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Council Members Call for Change to Marijuana Possession Law

SYDNEY EMBER The New York Times 08/17/2011
Council Members Call for Change to Marijuana Possession Law

Criticizing the Bloomberg administration’s aggressive pursuit of marijuana possession arrests as “racially biased” and costly, a group of City Council members gathered in front of City Hall on Wednesday to introduce a resolution aimed at curbing the practice.

Court: Burnt Marijuana Odor Not Enough To Suspect Criminal Activity

The odor of burnt marijuana alone is not enough for police to suspect criminal activity and order a person to get out of a car, the state’s highest court ruled Tuesday, citing a state law that decriminalizes possession of small amounts of the narcotic.

California city approves marijuana farming

The city of Oakland, California on Tuesday legalized large-scale marijuana cultivation for medical use and will issue up to four permits for "industrial" cultivation starting next year.

California Pot Backers Submit Petitions for November Ballot

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Backers of a California initiative to legalize marijuana said they would submit far more signatures Thursday than needed to qualify the measure for the November ballot.

Pot activists file ballot measure in California

SAN FRANCISCO — Oakland pot activists fresh off a victory at local polls on the taxing of medical marijuana took their first official step Tuesday toward asking California voters to legalize pot.

Legal pot could generate $1.4 billion in revenue, California tax board says

California could see a nearly $1.4 billion per year increase in state revenues were it to legalize marijuana, the state Board of Equalization says in an analysis of pending legislation to to do that.

Seattle man pleads guilty to slaying in marijuana grow house

Sharon Pian Chan Seattle Times 04/08/2009
Pro-marijuana ad pushes pot as California budget fix

A pro-marijuana group is launching another television bid to legalize pot in California — this time with the pitch that legalizing and taxing the drug could help solve the state's massive budget deficit.

Seattle man pleads guilty to slaying in marijuana grow house

Tri Vo, a Seattle man, pleaded guilty Tuesday to the 2007 fatal shooting of Duc Nguyen at a marijuana grow house near Covington, according to King County prosecutors.

Seattle man ran 5 pot houses in Snohomish Co.

A Seattle man who admitted running five marijuana grow houses in Snohomish County faces up to nine years in prison when he is sentenced in July.

Seattle man pleads guilty to growing pot in suburban homes

A 36-year-old Seattle man, who federal prosecutors say organized several marijuana grow houses in Snohomish County, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to manufacture marijuana. Jerry R. Berkey faces a prison sentence of between seven years and three months and nine years when he is sentenced on July 10 in U.S. District Court in Seattle.


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