mean streets of the drug war are full of uniformed scoundrels who are itching to shakedown the average citizen for drug possession. However, in Baltimore, Maryland, cops seem prepared to go the extra mile to rid the city of drug users.
A low-level marijuana case against 1980s subway shooter Bernie Goetz has been dismissed after a judge concluded the clock ran out for trying it. Goetz was busted in December on charges he sold $30 worth of marijuana to ...
Border Patrol agents stopped a vehicle that tried to illegally drive into the United States today and seized 42 bundles of marijuana weighing 937 pounds with an estimated street value of $562,200.
55 year old Andrew Foster of Torquay openly admitted to production and possession of cannabis but claimed he was doing so purely for medicinal purposes. Foster suffers from severe arthritis and back pain and maintains that cannabis has been exceptionally effective in treating his pain.
Italy is poised to release about ten thousand inmates due to a shift in sentencing laws that eases punishment for cannabis use, growth and possession. The change comes as a result of the striking down of a law that previously tripled cannabis related sentences.
What should you do if you get pulled over by the police with cannabis in your vehicle? If you know your rights, you may be able to avoid any legal entanglements of your own during a traffic stop.
A Canadian drug kingpin who was one of New York's biggest marijuana suppliers and was dubbed the Pot Playboy was sentenced Wednesday to 27 years in prison for leading a $1 billion international drug trafficking enterprise...
Pittsburgh Steelers running backs Le'Veon Bell and LeGarrette Blount will be charged with marijuana possession following a traffic stop Wednesday afternoon, when a 20 gram bag of marijuana was found inside the car.
During a morning news segment, CCTV aired pixelated footage showing Jaycee Chan, the son of martial arts legend Jackie Chan, and Taiwanese actor Ko Chen-tung being interrogated by police about drug possession.
Latino and Black people are over 3 times more likely to suffer harsh judicial consequences for cannabis possession than Caucasians, even though the rate of consumption is more or less the same.
While the number of arrests for all offenses has declined nationally since 1991, the share of arrests related to simple pot possession has more than tripled over the same time period.
