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Police Make 2 Arrests In Marijuana Raid (WRTV TheIndyChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
Police said more than 100 pounds of marijuana was intercepted before it hit the Indianapolis streets earlier this week.
Marijuana bust in McLean Co. (WHOI Peoria)
COOKSVILLE (AP) -- Authorities in central Illinois have seized about $50,000 worth of marijuana from an indoor growing operation.
NFL Draft Prospects Reportedly Admit To Using Marijuana (WJXT Jacksonville)
Pro Football Weekly reports that NFL prospects Calvin Johnson, Gaines Adams and Amobi Okoye have admitted to using marijuana.
Okoye told NFL teams he has used marijuana (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Former University of Louisville defensive tackle Amobi Okoye was among three star players who admitted during their NFL combine interviews that they used marijuana, according to published reports.
States Should Decriminalize Marijuana (University of Connecticut Daily Campus)
In most states in America, using marijuana is a criminal offense punishable by prison time. It costs over $20,000 each year to keep one inmate incarcerated in a minimum-security prison. With 1.6 million people arrested on non-violent, drug-related offenses each year, that's a pretty big hit to the budgets at every level of government.
Mililani teacher fined for marijuana offense (Honolulu Advertiser)
A Mililani Middle School teacher yesterday was granted a chance to have his marijuana-smoking case dropped after he decided not to challenge the petty misdemeanor charge and plead no contest.
Medical Marijuana dispensaries ban OK'd (The Ukiah Daily Journal)
The city of Ukiah has decided to "just say no" to medical marijuana dispensaries. On Wednesday, the Ukiah City Council directed staff to return with an ordinance that, once approved, will place a permanent ban on the opening of medical marijuana dispensaries in city limits. For approximately the last two years, a temporary moratorium has been in place.
Three top picks admitted marijuana use (CBS Sportsline)
Top NFL prospects Calvin Johnson, Gaines Adams and Amobi Okoye reportedly admitted to marijuana use during interviews with teams in February.
Marijuana lab explosion injures man (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
An explosion set fire to a Miami house being used to grow marijuana hydroponically on Wednesday and the force of the blast sent the occupant flying into the yard, police said.
3 prospects admit to marijuana use (Orlando Sentinel)
NFL prospects Calvin Johnson of Georgia Tech, Gaines Adams of Clemson and Amobi Okoye of Louisville reportedly admitted to smoking marijuana in interviews with teams in February. Pro Football Weekly, citing anonymous sources, reported the players, set to go early in the April 28 draft, made the admissions at the NFL combine. Johnson is a wide receiver; Adams and Okoye are defensive ends.
Moorpark, CA (Moorpark Acorn)
During a call for service in the 14800 block of Reedley Street on April 5, a man was found to have two outstanding warrants and to be in possession of the drug Xanax. A walkway and trees between Quail Summit Road and Peach Hill Elementary School were vandalized between March 30 and April 2. Graffiti was scrawled with marking pens and paint.
Gastonia Pharmacy Tech Faces Charges (WSOC-TV 9 Charlotte)
GASTONIA, N.C. -- A local pharmacy technician is accused of making fake prescriptions. According to the Gaston Gazette, officers say Amy Weaver made fraudulent prescriptions for 1,500 dollars worth Xanax and Valium.
Doctor pleads guilty to drug counts, will surrender medical license (Dayton Daily News)
Dr. Terri L. Savage, an internist who practiced plastic surgery at her Washington Twp. office, will surrender her Ohio medical license for life under a plea agreement reached Friday.
Lawsuit over jail death thrown out (The Kentucky Post)
A federal magistrate has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the estate of a woman who died in the Kenton County Jail.
Police: Pharmacy technician stole drugs (The Charlotte Observer)
A 27-year-old pharmacy technician was charged with stealing Xanax and Valium from the Gastonia pharmacy where she worked.
Jurors deliberating in trial of nurse accused of killing husband ask to see surveillance video (CourtTV via Yahoo! News)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (Co urt TV) - On their second day of deliberations, jurors in Melanie McGuire's murder trial focused on a split second of grainy footage from a parking-lot surveillance camera.
Books: Southern Discomfort (Newsweek)
Two books, as different as books can be, both turn keen eyes on the tragicomedy of Southern life.
Hostage jailed for shooting gun (St. Petersburg Times)
A felon, he violated probation by shooting at a gun range before a suicidal man held him at gunpoint.
Arraigned pharmacist accused of stealing more than 1,400 pills (The Muskegon Chronicle)
A pharmacist formerly employed at a Muskegon Walgreen Drug Store has been charged with stealing prescription medication last year. Thomas Edward Zawlocki, 48, of 615 W. Hile, was arraigned Tuesday on two felony charges before 60th District Court Judge Andrew Wierengo III.
During standoff, it treaded lightly (St. Petersburg Times)
The unsung hero in last week's 10-hour hostage standoff lives in the back of a truck.