By Sarah M The U.S. real estate market crash has lured some Canadian marijuana growers to the U.S. according to a Crime Threat Assessment report from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The report states, “Some VOC (Vietnamese Organized Crime) groups have moved their marijuana grow operations to the United States where the lower cost of real estate (in some regions) allows them to operate a... 

A 10,000 square-foot “weGrow” store in Sacramento is bringing plenty of media attention after being called “the Wal-mart of Weed.” Basically, while the store is being advertised as a garden emporium, it will have experts and materials on hand to help patients who are approved for medical marijuana usage grow their own pot. It’s like Home Depot, but for weed. The company... 

Three middle school students from Wisconsin are in trouble after apparently bringing a pot cookie to school. According to the Wisconsin State Journal, three students from Badger Ridge Middle School in Verona, Wisconsin have been disciplined when one student brought the cookie to school and two others had consumed it. David Jennings and Cindy Schoen, both principals at the school, sent letters home... 

Wanting to catch up with Amsterdam, the notorious city known for legalized pot, the D.C. Council is getting ready to vote on Tuesday to legalize medical marijuana and allow it to be sold from dispensaries in Washington. According to surveys taken by the Federal government, The District of Columbia is already the biggest consumer of pot. The 2007 survey conducted by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental... 

While the war on drugs has been on going for decades, it appears that Canadian law enforcement officials may have made one of the largest busts of all time. Earlier this week police officers raided a home located at the 6800 block of Lefeurvre Road in the city of Abbotsford. What the police officers found, was nothing less than shocking. On the rural property in Abbotsford, police officers found one... 

A California Supreme Court ruling on January 21st of this year struck down a state law prohibiting the possession of more than eight ounces of marijuana for medical purposes. The Court ruling stated that medical marijuana patients were entitled to a ‘reasonable’ amount of marijuana for treatment. Since that ruling, several cases of marijuana possession have been dismissed in the state, due to law... 

The US drug war is expanding to include synthetic marijuana. Teens are able to purchase this legal herbal substance online or in tobacco stores. The effects are similar to those of marijuana and leave a person feeling “high” after smoking it. The street name often refers to the legal substance as K2 or Spice. Law enforcement officials have been working to get the herb made illegal because of the... 

KANSAS – Kansas became the first state to ban the use of a popular marijuana synthetic earlier this month and now several other states across the nation seek to do the same. K2 also known as spice, is an herbal substance that when smoked can produce a high similar to the one that occurs when under the influence of marijuana. K2′s intended use was as an incense but now has those who would... 

A man suffering from sinus cancer and an inoperable brain tumor is doing what he can to support himself. Joseph Casias uses medical marijuana to manage the pain and other symptoms associated with his illness. The 29 year old was recently fired from his long term job as a Wal-Mart associate because of his medical marijuana use. The young man says he never went to work under the influence nor did he... 

As the average age creeps upward so does pot usage. According to surveys done by The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration marijuana usage by people over 50 years old increased from 1.9 percent to 2.9 percent in the years 2002 to 2008. The biggest increase was reported among users 55 to 59 years old. Their usage more than tripled from 1.6 percent to 5.1 percent. Their reasons for...