A two-metre (six-foot) marijuana plant decorated as a Christmas tree was confiscated from the home of "an old hippie", who is now facing a drug possession charge, German police said Wednesday.
In the last few weeks the U.S. government detected two commercial tunnels running across the U.S.-Mexico border. They were constructed to eliminate the tedium of bribing customs agents at the border. They publicized it as if it were a major blow to the marijuana industry. The officials probably don't realize how ridiculously 20th century they look, still doing body counts. But there's another side of it, that proves them to also be totally ineffective.
Followers and fans of John Robert Boone refer to the prolific marijuana grower as the "Godfather of Grass" and the "King of Pot"; authorities who have been searching for the Kentucky farmer to no avail say it's "like trying to catch a ghost."
CANNABIS CULTURE - Barry Cooper, the US narcotics agent turned Kop-Busting pot activist, has released a new digital camera shaped like a car key and a system where customers can upload videos of run-ins with police for analysis and consultation.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Country music and pot community icon Willie Nelson has responded to his Friday arrest in Texas for marijuana possession by calling for the creation of a National "Teapot Party" to legalize marijuana.
Cracking down on fake pot, the government began emergency action Wednesday to outlaw five chemicals used in herbal blends to make synthetic marijuana. They're sold in drug paraphernalia shops and on the Internet to a burgeoning market of teens and young adults.