Spice is making a comeback…and it could really hurt marijuana legalization efforts
The resurgence in popularity of spice, sometimes referred to as synthetic marijuana, is a troubling trend that could harm marijuana legalization efforts in the south.
Category: Crime & Punishment
Florida Woman Acquitted of Growing Marijuana for Medical Use
A 54 year-old woman was found not-guilty of cultivating marijuana Friday by a circuit court jury in southern Florida, who delivered the verdict despite the woman’s testimony that she had grown the marijuana plants she had been accused of growing. Bridget Kirouac, who told jurors that she suffers …
Feds Stiff State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies on Shared Asset Forfeitures
Short version: The U.S. Department of Justice just had their budget slashed and to make up for it they are stealing the money that their state and local law enforcement partners helped them steal from American citizens According to a memo distributed to state, local and tribal law enforcement …
Will a proposed Broward County decriminalization ordinance fix their huge race problem?
Yet another Florida locality is looking to remove criminal penalties for minor marijuana offenders. Officials in Broward County are considering implementing civil fines for misdemeanor marijuana possession, rather than arrests and criminal charges. County commissioners are scheduled to discuss a proposed ordinance today that would allow law enforcement officers to …
Alabama Using Meth Lab Law to Arrest Mothers for Exposing Unborn Babies to Marijuana
[su_dropcap style=”flat”]K[/su_dropcap]atie Darovitz has severe epilepsy. At 25 she can’t drive or hold a job, and she gets by on disability payments from Social Security. She has also never been in trouble with the law for anything in her life. Katie treats her epilepsy with marijuana, a treatment …
Dangerous 72 Year-Old Georgia Man Arrested for Growing Marijuana
Deputies in Crawford County, Georgia, earned their pay this week by locking away a dangerous 72 year-old elderly man for the terrible crime of growing 22 medicine plants, also commonly known as “marijuana”. The bust took place last Saturday at about 8:00 PM in the middle Georgia town of …
Texas Woman Receives Roadside Vaginal Probe in Search of Marijuana
A Harris County, Texas woman is the latest in a long line of female victims of the state’s completely insane prosecution of the war on drugs after deputies forcibly penetrated her during a routine traffic stop earlier this summer. 21 year-old Charnesia Corley said she was driving in northern Harris County around …
Holder Announces Change to Asset Forfeiture Program, But is it Enough?
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has essentially ended a federal program that allowed local law enforcement agencies across the country to share in civil asset forfeitures when cooperating in federal investigations. By way of the Justice Department’s Equitable Sharing program, local and federal law enforcement agencies have legally …
Alabama Prison Guard Found Passed Out in Car With Half-Pound of Marijuana
An officer with the Alabama Department of Corrections was arrested in Wetumpka Tuesday after being found passed-out drunk in a McDonald’s parking lot with over eight ounces of marijuana that he allegedly planned to distribute to inmates. Michael Anderson, 28, of Prattville was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with …
Louisiana Troopers Intercept 200 Pounds of Weed Headed for Atlanta
TANGIPAHOA PARISH, La. (WDSU) — A traffic stop on Interstate 12 near Hammond netted approximately 200 pounds of marijuana earlier this week. The Louisiana State Police said troopers arrested Texas resident Matthew Llanas Monday morning near on I-12 near mile marker 40. According to the LSP, troopers stopped the …
Former NC Narcotics Agent Charged With Trafficking Marijuana
Originally posted December 31, 2014 by the Lake Wylie Pilot A former narcotics agent for the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation faces federal charges of transporting marijuana from California to Charlotte and laundering proceeds of drug trafficking, according to court documents. Fredrick Tucker of Lead, S.D., is …