Missouri police raid cancer patient’s hospital room for marijuana, viral...
Viral footage shows a group of Missouri policemen searching through a terminal cancer patient’s belongings for marijuana. Nolan Sousley, a stage-four pancreatic cancer patient admitted to the Citizens...
View ArticleCalifornia’s legal marijuana delivery services threatened by police and unions
A group of California police chiefs have launched a campaign to stop Californians from obtaining legal cannabis from delivery services. The California Police Chiefs Association have joined the League...
View ArticlePolice in legal marijuana states are better at solving crimes, study finds
New research suggests that police are more effective at their jobs in states that have adopted legal cannabis laws. In a study published this month in the journal Police Quarterly, the legal marijuana...
View ArticleNYC cops reportedly instructed to stop arresting people for smoking marijuana
New York City cops have been told to end arrests due to smoking marijuana in public. A City Hall aide told CNN that NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has directed the New York Police Department to stop...
View ArticleIllinois police threaten to kill hundreds of drug-sniffing dogs if state...
Some Illinois police officers fear that their drug-searching K-9 counterparts will have to be put down if the state decides to legalize marijuana. The training director of an Illinois K-9 academy said...
View ArticleColorado’s new police dogs are trained to ignore pot
Colorado’s new breed of police dogs are now being trained to disregard the smell of legal marijuana. The city of Rifle’s police department has introduced two new drug-sniffing dogs that won’t respond...
View ArticleMore Americans arrested for marijuana than all violent crimes, federal data...
Despite the further spread of marijuana legalization throughout the U.S., pot-related arrests are on the rise. According to FBI data released on Monday, arrests made for marijuana-related offenses...
View ArticleCalifornia introduces bill to block police from assisting federal raids on...
Fearing the recent anti-marijuana comments made by members of the Trump administration, a group of California lawmakers have introduced a bill to make sure state law enforcement doesn’t end up working...
View ArticleMajority of police support reforming marijuana laws, survey finds
Despite recording a high volume of marijuana-related arrests, new data finds that the majority of the law enforcement community are now in support of marijuana legalization. A Pew Research Center...
View ArticlePolice make more arrests for pot than all violent crimes
Despite the push for further marijuana legalization throughout the U.S., a new study finds that arrests for possessing small amounts of pot outnumbered those made for all violent crimes combined in...
View ArticleMarijuana arrests drop to lowest rate in 20 years
The amount of arrests for simple marijuana position has dropped to its lowest level in two decades, according to newly released federal data. An annual crime statistics report released on Monday by the...
View ArticleMarijuana breathalyzer field tested by California police
After recent successful field tests, breathalyzers for pot may soon be a new tool for law enforcement. A handheld device that determines the presence of THC from breath samples has completed successful...
View ArticleCops can’t pull over cars licensed from legal marijuana states, court rules
Cops are not allowed to pull over out-of-state motorists from states with legal weed, a federal appeals court rules. In a 2-1 decision, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled that it’s...
View ArticleCalifornia marijuana enforcement 4 times more severe for black people, study...
Marijuana laws may have eased up throughout the years, but a new study shows that minorities are being punished more than ever for possessing cannabis. In racial data obtained from the cities of Los...
View ArticleNYPD commissioner blames majority of city’s violence on marijuana
New York Police Chief Bill Bratton is blaming pot for the city’s problem with crime and violence. In a local radio show interview over the weekend, Bratton claimed that marijuana was responsible for...
View ArticleCalifornia marijuana legalization supported by law enforcement leaders
The majority of Californians are ready to legalize cannabis, but the state’s law enforcement officials remain divided. While many involved in law enforcement naturally oppose marijuana law reform, some...
View ArticleSanta Ana cops charged with stealing pot edibles during dispensary raid
A group of Orange County police are now paying a costly price for the pot-laced edibles they ate while raiding a dispensary. Officers Brandon Matthew Sontag, 31, Nicole Lynn Quijas, 37, and Jorge...
View ArticleStudy: Cops now take more personal property than burglars
Civil asset forfeiture has become a widely abused practice among police departments, a recent study illustrates. According to stats from the Institute for Justice, the Treasury and Justice departments...
View ArticleWashington D.C. pot arrests at near zero after legalization
After one full year of legalizing cannabis in the nation’s capital, arrests for marijuana possession have dropped to single digits. Data provided by the Metropolitan Police Department shows that they...
View ArticleSnoop Dogg busted for pot in Sweden, calls arrest ‘Racial Profiling’
Snoop Dogg has vowed never to visit Sweden again after getting arrested over the weekend on suspicion of marijuana possession, reports the Guardian. The rapper and stoner icon posted a series of NSFW...
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