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Virginia Middle School Students Suspended for Oregano Possession
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsA few Virginia parents would probably like to know what local school administrators are smoking. Seventh-grader Adam Grass and three other students at Hickory Middle School in Chesapeake, Va., were suspended last week after being caught with what teachers initially thought was a bag of marijuana but turned out to be a stash of oregano, The Virginian-Pilot reports. Unfortunately for the disciplined boys, now facing expulsion, there isn't much of a difference between Italian herbs and Mary Jane, at least in the state's eyes. According to school board member Christie Craig, Virginia has a ...
Cops: Cheech and Chong Duo Sold Pot From Ice Cream Truck
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsSome movies are ripped from the headlines, but this crime story seems like it comes straight from the movies. In a scheme reminiscent of the plot of a Cheech and Chong film, police in Louisiana have accused two men of possessing marijuana and selling it out of an ice cream truck in Mathews, radio station WWL reports. Deputies from the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office say Johnathan Trahan and Hunter Pitre were pushing pot from a dessert truck -- much like the protagonists of the 1981 marijuana comedy "Nice Dreams," in which Cheech and Chong peddle a potent form of marijuana ice cream from an ...
Corrections Officer Accused of Sneaking Pot-Filled Sandwich Into Jail
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsHere's a fast way to submarine your career. A Florida corrections officer is accused of cavorting with inmates and attempting to smuggle eight grams of marijuana into a Marion County jail inside a submarine sandwich. Master corrections officer Joseph Jones, 31, was arrested on Jan. 12 after guards discovered drugs -- instead of meat -- inside a hoagie, according to Ocala.com. Two inmates and their girlfriends were also charged in the smuggling case. ...
Pat Robertson Wants to Legalize Pot [VIDEO]
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsPat Robertson might be the last person you would expect to find leading the calls for legalizing marijuana. Yet, during a conversation about faith-based rehabilitation on Wednesday's episode of Christian talk show "The 700 Club," the conservative evangelist and media personality did just that. "We have to take a look at what we are considering crimes," Robertson said. "I'm not exactly for the use of drugs, don't get me wrong, but I just believe that criminalizing marijuana, criminalizing possession of a few ounces of pot, that kind of thing is costing us a fortune and it's ruining young ...
Jack Camp Stripped of Judgeship for Helping Stripper Buy Cocaine, Pot
By David Knowles - AOL News(Nov. 19) -- Judge not, lest ye be judged, or something like that. Today, former U.S. District Judge Jack Camp was stripped of his position on the bench following his admission of guilt to providing a female stripper with cocaine, pot and Roxicodone. Camp, 67, pleaded guilty to the felony charge of aiding and abetting a felon's possession of the illegal substances, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. In addition, Camp, who is married, admitted to giving the exotic dancer his government-issued laptop computer, a misdemeanor offense. As Surge Desk reported in October, Camp had ...
Smoking 3,000 Joints Is Bad for Your Brain, Study Finds
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Nov. 16) -- This news may be something of a buzz-kill. A new study shows that subjects who began smoking pot before age 16 scored significantly worse on cognitive function tests than both nonsmokers and those who picked up the habit later in life. The research, presented Monday at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, analyzed tests performed on 33 chronic marijuana smokers -- the scientific term for "stoner" -- and 26 nonsmokers. Lead researcher Staci Gruber and her team from the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital found that chronic smokers demonstrated an inability to ...
Who or What to Blame for Prop. 19's Epic Fail?
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Nov. 3) -- Californians are just going to have to face the facts and smoke weed the old-fashioned way -- with a medical prescription. That's because the heavily publicized Proposition 19 -- a ballot initiative to effectively legalize recreational marijuana for Californians age 21 and older -- failed Tuesday. Proponents of Proposition 19 campaigned on the notion that legalizing marijuana would significantly benefit California's budget by generating tax revenues and reducing state spending on marijuana prohibition. Advocates also claimed that legalization would significantly curb Mexican ...
Democrats Try to Fire Up Stoner Vote
By Dave Thier - AOL News
(Oct. 6) -- Marijuana users are not famous for being motivated to do much of anything, but the Democrats are hoping they might be able to draw them to the polls in 2012 with the alluring scent of legal weed. In California, some pollsters are saying that Democrats are experiencing a boost from young voters motivated by Proposition 19, California's marijuana legalization initiative, on the ballot in November. Strategists are considering pushing for similar initiatives in 2012 for battleground states like neighboring Colorado and Nevada in an effort to motivate a typically apathetic but largely ...
Marijuana 'Megafarms' Busted in Ohio; Ties to Mexican Drug Cartels Suspected
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Sept. 22) -- Authorities in Ohio destroyed two marijuana farms outside of Columbus and arrested 11 Mexicans in connection with the operation on Monday. The farms, which were about 90 miles apart, held a total of 2,500 plants with a street value of approximately $5 million, the state attorney general's office announced. Authorities believe the pot plantations could have ties to Mexican drug cartels, which have been planting crops in the U.S. in recent years. This summer, 30,000 marijuana plants were discovered on two plots of land south of Dallas. Earlier this month, authorities in Colorado ...
Scientific Shocker! Study Finds Marijuana Is Good for Pain Relief
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Aug. 30) -- Make sure you're sitting down for this piece of news: A study released today by researchers at the University of Montreal concluded that smoking marijuana greatly reduces chronic pain. While the finding may seem obvious to those familiar with the concept of medical marijuana, the study was important because it adds evidence to the under-researched claim that medical marijuana is an effective pain reliever. Researchers gave 21 patients with neuropathic pain four different strengths of marijuana over 56 days. The drug ranged in potency from 0 percent (a placebo) to 9.4 percent ...
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