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The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) said a number of charges are pending against a number of people after officers found two illegal cannabis dispensaries operating in the city. The first dispensary was discovered Thursday, November 30, when EPS Southeast Division officers followed up on a tip...

City police shut down two illegal south Edmonton cannabis dispensaries and say charges are pending against the operators for "clearly" breaking the law prior to legalization of the drug anticipated next summer. Officers called to a building near 46 Avenue and 101 Street on Nov. 30 after...

San Diego police investigating an illegal marijuana delivery business served search warrants at homes in Pacific Beach and Bay Park, seized about 45 pounds of marijuana and arrested two people Wednesday morning. An apartment on Haines Street near Fortuna Avenue in Pacific Beach and a house on...

Paraguay's Congress passed a bill on Tuesday creating a state-sponsored system to import marijuana seeds and grow the plant for medical uses, a decision that followed other countries in Latin America. The landlocked South American nation had authorized the importing of cannabis oil in May...

The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday approved funding sources for increased law enforcement against illegal indoor pot grows, following a two-month pilot program that led to the closure of 614 pot houses. The city expects to spend between $700,000 and $1.1 million on police efforts to stop...

Marijuana may be legal in Washington and Oregon, but police continue to bust illegal marijuana operations that are not licensed by the state. The latest numbers from the Washington State Patrol show that 89 illegal marijuana growing operations were shut down in Washington over the past year...

Sacramento police broke up more than 600 illegal marijuana growing operations over a two-month period this year, arresting 10 people, issuing millions of dollars in fines and seizing nearly 5,000 plants. In response to concerns from multiple City Council members, a team of SWAT officers...

Law enforcement personnel raided a Palm Springs home Saturday and seized hundreds of marijuana plants and arrested an occupant who was believed to be using the residence as an illegal indoor marijuana grow, authorities said. At about 3 p.m., investigators, armed with a search warrant...

Municipalities in Ontario will find out in the coming weeks if a provincially run cannabis store could be located in their community. In a letter sent to the province's municipalities Friday, Finance Minister Charles Sousa said Ontario's store roll out aims to achieve the right geographic...

The SCSO recently released the latest statistical data on illicit drug seizures made during 2017 and during the last two weeks. The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office reported the following: The SCSO recently released the latest statistical data on illicit drug seizures made during 2017 and...

Facebook has been condemned by campaigners after cannabis seeds were openly sold on its site. The seeds, sold through the site by dealers, could be used to produce hundreds of pounds' worth of the illegal drug. Batches of the seeds costing up to £95 were brazenly advertised with varieties...

Four pupils have been expelled from a leading Devon school after teachers discovered that students had been smoking a cannabis 'bong' between lessons. A further two pupils at Torquay Boys' Grammar School were also excluded after the discovery of a group of Year 10 students smoking cigarettes...

Authorities seized more than 800 marijuana plants and 500 pounds of recently harvested marijuana in a major illegal grow bust in Pueblo County on Monday. The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office, alongside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, arrested nine people, including one juvenile...

It's a massive crime scene, deep in Lassen National Forest. Through dense ground cover and brutal terrain, federal agents are making their way to what might well qualify as an industrial-scale farm operation, CBS San Francisco reported. There are living quarters, kitchens, bathrooms and trash...

Last year the state of California produced 13.5 million pounds of marijuana, but residents only consumed 2.5 million pounds of it. Most of the state's cannabis ended up being sold to other states, including those where it is illegal. Now experts say that excess marijuana could be a problem as...

The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office recently released the latest statistical data on illicit drug seizures made during 2017. Operating primarily on private property using search warrants, the Siskiyou Interagency Marijuana Investigation Team conducted a series of counter-drug operations in...

A new state law loosening the penalties on marijuana possession officially took effect this weekend. Police departments around the state are worried some residents may not fully understand what the change means. Under the new law, people found with three-fourths of an ounce of marijuana will...

1915: Utah makes marijuana illegal. It's the second state in the nation (California was first) and the first one bordering Idaho to do so. 1923: Nevada, Oregon and Washington pass laws making marijuana illegal. 1927: Idaho passes a law making marijuana illegal. Nebraska, Kansas and...

The rugged, mountainous terrain of unincorporated Santa Clara County has long hidden clandestine cannabis fields, and officials this week made it clear that despite the passage of Proposition 64, they’re still illegal. County supervisors have approved a 45-day moratorium on marijuana growing...

"They are truly a public nuisance," said Sacramento Fire Deputy Chief Niko King when speaking about illegal cannabis home grows. There have been 11 fires in the last year, and half of those are due to illegal marijuana home grows. "They tap into the electrical systems," said King, "they...