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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma City police officer who pulled over the tour bus of rapper 2 Chainz “smelled an overwhelming odor of marijuana” when the driver opened the door, a police affidavit says. Eleven people, including 2 Chainz, were arrested Thursday after refusing to get off the bus for about nine hours following […]
Roland Martin talks with Dr. Rachael Ross about medicinal marijuana and its positive effects on the body.
SIDNEY, Ohio (AP) – Authorities in Ohio say a man who ordered a gun safe online opened it up only to discover 280 pounds of marijuana inside. Shelby County Sheriff John Lenhart in western Ohio says the safe was made in Nogales, Mexico and that it was sent by truck to Ohio. He says the […]
SEATTLE (AP) — A few things will be different at this year’s Hempfest, the 22-year-old summer “protestival” on Seattle’s waterfront where tens of thousands of revelers gather to use dope openly, listen to music and gaze at the Olympic Mountains in the distance. The haze of pot smoke might smell a little more like victory, […]
Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Medical doctor. Physician. CNN correspondent. And now marijuana proponent. Well, he’s not necessarily singing the praises of marijuana. But he is reversing…
Tom and the crew open the show talking about Cory Booker’s win in the NJ primary election, Rhode Island’s marijuana law and Hugh Douglas’ firing.
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — Police officers have written about 850 tickets under the new Rhode Island law that classifies possession of small amounts of marijuana as a civil violation, state officials said. The Providence Journal reports that between April 1, when the law took effect, and the end of July, magistrates levied more than $110,000 […]
Whether you liked to get stoned before devouring a Whopper or stoned while eating, we’re sure you would be very surprised to find marijuana in…
Don’t you just love it when people do studies to reach conclusions that should be pretty darned obvious? If you’ve surmised that I’m referring to the recent American Civil Liberties Union study about marijuana, then pat yourselves on the back and go to the head of the class. Yes, our ACLU friends did a study […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman from a wealthy New York suburb is accused of growing and attempting to sell more than 1,000 marijuana plants from a city warehouse. A federal complaint says Andrea Sanderlin, from Scarsdale, NY, operated a warehouse in Queens that contained a “sophisticated operation to grow and process marijuana.” The complaint […]
Sybil Wilkes discusses today’s news headlines including the latest on the ACLU’s claim that blacks are arrested at a higher rate than whites over marijuana.
