police

New Orleans - Starting Wednesday, police will now have the choice fine offenders, rather than arresting them when it comes to marijuana possession in the city. Championed by Councilwoman Susan Guidry, the City Council approved an ordinance in March that sought to soften the punishments for...

Livermore - Tensions between police and medical marijuana advocates escalated this week with the arrest of four men in a pot collective in Livermore after they returned from a cannabis trade show in San Francisco. Some 60 supporters of the men rallied outside a Pleasanton courthouse Wednesday...

Starting Wednesday (June 22), simple possession of marijuana in New Orleans will carry far less consequences for repeat offenders. Police have been able since 2010 to issue a court summons to someone caught for the first time when the city first eased its drug laws. Now that option will extend...

Drugs not just revenue I would guess that the cities in the Coachella Valley that allow drug sales will be able to collect a fair amount of additional tax revenue, however, whatever they collect will be spent on crime, crime victims, and additional required police activity. If they don't...

Calgary police have suspended one of their own after an officer was accused of stealing the marijuana he seized while on duty. An investigation was launched in November 2015 after the anti-corruption unit received a tip saying a constable may have seized marijuana while on duty, but then failed...

Aamra Hallelujah thought it was a good time to open a marijuana dispensary in Toronto — that is until five officers busted open the door of her shop and placed her and one of her employees under arrest. Hallelujah's storefront dispensary, Up Cafe, was among 43 such locations raided by Toronto...

A day after Toronto Police swept through the city’s marijuana retailers, arresting around 90 people and seizing hundreds of kilograms of drugs, Chief Mark Saunders faced pointed questions from a crowd of protesters over the police’s decision to crack down on the trade. At a tense press...

Washington Wizards forward Markieff Morris was detained by police at Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday. Law enforcement officials said they found what they suspect to be marijuana in Morris' bag, per John Gonzalez of Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia. Gonzalez added in his full...

Toronto Police say "genuine" health concerns and a "significant" number of community complaints prompted officers to raid dozens of marijuana dispensaries across the city. Police Chief Mark Saunders says 90 people have been arrested and 186 charges laid after officers -- accompanied by city...

The federal government's promise to begin the process of legalizing cannabis in 2017 is amplifying calls from lawyers and advocates for an end to arrests and prosecutions for some weed-related crimes that have "clogged up the system" and left tens of thousands of Canadians with a criminal...

Police say four medical marijuana dispensaries sold marijuana to cardholders who were not their registered patients. The West Michigan Enforcement Team, or WEMET, raided the dispensaries — two in the Saugatuck area, one outside of Allegan City and another in Pullman — last week after...

The Detroit Police Department is planning on big crack down on medical marijuana dispensaries that aren't following the rules. FOX 2 watched as Dez Lloyd was able to walk into dispensary after dispensary empty handed and leave with medical marijuana edibles that under state law and Detroit...

I live in Queensland in the area considered the wettest in country. Two weeks ago I was busted with 60 plants. 20 seedlings 20 at four weeks and 20 at 2 two weeks into flower. Now I know police are going to run out the '"every plant will produce a pound of buds'". Now if police are getting a...

Police have been accused of inflating the value of cannabis plants seized during annual helicopter raids, and of taking 'medicine' away from sick people. NSW Police issued a media release this week saying that $20 million worth of cannabis plants had been seized during the 2015/16 'Cannabis...

On Thursday, the Hamptons Police Department announced plans to start its own medical marijuana cultivation program and dispensary. Police spokesman Larry Hirsch briefed reporters on the new program: "The East End has a need for a reliable and consistent source of cannabis for medicinal uses...

Police raided a marijuana operation in the foothills, but the people running it say they didn't break any laws, and now they're suing the Denver Police Department. "Totally based on lies; everything in the affidavit is a flat out falsehood," attorney Matthew Buck said. Buck says Denver...

Canada's frontline officers and police chiefs are alarmed by the growing chaos in the marijuana industry, saying the Liberal Party's promise to eventually legalize the drug has sparked confusion across the country. Illegal pot dispensaries are opening up from coast to coast at the same time...

Windsor police are taking a hands-off approach to the city's first cannabis vapour lounge. Higher Limits on Ouellette Ave. seeks to create a safe space for both medicinal and recreational users of marijuana. Co-owner Jon Liedtke says the establishment will also work to dispel myths and...

Medical, social and legal attitudes to cannabis in NSW are changing. As jurisdictions around the world, including Portugal, Switzerland, Alaska, California, Hawaii, and Washington DC (to name a few) increasingly acknowledge the valuable medical applications of the plant as well as the basic...

Drug squads in Vancouver and Victoria have discretion on whether to bust illegal marijuana dispensaries, but police boards in those cities should have clear policies on when and why they enforce the federal laws prohibiting such storefront pot sales, says B.C.'s municipal police watchdog...