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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 25, 2010

Measure to Legalize Marijuana Will be on California's November Ballot

An initiative to legalize marijuana and allow it to be sold and taxed will appear on the November ballot, state election officials announced Wednesday, triggering what will probably be a much-watched campaign that once again puts California on the forefront of the nation's debate over whether to soften drug laws.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 10, 2010

Officer Who Smelled Burning Marijuana From Chimney Triggered $10M Bust

An officer's keen nose has led to the largest pot bust in New Jersey history, which took an estimated $10 million in marijuana off the market.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 2, 2010

Mexican Drug Gangs Take Over National Parks and Forests

Not far from Yosemite's waterfalls and in the middle of California's redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants and using smuggled immigrants to cultivate them.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 5, 2010

Denver Cops: Medical Pot Sale Linked to Homicide

Police say a medical marijuana sale gone awry early this morning led to the fatal shooting of a man in Denver.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 5, 2009

Colorado Cops Feel Handcuffed by Medical-Pot Changes

Colorado law enforcement officers say they are flummoxed by "murky, confusing and vague" rules governing medical-marijuana production and are looking to the state legislature for clarification this January.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 21, 2009

Feds Won't Use Resources to Prosecute Medical Marijuana Cases

The Obama administration has ended the policy of federal enforcement of medical marijuana patients and dispensers in states where use of the drug is permitted for certain illnesses, Attorney General Eric Holder has announced.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 20, 2009

California Pot Farm Fire Reveals Troubling Trend

Narcotics agents said Tuesday they had little doubt that the nearly 90,000-acre La Brea fire in California was started by Mexican drug traffickers who were tending a large, sophisticated marijuana farm planted on the side of a mountain in the Los Padres National Forest.

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