HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Voters will decide in November to legalize the sale of marijuana in the city and tax it. The city council voted 5–2 on July 5 to revive a ballot measure to tax cannabis businesses, which received 64 percent voter approval in June, but still failed to reach the two-thirds majority it needed. Though…
Huntington Beach Voters to Decide on Legalizing Sale of Cannabis
July 8, 2022
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Mississippi Supreme Court Confirms Man’s Life Sentence for Marijuana Possession
June 20, 2022
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A divided Supreme Court of Mississippi upheld a prisoner’s sentence of life imprisonment for possession of marijuana under the state’s violent habitual offender law. The affirmation of the sentence comes as laws regarding marijuana are being loosened nationwide. A Buffalo Law Review article by Paul J. Larkin Jr. titled “Cannabis Capitalism” from a year ago,…
Costa Mesa Planning Commission OKs First Retail Cannabis Permits
June 15, 2022
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Costa Mesa planning commissioners approved the city’s first two retail cannabis permits at its regular meeting June 13. The new retail outlets are planned for Harbor and Newport boulevards. “We’re excited to be one of the first storefront retailers here,” Culture Cannabis Club owner Devon Julian told commissioners before his permit was unanimously approved. Culture…
Overdoses Skyrocketing as Officials Admit Failure of Oregon’s Drug Legalization Experiment
More than a year after Oregon became the first state in the nation to decriminalize drugs, officials are admitting the pioneering experiment has failed so far. Overdoses in just one county have jumped by 700 percent. Seizures of fentanyl, marijuana, and opioids have skyrocketed. Funding for programs intended to provide drug users with treatment has…
Over 100 Arrested in Antelope Valley Marijuana Grow Operation
June 1, 2022
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LANCASTER, Calif.—A nine-day joint operation aimed at taking down multiple illegal marijuana grows in the Antelope Valley resulted in more than 100 arrests and the seizure of several tons of marijuana products, the county sheriff’s department announced Tuesday. The Marijuana Eradication Team—which consists of the sheriff’s department, the California National Guard Counterdrug Task Force, and…
Police: Driver in Fatal Nebraska Crash Had Used Marijuana
LINCOLN, Neb.—One of the drivers in a crash that killed two women and injured 20 bystanders watching classic cars cruise down a Nebraska street tested positive for marijuana, police said. The 18-year-old Omaha man was driving a Ford Taurus that smashed into a Toyota Corolla carrying the two women who were killed Sunday night in…
Over 100 Arrested in Los Angeles County Marijuana Grow Operation
May 18, 2022
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LANCASTER, Calif.—The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday a joint operation to take down multiple illegal marijuana grows in the Antelope Valley resulted in more than 100 arrests and the destruction of several thousands of pounds of marijuana products. The Marijuana Eradication Team—which consists of the LA sheriff’s department, the California National Guard Counterdrug…
Increased Enforcement Results in Fewer Illegal Marijuana Cultivation Sites: Sheriff
LOS ANGELES—An increase in law enforcement activity has resulted in a decrease in illegal marijuana cultivation sites in the county, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD). The LASD has been cracking down on illegal marijuana farms—also known as “grows”—in the Antelope Valley, amid concerns of water theft and criminal activity among residents in…
Florida Bride, Caterer Arrested after Serving ‘Pot-Laced’ Food to Wedding Guests
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. – A Florida bride and her caterer have been arrested on charges of serving marijuana-laced food to unsuspecting wedding guests in February. Danya Glenny, a 42-year-old Longwood, Fla. resident was arrested on April 18 along with a 31-year-old wedding caterer, Joycelyn Montrinice Bryant, owner of Jocelyn’s Southern Kitchen, for tampering, culpable negligence,…
Chicago Prosecutors Erase Thousands of Cannabis Convictions
Chicago prosecutors on Wednesday announced that over 15,000 cannabis convictions have been expunged. Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, the state’s top prosecutor, said her office would expunge an additional 214 cannabis cases this week, bringing the total number of cannabis convictions removed from the record since December 2019 to 15,191. The measure is in…
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