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Tons of pot found floating off Southern Calif.
Authorities say three and a half tons of marijuana have been found floating in the ocean off Southern California. A boater spotted 160 bales of pot ...
Pot groups hope Ore. race sends feds a message
Medical marijuana advocates have a message for Democratic leaders and federal prosecutors with an eye on political office: Don't mess with pot.
Medical marijuana supporter wins Oregon AG primary
A retired state judge supported by marijuana advocates has defeated a former federal prosecutor in a Democratic primary race for attorney general that ...
Got the munchies? A new pot eatery opens in Ore.
After scraping together a mound of zucchini, broccoli, beef, pineapple and noodles on a big round Mongolian grill, Kevin Wallace measured out a shot ...
Tulip Time festival in Michigan may be 'stemfest'
The annual Tulip Time festival in West Michigan is looking like it might be more of a "stemfest" this year after unseasonably warm weather encouraged ...
Dutch try ban on some tourists buying marijuana
A policy barring foreign tourists from buying marijuana in the Netherlands went into effect in parts of the country Tuesday, with attention focused ...
Aussie sport: Marijuana not performance-enhancing
Australia's major sporting organizations have called for marijuana to be removed from the list of performance-enhancing drugs. The Coalition of Major ...
Dutch ban takes aim at foreigners buying pot
This country of canals and tulips is also famous for "coffee shops" where joints and cappuccinos share the menu. Now, the Netherlands' famed tolerance ...
Dutch marijuana advocates face off with Cabinet
Dutch coffee shop owners went to court Wednesday in a last ditch bid to block a government plan to stop foreigners from buying marijuana in the ...
Spain town nixes pot-growing plan to pay off debt
What about growing marijuana to pay off crushing municipal debt? One Spanish village put the idea to the vote Tuesday, and a majority of its citizens ...
Hemp supporters say support growing in Kentucky
Hemp isn't legal in Kentucky yet, but the eclectic mix of people at a recent seminar in Lexington was evidence that support for the versatile plant ...
The bloom is off Augusta National
Something is missing from the Masters this year, a tradition at this tournament that ranks right up there with Amen Corner, endless roars on a Sunday ...
Federal agents raid Calif. marijuana university
Federal agents on Monday targeted a San Francisco Bay area medical marijuana training school started by a leading pot advocate who has been ...
First brother's antics hurting Peru's president
Peru's best-known prison inmate is eccentric, irreverent and narcissistic and almost offhandedly takes credit for his older brother's ascension to the ...
Nephew of Mexican cartel's ex-boss pleads guilty
The nephew of the former boss of Mexico's Gulf cartel crossed illegally into Texas to hide from a rival and spent five months running his drug ...
Pat Robertson: Pot should be legal like alcohol
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says marijuana should be legalized and treated like alcohol because the government's war on drugs has failed.
VP Biden goes to Latin American amid drug debate
Vice President Joe Biden heads to Latin America Sunday amid unprecedented pressure from political and business leaders to talk about something U.S.
Spanish village to raise funds with marijuana
A tiny Spanish village has voted to lease land for growing marijuana as a source of desperately needed revenue — a unique but legally questionable way ...
Banking for pot shops rejected in Colorado
Medical marijuana is legal in 17 states, but the industry has a decidedly black-market aspect — it's mostly cash-only. Colorado lawmakers considered ...
Mexico says drought also hurting marijuana growers
The drought in northern Mexico is so bad that it has hurt even illicit drug growers and their normally well-tended crops of marijuana and opium ...
Friend says on 911 call Demi Moore was convulsing
Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and was convulsing and "semi-conscious, barely," according to a ...
Pot-based prescription drug looks for FDA OK
A quarter-century after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in ...
Polish pol threatens to smoke pot in Parliament
The leader of a new left-wing party in Poland threatened to light up a joint in Parliament on Friday — but just burned incense instead. Janusz Palikot ...
Final plea in NY drug ring case on Columbia campus
A student accused of selling LSD at Columbia University pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted drug possession, resolving the last case in a takedown of ...