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Raleigh, N.C. — The state of North Carolina has collected more than $135 million in taxes from confiscated illegal substances since 1990 – about $50 million of it within the past five years. The North Carolina Department of Revenue gets the money by seizing bank accounts, garnishing wages or...

Kiwis have one the highest rates of pot smoking in the world, and soon they will have 'cannabis clubs' where they can indulge in their pastime. Pot dens, where people can smoke, buy or even formally study the illegal drug, are poised to open throughout the country this year. The first...

State Sen. J. Kalani English will probably grab a few headlines when he introduces two bills in the legislative session this week: one to legalize medical marijuana dispensaries and the other to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. His marijuana reformation bills are modeled...

Missio Dei Church will hold an open discussion on where marijuana fits in the church at 7 p.m. Feb. 3 at Mulligan's Pub, at 2439 S. College Ave. The discussion is part of the church's monthly Theology Pub event. The discussion, named "Can a Christian Smoke POT?", is designed to discover the...

Police in North Carolina have found a school bus filled with marijuana plants, buried underground. Officers only discovered the bus when a search dog fell through a secret trap door revealing the bus 2.4 metres beneath a tool shed filled with 68 marijuana plants. **I'm looking for more info on...

For nearly two decades, Ken Wolski — the executive director of the Lawrence-based Coalition for Medical Marijuana — has been pushing for New Jersey to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. Mr. Wolski’s wish came true Monday as the state Assembly and the state Senate approved the New...

Cottleville mayor works on state marijuana bill His wife used drug medicinally when she had cancer. Raymond Castile Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis Cottleville -- Cottleville Mayor Don Yarber is on a mission to put medical marijuana on the state ballot. "This has to be done almost...

San Jose pot clubs popping up like weeds; city starts crackdown By John Woolfolk jwoolfolk@mercurynews.com Posted: 01/16/2010 04:06:16 PM PST Updated: 01/16/2010 04:06:17 PM PST San Jose is yanking the welcome mat for medical marijuana dispensaries that have proliferated across the city in...

http://www.coloradodaily.com/ci_14204063?source=most_emailed The link has too many good graphics...so I opted to paste the link.

:wall: A Northwest Side man was charged Wednesday with running an elaborate cannabis growing operation inside his apartment located above a preschool. James Pastman, 50, was charged with one count of felony manufacturing and delivery of cannabis within 1,000 feet of a school, police said. He...

VANCOUVER -- Vancouver marijuana activist Marc Emery is taking his last puff of freedom -- as the clock counts down on an extradition order that will send him to a U.S. jail for five years. Mr. Emery, founder of the B.C. Marijuana Party and publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine, is currently...

A state lawmaker wants Colorado regulators to consider licensing medical marijuana caregivers. Democratic Sen. Chris Romer has been working on a bill that would require medical marijuana dispensaries and growers to be licensed and submit to criminal background checks. Now he says he wants the...

A Murray mother is facing a felony child endangerment charge after she allegedly gave her 14-year-old son marijuana. Her son was caught with a glass pipe that smelled like and had a residue of marijuana when the assistant principal at Hillcrest Junior High School searched the boy's locker on...

A man was formally charged Thursday in the death of a 59-year-old Denver resident whose shooting police say involved a medical marijuana transaction. Peter Bellar, 25, has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated robbery, both felonies, according to a press release from the Denver...

Thanks for the post Medicine Man...good luck with your venture. -GreenSurfer

A local man found guilty in 2008 for cultivating marijuana for sale recently had his conviction overturned by the Sixth Appellate District. It followed a written concession by the state attorney general's office in November that the jury received improper instructions relating to legislative...

The group Nevadans for Sensible Marijuana Laws has formally filed a petition that would legalize, regulate and tax the cultivation and use of marijuana by adults in Nevada. The petition filed Wednesday with the Secretary of State's office would put the proposed statute before the 2011 Nevada...

As a lawsuit continues and medical marijuana moratoriums are imposed across Arapahoe County, District Attorney Carol Chambers has announced she intends to revoke the probation of any person caught smoking marijuana for any reason. In a letter to Robin Leaf, chief probation officer in the 18th...

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois sheriff already accused of selling marijuana, often while on duty, now faces charges of solicitation of murder for hire. Gallatin County Sheriff Raymond Martin was arrested Saturday at the Jackson County Jail, where he's being held on the drug...

January 3, 2010 (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) -- Candidates for Illinois governor cover a wide spectrum of opinions on allowing marijuana use for medical purposes. Green Party candidate Rich Whitney backs general legalization of marijuana. He says he'd sign a bill to legalize medical marijuana as "a...