Uruguay, the first country where you can smoke marijuana wherever you like
Alicia Castilla was watering the plants in her garden on a quiet Sunday afternoon when five police patrol cars screeched to a halt outside her home. A team of 14 officers “armed to the teeth” stormed through her gate and arrested the mild-mannered, 66-year-old intellectual. They seized everything they could find: computers, her mobile phone, […]
California’s Pot Chief Vows State Will Meet Compliance Deadline
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Marijuana convictions go up in smoke with California legalization
LOS ANGELES Jay Schlauch’s conviction for peddling pot haunted him for nearly a quarter century. Read more »
Kamala Harris to Trump: Leave grandma’s marijuana alone
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