Medical Marijuana: South Dakota Ballot Description Erroneous and Apparently Illegal
South Dakota Attorney General Larry Long has written a medical marijuana initiative ballot summary that appears to violate state law.
Europe: British Conservatives Call For Legal, Licensed Afghan Opium Production As Troop Toll Mounts
With conflict heating up in Afghanistan, British Conservatives are urging their leader, David Cameron, to consider legalizing and licensing the opium crop.
Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Cops getting arrested, cops pleading guilty, cops going to prison -- and of course the ever-present drug-dealing prison guard.
Maryland Marijuana Gumballs
Marijuana-filled gumballs, apparently known as "greenades," drew the attention of the DEA after they became available at Ellicott City's Howard High school in Howard, County, Maryland, not far outside Washington, according to DC-area paper The Examiner.
Marijuana Grow Outside Santa Cruz -- Could Have Been Dangerous, But Why?
NBC11 in the Bay Area reported that thousands of marijuana plants, valued at $40 million according to authorities had been spotted near Mount Umunhum, in a remote part of the Santa Cruz mountains in south Santa Clara County. They needed helicopters to remove the 10,000-15,000 plants estimated to be there. There's a cool slideshow on the site.
Joint-Rolling Record Attempt Thwarted (France)
That's the headline of a story that appeared in Australia's Daily Telegraph. This is the sort of story that would never make the Chronicle, but is too good to pass up: Four French pot smokers get the bright idea of breaking the world's record for the longest joint . They were working on a four-foot, 70-gram doobie when they were caught short by a lack of tobacco.