News - Powered by Yahoo NewsWhy the IRS stirs the pot with marijuana clinic
Dear Tax Talk,I hear the Internal Revenue Service is all over medical marijuana clinics, trying to put them out of business. What can the IRS do if the state allows these clinics and even in some places ...
Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:43 -0700 -
Pot Prosecution Goes Up in Smoke Due to Warrantless GPS Trackin
A federal judge in Kentucky has ruled that 150 pounds of marijuana collected from a drug suspect?s car is not admissible evidence in court because investigators illegally used a GPS tracker without a warrant to uncover it.
Wed, 23 May 2012 14:39:39 -0700 -
$1 million in high-grade pot seized in S. Jerse
A California man was arrested after authorities in South Jersey seized a shipment of high-grade marijuana with an estimated street value of $1 million. Fifteen boxes of pot, weighing a total of about 250 pounds, were in a cargo container sent from California to a Delran public storage facility last week, and Thomas Arnold, 55, of Santa Barbara, was arrested last Wednesday, the Burlington County ...
Wed, 23 May 2012 22:14:23 -0700 -
Prosecutors: Woman admitted smoking pot before crash that killed 8-year-old in Skoki
A 23-year-old Skokie woman with a history of marijuana possession admitted she had smoked pot hours before causing a chain-reaction crash that killed an 8-year-old Skokie boy, prosecutors said. Hanin Goma was charged with one count of aggravated DUI resulting in death and one count of driving under the influence of drugs in connection with Monday?s fatal crash, police said. Blood and urine tests ...
Wed, 23 May 2012 07:47:29 -0700 -
Prosecutors: Woman smoked pot day of crash that killed Skokie bo
Investigators say a woman with a previous drug possession conviction was smoking pot the morning that the vehicle she was driving struck an 8-year-old boy in Skokie, pushing the bike he was riding on a sidewalk across the street and into a parked car.
Wed, 23 May 2012 08:41:23 -0700 -
Synthetic pot use can do lasting damag
Two local families are learning tragic lessons about the damage that can be done with the use of synthetic pot.
Tue, 22 May 2012 18:51:57 -0700 -
School credited for saving ancient po
An ancient Indian pot has stirred up a big day of recognition for students, teachers and parents at Sandia Prep School in Albuquerque.
Tue, 22 May 2012 13:55:26 -0700 -
Support for pot in 2nd District House rac
Andy Caffrey, a Garberville resident running for Congress, stood before the media outside a former medical marijuana dispensary in Fairfax the other day and sparked up a - medicinal - joint. No biggie. Caffrey has done...
Mon, 21 May 2012 06:49:19 -0700 -
Survey: 56 Percent of 'Likely Voters' Favor Legalizing Pot; Meanwhile King County Council Chair Larry Gossett Endorses ..
Pot legalization isn't the crazy, fringe idea it used to be. Anyone with a pulse can sense that. And the traction being gained by Washington's I-502 only backs it up. Now a recent nationwide poll does
Wed, 23 May 2012 13:37:39 -0700 -
Pot groups hope Ore. race sends feds a messag
Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Don't mess with pot.
Thu, 17 May 2012 12:42:28 -0700 -