police

Western provinces expect Ottawa to pay costs associated with marijuana legalization plan - The Globe and Mail Boy the cops sure can't get their message straight. Seems they're more worried about funding than public safety. It becomes a bylaw issue and one that doesn't require police...

The Cannabis Culture marijuana dispensary on Bank Street that was raided by police on Thursday reopened Friday morning. The shop was back in business by 10:30 a.m., according to two people working at nearby businesses on Bank Street near James Street. The Cannabis Culture franchise first...

Amesbury – A request to deliver medicinal marijuana within city limits has met opposition from local officials. In a letter, RBAB limited partnership owner Robert Bendetson, whose building houses the Alternative Therapies Group medical marijuana cultivation site at 10 Industrial Way, asked...

Vancouver police are currently raiding the Hastings Street headquarters of Cannabis Culture cafe along with other pot shops across the country, while the owners of marijuana dispensary chain – Marc and Jodie Emery – remain in custody in Toronto. Canada's self-described Prince of Pot and his...

A crowd dispersed peacefully but some people booed and called police "buzz kills" after a Springfield business was shut down Wednesday for giving customers who visited the shop free samples of pot in exchange for an entrance fee, officials said. The owner of Mary Jane Makes Your Heart Sing...

Canada's Princess of pot Jodie Emery led a dozen protesters on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Wednesday morning to demand the government act quickly to legalize marijuana and immediately stop arresting people for simple possession. They chanted "Stop arresting people!" And "marijuana does not kill!"...

Cannabis plants that police say would have yielded $3 million on the streets have been seized in a West Auckland bust. Police said they were initially tipped off about a "sophisticated" large-scale commercial cannabis operation by an anonymous member of the public. They searched four West...

People caught with less than three grams of cannabis will receive formal cautions, under a new "three strikes" draft policy unveiled by Director of Public Prosecutions Larry Mussenden. On being arrested for a third time, the offender will have to undergo drug assessment or drug counselling or...

While North Dakota struggles with implementing its newly approved medical marijuana status, a U.S. Navy veteran was cited in Morton County for possessing a few grains of marijuana from an out-of-state licensed dispensary. Matthew Crane, 33, of New York, was cited Friday while trying to reach...

More than 160 regional public health, law enforcement, education and municipal leaders, including Cohasset Police Officer Daniel Williams and Patti Napolitano from Safe Harbor, joined District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey at his "Marijuana Legalization - Community Strategies" seminar last week...

Marijuana advocates say that they are working with police to create an "open dialogue" whereby dispensary operators will be able to feel comfortable calling 911 in the event of a robbery. At a news conference hosted by the Cannabis Friendly Business Association and the Toronto Dispensary...

Toronto police are concerned about the number of robberies taking place at marijuana dispensaries across the city, and that those robberies are not being reported to police. However, in at least two of the robberies police have investigated, the owners of the dispensaries have ended up facing...

Six medical marijuana dispensaries in Saint John were raided by police on Tuesday morning as part of a joint-forces operation, resulting in some arrests. The 10 a.m. raids stemmed from an investigation by the Saint John Police Force integrated street crime unit, said Sgt. Charles Breen. He...

This is a Gorilla 4x4 tent. The Rolls Royce of tents disguised as a common police box. :smokin: How do you camouflage your grow?

St. George, Utah - Two weeks after Nevada legalized recreational marijuana, boarder states are keeping a close eye on pot seeping into their towns. On January 1, it became legal to possess an ounce of pot for adults 21 and older in Nevada. Law enforcement on the Utah side of the border...

A Pew Research Center survey of nearly 8,000 police officers finds that more than two-thirds of them say that marijuana use should be legal for either personal or medical use. The nationally representative survey of law enforcement, one of the largest of its kind, found that 32 percent of...

Albania has become a major cannabis growing region. The police seem to have no power over the situation. Is the Balkan nation losing the battle against the illegal drug trade? Lindita Arapi reports from Albania. A bumpy road full of puddles from the last rainfall leads to a row of shacks near...

Oswego has decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana in the village. The village is now among the communities where it is a civil, rather than a criminal, offense for anyone caught with 10 grams — about 3.5 ounces - of marijuana or less. The Village Board Tuesday night passed an...

Halifax police aren't ruling out further charges now that a Halifax marijuana dispensary has re-opened after being raided last week. Four people were arrested when Auntie's Health and Wellness Centre was raided Friday, but a spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday the store has opened its doors again...

Toronto's marijuana dispensaries had a turbulent 2016, and there are no signs 2017 will be any different for the fledgling businesses and their many customers. The dispensaries plan to continue selling marijuana and police plan to continue raiding them. "They are serving a need," Michael...