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June 20, 2021 blogger Courts, crime, Drug Enforcement Administration, drugs, marijuana crime, Medicial Marijuana, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
As he awaited sentencing in 2010, Fayin Deng sounded a contemplative, philosophic note. “I have learned now that once you become obsessed with money, no matter how great your original need was,” Deng wrote to the federal judge overseeing his criminal case, “there is no such thing as feeling like you have enough.” The source […]
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July 3, 2020 blogger California News, Courts, Medicial Marijuana, politics, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
As calls for criminal justice reform sweep the nation, California is taking steps to reverse some effects of the war on drugs, which continues to disproportionately impact people of color. California’s 58 county district attorneys had a deadline of Wednesday, July 1, to accept or challenge the state’s recommendation to clear the records of some […]
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April 29, 2020 blogger California News, Courts, crime, drugs, Medicial Marijuana, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
SAN JOSE — Santa Clara County plans to expunge 13,000 minor marijuana convictions that were rendered moot by the state’s 2016 legalization of recreational pot use and sales, two months before a deadline set by the landmark law. But in the South Bay, it’s not just criminal-justice or drug policy story. Keeping in line with […]
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September 21, 2019 blogger Colorado News, Courts, labor, Latest News, marijuana, marijuana politics, Medicial Marijuana, News, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
A company that provides security services to Colorado marijuana businesses is being sued by a former employee over overtime pay. The company’s argument it is exempt from federal labor laws because the marijuana industry is illegal didn’t past muster with a federal appeals court.
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September 14, 2019 blogger Colorado News, Courts, Crime & Courts, drug possession, drugs, guns, Investigations, marijuana, Medicial Marijuana, money laundering, News, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
Authorities this week seized heroin, meth, opioids, weed, cocaine, mushrooms, and an assortment of firearms and arrested 10 people from a criminal ring operating along the northern Front Range, a press release from the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force stated Friday.
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May 20, 2019 blogger Colorado News, Colorado Supreme Court, Courts, Crime & Courts, drug, K9 unit, Latest News, law enforcement, marijuana, marijuana crime, Medicial Marijuana, News, Police, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, U.S. Constitution, weed, withdrawal
The Colorado Supreme Court greatly diminished the role of police dogs trained to detect marijuana with a ruling Monday that created another divide between how state and federal law enforcement can investigate pot.
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May 17, 2019 blogger car crashes, Colorado News, Courts, crash, crashes, Crashes and Disasters, crime, Crime & Courts, crime blotter, Douglas County, Latest News, latest-headlines, marijuana, marijuana crime, Medicial Marijuana, News, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
A Douglas County judge has sentenced a 20-year-old man to eight years in prison after the marijuana-impaired driver caused a four-car crash that killed a 24-year-old woman.
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January 31, 2019 blogger Adams County District Attorney, Arapahoe County District Attorney, Arapahoe County District Court, Boulder County District Attorney, Colorado News, Courts, crime, Crime & Courts, Denver, George Brauchler, Jefferson County District Attorney, Latest News, latest-headlines, law enforcement, marijuana, Marijuana Business, marijuana crime, Medicial Marijuana, News, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, Weld County District Attorney, withdrawal
Scores of agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and local police agencies fanned out early Thursday morning in a coordinated raid of up to 50 suspected black-market marijuana grow houses in the Denver metro area, authorities say.
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January 30, 2019 blogger cannabis, Colorado News, Courts, crime, Crime & Courts, Denver City Attorney's Office, Denver crime blotter, Latest News, marijuana, Marijuana Business, marijuana crime, marijuana in Colorado, Marijuana legalization's legacy, Marijuana News, Marijuana social use, Medicial Marijuana, News, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
The co-founder of the International Church of Cannabis finally got his day in court Tuesday, nearly two years after Denver police cited him for public pot consumption, and almost a year after a judge declared a mistrial in the same case.
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January 9, 2019 blogger Beth McCann, Colorado News, Courts, Crime & Courts, Denver district attorney, Latest News, latest-headlines, marijuana, marijuana crime, marijuana in Colorado, Mayor Michael Hancock, Medicial Marijuana, News, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal
Denver officials will help thousands of people convicted of low-level marijuana crimes expunge their records in a series of four clinics in February and March.
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