Busts

It seems that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his cronies at the DEA are fully prepared to break federal law if it means having an easier time prosecuting cases involving people who manufacture, traffic and use pharmaceutical substances for recreational purposes.

A recent report from NPR indicates the DEA is looking to hire a legion of special prosecutors to put more drug offenders in prison.

Should legal marijuana states see “greater enforcement” from the federal government, Colorado will be ready to fight back.

The next class of National Football League Rookies aren’t the only players feeling relieved this week, as one Green Bay Packer just got his weed charge audibled to a slap on the wrist.
Wide Receiver Geronimo Allison settled on a deal with prosecutors Wednesday to reduce his misdemeanor possession charge to an “ordinance violation,” what amounts to a ticket.
The Florida-native will have to fork over $330.50 to satisfy the marijuana violation and complete community service, according to WLUK.
Allison was arrested last September in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin after an officer found two marijuana-filled blunts in his vehicle

In an effort to prevent more people from going to jail over marijuana possession, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney believes the state should drag its policies out of the trenches of prohibition and legalize a recreational cannabis trade similar to what is happening in other jurisdictions.

Over the weekend, Kenney was asked what he thought about the recent bust at a Philadelphia pot party, in which police seized 50 pounds of marijuana, 100 pounds of THC-infused edible products and $50,000 in cash, according to a report from Philly.com.

Kenney called the raid “overkill.”

“The real solution to this is

To get her product from the grow houses of Anchorage to Weed Dudes, her pot shop in the small town of Sitka, Alaskan dispensary owner Michelle Cleaver books a flight, calls a cab and packs five pounds of high grade cannabis into her carry-on luggage. She then calls the police to let them know she’s coming, and notifies TSA agents once she arrives at the airport.

A new advocacy campaign in Switzerland hopes to end cannabis prohibition and create a taxed and regulated nation-wide industry. 

Currently, cannabis containing less than 1% THC is legal and sold over the counter in the notoriously neutral country, but any bud that will actually get you high can still land you a 100 franc fine or jail time if you’re holding more than nine grams.

According to Swiss newspaper The Local, the new proposal would be similar to American single state efforts to legalize, with a taxed and regulated retail system making THC-full weed available in the same manner

Although the government of Canada is in the process of legalizing adult-use marijuana, at times it can be hard to tell.
Legalization was a major campaign promise for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, however, his refusal to decriminalize the plant in the interim has been widely criticized.

Although the 4/20 weekend is over for this year, TWB is still getting some great submissions for content about this stoner holiday.  When this one, done by a group of Harvard students called On Harvard Time (OHT), included Harvard Economist Jeffrey Miron, we knew we wanted to share it.

The mugshot was taken after Bieber was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence, driving with an expired license, and resisting arrest without violence, prompting the drafting of a petition to have him deported from the United States. Bieber, who admitted having marijuana and Xanax in his system at the time, later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of careless driving and resisting arrest.

A Philadelphia cannabis party was shut down last night when local narcotics officers raided the warehouse hosting the “Philly Smoke Session” event.

According to Philly.com, around 75 attendees were detained by police and as many as 11 people were arrested, including the party’s organizer, N.A.