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Cops Accused Of Eating Man's Pot Brownies, Bragging About It
Category: Odd | Posted on Tue, September, 27th 2011 by THCFinder

Proving that cops love to get baked just like we do, some dumb ass cops decided to steal some pot brownies and grub them down and still arrest the guy they found them on.

Two Houston police officers could be asking "dude, where's my credibility?" after a suspect accused them of eating his pot brownies.
 
Nicholas Hill, 19, claims that Houston cops took his brownies, that they knew were laced with marijuana, and munched away after arresting the teen for pot possession.
 
ABC 13 found something more substantial than just Hill's claim. The station reports that it has obtained messages typed by the officers on their in-car computers after confiscating and consuming the baked goods.
 
"So HIGH... Good munchies," one officer supposedly wrote. "Everything should be open when we get done," the other responded.
 
One of Hill's defense attorneys, Daniel Cahill, told The Huffington Post that, if his client's accusations prove to be true, they could have very serious consequences.
 
"If what is alleged is true then it really calls into question everything that went on that day," Cahill said. "If we have police destroying evidence or maybe not following the rules that they need to be following, that brings into question the integrity of the system and everything these guys have done, possibly."
 
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Legalize, regulate and tax marijuana
Category: Legalization | Posted on Tue, September, 27th 2011 by THCFinder

Marijuana is safer than alcohol, legalizing it could potentially drop the crime rate, it could improv the economy and has multiple medicinal benefits.

Maybe medical marijuana dispensaries aren't crime magnets after all. That's the conclusion the Rand Corp. came up with after completing a study that found that crime rates went up in neighborhoods after nearby dispensaries were ordered to shut down. 
 
The Times editorial board argues, however, that the study is inconclusive:
 
Does this mean that dispensaries decrease neighborhood crime rather than increasing it? Unfortunately, despite Rand's analysis, we still don't know the answer. There are so many obvious problems with Rand's study that it's impossible to come to solid conclusions about crime either way.
 
After pointing out that the study is based on "unwarranted assumption" and poking holes in the analysis, the board concludes:
 
Whether or not these rogue dispensaries attract crime, they are a nuisance. A lack of oversight means they could be selling anything, including marijuana laced with dangerous drugs or chemicals. California voters intended them to operate as nonprofit collectives, yet it's not clear they're all doing so. Also unclear is the extent to which they're selling to minors or people with no legitimate medical need. L.A. is right to try to crack down; now its lawyers just need to figure out a way of doing so that passes court muster.
 
 
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Careful when smoking weed
Category: Fun | Posted on Tue, September, 27th 2011 by THCFinder

It may cause....

 

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Dope DNA: Scientists tracking marijuana's family tree
Category: News | Posted on Tue, September, 27th 2011 by THCFinder
There is a new tool in the ongoing war on drugs and it comes from a forensic scientist at the University of New Haven.
 
Heather Miller Coyle, an associate professor in the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, is setting up a national databank that will allow law enforcement to track marijuana DNA.
 
Most people probably didn't even know marijuana had DNA, but Coyle, who specializes in forensic botany, has developed a new method for collecting the drug's genetic fingerprint, making it easy for officers to collect the samples at crime scenes.
 
"Plant DNA is like the DNA found in humans - it retains its lifelong genetic profile," says Coyle.  "If one person has a suitcase of marijuana and another person has bags of it, we will be able to tell if it came from the same batch," she said in a news release.
 
The DNA databank will be similar to one the FBI runs human DNA, the Combined DNA Index System or CODIS.
 
CODIS allows DNA samples from crime scenes to be compared against a computerized database to help identify suspects.
 
The marijuana version will help law enforcement track where the drug came from and link it to criminal drug trafficking organizations in Mexico, growers in Canada or gangs in the U.S.
 
Coyle's project has been funded with more than $100,000 from the National Marijuana Initiative and the National High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program. 
 
The groups work together with federal, state and local law enforcement in the detection, disruption and investigation into marijuana trafficking.
 
 
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Stop it's 4:20
Category: Fun | Posted on Mon, September, 26th 2011 by THCFinder

Is it 4:20 time for you yet?

 

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Time for cannabis debate, says NZ leader
Category: Legalization | Posted on Mon, September, 26th 2011 by THCFinder

Is it time for NZ to legalize Marijuana? Countries are spending milliions every year on simple possesion crimes which should be nothing more than a slap on the wrist at most!

In New Zealand, Act Party leader Don Brash, has called for his country to consider decriminaling cannabis use.
 
Dr Brash told New Zealand newspaper, The Taranaki Daily News, he's haunted by the thought that police time and resources could be better deployed in keeping New Zealanders safe from real criminals.
 
"The police and the courts spend some $100 million of taxpayer money a year enforcing this prohibition of a drug, believed by many people to be less dangerous than tobacco or alcohol," he said.
 
"Is there really any point to this?"
 
He said the law is making criminals of thousands of people who are harming no-one except arguably themselves.
 
A New Zealand Law Commission, under former Prime Minister Sir Georffrey Palmer, recommended in April cannabis be allowed for medical use, and punishment for none-medical use, to be a caution rather than a criminal penalties.
 
Dr Brash said this supported his call to debate a government change in policy.
 
"I'm not saying it's now ACT policy to decriminalise or legalise marijuana," Dr Brash said. 
 
"I'm simply saying it's my personal view that we should give the idea serious consideration as there are some strong arguments in its favour." 
 
A spokeswoman for Prime Minister John Key said The National Party believed decriminalising cannabis use would be a "step in the wrong direction".
 
 
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