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DEA Can’t Enter 150 Pounds of Pot Into Evidence, Because It Illegally GPS-Tracked This Dude Posted by Easy Rider on May 25, 2012 http://disinfo.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DEA.jpgGuess the system works at times. Reports the AP Via ABC News: When Kentucky State Troopers stopped 49-year-old Robert Dale Lee on Interstate 75 in September 2011, they knew he would be coming their way and what to look for in his truck. The Drug Enforcement Administration had been following Lee’s truck from Chicago using a GPS — a tracking device placed on the vehicle as part of a multi-state drug probe — and troopers found 150 pounds of marijuana in the vehicle. Now, a federal j…

Presenters from the hit BBC children's show Play School often went on air stoned a new BBC documentary has revealed. Rick Jones and Lionel Morton were able to go in front of the camera stoned after smoking "the biggest joint you've ever seen" because bosses at the BBC turned a blind eye in the 70's, Johnny Ball claims in the tell-all documentary. http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/middle/2012/05/03/270078-lionel-morton.jpg BBC Former BBC Play School presenters have revealed that they often went on-air stoned The disclosures are made in Tales of Television Centre due, to air on May 17 on BBC Four, which uncovers just how drugs and sex were able to spill onto …

Saturday, 19 May 2012, 2:50 pm Press Release: NORML NORML - Police cuts harming community The National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws says police cuts are putting more New Zealanders at risk of becoming victims of crime. The National-led government requires police to slash $360 million dollars from their Budget over the next three years. NORML president Julian Crawford said the only way police can save this money without harming the community is to legalise and regulate cannabis. "Over $300 million could be saved if cannabis was made the lowest enforcement priority," Mr Crawford said. "While the exact cost of enforcing cannabis laws is u…

May 08, 201212:47PM http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/05/10/1225864/645732-karen-hodgson.jpg Karen Hodgson was shot in the back and killed during a botched attempt to steal four cannabis plants from her garage, a court has heard. Source: AdelaideNow MOTHER-of-three Karen Hodgson was killed by an "inadvertent" shotgun blast fired by a man who only wanted to steal cannabis plants, a court has heard. Scott Mundy, 31, of no fixed address, is standing trial in the Supreme Court accused of murdering Ms Hodgson in April 2010. Yesterday, Jim Pearce QC, prosecuting, said it was not alleged the murder was intentional but a "botched attempt" by Mundy and two other men…

Police target shoppers in drug blitz Tanya Westthorp | 12:01am May 19, 2012 SHOPPERS are being targeted by Tweed police as part of a new range of operations to rid the region of its drug problem. Since the start of the year, plain-clothed police have been randomly targeting drug dealing hot spots, including bus shelters and major shopping centres, with the help of a drug detection dog. Police have charged more than 50 people with drug possession and searched hundreds more -- many of whom told police they had used drugs that day. On Thursday, dozens of shoppers were searched after police dog Doug picked up the smell of cannabis. Police officers then swooped …

For the first time in five years, the U.S. House of Representatives will be voting on an amendment to prevent the federal government from interfering with state medical marijuana laws. We need you to call your member of Congress and tell him or her to support this amendment. At the start of the Obama administration, it appeared as if there would be a new approach to medical marijuana by the federal government. Unfortunately, that new approach was short-lived, and it can now be said that Pres. Obama is even worse than Pres. George W. Bush on this issue. Obama’s Department of Justice is relentlessly attacking state-approved medical marijuana providers. Medical marijuana…

Police cancel drug chopper op Troy Kippen | 13th April 2012 10:22 AM AN annual drug detection operation in the Tweed will not go ahead this year. The NSW Police Drug Squad along with the police wing, dog squads and Tweed/Byron police conduct the Cannabis Eradication Program in the region each year. The operation included aerial examination to locate cannabis crops. Tweed police said the operation was cancelled this year because resources were required in the west of the state. Acting Inspector Brad Stewart said the operation was called off because the helicopters were required for flood relief. "The air units were deployed elsewhere," Insp Stewart said. …