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BARDSTOWN, Ky. -- A man and woman were arrested after an employee at a photo lab saw pictures of a toddler posing with a pot pipe. John R. Gray, 20, and Elizabeth Lyvers, 24, were charged with first-degree unlawful transaction with a minor, a felony. Police also charged Gray with one count of marijuana possession and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. The photographs appeared to show Lyvers's son, who is about three, smoking marijuana from a water pipe, authorities said. Police said the couple maintain the water pipe did not contain marijuana. Police searched the couple's home last Sunday after the Kroger photo lab in Bardstown turned over the film an…

Marijuana Plants Found Growing At Fla. Day Care POSTED: 6:03 am EDT May 3, 2004 UPDATED: 6:51 am EDT May 3, 2004 FORT MYERS -- Authorities in the Fort Myers area are looking for the operator of a local day-care center after marijuana plants were found growing on property. Lee County deputies said they initially went to Cynthia Boesenberg's house to find someone who was wanted on felony warrants. However, they discovered several marijuana plants growing in her back yard. Investigators got a search warrant and eventually found evidence indicating that the illegal drug was being sold from the home. Most of the family was spending the weekend in the Florida Keys…

Police News Friday, 30 April 2004 Arrested with cannabis Police last week arrested a Kingscote male and charged him with producing and possessing cannabis for sale after they located 24 marijuana plants growing in various locations on the property. About one kilogram of dried cannabis, in 18 plastic bags, was also found. Furthermore, Police also reported the male for the alleged theft of an air-rifle, portable fire pump (valued at more than $3,000) and two shopping trolleys. He has been bailed to appear before the Kingscote Magistrate's Court on Monday, May 24. Also last week, cannabis expiation notices were issued to two Kingscote residents for each growing o…

Blair chilled out as film director smoked cannabis: report LONDON (AFP) - US film director Robert Altman told a British newspaper that he smoked cannabis in front of British Prime Minister Tony Blair without any objection at a rock star's party. In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, Robert Altman -- the 79-year-old director of "Gosford Park" and "Short Cuts" -- said he lit up while dining at rock star Dave Stewart's mansion but added that Blair did not partake. The pair met during Blair's first term of office while the veteran director was in Britain filming the oscar-winning "Gosford Park". "We were sitting there smoking grass. He was sitting across from m…

another bust as follows:- NSW Police On-Line POLICE SEIZE 21 KILOGRAMS OF CANNABIS – KIAMA 28, February 2004 Lake Illawarra police have seized almost 21 kilograms of cannabis during the execution of a search warrant at a house in Kiama. Police located the cannabis in the garage of the Gwinganna Avenue address, as well as hydroponic equipment, seven cannabis plants and two ecstasy tablets. As a result of the seizure, a 24-year-old Kiama man has been charged with cultivate prohibited plant, possess prohibited drug and supply prohibited drug. He has been given conditional bail and will appear in Kiama Local Court on March 23. *******

By EDITH BEVIN April 13, 2004 The Territory's hydroponic equipment suppliers may be forced to undergo criminal history checks and keep stringent records of who they sell to. Territory police have told the Northern Territory News that they are looking at ``a number of hydroponic suppliers'' over their suspected role in the cultivation of drugs. One Darwin supplier has already been summonsed over his alleged role in supplying equipment for growing cannabis. ``We suspect that there are some hydroponics suppliers involved or assisting in the illicit manufacture of drugs,'' Drug Squad Senior Sergeant Les Martin. Drug squad sources said they had anecdotal evidenc…

DRUG detection dogs will travel on Central Coast trains from tomorrow. New powers will allow police with dogs to travel on trains from the Coast to Newcastle without the need for search warrants. Police minister John Watkins said the dogs would be used to detect cannabis, heroin, cocaine and amphetamines. "Drug dogs are an excellent front-line policing resource, sniffing out offenders during transit patrols, drug operations and blitzes on the rail network," he said. "They help police target dealers and couriers using the transport network and disrupt drug peddlers' markets by scaring off customers and users." Drug dogs can be used in searches of licensed premise…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 28, 2004 Medical Marijuana Win Undone by Parliamentary Trick; Committee Vote Thursday HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT -- The medical marijuana bill, H.B. 5355, passed the Connecticut House of Representatives today by a vote of 75 to 71, but a parliamentary maneuver sent the bill back to committee, where its fate is uncertain. Immediately after the bipartisan vote, Rep. Arthur O'Neill (R-Southbury) rose to make a parliamentary inquiry. O'Neill argued that because the bill had a fiscal note, it should go to the Joint Finance Committee. To the shock of patients and other supporters who believed they had won a historic victory, Speaker Moira Lyons…

FEDERAL COURTS PROTECT MEDICAL MARIJUANA On April 21, U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel issued a preliminary injunction barring the federal government from raiding or prosecuting a medical marijuana cooperative in California. This historic action is just the latest in a series of decisions in which federal courts have shown great skepticism toward federal attacks on state medical marijuana laws. These federal court actions have particular significance here in Vermont, where officials, including Gov. James Douglas, have claimed that federal hostility prevents the state from protecting medical marijuana patients from arrest. Judge Fogel's injunction, protec…