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By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - The Seattle Police Department has reassigned an officer who single-handedly issued about 80 percent of the marijuana tickets handed out in the city during the first half of this year, authorities said on Wednesday. Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole said staff reviewing data to prepare the department's first biannual report on marijuana enforcement found ... View the full article

ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher has dismissed dozens of internet threats levelled at her by medical marijuana campaigners, a day after revelations she reported a man to authorities for providing a 2½½-year-old Sydney girl with cannabis oil. View the full article

A drone carrying cellphones, marijuana and other contraband into a U.S. maximum-security prison never made it inside the razor wire fence, and authorities said Wednesday they are looking for one of two people accused of trying to sneak it in. The search has been ongoing since April 21, when officials found a small, crashed drone in bushes outside the walls of Lee Correctional Institution in ... View the full article

By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The city attorney of bankrupt San Bernardino, California, has a novel idea for raising new revenue - open medical marijuana dispensaries to sell pot. As San Bernardino struggles to deliver a bankruptcy exit plan two years after it filed for Chapter 9 protection, city attorney Gary Saenz says marijuana sales should be part of the southern California city's ... View the full article

A Hamilton man appeared in Sudbury court Tuesday after police found him last summer growing more than 240 marijuana plants, the Sudbury Star reported Wednesday. James Wyse was 62 at the time of his arrest last August. Superior Court Justice Robert Del Frate chastised Wyse for his crimes. View the full article

By Amanda Orr HOUSTON (Reuters) - One person has been arrested and more than 100,000 marijuana plants were being eradicated from a sprawling operation in one of the largest pot farming cases in Texas history, police said on Wednesday. The farm, which covered 29 fields, was discovered by a deer hunter in Goodrich, about 65 miles northeast of Houston, during the weekend. The marijuana plants have ... View the full article

With the landscape rapidly changing for regulation of pot in various states, employers must be sure their guidelines keep pace. View the full article

A koala escaped serious injury after travelling nearly 100km clinging to a car grille. View the full article

An ACT man who was providing liquid medical cannabis to the family of a seriously ill toddler has had his house raided by police, after writing to the Chief Minister to tell her the treatment was working. View the full article

AN alleged underground Gold Coast marijuana trafficking ring boss has been granted bail after persuading a judge he will show up to court. View the full article

Firefighters in Canberra have stumbled upon a stash of cannabis after the equipment being used to grow the plants caused a house fire. View the full article

Philadelphia police investigating a suspicious device discovered an alleged marijuana growing operation in the Spring Garden section of the city. View the full article

GOODRICH, Texas (AP) — Authorities in East Texas said Tuesday that they have cleared more than two dozen marijuana fields that were discovered over the weekend in the woods and which contained about 100,000 plants worth an estimated $175 million. View the full article

San Francisco (AFP) - Startup Eaze on Tuesday released a smartphone application promising prompt, professional delivery of medical marijuana at the doors of patients in San Francisco. View the full article